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THE di8dG9'r SYNDICATE YET. A CorpoV.Idt Formed to Light Two Hem- A i oI lrpheres. ~ Financiers in Philadelphia and in New York have succeeded during the past week in placing stock for the " biggest syn(dicate ever formed on the b] face of the globe. The syndicate of embraces in thte plans of its prodigi- lv OUs enterprise 1 less a feat thini the lighting of two hemispheres, and the p( requisite cash is now in hand. ft The incorporators of this great concern expect to meet during the pe coining week and perfect an organiza- si tion under the title of the Anglo- ( Anerican Gas Lighting Company. w Arrangements have already been of coinpleted to list $50,000,000 of stock ai on June 1 on the Philadelphia and C Now York exchanges. The person- ti nel of the Philadelphia contingent of al of the syndicate has a decided "trae st tion" aspect, all the leading capital- ti ists of that network of street rail li ways figuring prorminently in the iii gigantic amalgamation. They art r reinforced by the leading spirits of li the old Gas Trust, and by no less ti important individual capitalists. V. in W. Gibbs, President of the Unitod to Gas Imlprovement Company of Phila- in delphia is the leading spirit of the new enterprise. His subscriptions aggre- o gate nearly *5,000,000. lie has been ri at work on the scheme, which origi- w nated in his brain, for nearly eight. ,i years, and such his been his suocess al that he is already alluded to as the b Jay Gould of Philadelphia. Eight a1 years ago Mr. Gibbs was unknown to b: local fame. Thei'n le occupied a ci small office in New York city as the president of it com1paiiy similar in sI character to the vast enterprise 110W C< s,ie;s:fully launced, iut on it (o ti ( eelyIminiature scale. Mri. (_ibbsI if removel to Philit., and his estab ft lishneint of the now great United r (his Improvement Company was at b tended with phenomenii lSuccess. E i $A number of leading citizens were y among the incorporators. inclding t' William U. Warden, George Philler, w Thos. Dolanl, Henry C. (}ibson, Vil. n: lin S. Elkins, P. A. B. Widenor, ci John Wannamuaker, Henry II. iHues- p ton and C. A. (krisco)m. )uring its existenceo of nearly a decactdt the Uni- w tei Gas Im)revemelt Company lut.i p Mecu'e(1 ownlorehip of the gas-Isght- .c ing franchises of more- than forty to cities, tie rnost important of which ph are Kansas City, Omaha, Des Moines, bi Allentown, Jerosy City, Patterson, er Atlanta, Savan nal, oh lubia, Water- ib bury and Lowistown. When English capitalists, following fo their lucrative exporiemce with re American breweries, began eastinlg ith wistful eyes 111)011 general Americau of industries an(l exanining their earn- kl ing capacities, their attention was "t quickly attracted by the alert and p< enterprising Gibbs to the United d Gas Improvement Comnpany. EnglishLi ti agents who are now in Now York et city were sent out to Igottiate with f( the Philadelphia and NOw York shrc- hi holders of the pl)ant,. They repru- w: elte(l Sir Julianl (ioldsrind, a LonI ii (don banker, anid thme Imiperial Contti- im nonital (Gas Compamny of London. Mr. ini Gibbs spent Fridlay and1( Saturtday in sc (ilose 'onfeOrenlce with themli in New i - - * - M ON CRUMBLING L'iVE S. | b Many Pople in Louiislina in Deiaidly .JeopgLi nrdly. A special to the D)aily State from * Bayou Sara, La., says: "Th'e relief " steamer 'D)octonh' reached Bayou uij Sara landing ytestorday (evening. She t has made a trip to point R~upo andl i comoi back to Bayou Sara. 11or ar rival was a Godsend to the peopilo '" whose lives are in jeopardy, for she has not only alreadly saved aiiy Vi amount of propoirt.y but a goodly -ii uumber of lives. The real condition 1 of things ill the overflowed district is ,ust comning to light. No pen is equal to the task o)f p)icturing the do- S vastation and desolation ot the peo- a 1)lo. More of the levees has gone. The water is balcked up1 all aroundtlii the surroundiung country, and hunm dIreds of lives are in jeopiardly. Th'ie wimali stretehoes of levees still stand- L ing are crowded with inen, woinmni and children side b>y sidle with horson i anid cowvs. In an old raised gin 1. house five hundred negroes were found hud1dled together. Their con - ditfion was pitialhe. TIhey' were~ of afraid of their lives, and were 1'itie ously blegging to be taken to ia plaieo of safety. The crevasse at, Allen dale will overflow thirty of tie finest ~ p)lantationis of the river. The dam-d ago is icalculable. The tdistress in 4 the overflowetd district cannot heiot told. The Texas & Pacific 1boat "E. u B. Wheelock' succeeded yesterdlay in saving 200 p)eop)le fron the 1back couintry arounid Morgaunzau." asboatus Mining in Canaaa. Mining is carried on byr cuttIng down ti the hills of asbestuis-bearing serpentine. ti much as a farmer cuts down a stack of et hay or.straw. or by op en quarrying on n the leyej. The rock is blasted1 out, aini fr tihe as bst us, se parated fromn the eon taining rook, is "cobbed"-i. e.: separ- d1 ated by hianmmering from adhering for e.ign mat%-er. This "cobbin is a comn- w paratively easy matter i n time caso of theo finer quality, as it usually separates ui readily from the gan guo, buit in the lower grades much diffilcu ly is ex pert - enced in separating the tibrous matter li from the nonm-fibrous. At b)est there is great waste. Much of the asbestus is intin or narrowv voinis, andi is wastedh, a1 as by tho p)resent modoe of operating ft dhoes not pay to separate this from thle ti ser.pentine. A machine that will enable fil these narrow veins to be utilized Is a m dtesidoratumn. When "cobbed," the a8bestus is A pradhed according to purity, color, and uli length of fiber into three grades and bagged for shipment. The finest quall ty of "firsts" finds ready sale at p)ricos " ranging~ f~rom $80 to $110 por ton;m '.'secednds" fetchfrom $60 to $70 per ton; whfie "thhids" may be valued atti $18 to $15 per ton. In goodi mines the ho yield of asbestus is froam 8 to 6 per cent al of the ro\ek quarried, amnd the cost of mi mlnlpg may be put down at $25 to $30 Iii ton- Returns obtained by the te > ~ ~j o oMSurvey of Canada show that so Caaasoutput was af,teines at $225, ~tut of ino different ' Vtbre-fourths of the ne n p4to thetJnited to Grei ~ ~ ~ia' 'THE FORT F'H.tOW MASSACRE. Story f the War Agaln Pron Fase. Myths (lie hard, but the alleg 'ort Pillow massacre" received ow in the Nashville Round Tal Marci 8 that must prove absolui fatal-ini the isindsH, at least, -'n0111 not wholly imup1e'vioi, (IN. POlit iciansH durlilg the wai', ad I ii)lcani1 pLrtisanH since have p( 4tently c hargedetlIoneral Forrest a "1iteral Chlm111er', his subordina LIlh haLVIng mIassacred1 the gari1 "o"rt, Pillow Ilfter thin 8U11'renc dt \\ lilO IlriHUIerH of war. 1 hLLl' Vi. And('sOn, formerly ad. nt Illtl iIHpector-gtieral Of (len F"orre1st's1L Ilry c'Or), the il1 ait Oflic('r l'('nLt with Forr'Ht e stOrilling Of tin' toil., shi)VS t' Rt)(1d Table( that therei Was l4sILCr(', t,liat fIi(' tort, WasH it. HI n1(1.1r('(, thllgll itK 1 011 i((1 \ tre' tl('ltul'tle 1a (1 1'(f1Isedl, aL] at the loss of life during the fift(' inutes of thi action was ldue to t taLi in(aLacity of the Cio Inan g oflicer. Fort P'illoI wILs a fortiliel p1ositi L IL 1)11111 )V('1abu roking tI Mi1iUip ver. In its relar was IL deep rlvit h(11 I I1i1( 1)1' KW(wpt )y the guns e New EIL, a ve'''l whieb 1 )resLt to ti' mouth of the ravii -low the fort. Higher up thehtrei id near the' fort were the 0111 Irgos ready t.O r('"eiv' thetL garriHo1i tHU of 1('(e'(. 'Tere wasiiL tIu diSt.LIUliing it, IOw1 Ibw('t,w('('n MlLjor Iiiaford, I mulanldaut af tit' fort, Lnd1 t (' in MLrHIhlI, of the NeW EI L, tle dlriveni f'r.rn the' fort by thn. t~ d(raLtCs, the( garr!isonI should1 to 'fuge Limder the blu1fi,wher(' it wou Sttoet,ually proutected't by thet Na iL t'L1ist'r. Aiiiunitioln. w 1' us1 bV tll' gLrriOI iln e.to I orks abov(i' ('0111(1iot bo ,'eld. iHeIL'ulionLU aLS tO the grit of t t)lain of the New EraL I4po i(ld It 1L1n of tile d(foIts('. (b'nI(ral F'orre't.'s firHt oper"ati i' to drhive the Nt'w I'riL Iiomi >s4itiOnt eonluuanding the IRavi r05s which thit( COILf'do)rLt('14 W( adtyance. Th'lis 11( (+fl'fct(' 1 acing tWO p)iece oft ar1tilll(ry 01n t uIT Ibelow the ravine. The CoUfu ate line was1 1iei, under a ll(a (', c'losed: inl rapidlly aroUnd1 t >rkH. I[aring son Id111(ted( a blugle ' r ia t'ue 111111 I L parly, (lencral 1' Ht 110w Hn'Ilt for'wirl1 at white flag manu l theo IL1L(OnditijOnal H1Lurrlnd all th' trool) at Fort Pillow. "1 ew," Hays Adljutant Anler< hat th e plalc' WaLH pracdtic"ally in1 1 >seioitn, as1 the enlomly cou)tld1 I ')ressH their artillery so aL to raL e l tR 0101ound3 the fort,, ud t isat titi firt of oir 8hlrpsHOOt< redl thie bs'Hiog'l to keep lowi 1 Ln th'ir"WI't I rats'." Iletl d1(1ma11I Lis ren'it'wed t\wit't, whIenl rej'ct( ti' I'li('f that the federl '1i unlIior umsiit see1 thet folly (If resia g under(.' till' circ'ulmstane aLICS fora Majorll Uidford, ho4)we'ver, r'elyi 4(11 his~ an-antIgemen1ts with Capt, irxlhal for prote'ctionII unde'r t ifl when'1 the fort, was11 taLken,refuil, oiflors. MIeanwhile theC ight ree( steamersei as4condinlg the riv thl reI3infor'emenots led0( Gieneral I" it to plaRce a force of 11) r'ifloun der' Adjutt A ni. ideon'O inl at po >nl onl thet face oif thle lbluff. TVi relO niot onlly served to provent tl >(ois onl the stOameltrs from efle< g ai landlling, b)ut, beinig withini six rds of tile south.1 entranlce of t It, it conunaniiided the line of 'lat upon1 wich~ Mabjor Bradford l 'd. T1his wasL thel( situaitionl whlen (h aLl F"orrest gave the signall to ulit thle fort. At once1 the yell1s onig the line of charging Conlfed< esH, flloweOd by3 aL terrilie diH('lli 10 garr'iso)l, A. few flinoinents4 late warids tll' r'iver an11l wvere ine(t wit] 'siut irl' tire froin1 lb detcllunent 1i nphan1Llt yellH (If tile Confedra:tes .ey mloutneOd thet I'nomy'sH parap<Li lIne in1 Ia mlomlent 1by i who1l fIl tih' garrison pourinig ove~r ile sl tl hiff 111, withl aLrmsI in hanLd, Het g tih' prlotecio o0l(f thle Newi Eni 'rRonl 4'sle theyQ3 fell thlick andl fn LI' alssaultinig line some1, 250 wi lIed witin lb few inujttes. TheI Id been'h as8 ye&t nll Hurrenlder. N s soon1 a1s General Folrrest ('nter e fort lie haled downl thle flag, a lat wasH followed inuiinediately1' by ('nt," 1,ays Adljutanlt Anlders8on, ''t :ug to cease81, anid it wasH promi as8 thisI iing (If Aniderson's inl :)on armell(d for'(ce doing balttle', sui ileCd foreo ntot hatvinig sulr1'(ender id beinig witihot inltention (of si lndein1g. It isl anl ob)viousl abu1se1 lnguage(, (If courseT , to call aL Ipeni des1tru'1ctivo colisioJl of armied in TheI( assauLllt on1 the works. till) ei of the New Era tod(1oitsappoi)it llrk-all thisi occuied, Adjuta ldersox(n tells, niot over1 ti fteenl i ,08. After till ba,ttle e'very e('t w ado1( to t realt tho wounded and'( 111 pr >rt (If thiH Htoriy of the blattle Adj nt Anderson pulislli'H a IimmbIler Lters fronin Con fedra tesa4l1id Fedi I whol too)k part ini it. Tnleir to4 oany ix wliolly to til'i) oinlt ti I'rl wasx no massneIure 1)1ly3 aL tir r' 8u(4 as e'very army3 mlighit e'xp The Radicas appear to mean b11: r this ear. It. il staited th yto has called a Sta et in Charle'aL nt fomirmate a fi AK i' th I 1NlH OKRA Pt-ANT. 'ed It 1" Lik.'y t4 Takue. ni'r11nIIItqn I'atI-(a in lh* F uture,. 'here( st't'11ii to be ii str<uiig pr1OI)a edl bility that the plant known als okrat a (Abelmoschus c eculentus) will be >1(+ Im1a(e to furnish a v'aluable ibher. ''he e- lt)hu g;rows wihl all t.hn>oturh the Souterii States, andt has beI1 Linownii for yea'ls to farlel('rs aund stoekimei as to capable of )1oduiug a ve ry stroing fiber, wl(hic in1 Texas andl other local t'.- ities is 110w used for niakilg larilts. ,r. Ten years ago the )epartnent. of u( Agriculture h(1 saipl(ns of the )lant te, grown in ii its green-houses, anld a on report WIaS lmtade on the qualitfy of the ler fiber, but nothing seelmls to have c1om11e ii' of it. Rocently, however, the subject. ju_ as been revived, and1 the Couinuis. sioner of Agriculture of South Caiu 1y liina, (Jol. A. P. Butler, s('eemls to be at vory contfi(et thatt ia new inlustry jn with vast possibihities is al)ut, to b>e u( opened III). A HpciK('len (fJhe liber u.- wrhicht lais it'ei received front Mr. 1t4 flultier through the departmlent at ud Washiington shows a long, strolg and t'n glossy lieli(l sonIe 1 alwt reselul I ling hw hemlp, th4ough all rker mo rolor. 'he (_ fruit wliclh this 4kra Iltlat pro(lules' is prized as a V getabl, I lo. 1lu' tueila 11 giouls podls being use".1 I1 fol hickening li soul) and ti o form1'11 a 4elw, S1 tio(lthertn e,dish calle'. gmntho. Ti'.- Southern of so is eslec"illlly alt td to growing y the plalt, as Iihe lbiuaIn,m-d ri('e fields ,and undraine< lanIds goI ci al v otld mlil he ti.iliizted for niisilg \;lsi 'd1I1 itils ly of it. Okra iH also a I u;iv of the in W1'st Indlies, notabllV ('uaa, ,ebre it glows ill taiOst atli s oil:, a i iK in is dit;'uguous to Afriien. wlw4r(' it, ;c-)'sV1 he wil-l. It is al)an,lani on1 the \\'iit tl) Nile anil nealr tihe Victi :a Nyanza, it, mal ha s t:long )1e11 1i.,t11ib:lze1 ini Iii u illt, wVI-rit' it is (ultiVat(-d1 t,lr it e(di kW )1' podIs. The4l lib'r whii(I Ii:(, im- h'i i(1 produc( n 1 a1(r:1( is r 1'a,1i l1d as :u o. W a(di Hilky a geti ndl('yllIV stroin Ia I as plialit, its breakI g t 5rain nea nli(n4 41(1ig ss to Iloxrig beinig sevt"enaly vinle Iom uius he dry anu(d iii net y-five p()uind1 Is wet . Wies A we1 1)r('1)atredl, ItS in th.ll Southeru he Presiency of 111ut, it .s i lapt (1 fo r ,ia 111111utret1(01 of ro I4', twine, snckIIig atiid paper. It is usledI to u1tlt atilt on jito inll e Iea ams1 .llVuui:.ing. Iii iLs Franc( LIh' muamufa(to-e ( f Itpl Ir 11e fromlf111' Iii 41 iS p)atet 1d. a11411 re it 10 rereiVes n)11 mllletWlchanic;al 1 tr':ati1e0t y ad proluce )pe'r ('nled Ibanda(, ho Whti('h is said to be e(ual to I Ilt na(de (. from pure > ags. y It, is c"1laimledl for tle okra ti)er, e tiat, inamUlich a tI . oi d si rroundi1s ill the filwr 11 instead of 1beiig mliXN1 WIit >r-_ it, as mi jute, andl also thant ther work to of pr(eparation eni h(' 1 ' b d1oney nol111 4,1r CIinel'rv, the rtost O product,ion l'nn b). Ic rdluce'd1 to (0(4 cent 1)0' punl. u11te mtl, 1(1 )Ily bu profitaily prolducedl ini liis countries where mIlurial la1o is ve'ry tot cheap, as ill I1dia and (Chlila, 1ec('a(se ke no m inlile has b(en det'vise(1 f( s Sep ho aratlig the Wood from Ihl 114ib1. Vast r'I (lu!tltit.is( of jute lare ilmo)1'tld by the ),.United. Stalte(', aull it is us5ed1 iinumak 1d 111g gnilny clot ii, vonlalg', shilltilig, 'd, coat liniIgs, at(1 it is exteNsivel3 ('1m l 1)y1dl iii miIn wit1 silk, 1 ?414 ...a it woola fabI'es, and14 ill 1)aper') 1m1k ig. ('4 It isi 1bel ieved4 that21 0kral fibe 1) :m he(1 1 sutittedf,S for jut1.4 ill114 the coarser of 14g thlese liiies (If manuf1liacture,.' and14 somIe 14m aIbJlo whre~ver juIte'1 is new 4'mIpb>4ved. .l ft is eas4(ily to be seen1 from h14is 114ni1 of iifihe okra liber' stanids thle. test (ef er' fur'ther' (experimIenlt,.4 a1 new m1al mo1st 1a bem11g. The .A.gricultural1 IDeparf n41-nt Sat Washington sta(tes if 1411 1not vet is een01 de'termined ho1w 1the4 Iplan1 (vill o be'ar cu(lti vattioni and propa'isgafion, and14 -the deparIJ.tmen'1t is1 now' g(tither ing) thle ty 8(eeds and1( r4ots 14) e'xper'imet4 with he next yeaLr. As the okr'a now1% grows -'. 1lxurjitly' i ll 11 111 (If the44 South1, .e the pr1oducetion of it. ('ven1 inl the4 large4 <11uanltities whichiW414 would be 4 [riuild n..- il case5 tIhe fil)(er comes14. in1t) )4eneral s. u1s4 will niot probab4ly3 prove4 a1 ser1iou411 ii barr'ierI to pr1ogr'ess int Ihis direct4'1ion r_' whlile thle well -knowni invent'Ilive ge'14 1 geof Americ'ian)s ('anl 1)e dlepended10 uponI11 o(f to de(visel m41aelittery for' 14pprinlg 11he un m4en1t.s upon) it. St. Lous1 11014me FREAKS OF THE TORNADO. ast A I,ar'g' 1'1ock 4of sheep Apparent'4II 4) nii ii (1. W. 1Doyle, of Smlithlfield, ilInry 1p' and4 44 told of 1 remar'kale4 frea!ks per' . foried by the4 torn!ad1o inl his ne(ighl 's b)orhood0, for1 the4 truth f wh(I (Iich1 he4 n11 vou'(che4s. About)1 on1e4 mIile' we(st of' on1 per'~ous' f'armer'. lIis f'armn w.as directly 1 oIf p)lace,~ wer'e killed bly a1 fadlinIg 11ous1, re'4 andi Mr'. Dante's rideni(ce1( wasN un re'4 r'oofed andt4 his barn'1S deotllishted. was21 thalt aL lar1g( flock of sheepf 0on the4 ('4 fatrm was p)ic'ked b)odily uip byV the1 a1 wer'1e mlisse4d the day followintg the o( stoi mt and14 diligelit l''are('li wats n)1ade4 ly ('oubl( be found. 84o th1orou(gh was the1( searcht that it le.ft n1o dloubIt in thei ehI nleightborhood. (44 A fow mtiles furthe 11'on)1 frtoi the.l4 1r. Dr'ane farm1 a1 sinik hole wa'~s foml, inl. of to wichel the tornadol(1 11ad dlisg(orge'd il. itself, 111u t1ad evidently hld on1 t4o en its~ muiit ton, a1 none' (If I the sh1eep were' foundl ill 111e 11ole Intto tis hole4 the1 it..'nado 1had4 dlropped'( a1 lartgo quanltIlit y ((2- of atticle4s, som14 oft whlichI had44 ('4'. il taIinly been br'ough t a lon4g dlistanc1e4, 'l as~ they~ we're unikniownv 1to the people1 nt of thaft locality. Thel( artLic'le attract('t ganitly ced(4 pulpit. as5 Norn of thle c'hulrches4 iln that1 ne4igh is. borthood 1had4 lost a Ilplit,an an1(n111ng4) p) them1( all, suc4h IL ti 14' ( could0(14 not)1 u~ hafve been f'oulnd, even'I haid thet 1torna1 of (do gonje around)t4 andI 24elec(tedl t' 1be4t. ti tit.y (of bed( clothing11), matt.tesses, at fe'athe14rbIeds, plillowli com41forltabbII 5. jS sh14efs, etIc. Theu bul1k was5 bihldownI et. 11y a1 ntumberI (of tinl r'oofs, which also1 muttst htave com1e14 a lonlg way'., as2- 11he roofs' (If thalt sec(tiont were( 1mad414 of shingles. - JLlisville Courier IJourl 1. ii at. La Grippot is not without its advan'11 to tages,,after all1. IIt recently cured~4 a1 mf cro)wt 01 lunlaticsi in a Mass'achutsetts d1i asylum11,and( they have been dlischarge'd. re Cranks and other crazy folks, ou,sid1e Iy .Of a8n lums5, tie not appear tc have 1)een sI milarly benefhed.. - i On 'Ti Grinuld4tono. A hInidd tt S ear; ago or more it Was 'nstoma:ry hu som1e p,art (ot New Eng - hlnd for nen and boys tu wear trousers muatde of Irat her, says the Youth's Con pun'f'. T'I'he hi-.turian of the town of WYells,M1le., ret:arks that such garments were not a4ttgether satisfactory, for the rather curious reasoin that they lastet tIo iIng. We retuonher hearing a matron of the olden timne teil a story of the two boys of one of their neighb)ors. 'T'hey had begged of their mother that they muight fay asid h their leather trousers andl have a pitnr md:e of tomleStic cloth but all their entreaties were in vain. She would gi gie them 110 other encour agement thtn to proitise that when the leather was wornt out they shotuld have i >air of hotosp ut . l'h<y endiired for a long time the Vexation of the wiyield ilg garments, which protised to be as last ing as the rainient of the Israelites itn the wilder n ess. Finally all hope failed the boys anti their wits camte to their aid. ''hey took to the grin istone. ( )ne sat u>1!)otn it while the other tii tned the erank . In imtaginatin) t they saw tlumselves al ready clotlied in the long-tdesired homte But, alas, their hops vere suddetnly blasted. All at otnee 1heir father caine rotintd the collier of the barn antd dis. covered thett tihus ettplIoved. They hadl still to wear the leather--for how nuitch longer the II istoriatn is intable to say. )itn't l.Ike ''ho lemorial WVitlow. Not long atgo at pr1omiin-nt 1:awyer in a westert town itu t a hanlsote stiet' l glass windouw inl the church Whieli hie attemtl.'d. Th'e tlesign was the giving of the law to Moses in MIount Siti by od, and, at ppl,rolnpiately enough, the text utler lie pictue was "'here is one lawgiver who is able to save and destroy.'' Sonot after the window was placed iin the tthureb an old towtistuan of the Iawyer attenetlt a service antd i-gani to ntiie the witdow, whoso Ieaity hi:l heetn t ie town-talk for some timte. It u:a\ be mecntionedl in patssin g that this tian hi:i Iteent reently tc. feated in a lawsuit in whiihi the Ia lwer in ((uestio h011:1,1 heenl retainedl by 'his opponent. So he was tliuite 1prei aredl to See man i <htfts iii the wintidoaw. A1ppatrently h," saw wchat lie expected, for wit i aok l t t disgust on his facs:e lie soon turntetd away from it. ""I)id't you like it I askedI at aegttuainttnce tfter the service. Naw",' was the energetic reply. "'1 think it is at out rage to allow that man to ud vertie him elf iII the ohurcI." "'\What do ou man?"' ' 'Why, diln't you read 'the st:teieit m1 Ilet' t he picture 'T'here is one law yer who is able to save and de stroy!' I call that about the heltek jest piece of niltrtising I have e. for a long timue."' Either throu o n fatmiliarity wit i (ernac; t r he cause of near-siglttedt ness. ntis taken the word 'law for "lawyer;'' hence his righte iigna car. "<l Wa'tti to a f '1'hat is a terrilI storv e< from North Qut'ensh:ind ab,otit :. Iwho was lost in the hush, lie t ip all his wat er :utl It in dropp pei' h,illy"' im thie agonyv of' his thirst. i il by, fotimalit:tely, in- e:tame to a i-hole wvhere lie st:aed hiis thIir st :--fonud the ro:tl again. lie hail stilt m..ta thtir ty' ilesC 10 go, howeVaver, ai tie had ntothini g whiiate vetr to cirr i.* wateCr ini. Of cours)tte it wouhill be unialness to iat tet'i1i to travel thirty ii:lle ont foot uinder' a Northi Qiteetslatid SitnL without to his aid. lie luitil'i'en hiorritied a a mnan who luul erbh-nitly beeni de;ad several vants. li1 went backe itid got te skui't, pluggedoi til te ay'eh-is with clayi, and1( tiilled it ithI wa terC. lIIe thent tramptedoi thait thirty mOilesa itn (tl watter conltineid ini the skull. ( 'ani iini novol ist imiaginec a miore Lghaist iv and fright ful idea thtan this, fori ichti. we can i'ouchi? l/ .1all a/l( . Gatal ni- leition. A, friotnd whio h:as just retuirnied from Paris tellIs tue a elha:ut riist ic itneecdo te, says (lie ('riti4'. Duing (lie recent ex posi tioni t here1 was a little tail road, livo mi les in l entght. runin iig aroin l tile groundIls. 'lhe tr:xek rant in and out tatnong thie trtees and1( bldin1gs, anfd so inar t ii-mi tha:t a pa:ssiener's head m' armi thrust out of (lie windiow was in daniger of being kiiocked oIl. TIo p)re vet acciden ts of this sort warnings weret pinit.ed (on large posters and ticked up itt internvais of a few ya--ds alonig thie enitirte trtack. They are pr'i.it ed itt atlmost every knotwnt ligiage, inclu iniig Asiatic andi Afrk:ain tonigues, shorithIiand and vilau:1iik. My friend( ciunttedi over thiirtyv laniguages and C 'liia h-et s. You w<>tuld have situposed thItat noneC was omtitt ed in such a list. 1Ht thera wa':s onie ision, anittd a very'i mi warin:wslpinitted ti(ermiian. Soime "'It loo ks ast thiough~ Vou doni't earito whethler' the German:tis go)t thteir' hieads andt iis kinoiked i o r no1tt."' 1ie similued a <ijiet smtile. :utl repliedl: ''It dies look that way, sure enioughi." Delsew at Vassar. Popla:r mnalt' speakers dheclaro thatt thie h:trdest audiienteo inl the Untited St ateCs to face is thle -t)t0 or ?>X) o gis whoii arle alteCnin tg Vassar College. Thiere isnx't a woman's face tturnted towartd thie lonil y mtasetl inio perlsont ad dIressmtg thenYl but ex presses 10,000 shtafts of wvit u. mi hiis hearing, gesturte, vi ce, andtl uponi whiat hto says. Yet our ownr Chiauiiecy, a fow (lays ago, wen lt up~ tt P ouighkeepsic antd dIarn gly anid untfliichingly emutreovd this ordleal. Mr. D epew wias iltrioduted( to thei Vias sar' girls byi onte oif their niuiiber. a Mtiss Sandiers, at pret ty and brlighit wvomanx. As site wats escorting Mir. Deplew uvitp the aisle of the col lege hallI she was observed to speak to the orator' quietly, whiereupjon lie almost. laughted loudly, anid, with hi i s face over'spreatd ithIiliii m trimenit rep'liedi to w'h at shte hiad sal . Thiere wvas a good ideal oif cutriosityv felt as to this chat, anil liinatlly onte Vatssair giril said to Mliss Satndlerns: "Whamit didi yout say to Mir. )epiew when you wverc walkIig up thie itislo withi h imi?" "I wats wveaing miy tirst trin,"' said Mis '4:turs. -'iad Alt. Dep ew weti too * .st for nit, and so I said to htitm, " You didn't dart' to say~ 'whiin, whopg to sucih a iatt its Mrt. l)epow ?' "I did -why niot?' And ho said Ite wvottlt 'slow uVtp' at elice. l iin iig a tail way man lie kniew wha:t bireaking~ traitns mneant."' --A. Y. un :orte<ry mioney min ,i point\t on theQ righit -h:tiied side of your trouisers ~ckpockets expcet to findl mionog therno Imr't fov1ret that you are ju4de likg ar nyn lsetob hox Oke, $o -n FACTS WORTH Wlen Holiwtid to IHUire in othl lIlE - MUTUAL - LIFE - o f ' o Is (latitled to our) first ConiJiderati< alnong t.ht'le L aiuranc(S( ust itUtL< advlntahHe in all the ft Ltirtls of fin(aneiatl sec urity. 1. It is the O1lest activo Life Insura 2. It is the Largest Life Iisurance ( 3. It is t.he Strongest linaueiul Inatit ing to more than One Hundre1 ai 4. It is the Safewt Company in whioi 6. It is the Cheapest Company in returns redui+ing the linal eost of ('oniixuy. (. 'Th lis (11IEAT CO1tPORATION POli(y hiolders i ('asli Stirpluw, ini of $73,000,000, which is nearly c CoLined(1 l.iurns at taied by th El I )EPOS IT OUt SURPLUS MONEY IN 'iE (.)MMERCIAL BA NK, -OF C(OLLJMBI A. S. C. One dollar auad upward5 roeoiyutd. uterest at, t he rat' of -1 per cent. pur Iuum, paid (luart.orly, onl the tinra,t ays of Feblrury, Miy. August, 1ual Ovmber.OF Marrie(I wOmen)1 t1!ld tinors c"an keep ueouut inl tl'u ow anine. higher rtate: of in(toreit al >W0d iy specikl urranugeuiot. C. .J. 11<ED5.L, Presidenlt. JAo. S. LRA'uAur, JAMEs IREDFLL, Vic-Preidllt. Cashier. Talbott & Uons, HIt'HMUNU, VA.. IIi1ijlf , C 11' J W iA far' . , a ". - - . a 1e4 all "s-.. i . Wi A (t 'i .it .N(ILNE AN ) X ) I.NIt, VA 1'lts, Utl( K A NI) 'I ILA NO NLcillIN EltY, LANICIC A ND) WOOl) - WOIlt ING MACIIINElIY, S Vrit ist i : a . - pi . ni 1 Ist ' . 9 . i LES1U S TOLF ' RADFIELD R TOR COIitAA 1 -1iine"; 31o Eliott il lh.t- seint by' iIi )okh ' t,h ieaetii,.* Iii 3 o it iKn b h)(ii ii i f i siabk .3u)cl lan '. pre Sii ha.. Ii bic-. i'J t lIf orcr - V I bi uii do a . N.ez o % rc hu t , teriyu.a I:I':Nt i(,an et blw e a. idr ei ttb ll JERSiEY FLATS Oku3 and *?evQr ('ure. t, Itles. 5(* centa, and guaraQtta h c.zr '. -~~ Pe r . a.-- E. Interm,i Y J Tf V Ji-39T .rj )i~U .A1DER~ SLIVER PILl I'n ale lt,ao h I.jit 41(1 *oa iMli ' ausk lieu-t acht 1 u .d r,i.,n:p h b. ,. ab Liste. Proveoats ;ai Mesariba troubied, b-rte. KRF oents. N0r Ma bj druggista a.m4 mag ehant. Mant tirad by TEL. BARRETTr DRUGJOQ0, 91 SHARI CASEL$ CE RRY M'iF' C0 .~ NAGHVILLE. TF o htehe.ter Obs Ma i at pw. a..Md w,n.r. 1..q ,rht...la, The Iglish lhors, employed in ilie Kt.reets of.a city or on the roads of the country, does twice as mucb work as the Americanl horse similarly laced. How' Whv? Is the En glish horse better thiul the Amlericait? Not, at all. 18 he overworkeod I have sen no evideice that he is. I have see1 )ut one luo horse in Lon doi. Thie simll)le explauat.ion iM, the Eiiglislh have invested in perfect and )erilalent roads what the Auericans eXI)f11(d i )er1I(tihle horse-s that re (luie to be f'ed. We a-c supportiug s hlulndredI of horses i o drag loads t,hroughl hol(s that (ught to be fille4, OVer 1sand that should he hardened, tibrough mllud that" ought not to be IKernuitted to exist. We have the nlisery of ha; Iad8, a(lare actually (11 pnact'e,Ily called utpont to pay a preinuuii for them. It would be (1(51,'minstnl,bly (eer to have good 111s i ianii poor oles. It is so hero. A om(t wll Iwilt is easily kept in re a-ir. A miile of good uiacadamized oilt is iore trsily su)ported than a I .or hr,e. But afteri all, the broad .iits 01 '."tghish Vehicles have much to do u .l ,avin1g the roads, while Wi lr m.i ow OnL e cut, them up badly S;riugfield epeUblieian. Agricuiltural Colleges. tion and,l labor has received a conuit I.e(' of Ihe AsKociationl of Alnerican Agr iculltural Colleges anid EXp)o riuietital $tltionls, who presented a Ie 15n i;1l of their -11eedM. The com1 iittet consisted of Iery E. Alvord, t)re(sident. of Maryland C'ollcge;Jamews H. Siart., In(litala; Morrill 1. Gates, New Jersey: James V. Patterson, Kenitucky, and Henry H. Goodell of Massachusetts. 'The m11emtorial says that agricultu iii collhges, e'stablislhed under the 'ntited States law of 186i2, are now ed'ucatinlg nearly ten thousalid stl d1en1ts. As iL rule, all who finish a (t1se of st.udy att t,hese institutions ".re at. once in deiuand( for remlunerat t i Ve )(Ositiols, 1manly of them11 as teach ('r ol iittural science in other instit U tions, where the good effect of these ("Olleges are multiplied. 'The far1er 1u:tltItest t growing interest Hi Ihe Work of he colleges. 'Ite imemuoiiatl saty that the Kpecial am)([ ilu'ediaitte 1eeds of these (ol leges for more generous support arise from these two faets: The cost of a . )1o)1 equipmlen1t for sciei ti tic work, aid the great inc(rease iii the 1111m h(r of stud1ents. The'se college s have 11ow reaied it point iin their de VelopImlent where their future growth anid usefulness are c('oldlitioned upon their securing increasel facilities for doiig at huger work. The mltemitorial acsks, the refote thatt at least S1 ,I1() at year )1'e piovided now for ecih 2 Stiat(, to be inc reats('d until at limiit of not less ilmu11 25,( lO) is reachedi. Mi i. Ifatr'el(on's I4taiable ViIi. A laIv Vhto iS (luite intimatt' with iM[ri. Htarrisoi says that her great aitbition is to aitve thet priooeted ailtera:tionus to the White HIouse com1 m8'ente dm-ing her hIusbanld8('PIer to know," shec Mays, "how mucih M.s. Haison1 is really initQeesed inl the maltter. Slhe hais al great del(ofl(2 taste, and1( would doubtless like to hnave the opport unity of exercising it in1 the~ ne0w arranIgemnentM for th10 Executive Mansion. But it is not 1that pard.oni able vanmity wvhichi makes her so t'ar nest inl the maiftter. She really dlesires to have the WXhite House made a credtiitabhle est ablisl)hent to the coun triy, amnd one of which Americanis (canI be0 prioud1, as8 well as to hiave it made1( habiitable." An Opium Vietim's Vagaries. Pairticulalrshave beeni received't i mMaS 8s1101n, Ohio0, ~on1cerning thle Mtran2 ge and1 inexplicablo conduct of Juistice~ Peter HLawk, who resignied his8 otillee at the village of B3olive, southi of this city, las8t fall, ando conitiniued to exer eiMe the various function p151ertainin11g thereto for about four mlonthsn aIfter. In atdditionl to executing deeds, mioil. gage's anid other legal paI)ers, it is knownt thathle married at kat Mix ('ou 1)1(5, which acts were nlawful. Ii is not yet de'velopedl whot thet unfiort unailtely malited peo(ple ar.e, as8 they were nion-residenits whoi drove )to1 ih v'illage to have their nuptijial knts1. tited. Thej8 .Justice's acts1 areP now X lain1ed b)y the facet that lhe is a v1 icim of the opium habit, has:4 been divei insane fromt the use of the dlrug 1and4 hash leei Monit to thle counity liil irinl-tv ---Cleveland( Leader. The Lanic Walk. Pitiful indeed is the 'onIditioni (of thlose who are contined to their b)eds or chiris unatble to walk. Hlow grate' fuil all ouch umast fcol whenk they re cover from their hiel plessnIous. B. B. B. (Botanie Bloodi Bahnm) hasI maide moreh thanii one ilme person1 happy. Tennt., writes: "My little h)oy haud scrofula so luntd hiiM knees we're dra21wn up and kneeM stiff, and1( he could1( not walk. lie der1ived nio benefit fromi medc(icinies unitil I 1.ried B. 1B. B. At ter using it a shmort 1tim1 onlhy, hie canu walk and1( 11a. no( 1pain1. 1 shail1Ol o titnue~ to 1180 it. Mirthe M. Tannier, Boonivihle, IndI., writes: "I 1had( blood poison fromi birth. Knots 01n my limbs were as large as hlen's eggs. Doctors said I would be0 a cripple, but B, B. B. has1 cured mo sound( and well. I shall ever praise the (lay the men who in vented Blood Balm were born." --The New York Association of Working (hils is composed51( of eigh t(een (clubs), with a total memellhrsip of '2,635. The associaltioli hias renitedl thirteen wh1ole houses aan(1 ltiii(t('12 room11s. It hias 182 elasses iln dress5 maiukiiig, Mowinig, c'ookinig, (etc., twenty thiree libraries, five niusmic clulbs, twlvoIV provident and benefit schiemies. and1( twelve r'OMolv0eclubs. --Ex- Secretary Balyard thi nks (Grover Cleveland is '"the grandstlt Democrat of thcmi all," and1( that heL will be renominated and re elhected1 in MADE WiTH BOLlING WATER. GRATEF'UL-OQFORTING REMEMBERINi 4"r Compaunies, reueber that INSUItAMJE - COMPAy Y 'Y o I= IE. , ii, HinCO it holds the forniest plitc IH of the woi d, and offers supeior )UHinesHH, togetler with uiIuidled nee Company in this Country. %ompany in the World. uation in the World-its assets anoun id Twenty-six MillionN of Dollars. b to insure. which to insure, its large dividuuid inuranue below that of any other has earned for and paid out to ita tw nty-one years, the eOormious lum leven million dollars more than tht, o next TWO leading companie. DWAItI) L. GERNAND, (iENleRA, AOENT, Columbia, S. ('. VALLEY 1JtJ J FE IASSO('1A9'ION OF -- VIRlMA. N1. ElSKJNE MILLER, Pr"eHidunt. ASHEER AYERS, Seem etary. J. FtED EFFINGER, T1ruusurer. io - Ihgin Business Soptember 3, 1878. fiZeIIrVo und .-.............. l08,000. (Inv '&sted imi 13ondi andi lort gae on llnel Estate.) in InsKuranee in Force, over 10,000,000. Annlual P'reiniumu Incomev, over - -$260,001). I)iath -loHHe5 ))aidl, over . .. $1,7()0,I)00(. Of which over $200,000 has been ) id in South Carolina. Till TI( YiAA RNIWA$LB POLICY, tM Wit ITTEN BY THt v,.LL? MUTUAL LIPL A$SOCL&TIOY OF VIEl.EIA, l'Oss*HEsse the following A T1TRA(0vrIv.; FI*gATUygFg. I st. Its Preiniurjns aro fixedl and mad:~e a patrt of the po)licy contract. 21n1. It. offers the lowest possiblo raitet COllaistellt with socm'ity. 3rd. Its policies are incontestable afteri three years. 4th. It gives a paid-up policy after Iivo* years. 5th. At the end of any ten year period the insured has the option of oi~the tig, 1snt, the surplus to is ereitm as, and continuing the policy att htis then rate; or 2nd, allow mug thie suriplus to be atpplid an a cred( it en1. futuire promliumn dluring the followintg Tlen Y 0ar period. (W ht. The l>olicy is renewale at the end of any T en Year period without 7th. Thei policy-h older particites in the trtis f .l Comnpany by ruason or the division of the surlust at. the end of Ten Year.period. 8t.h. Ilts form of ptolicy in a moddl or~ brevity, be(inig niily a proisie to paly. I hi. It hat nto resHtrict.ion as to tratvel. 10th. Being frec fromi all technii cailitwai andit thet p)olicy-holder being allowe-d to participato in the profts of thle C5ompjay, coupled with the very low rite of cont, it p)rosents an. exLIc((thngly aittative formt of in Act.ive' nd reliable ageun can itke liberal tertas by applying, wi1th reh renc(e, to LEE HAGOOD, State Agent, Columinia, S. C. '/ ) -- ..o Gray e4. .v't"u Color. 41 .: --tafllng How Lost7 i e Nogained, fTH KNOW11UYSi, THE 8O;Nt: '4 F F A Acientille anu Sta 'ai, , *u .. .al 'i'rentls 0ra the K.', ra (of Youth&,'~,i n *." -. Nev and P( ri cat t%bu,~ y, ~,,.'.* , . . . 4w p.oo 'eniIt!ng fromi t'oIIy, vioe, icnnrn,,en, Ex e4 6 jrtaa n, Et..rv ins ua 44: 4 u U 4y the6 JUr 4W(rk, Hi nere44., 3i V M rr.edour * .'.. . j ,* -vy rk. It, conitaiene F ' 3 , r ,l k.tu elIng, e ubo..e.1, fuijlj p I . gi(, b )al4, pI. 4s3Ipal< roacenter434 in pEu 'per. ilium, riItvo 3 spectas~ Fre-:, if "aI 4 - no0w. 'lbho * . in 'kIshed tthr Wa ., 1 .'Nr . P t4, ved t.4e 0J0i A NI). JEWk'i.ILL DIlA L frou thle National Medical A,s.oeIation for tI IY41CA L lEi h TV .Dlr.Parkerand aco, ( t a nt, P hyt.1 444na inay be Onnsulu,.d cnnj Te tlE i u nIo A a e ''UIE No. 4 flaI Oneh Ng. otn s. owoaa rs fu ookr 1,uev.re ftti advlc. ebQuid be