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VOL. XX. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1890.. THE FARMERS' COLLEGE. 4 PLAN OF THE WORK TO BE DONE AT FORT HILL. Chairman Simpson, of the Board of Trus tees, and President Strode Gives Inter eating Account of the Work that hat been Done at the Clemson College. FOnT HILL, S. C., Sept. 29.-In a y generally descriptivo and somewhat hastily prepared article of the 27th in stant I endeavored to give the readers of the News and Courier some account of the Work that has been done and is still to be accomplished at Fort 11111. Inasmuch as the Clemson CoNege, by reason of its own inherent importance and that which political agitation has given it, now occupies a very promi nent place among the educational insti tutions of the State, it may be well to give an idea of the erection and prac tical operations of the College. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE. As has heretofore been utated, the contractors have laid the foundations of three buildings, the chemical labor atory. the president's house and the secretary's dwelling, all of which are expected to be completed during the present year. A considerable force of ands, including fifty convicts, is em ployed in getting out material for build ing %Aber structures, which will be more rr,pidlv pushed forward next Spring. Considerable quantities of lum ber and stone are already on the ground, and special attention is being devoted to securing brick, the contractors thus far having lailed to meet requirements In the grade of the article turned out. CHAIRMAN 9IMPSON' sVIEWS. The intentions and purposes of the board of trustees may be very clearly perceived fr6m the following expres sions of its chairman, Col. R. W. Simnp son, of Pendleton : "The board of trustees," said Col. Simpson, in response to my question ing. "have not yet determined all the ,details connected with the College. There will hw, however, a main college building, four dormitories which will be detached. and not more than two 1 stories high as~a protection against fire, a mess hall, a laboratory, a mechanical ihai,. an experimental station and a sutlicient number of professors' houses. "The professors' houses, I under stand, will be twelve in number, in cluding those of the president and sec retary of the faculty. "The laboratory, the experimental station and two of the professors' houses," continued Col. Simpson, "will be completed this fall. The laboratory l will be erected with all the approved appliances belonging to such buildings. The experimental station, and the work thereon, will also be put in opera tion before the 1st of January, and it is the confident hope of the board that the College, at least the freshman and sophomore classes, will be opened next fall, unless there should be some un avoidable hindrance. "The board has determined that in terecting these houses there shall be no i money spent on them for ornaments 1-heir purpos being to make them plain yet substantial buildings. The main college building, however, if there is to be any ornamentation will be made the mo.,t attractive of all the structures. There will be a meeting of the board on the second day of October next, at which steps will be taken to ascertain the cost of these buildings and to de termine upon their further course of erection. 6"There have been some drawbacks to the carrying out of the work by the failure of the boaird to get brick, but the prospects now in that line are bet ter than they have been before and there will be no trouble on that 'score when the spring opens." THlE MONEY TO RUN THE COLLEOE. "What financial encouragement will the College uneed and likely receive?" "This institution when completed the trustees think can be sustained and supported by the funids applicable there to without levying any tax ulponi the people; for Instance, it will get the flatch fund of $15,000, and if it should get the amount recently appropriatedl by Congreys, which is $15,000, due on the 1st of last ,June, and $16,000) due next June, the amount to be increased by $1,000 each year' until the sum reaches $25,000, with one- half the agri cultural land scrip, $6,500, and the tag tax, varying froni $26,000 to $40,000 an * nually, these funds will be sufliclent to -run the whole wvork of the College, the experimental station and the agricul tural department. TRlE COURsE OF sTUDY. "The curriculum, or course of study, has not yet been dlete'rminedl upon, that' duty having been assigned to a com mittee, of which Mr. Strode is presi dent, but it is the intention of the trus tees to dlevelop) very largely the mnech nical features of the College." THlE PRESIDENT. "Why did you select a p)residenlt at this early s1age of the work ?" "It was f3und necessary to have some 'man at thc headh of this institution to splan out, direet and conceive the many mnatters m d things that are necessary ifor its erection. No one member of the iboard of trustees wams situated so as to raccept such a position. They, there ifore, datermined to e'lect a president and'put him in charge, so that he might become familiar with the history of the institution from its infancy, that in the erection and location of the buildings everything might be made when com pleted into a h armlomlous whole, and that these buildings might lbe made suited to the necessities of the course of study that shall be adopted, hya ing these ideas In view, the board elect ed their president at once and have put ,him in charge. "So far Mr. Strode has proved to be everything that was expected of him. While possessed of very line literary at bainments, he has showna himself to be emin-mtly a practical man, and( one thoroughly in sympathy wvithi the great necessity now existing of affording technological education to the youth of ou' country. One of the most, serious * difmculties~ the board encountered was the select,ion of a faculty. To ind men (qualifled 'o teh~ch the several depart ments was no great trouble, but to find men not only competent to teach, but n hdirmony with the proposed course, and men who had practical knowledge and the faculty of imparting that knowledge to pupils was a very great dilfliculty. In this the board hopes t obtain from Mr. Strode such assistan as will enable them to make no mistal; when the time for the selection of ti oflicers comes." THE SELECTION OF A FACULTY. This selection of a faculty will L made next spring, and Mr. Strode j even now considerably burdened wit correspondence from applicants fc these -positions; but in th is case, I ai informed, the office must seek the mai not the man the oflice. PRESIDENT STRODE'S VIEWS. President Strode, with his family, i now residing in the old Calhoun mar sion, where I visited him and spen some- time most pleasantly in discus, Ing the proposed workings of the Co lege with him. He will in a gre. measure have charge of the selectio of a faculty, the formation of a ci riculum and other matters almost j not qute as important. The following interview had wit] him will give an insight into the operl tions of the institution that is to bf and will show that Mr. Strode has thorough understanding of the matter upon which lie speakes: "When will the Clemson College b opened to the public?" "It is contemplatei now to open it doors for agricultural students abou October 1, 1891. A failure in man ways on the part of important contra( tors might disappoint present expecta tions. Already one failure of this sor has for awhile disturbed our calculi tions, as the brick contractors latel abandoned their contract. We ar making every effort to prevent thi failure delaying the opening of th College on the (lay first appointed. T make up for the lost time we will ir crease the rate of manufacture of th bricks in the spring to a million month and place them in the wall a the same rate. If sufficient building are not ready for all it is contemplate to open the College for the two lowe classes at least. By the year followinj the buildings of the mechanical depart ment Will be gotten ready and the Co] lege In its second year be opened to tha class of students. By the third o fourth year it may be hoped that ther will be materil from the classes o previous years for the organization o the higher departments of the institu tion in all lines of engineering." "When will the faculty of the Col lege be elected and how will they b selected ?" "A chemist In-chief will be electei very soon, as he has to take charge o the laboratory for the experiment stU tion which is now in course of erectior His assistants will be elected as soon a the station is ready for them in it work. The professors in the Colleg will be elected in May or June. The will lie selected from the whole Soutl ern field of education as picked me are wanted for all the more importar positions, men of experience and rept tation in their special lines. In th lower positions, without high salarie young men of brilliant promise will b sought. In no case, perhaps, will me be appointed on solicited testimonial alone. In all cases efforts will Lie mad to sipplement such testimonials b others obtained in a different way." "What are the prospects of the inst tution so far as attendance of student is concerned?" "Our expectation is that we will hav more students offering than we ca take for a few years. The public ii terest has been so centred on the Co lege in various ways for several year that the result is a wide advertisemen of its plans, etc." "What will be the conditions of a mission ?" "These will not be hard. As the Co: lege is intended primarily for the her ellit of the farming classes and th public schools in the country are ncm of a high grade generally, the Colleg will have its own preparatory classe to bridge the gap between the countr public schools andl the regular Colleg classes." "Will scholarships be established i the College ?" "This matter has not been discusse< yet, but undoubtedly wide and wis provision wvill be made to secure for th benefit of the State the education of al of its marked talent that may appear i hoimes unp)rovidied with we(althi. ilu thme expenses here wvill be very low any how. '.The charge for board will b simply its actual cost, and this cost wvil be made as low as possible by using th r(esources of a farm of over eight hun dredh acres, and tihe labor of the student themselves. Hloard at the College wil cost no more than bioardl at home." "Whiat will be the length of th courses ?" "These will vary from two years t four or five years, according to th needs andl ambitions of the studlent: There will be arrangements here for very thorough education in all hu purely literary lines. 'Thle State Un versity at Columbia wvill continue, c course, to offer all adlvantages the could be dlesiredi ini t h literary line; aind thmese' needl not hie I itrodhuced her except, ini so far as they bear upon thorough English edumcat ion andl upo the opening of foreign scientific litern tiure to our students." "A re the interests of Clemson Colleg and those of tihe University at Columr bi a hale to conilict ?" "H umndreds of students will come t Clemson who would( never have though of entering any college without th special advantages it will offer. Of thme other hand umany must continue t, findl in the Staite University advantage in other directionms which we canno (oifer in our curriculum. 'There wil hardly beo an opportunity even for generous rivalry betweenm the two, a their fields will lie so widle apart. Son from the same family will no doubt u sent one to Columbia andl one to Clen: son in some cases." "Ilow will the funds coming from th Clemson bequest be disposedl of ?" "These will be preserved untouche as an endlowment fund of tihe Colleg< unless the Legislature orders ot.he] wise." "What aid will be expected of th Legislature in running the College?" "'ho necessary funds for the bulk ings and then a suitable sumn to go wvit the 1'4derail grant annually to keep th College in good running order, A annual a[ piropriation or 830,000 wi) keep Clemson in the first rank of th Southern agricultural colleges. Nj college nor university of any sort, with in my knowledge ini the South, wouli have annequal annual revenue, withiou counting tuitioin fees, if time State add the aboive amount to-them revenue froa the bequest and from Federal aid Tho whole amount for the bhildin o will not be chargeable upon the State e treasury. During the two years that e the College will be in course of erection e over 866,000 from other sources could be used in buildings. The use of con victs also will very much lesson the e demands upon the State treasury." s "To the teaching of what special h branches will the College be devoted ?" r "By the Federal law the course must n include 'agriculture, mechanic arts, i, military science and tactics, and all arts and sciences pertaining to these. This covers a large field. In addition s all the branches of a good English edu cation would be included as a neces t sity." I- "Would instruction in these branches !- be ivenby books or by actual work, or t by both ?" n "By both. As far as possible the -- book instruction of the College would I go hand in hand with practical instruc tion in the shape of actual work in field i and shop." "Will the College be likely materially , to increase interest in, or elevate the t popular estimation of, agricultural and 3 mechanical pursuits?" "That should be the natural result. i The boy who would come from the field at home, where he has labored s with no intelligence scarcely as to t causes and results troim a scientific V point of view, would return with every faculty quickened and a new intelli gence which would clothe all the old t details of work with a vived scientific interest. le would bear new force for y himself and his State. As to mechan a ical pursuits, our Southern people have s been strangers mostly as to contact e with machinery. New enterprises are D slowly organized with us which have - to do with manufacturing from the e general ignorance as to mechanical ap a plications in the fields of industry. t When thousands of our boys who have s received instruction in scientific work I shops have become men the industrial r impetus will be widely felt throughout i the State. Our industrial dependence - upon other States and countries will - disappear with the growth of Southern t familiarity with the mechanical ap r pliances of this era of an industrial P civilization." f THE GENESIS OF THE COLLEGE. It will not be uninteresting perhaps to the readers of The News and Courier to learn how the idea of establishing an Agricultural College at Fort Hill originated. From the several records of one sort and another accessible it is evident that Mrs. Anna Clemson, wife f of Thomas G. Clemson and daughter of John C. Calhoun, was the person who conceived this object. Under her in fluence Mr. Clemson and other gentle men at Pendleton began as early as e 1866 trying to arouse the people of' the Y State to the necessity of an institution of the character which is now to be established. t Various efforts were made 1long that line until in August, 1874, Mrs. Clem e son herself invited to her house a com mittee of gentlemen, as follows : Major 0 Ben Sloan, the Rev. II. 11. Cornish, Col. n J. W. Livingstone. Mr. A. N. Alexan S der the Rev. II, W. McLees, Dr. Johu e I. Iaxwell and Mr. .1. W. Crawford Y who. at her suggestion, Issued an ad dress to the people of the State of South Carolina, dated August 9, 1871, a having as the end in view the establish ment of a scientific college at Fort Iill, which vould prepare the youth of the a State to become intelligent workers in the material development of the State. At this time Mrs. Clemson proposed to s donate forty acres of the Fort Iill land t to the needs of the institution. This effort having proved a fail11re, and their only two children, John Cal houn Clemson and Mrs. Floride Lee, both having died, Mr.and Mrs. Clemson mide wills of their separate property C to each other, promising each other at t the same time that wvhichever survived C would carry out their joint pur pose andi s (donate their combined property to the V State for the purpose of erecting an ag e ricultural college; and it was a part of this arrangement, Mrs. Clemson own 3 ing the land, which was valued at $10, 000, and Mr. Clemson the money, that a l legacy of $10,000, tihe worth of the landl a was to be given to their granddaughter, a Floride Isabel Lee. Tihis amount, howv Iever wvas increasedl in the wvill to $15, 1000, Miss Lee having got one-fourth of the Fort 11ill place, valued at $5,000, in - addition thereto, andl beinig entitled to a the Boisseau trust fund, amounting to a little ov'er $5,000, making in all $25, S000, besides the silver plate, ap)praisedl -| at $1,800, andl tihe family pictures. B| Mr. Clemson therefore in making his 1 wvill as he did was but faithfully carry ing out a solemn promise made to his e wife, who (died not long after these wills were made. To show the inter n est that Mrs. Clemson took in this idea, e when she was telling one of her friends m. what had been :lone that friend sug a gested that perhaps she andl her hus t band had not beenm as mindful of their i- grandd(aughter as they miight have been f Mrs. Clemson repliedl: "W e have (-nre t fully consideredl the future of our u, granddaughter and what we have (done e we considered best for all parties." a JOIIN C. CA L11UN TIlE nIEA I, lFOUND)E'. a It is a fact also well known that ,Mrs. Clemson obtained her ideca of tihe establishment of such a school from e her father, ,John C. Calhoun, who al - ways took a great interest in the ed uca ,tion of the young men of thme country. s T hus we Bee that from 18661 to thme (death t of Mr. Clemson in 1888 tihe one great 5 purpose of his life was the establish i ment of an agricultural and scientifie ) school at Fort 11111 for the benc2t of s the youth of the State. Mrs. Clemson t herself selected the location of the Col 1 lege an:i the main building will be a erectedl on the exact spot which she s pointed out. s To show the reverence in which e Fort 11il1 is held l)y the people of thi<s - and( adjoining States, I will mention the fact that the register which all vis e itors are requiredl to sign has upon it over 3,C00 names of persons from varn I ens quarters who have v'isitedl Fort , 11111 (luring the last two years. People -come from all sections, and there is hardlly a day (luring tihe summmer that ethere are not numerous visitors, some times as many as two hundred and fifty a(day. J. D. CAMI'nELL,. bIRpui~ican Split e Nonvmol,i, VA., Sept. 30.-Trwo lie a publicani conigressionial conventions were held to-day. Thie regu lar' convention nominated Governor George E. iBowden by acclamation as their candidate for Congress. Thelm an ti-.l o wden conveni t ion, composed of' delegates from all a towns8 andl counties iu the district, nom i inated by acclamation Judge C. W., Mur .daugh, of Portsmouth, in opposition to 1B BRwen.< ADVICE TO TIE ALLIANCE. WORDS OF WISDOM FROM A VETE RAN NEWSPAPER MAN. Allance Men Should Settle Down to their ltegular Work-The 11enefit of the Or ier-What ham been Done anti what is to be Done. The Alliance swept over the country like a great and far-reaching cyclone. In the agricultural States its influence was felt everywhere Many persons predicted that it would soon fail and that the farmers would become dis gusted with their own organization. It was also believed that, with their direct dealing with manufacturers and wholesale merchants, the current of trade would be turned aside and that confusion would reign in business cirl cles. Those who were opposed to the Alliance predicted all sorts of disasters and failures. In fact., many of them hoped that the organization would soon come to naught and that the farmers would return to the old way of doing things. Instead of weakening, the organiza tion is growing stronger. They are learning in that school of experience to which all must go, if they amount to anything. Of course the Alliance, in its infancy, has made mistakes, just as the child blunders and stumbles and falls when learning to walk. Un worthy men have been admitted to membership and incapable men have been selected for office. Now and then men have been put at the head of Al liances, whose only aim and desire was self promotion. They either wanted to make money, or ride into oflice on the backs of the farmers. All this was to be ex)ected. Notwithstanding these backsets, the Alliance is stronger and in better working condition to-day than it ever has been. After all the mistakes incident to a start and after passing through an ex citing political campaign, the Alliance should settle down to. regular work. The organization is intended to bene fit the farmers, without hurting any one else. Should they endeavor to remedy all their evils by some grand legislature panacea, they will be in the condition of the man who would aply a mustard plaster for all sorts of ~dis. eases. The Alliance cannot afford to ride certain hobbies, although they arE recommended by some of their leaders II one wished to raise a building a f ew feet and devoted all his energy on one corner and left the others on the ol( foundations, he would not have a very comfortable house. So the Alliance would fail in its beneficial work, if it should devote all its energies to some special improvement, or reform, and leave the others nndone. The 'ork is general in its nature, broad as the foundation of society itself. The principal work up to this time has been the light against the bagging trust and an ellort to secure legislation, which will put farmers on an equal footing with men of other professions in the business world. They have also been working to secure cheaper sup plies and cheaper money, with a ten dency to get on a cash basis. In the light against the b)agging trust they have apparently (lone good work, for jute bagging is much cheaper thamn It was twelve months ago. 'They have dlemonstatedl to the business world that they can combine and stick together, amnd that is a long ste p forward. 'The Alliance stores are furnishing cheaper supplies andi bringing about a sharper completitionl in such goodis as farmers use. IIeretofore farmers have been in the power of middlemen, for the single farmer could not accomplish much, even if he (desired to kick. Now they are In condition to make knowvn their wants. 'They (do not propose to dictate to other professions, but they wvill maintain their rights. The Alliance has much work yet to (d0. In fact they have begun at the wrong end of the job; or rather they have neglectedl the foundation stones andi mudsills, while they have been b)uiilding at the top. It wvould be well for them to review their work some what and take a ground start. 'This must be (lone in the Sub)-Alliances. hlere are a few of the material wants of the farmers :The cash system; bet ter methods of farminrg; imp)roved stock and implements; the better ap iplication of manuares; hetter buildings; diversified crop)s; raising supplies at home as far ai possible, and getttng the best terms in buying and( selling. llere are sub)jects enough to engage the attention of the Alliance lecturers all winter. 'Thle fact is any Sub-Alliance in the county might profitably discuss the necessary improvements in build ings for several meetings. 'The diwell mng house with all its surroundlings the stables, barns, cotton houses, work shops aiid all wvould comae In for aug. gestions. More important than material fin provement is the ediucation of the far. mer's family. IIerein the Alliance should (10 its best wYork . 'rhe fild is a broadl one, including not only the wvork (lone in schools, but the information that has to be gainedl all through life. It is generally believed that farmers are the easiest people fooled In the world. IIence fruit tree venders, light ning red men, travelling strangers generally, can cheat them out of their eyes. 'The farmers needl a little busi ness training andJ one of the most ap propriate subjects for a lecture or two would' be "contracts with strangers." Ihen the farmer andl his family can learn much from the reading of books and papcers. General information on a variety of subjects is what the sons and dau ghters of farmers need. They will (10 the reading If parents will furnish the books. Along with this general subject of education comes house dec oration, flower gardens, proper styles of dress, good mann ers at home and abroad, and a high regard for the rights of others. Here Is ,,ork enough for the Sub-Alliance this winter. Who will be the first lecturer to start out on this line, or a better one ? We would like to have the reports of such for the Snartan.--.rnmuna Spartan. TheU Force 11111 Will Use Passed8 WASHINGTON. October I.-In the course of an interview on the work of the session with a Star reporter to-day Senator Edmunds was asked if the Re publicans would pass the Federal elec tion bill next session. "Will we pass the Federal election bill next session ?" repeated the Vermont Senator. "Yes, It should have been, and could have been, passed this session. More than that, it would have been had there not been an agreement (to which I was not a party) between some of my Republican brethren and the Democratic Senators. It may be that the rules of the Senate will need to be amended before the bill can pass, but I am of opinion that we have rules enough. Parliamentary prac tice long approved provides that when there is an evident intention on the part of the minority to wilflully obstruct legis lation. It Is perfectly legitimate and only right that the majority assert its power and come to a conclusion. That is my belief'. There are those of my own par ty who dislgree with tile, and it may be that new rules will be brought forth to meet an(d defeat the captious minority opposition. I am willing such rule be adopted, if it is absolutely necessary. Rule or no rule, the Federal election bill will become law before the adiournment of the 51st Congress." The Farmers Capture Georgia. ATiLANTA, Oct. I.-The election held in Georgia to day was for Governor, State otficers and members of the As sembly. and two amendments to the State Constitution, W. J. Northen was elected Governor without opposition. Also It. A. Iardeman, Treasurer; W. A. W%right, Comptroller General; It. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner of Auriculture and Phil Cook, Secretary or State. All of these are nominees of the State Demo cratic Convention. One of the amendments to the Con stitution voted on authorizes the Legis lature to pension indigent widows of the Confederate veterans, disabled or killed in the service, provided such widows have remained unmarried. The other amendment chaiges the method of reading bills in the Legisla ture by requiring that the second reading shall be by caption only. As it now stand all bills are required to be read in full three times in both houses. The State Legislature will be over whelmingly of the Farmer's Alliance, a joint vote in both houses being more than two-thirds alliance. The ILegisla turc will elect a United State Senator to succeed Joseph E. Brown. Murdered for "Telling rap.' WHEtr ING, W. Va., Sept. 30-Itich woods, Nicholas County, wias the scene ''-day of a sad tragedy, in which Geo. ilinkle. aged 7 years, a son of Allie linkle, a farmer, shot and killed his five-year-old sister. The boy, who seems to have been the possessor of a vicious disposition-, had climbed up and taken his father's gun from the rack on the wall, when his sister said to him: "I'll tell papa on you." This infuriated the boy, who levelled the gun at his sis ter andjfired, the bullet striking the girl in the forehead and killing her instantly. IIe had previously threatened to shoot his sister for telling on him. Planos and Organim. N. W. TiU.m, 134 Main Street, Co lumbia, S. C., sells Pianos and Organs, direct from factory. No agents' com missions. The celebrated Chickering Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch aind lasting qualities. Mason & IIamlIn Uprigilt Piano. Sterling Up right Pianos, from $22 up. Arion Pia nos, from $200 up. Mason & IIamlinl Organs, surpassedh by none. Sterling Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if not satis factory. Sold on instalments. itraytoni P'rotests. CoIlMMUIA, S. C., Sept. 27.-Ex-Col lector andl ex-State Chairmian Ellery M. Brayton, one of two Rtepublican candlidates for Congress in the Seventhl (district, hlas prepared a statement of his case for the National Republican Coi gres.sional committee and has tonight furnishled a copy of the same to the press. IIe claims his nlomfination to be0 legal and binding on the p)arty and recites at length the facts conerning tile con gressional convention which met at Lmi colnvill Aug. 12, adjourning twice on account of disordler and finally resulting in the nomination of TI. E. Miller, colo red, by omne faction and1( Brayton hby the other. * Twenity D)ead Bodies. WVAI1A WVAI1A, WAsHL., Sept. 27. Through a gentleman from Pendleton, news was received tis morning of a railroad disaster at WVauconza, eight miles east of Shioshone, on the Oregon Short line, at 8 o'clock Friday morning. The station is the p)assing point for the Union P'acific fast mail trains. TIhe eastbound traini pulled into the station on time and( sidle-tracked. A minute later the westbound train ran ini. The switch to the mamn track was closed, and it ran aheadI into the eastboundl train andl wrecking both engines. Th le infor mant says tihe passenger cars were all smashied. When lie left twenty dead bod(ies had been taken out and it was thought that there were more in the wreck. Friday's trains were tall aban (donedi. Passengers from all points this side0 were (delayedl, as there was no0 traini run out from IIuntington that dlay. No Secrecy A bout This Wedding. GOSHEJ.N, Indh., Sept. 28..-The big gest w edding ever held in northern Indliana came oflf Thursday at 2 o'clock, andl was witnessed b)y over16i,000 p)eo. p)lc. Iliranm M. Milsenberger, a pros p)erous young farmer of this county, wed dled Miss Nora M. Coulter, the ceremony taking place ona the race track in front of the grandl( stand( at the Elkhart counj.y fair. The happy couple were the re cipilents of p)resents valued at over *400, (onated for the occasion by Goshen merchants. Tune National Democrat notes the fact thlat in 1874 the Republican party went to the country on a record of pro fligacy and a force bill1, and they were beaten out of sighit. They are going to the country with the same record in 1890. It is the same country, and we anticinate cnidently the Bamn.e..sts A GIANT MASTODON. The Skeleton of an Enormouis Ananal Found lit Canada. OT'TAWA, Oct. 2.-Tio skeleton of a great mastodon found in Iigate, forty miles west of St. Thomas, is oil exhibi tion at that town. The area of the grave where the monster's bones were found s 35x21 feet. The bones were scattered over it, one joint fitting into the other in a bed of gray marl about six feet be low the surface. Over the marl is a thick layer of black, loamy soil, resem bling in composition and quality tile lands that skirt a ioss peat. The following are somne of the bone measurements: Hind legs, from the thigh to the knee joint, 47 inches; cir eumference, 35 inches; two foreleg bones - the humerus-from the shoulder blade to the knees jint, 3 feet 4 inches in length and 3 feet 4 inches in circumfer ence. The atlas joint, upon which the head is set, has a breadth of 18 inches. The shoulder blade measures 3 feet 2 inches by 2 feot I ilich in the widest part. The longest rib-and nearly all the ribs have been lound-is 51 inches long and has a circumfernee of 10 inches. The lower jaw. tile inferior inaxilliary) bone. Which is In a splcldid state of preserva tion, measures 6 feet round From the one condyle process to the other, and tile width of the jaw is 221 inches. One of the tasal bones. which is toler ably well preserved, is 2 feet I inches long, and the olfactory channel is 11 in cies by 3. The joints of the vertebrwe are like tile hoofs ofa draughtihorse, and tile channel of the spinal column would form a bed for a thiree-inch water pipe. The length of tie animal, gauged by the measurement of' the bolles already found, I and allowing for those that have not yet I lpeen discovered, is, fron the point of the nostril to the root of tie tail, about 22 feet. This is greater thian that of the celebrated mastodon giganticus discov ered near Newburg, N. Y., ill this Sum mor of 1845. and tile skeleton as a whole is larger andi more complete than aily that has been found in Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri, California or Oregon, where the reiains have been in greater abun dace.-New York Star. FOOLS ARE PLENTY YET. Meranits Held as Witnessen Atintit, a Green 44oods Man. TRENTON, Sept. 24,-John 11. Bush, a no torious green loods man(18 alnd an alleged member of the Palmer gang of New York, who has had his headquar tern in this city for the past six m1on10ths, was arrested by Detective Pilger early this morning while in tile act of plicking $600 from two willing victims. Detec tives Pilger and Leahy have been shadow ing and working with B1ush for several mlontilhs past, and it is believed they have sufilcient evidence to send him to prison for a long term. 1ush was 1el(1 by Justice Miatheson to await tile action of the United States authorities on charges of fraudulently using the United States mails an( with intent to defraud the United States government. io may also have to answer charges preferred by his victunes. The victims of to-day are typiccal Suotherners an( came here fron Marion I County, 8, C., with $600 to purchase t $10,000 worth of the alleged counterfeit I money. When arraigned they gave their t names as John D. lethea and William I 13. Atkinson. Tiey were held as wit nesses. They ire merchants, aind when they received tile circular from 111181 stating that he was makinlg $2, $5 and $10t bills fi-om plates that had beenl' stoleni frotn the Treasury De partment, lit ' WVasingtonl some tima ago, andl that, t t,hey could not be0 deCtected even by gvov crnmient experts, they were cager to see one of tile bills. Theil green goods 11en1 sent them a $2 bill with inst,ructions to 1 take it to their local blank. "1t is suchl a good counterfeit that, even tile ban~ks will accept it,"' thley wrote. The victims obeyed tile hlstructions and1(, of course, as tihe $2 was anuline lt was chlanged hby tile blank cashlier withouit, a qules ion. ]Ioth victims say they were wealthy before tihe war and1( that, tihey (10 not thinlk it wronig for tiheml to bu1y counmter felt noney0 as tile government rumled them. The National Issue. in tlim course of a speech at Atcinsonl.1 Kan., tile 11011 Chlarles R1obinsoni, tile I)emocraic candidate for Governor, said: "The principal national issue of tile1 campaign ought to be,and doub)tless willi be, tile t,ariff. Th'iere lire other reformls1 to he consideredl ill tile inIterest, of tile peopile, and( 1 shall take themil iup earnest, ly and( in theCir p)lace, but theO (questionl of tile tairiff muIst, remain tile great issue0. Thle oppressive taxation systeml no0w in efl'ect is a burden onl tile pe ,jple, and( it muilst, 1)e removed. It, is uni just, and1( help is called1 for. A measure ab'ont to beOcomle a law makes this biurden evenI irater In thle WVest, andl as a Western mim11 lund 011e inlterested ini my fellows ill thle West, a 1 tink tile impljortanhce of the tariff quels tion iNramTounlt."' Theire is no0 qutestion, tihat Iisayinlg this Governmor ltobmason' voicedi the sentimenlt of t he people of his State, and(, mdeed0(, of tile entire I WVest. ___ Narrow ENcape Fromun Death. LVNCIIAURno, VA., Sept,. 30.-Gen oral ,Jub)al A. Early hlad a narrow escape I from death this afternioon. Ile was standinlg ini front of a b)uiildinlg 011 Main street whiichl was rocently burn ed,whenl slidenly and( without a mlomf enit's warning a wvall fell burying iml in ai mass1 of dhehbris. iIe was recuied in about 20 minutes, only slighltly hurt,, from tunder some large timubers whlih 1held tile debris oil' hIs body. Miller's Bid for the Negro Vote. WASH INOTON, Sopt. 29.-Representa tive Miller of South Carolina to-day in troduced a bill appropriating $l,00,000 for the erection of a siuit,able home where disabled ex-slaves may be eared for, iIe also introdluced a bill making an approprijation of $250,000 for the erec tion of a momumont ip some city, to be selected by a commilttee appointed for that purpose, to commemorate tihe valor and patriotismi of the negro soldiers who foght in the Union ermy duaIng tihe A HUSBAND'S CRIME. HE MURDERS HIS WIFE AND KILLS HIMSELF. A Helltess Wonan Cruelly Shot--ier Little Cripple,t son a Witness to the Frilghtf)l Deed-Tie litnd IHusIes to the niver nn< )rowns liimelf. Lors5v1.L E, Sept. 25.-The Courier Journal describes as follows the(! double crime of Frederick Gteltm, who murder cd his wife and drowned himself: One of the most blood-curling mur lers and suicides that ever occurred inl iis city was committed yesterday after oon between 5 and 0 o'clock, oni Tenth treet, between Main and the river, in vhich Frederick Gehm, a young (;er nan baker, shot and killed his wife and hien took his own life by casting him elf into tile Ohio river. About 5:30 o'clock Gelin went down dain street to tihe Enterprise tobacco varehouse and, entering the front door mssed to the rear of the house. Several nen were working in the building, but le paild no attention to ally one, though to watsglightly ac(uiiiited wit ht them. At the rear of the place is a pair of ;teps leading il) to the third story of a enement hoase facing on tenth street. %t the foot of the stairs his little step ;()n, Adolph, wvas playing. WVithouit Iiving tihe child ally notice (eln as :elded the steps slowly until lie reached he second floor, when Ihle was seen by a tolored man to put back his hand as if o draw ia Pistol. Then with two or bree bounds lie reached the top floor vhen a heavy sound. as of the falling ot large body, was distinctly heard by hose below. This was instantly follow d by the firing of a pistol three times. A half dozen solored mnip down. stairs ieard the shots, and thinking thatsoine ne had been lurt, rushed i) the steps, mt. not li time to prevent (;ehm frot lishing down and otit tile front door. 'hey it once gave pursuit, but the des erato man ran so rapidly that before hey ha( reached the street lie- was al nost to the Daisy trestle works on tihe >ink of the river. As he passed under he bridge he was seen to raise the moking weapon, which lie still grasped rinly in his hand,and fire, apparently Lt his OwIn head. The shot did not take ,ffect. In another momient lie had eached the canal. Ile looked vildly tbout him for a moment and then iraig head first into thw water- I)tr ng the excitement of the pursuit the dhots that had been fired oil the third loor were forgotton, but after the m1itan md jumped into the river the men re Liirned to make an ill vest igat ion. Severl members of the tobacco irll, in the rear of whose building the murder was coninitted,started up thestuirs fol lowed by I number of others. The sight that met their eyes froze their blood with horror. L,ying in the little kitehenl just at tie head of tihe steps was the body of Theresr Feige, ('eim's wife ly ing on lier back in a pool of blood. Ily her side was a water bucket which lad dropped from her stiffening fingers, Imd f ron lier whito forehead blood was till oozing. When his pursuers reached the bank lie man hiad gono nider for tine last ime. The life savers were at onc1 inoti ied and Captain Devan sent three men o the scene inl a skiff. Tihe search had iar(ly been in progress fifteen minttes iefore (Ioni's body wis caught in the :rappling books and drawn to the stir lice. 'The corps was lifted into tine oat and taken to tine balnk, buht it was .ecidled to remuove it to the life savinig taltion, lit tine foot of T1hnird street, to wait tine arrival of tine Coroner, As lie body was lifted out the water IL two t.olars bill fell from his piocket into tihe iver. Crouched in one cornler of tine roomi >etwVeeni some1 old pots and1( kettles, wals ,hne little six-yeair-old cripplled son of tine ,vomian, who laly stiffening in lien ownt >lood. Ile seemned stupelied, aindi staredl tila daized way at tine lifeless formi of his nutrdered mother. Some of the men riedi to' attract his attentiomt, bitt lie teemed not to Inotice their preseince. f fter allowinig hint to sit in this p)osit ion or ai mlomen1t1 some1 011e appr'oached hii mi 111( caught his hand1(. Still gaz/ing on1 us mother he untteredl the first wvord it mand yet sp)okeni and1( slowly said: "P'apa hals killed mammla." 'Tears sprung i. tile eyes of many and1( bey left the room wvith a ptictlure unponi .hetr memories thlat wvill alIways be ne tiemlbered(. 'Te little fellow was5 tuIrnedi over to .he police, wino took hinm to the Coin rli stationi, whnere lie remnaiined utntil a nan11 whoE lived near the family on lii1gh treet came and1( took him to his home. [Lie is lil utlnsually brighit child, anid lie gemied to fully understandu tine situa 'Tie couple hnad not lived happihily. lie had1( filedl a suit for divorce, whiuch v'as the imlmedliate cause of tine rashl eedl of tine husband. THEim Secretary of the Interior has dfdressed a circular letter to Governor ticihardsotn asking to be informed bout the Institutions in this State vhtich lire entitlcd to receive tihe bene t of tho recent Act of Congress ap ropriating money for the endowment iState aIgricultural colleges and1( in luistrial schools. By the provisions or 110 Act only such institutionis asl nake no distinction of race or color in he admission of students aire etitled ~o a share of the appropriation, andl in us letter the Secretary requests tine Governor to state whlether or not he is liuthorized to accept the gift and an swer for a compliance, by theo institu tions, with the provisions of the law. AcconDING to an exchange the pres ent Congress is one of the most ex pen sive luxuries the country has ever per mItted Itself to indulge in. It has been In session 294 (lays anud has cost eight and a quarter illiont dollars. A sos nion of the Senate has cost on an average aibout $7,712 and a session of the Ilonuse ibout $19,309. No wonder Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, kicked down the door of the Rouse and made his ecape. It Is high time that Comrress were turned loose.