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I BY E. B. MTJRRA" ?t^??HE}r^,?0I,UMN, j. ?. CLTNKSCALES, Editor. monteagle once kobe. Oar readersdoubtless have enough of | Mopfeagle on paper, but we feel disposed to risk a few more remarks. Since pur firsi article appeared, we have been de* Hghted to hear three of our teachers say they inteud<}d to go to Monteagle next Bummer. We would be rejoiced to know ? that there were three of Anderson's teacher* at that great educational center in one wason. Up to this time, South Carolina has sent very few represent? atives there. We dp trust it ia not be? cause her teachers are indifferent to the advantages' offered by that wonderful plaxje.^ We would believe that the ab? sence of SputH Carolinians is attributa ble rather to, poverty than indifference. How delightful it would be if we had ?;* h?me:at?ont^ theJSkrath Caro? lina tochers't;./..Mississippi, has one; why.m?y-n?t South Carolina have one? '.h^^^tBK^um. of MIsf?ssippv liye in j the 8sia9.ho.nse' as one; family. We did not have an opportunity to enquire into the coat, but presume "that by such ar? rangement the cost if made considerably ? suiaUeri^ V^e . coet df living at such a ? place is one of (the fiist thiogs to be con . aide?'-, .Not many teachers have . more mpneyithiuj; theyknow what to do with. - We Tis vetnever. niet many. of that kind ; in Anderson Connty, and ?? it may be of some consolation to our teachers to know that -- few pf that kind, visit Monteagle. We wfire. impressed with the great earn estneW. of nearly Everybody there. There were no flippant, frolicsome girls I ;V vtEere whose chief aioi in life is . to "kill' ^^me"' and- have sights > of fan." The ladies were earnest, in telligent,. dignified, showing a . degree, of culture one rarely noticesinan average iissembly: Proi!l- Tigijrt conceived a grand. idea when ie spike; of the teacher as the ^ me^iinmvt^ the: learning of one generation is traniunitted to another. ?I^Bg^fo^-^^ ? ssjb Prof. jKgerfr"the ^^irorld would roll back* into; "prTmitave ignorance-and - barbarism," Looking at the teacher aa so important a personage, j thon, it is a grand sight to dee an ass em- j blsge of teachers whose very^ counte nances bespeak a longing;for knowledge and.for the. power of handing "dow? to. >C^.next generation the jewels oHhought ? that n ake life worth living and quicken the asloeri???s^f thoyoung. - - Again we say we ar<> glad to know that three of our teachers think of going to j Z Monteagle next' summer. May we: not hope that others will conclude to do the ^B?n^^DgT' Wei 'bave tried to mention as maay as poaaibhi of the advantages to be had |y|going to Monteagle./ 'One ?' thing more-which we hadalmost forgot? ten: no one is allowed to disturb you after 9 o'clock at night by loud talking. ;v;One of the regulations is that, if you dp not retire at 9..o'cJpck, you must at least"! keeip quiet in deference to the comfort of "'i others who. wish to retire early. n Our readers need not infer' from1 the ." fact that this 9 o'clock rule is observed, j ;? that there can be no courting there. /No, no ; why,, there have been three mar? riages there already this Bummer. And I can't tell how many more there m ay be j before the close of the session. Teachers ~: don't get too old to court any sooner ithan other people. Besides there is every v: thing in the surroundings at Monteagle to develop the i sentimental in one's na? ture. Every breeze, every flower, every rock whispers of love and youth and - life; Why not court? Why not love? ?:.One may be studious, one may be .thoughtful, one may be learned without being dead to the God given emotions of the human heart. .Why^- bless ypn, on. ' the mountain there is beautiful "Lovers'1 Walk," that lovely, shaded walk over which two teachers may* prorainade with impunity. Then there is "Cooley's Eift" a place which affords scenery rather | grand than beautiful; and there, too, is lovely "Table Rock" from which the ? view is simply charming. Would you have the sentimental developed ? Goto Monteagle. That our readers may fully understand what may be learned at Monteagle, we copy the following paragraph from the Monteagle Annual, 1887: "Special private instructions may be obtained in ; art, music, elocutipni: oil painting, law; china painting, embroidery, short-hand, | stenography, kindergarten etc., for the particulars and prices of which, reference is made to the details of these different schools;" Wo think we have not been extrava? gant in pur opinion - of the Monteagle Aajsembly:,; jWe giyO belowr: |he pplnfon of Mrs. Augua Campbell, Editor Gleanor, ? Memphis, Tennessee: "What do you do at Monteagle?" Nothing. Any thing. Every thing. For one blessed week after reaching those cool heights we luxuriated in idleness. The firs;;.feeling is of exquisite relief at having escaped the heat, roar, dust, and everlasting grind of city streets; J laved my brain in cool and calm, I bathed my soul in bliss and balm. To lounge within the fluttering cur? tains of a tent and dream to the music of windswept chestnut-trees overhead; to sit in your cottage doorway, content to breathe that air and study the pictu? resque landscape; or. seizing your hat, to follow fearlessly any one of n dozen forest paths leading to some bubbling spring or fern-draped dell, or to the mountain verge where, perched on a jutikfng crag, you may sit for boors obliv? ious of all bat the enchanting scene un? rolled like a map far below you; to saunter homeward in the nightfall care? less of dews or miasma; to enjoy your supper and your bed with the fresh zest of childhood; such is the sweet idleness of resting-time on Monteagle. But a few. days of blissful. passivity and the spirit cf the place begins, to lay hold upon yoo, Monteagle manners are full othonhwie as the air of ozone. The big family is cordial as well as cultured, and you soon feel entirely at home. The social and intellectual atmosphere, like the physical, is exhilarating without being exhausting., "I like your South? ern Cniajltanqua.f'VBaid.Prof. C, last year, "bitier than the original in some .. . ^. ?? .,. . ..... Y & CO. respects. There is more genuine good fellowship, and then yon seem to have more time; a fellow don't get so tired." Tired I No (unless you go as a student, a teacher, or a reporter); but built up, aoul and body; energized anew?to re? turn betimes to your place in the work a day world with r stored up electricity to last till?the robins nest again. Then you will come again for. fresh supplies. And how easy to come again. One may spend the evening at home in Memphis and dine next day on Monteagle; may stay a full month, have a royal good time, and return to business a new man, all for less than cost of a ticket to the seashore or the Adirondacks, not to speak of the saving of time and fatigue. Not sufficient change of climate? Well, a mile is a good ways?when , you are going straight up! Oddly enough, too, by I some occult law of gravitation, one "mile-up" magnet draws amazingly, as the sun does water, perhaps, attracting only the pure element. It is a fact that ?Monteagleis fast.becoming a great intel? lectual and moral center, the annual tryating place of our brightest and best, people. There was only one mean man there last year, and he left by next train I An enthusiast, am I? Fve been there/ Ah, Monteagle is our own, and we love -it. It is a strength and a blessing to our southland, and we thank God. for it!. Spanish Groundpeas, "Do you want to see the salvation of the South?" asked an amateur farmer of us yesterday morning, as he marched into , our sanctum with a couple of bundles of dark, green foliage. We confessed our desire to see such and he laid on our table the bundle of foliage, with the remark': "There it is, Spanish groundpeas." He then informed us that it was. the cheapest and best feed for stock that could be raised, combining both forage and corn.j* ThVstalks^grow,J^m two to i three feet in height, are heavily leaved and succulent. On the roots are grown1 the peas, which are larger than the ordi? nary groundpea and are more prolific. The stalks grow up straight and branch? ing^ instead of trailing up'onthe ground," as do those of the ordinary groundpea. ?When the peas^are, njatured, tbe^stalks are pulled up, the peas clinging to the roots, and are thrown into small piles, where they soon cure in the sun, mak? ing almost excellent fodder,} while the peas have all the fattening qualities of corn.? As a food for cattle it cannot ;be excelled, an 1 is especially 'fine for milk ?cattle. These peas can, be grown upon the poorest ground, and indeed seem to do as well as wjien richly fertilized. Where they are grown in large quanti? ties the practice is to mow off the vines cure them injto- hay, and then turn the hogs into the Ifield - to. "fatten: upon, the peas. If desiredi'the peas car^ easily--be stripped off'the .vines after they are cured and can be readily sold in the market at' vpn? dollar per bushel. . I Our enthusiastic friend made the fol? lowing comparison between raising corn and Spanish peas upon poor ground: '"On ground that will raise ten bushels of corn to the acre, forty bushels^of peas and two tons of forage can be raised. Estimating the corn at 75 cents per bushel, we have $7.50, while the fodder ? isprobably worth $2,50,making a total of $10. Estimating the peas at 50 cents per bushel, we have $20, and the forage at 50 cents per hundred we have $20, m?kiug a total of $40. And in this I have really estimated the peas at one* half their market value. I tell you it is a big thing, and one which our farmers will do well to investigate."?American Georgia Recorder. The Negro's Ancestors. W??HmGTx>ir,(Aujg. 22 ?3Tred Doug^. lass has returned to Washington after a tour in Europe that occupied over eleven months and extended to Egypt. "My mission to Egypt," said Mr. Douglass to a reporter, "was to see if I could not trace some connection between the ancient Egyptians and the African negroes of to day. Ancient- writers on ethnology have been trying to cnt the negro race off from any ancient great ness. I had found the Egyptians described as having dark skin, curly hair, high cheek bones, distended nostrils and thick lips. I went there to make my observations and form my own conclusions. Of course the pare Egyptian, has been mixed up 'very much with the Arabs, but the char-' acteriatic features of the ancient Egyp? tians are still preserved among the Cops of Egypt. "I returned from my trip with the con? viction that the negro could not be con? nected: with these people. The Egyp? tians proper are a people by themselves/ They are not Caucasian, but they are not negroes. The pure negro is not found farther north on the African continent than the Soudan. The Soudanese are genuine negroes, and a fine race of peo? ple they are?intelligent and brave. As soldiers the English prefer the Sondanese to the Egyptians. > "The negroes will have to look to the future and not to the past for the great? ness of their race. They cannot estab? lish their claims to the glories of old Egypt; but who knows that in the course of time they may not change places with those who still regard them as an inferior race, just as the British have changed places with the Romans."? Chicago ! Newt. ? A party of railway men, about a dozen in number, will leave Atlanta for Panama in a month or six weeks. The party will consist of conductors, engineers and train dispatchers who will take posi? tions on the Panama Railroad, which is under the management of Colonel Reeves, formerly connected with the Richmond and Danville Railroad. Colonel Reeves for a long time resided in Atlanta, and he is personally known to all who pro? pose going. Good railway men are in great request in Panama and they com? mand very high salaries. For example, conductors get $175 a month in gold; engineers from $150 to $175, and train hands $75 a month. The other employ? ees receive proportionately large wages. The party has not been fully made up Vet, but it will be ready to start by the 15th of September it is thonght. OYER THE FIELD OF MAX ASS AS. a South Carolinian's Visit to the Old Bat? tle Ground. Mautassas, Va., Aug. 8, 1887?What was known as "Manassas Junction" du? ring the war, is now called Manassas?a beautiful little town of about 700 people, and 32 miles from Washington City. A large hotel stands near the depot filled with slimmer visitors from Washington, Baltimore and other largo cities. Many families from Washington spend their summers here?the heads of the families remaining in the city during the week and spending their Sundays out here being only an hour's ride. The houses are painted with considerable taste, (no whitewash here) and many of the build? ings and situations are handsome. The high hill upon which our regiment bivouaced io 1852, is now the magnifi? cent summer residence of a rich brewer of Alexandria, Va. There are still here a few remaining signs of our army when it was the headquarters of Beauregard in 1861. Many of the old earth works still remain; the large works called "Fort Beauregard" now standing in the beauti? ful grounds of the rich brewer men? tioned above. About half a mile off is an unfinished cemetery, where many Confederate soldiers are buried. The citizens under? took to enclose and beautify the spot with their own means, but. had to stop for want of funds. The ground is partly enclosed with a large walk of red free stone, but has never been finished. The graves have had wooden-head and foot boards, but they are nearly all now scat? tered over the ground?the most of them being marked "unknown." Among those still standing I noticed the names of S. D. Jones, company I, 3rd S. C. vols; N. W. Gambry (or Gamble), com? pany E, Hampton legion ; Wm. Corbin, 4th S. 0. V.; W. A. Lacose, 9th S. C. V. The citizens are making efforts to finiah the cemetery and remove all the soldiers, vrho now lie scattered over this section of country, into this enclosure, and place a large monument in the cen? ter, with'the coat of arms of each State represented by the dead. The State of Virginia has denoted one thousand dol? lars towards the fund, and application will be made to each of the States for a contribution. I know that our patriotic representative, Col. Miller, will give this matter his beat attention at the proper time. There is no better place - for - Buch a cemetery than on the famous spot. It Was here that-South Carolina shed her first blood in defense* of the "L?st Cause," and the bones of many of her sons are scattered over these plains..' Here she should erect a shaft to their memory ; it would at least be some con? solation to the hearts that are yet bleed? ing for their loved ones, and show that the State had not forgotten the devotion with which they yielded their lives. It is the belief of many, that the bat? tlefields of Manassas are here at the junction, but it is a mistake. The scene of these battles is about 7 miles from the Junction and i? a northerly direction. Taking the train of the Manassas Gap Railroad we left it 5 miles out at a station called Wellington. From here we went to the farm house of Mr. Thomas Leach man, a Virginian of the "olden time," with whose interesting family we spent three very pleasant days. I have read of the old time Virginia hospitality, but have never before enjoyed the "true in? wardness" of it. Just imagine a cold mint julep tendered you in the morning, and then set down to a breakfast, nearly eveiy dish of which was raised upon the farm! Mr. Leacbman was a guide to our army, and it was he who carried Gen. S. I). Lee's artillery to the Douglas Hill, from which point hia guns threw such destruction into the advancing col? umns of the enemy in the Saturday's fight cf August 30th, 1862. Starting out upon the battle ground, we first stopped upon the hill at Groveton, from which point I at once recognized the woods whero our regiment had slept on the night of the Groveton fight. On a hill near the Gainesville and Centreville pike is a burying ground containing many Confederate graves. There is only one grave which is marked in any man? ner and that being a South Carolinian, I copied from the large marble head stone his name: James Jernar Palmer, son of Dr. James- S. Palmer, of Charleston, S. 0. 8 I '1 - ?> I \ ? There ia an iron urn upon the grave half filled with earth, and no doubt at one time contained flowers. The grave is yet in fair preservation, the stones not having been hacked by relic-seekers, ps many such stones are. Following the Ludley road, we entered, the woods and came to the very spot occupied by Gregg's brigade in its strug? gle on Friday, Aug. 29th, 1862. There was the old railroad cut, over which we had fought; and there was the old worn fence made of oak rails, upon our left. We walked along the cut, to the position of our old regiment. Here I had to stop ?my mind went back a quarter of a century and brought the bloody scenes again fresh before me. The noble fel? lows whose life blood had been spilled upon the ground, whose lives had been a useless sacrifice?my heart was full. Sad as were my reflections I could not turn back, but went on along the cut until it rose to an embankment, and stopped again. Here was the right of our regi? ment and here is the spot the Federals broke over and entered our lines, and got so uncomfortably mixed up with Capt. Barksdale's company?and I be? lieve Barksdale was killed near this spot. Leaving the embankment where there is a break, we entered the woods and came around to the deep cut. Here is where so many Federals were killed while charging up the hill, and here stands a stone pyramid to their memory, j A little farther to the right is the hill upon which Gen. Lee placed his artillery on Saturday. It is now called "Pano- ; rama Hill," being the position taken by the artist who painted the celebrated picture of the battle, now on exhibition in Washington. From this hill can be had a fine view of both battlefields, the first and second. Lee's artillery commanded tho entire field?tho ground being open in front clear to the Henry House,, a distance of DERSON, S.C., TH1 about two miles, and the Federals having to cross this opening to reach our lines, were subjected to a terrible shelling. We visited the Henry House, a point of much interest, being often alluded to in the reports of the first battle of Manas sas, July 21st, 1861, and connected with that battle by many sad incidents. It was in this house that Mrs. Henry was killed by the fire from the Federal Bide. She bad been wounded twice in the -house, and was taken down by a branch as a place of safety. Here she was struck again, and she was taken back to the house, where she was finally killed ?the house, being riddled. In the back yard the Federals have built a monu? ment to their dead and adorned it with large Parrot shells. The - monu? ment was unknowingly placed upon six Confederate graves,'and is erected "to the patriots who fell on July 21, 1861." So it will answer for both the blue and the grey. About 100 yards from the house is the place where Barlow fell. The spot once bad a marble shaft on it, but the Federals some time after the fight hacked it down and carried it away. A small portion of the stone remains above ground, and two lonely little pines have grown up over it. The spot where Bee fell is wiihin a few steps of where Bartow died, and is marked by a pile of stones. We stood upon the very spot where Bee was, when trying to rally his troops, he exclaimed, "there stands Jackson like a stone-wall." Col. Johnson of the Hampton legion was also killed near this place. Down the hill some distance is where "shanks Evaus" tried to whip the Federal army with 800 men. The old "Stone house" is near here, also the Robinson house.?Correspondence George' town Enquirer. A Remedy Suggested. On page 3J1 of the July Cultivator a request is made for a remedy to cure a bellowsed horse, ^ow, here is an iofali ble remedy: Take one ounco of gum camphor and dissolve in a measure by chipping it off in small flakes ; pour on a little spirits and take the hammering end of a hatchet or hammer and grind the camphor into a paste; add to the camphor powdered blue-stone, a teas poonful even with the general surface; incorporate the two ingredients in one quart of fine tar by stirring. It will be ready for use in twenty-four hours, but must be stirred before being administered. To apply it, use a nice paddle one foot long, handle and all; cover the broad end of the paddle with what tar that will adhere readily; pull out the horse's tongue on one side and wipe off both sides of the paddle as near the root of the tongue as possible. Apply this rem? edy three mornings and skip three morn? ings, continuing the application or remedy for six months at intervals as you may notice that your horse is dis? tressed in his breathing. If faithfully carried out, I guarantee a cure. I had a magnificent bay horse, fifteen years of age, apparently in the last stage of this disease, but I got hold of this remedy, and sent a slave to my oat field to bring old "Motlock" from where I had placed him to mend up, so that he could be given away; he was my wife's carriage horse, consequently too valuable to kill. I had two other horses afflicted in the same way, breathing and then thumping in the flanks with a nervous jump. Old "Mat," at the end of a week, was much improved, and at the close of the month he did good service in the carriage. In about six months he was impressed in Manfield by a Confederate officer and assessed at ?500, and a few months later the actual amount was paid to me by the quartermaster at Alexandria, La., when sugar by the hogshead and cotton by the bale were worth twenty cents a pound. The other two horses were cured by the same remedy. Uuclo Billy Toombs. Washington, Ga., Aug. 23.?To day the body of Uncle Billy Toombs was bnried in the colored cemetery here in the presence of a large number of the best white citizens as well as of almost the entire colored population. Promi? nent among those present were the mem? bers of the family of the late General Robert Toombs. Uncle Billy was born eighty-seven years ago the slave of Major Toombs, and was 11 years of age when the major's son, Robert, was born. Billy was assigned to duty as boy in waiting to the baby, and took great interest in his development. When young Mr. Toombs grew up and married, his father made him a present of Billy, and ever after the closest friendship existed be? tween the two. Billy accompanied his master to Washington, to the fashionable watering places and to Europe. In this way he became familiar with many dis? tinguished people. Before the war Billy had an intense hatred for the Abolitionists, refusing to countenance them in any way. When the war was over and the Toomb3 family had gathered once more at the old family mansion, Billy returned there, too, as well as the rest. "You are free now," said General Toombs to him. "I'll never be free from old master," said he, "but I will follow you all my life." To this General Toombs replied : "Very well, then, I'll take care of you." Ever after Billy was the most devoted of servants, looking after his master's interests as though they were his own. When General Toombs died two years ago he left full provision for Uncle Billy's maintenance, and no mourner at the General's grave shed warmer tears than the faithful old African, who' lingered there long after the crowds had melted away. Uncle Billy will he remembered as the only African who absolutely re? fused to accept his freedom. One Hundred and one, Newberryport, Mvss., August 28.? Miss Phoebe Harrod was 101 years old to day. The event was celebrated by a religious ceremony, in which the old lady, who retains much mental and bodily strength, took part. Rev. Mr. Merton, who is 84 years old, conductedjthe ser? vices. Half those present were over 75 yoara of ngc. Letters were read from many absent friends. UKSDAY MOKNING Successful Beyond Expectation. Senator Brown's father, who, just after the war of 1812-1815 with Great Britain, in which he was a soldier, moved to Bed? ford county, Tennessee, near Selbyville, and lived there for several years, used to be fond of telling an anecdote which oc? curred, we believe, at the home of one of his neighbors. It seems that the party's hogs had been getting into his own field destroying his corn, etc., and at last, becoming consid? erably out of patience with them he de? termined that he would adopt a ruse which he thought would probably stop their depredations, at least for a time. Accordingly, this plan was put into operation a few mornings afterward, when some one came running up to the house and stated that the hogs were in the corn again. Going down with several of the boys, he managed to separate a big old boar, that was generally the riug-leader in the mischief, from the rest of his comrades, and drove him up to the house, and suc? ceeded in corralling him in a pen. He then went into the hease and got the skin of a bear, which he had shot only a few days before, and bringing it .out, manag? ed with the help of the boys to get the I boar down and tie his legs together until they could succeed in fastening the bear? skin around him, which was done in a pretty snug manner, there being enough of open space left in front for him to see through tolerably well. He then loosed his legs and turned him out of the pen and started him down toward the field where the rest of the drove had been left I for a few minutes. The hog was very much frightened by the new sort of appendage which was fastened to him, and broke for his com? rades as fast as his legs could carry him. The farmer and his boys foil wed to enjoy the fun, which came pretty quickly. The rest of the hogs saw what they thought was a bear coming toward them, and stampeded in great consternation for the place where they had gotton through the fence into the field. They scamper? ed in wild confusion to the fence and went through it like a tornado, and soon disappeared in the forest with the old boar following the others, bnt still some? what in the rear. The farmer and his boys laughed hila? riously at the ludicrous sight, and obser? ved it as long as it was possible, and then went back to the bouse. That evening, however, none of the hogs came up as usual. Accordingly, after waiting for a while, they went but and began calling them ; but the shrill sounds with rever? berated echo died away in the surround I ing forest without calling forth a single responsive grunt or squeal. They now began 'to- suspect that the joke had been carried further than they thought; but hoping that the hogs would come up next morning, went back to the houEo, and after eating supper, retired. The next morning came, however, but still no hogs. They theu commenced a search for them, but could not find a sin? gle one of the drove anywhere. The farmer accordingly took his horse and rode down through the country in the direction in which the hogs had gone; after searching and calling all day could not find them. The ensuing day he met a party who had come from the neighborhood of Duck Biver, some thirty miles distant, and who, after some talk, said to him that he had seen the most laughable sight the day before that his eyes had ever -rested upon. The farmer, with some interest, asked him what it was. "Why," said he, "'away down near Duck Biver I seed a drove of about fifteen or twenty hogs running for dear life, and about one hundred yards behind them was another one following as fast as his legs could carry him. I didn't at first know it was a hog, because he had a bear skin around him; but I soon discovered how it was. Somebody or other had fix? ed him that way, and the other hogs thought it was a bear arid were trying to get away, and he was trying to catch up with them and join them." The joke was not nearly so funny to the farmer, who, we believe, never did get back scarcely any of the drove.? Kennesaw Gazette. A Contrast. -The contrast between the Advocates and bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and some of the official Advocates and bishops of our own church in regard to the question of pro? hibition is striking and suggestive. Our brethren South are manly and outspoken in their support of the only remedy that can touch the great crime. Some of our high officials North touch the subject as gingerly as politicians looking toward an office. Why should there be any differ? ence in the attitude of these men toward an evil that threatens the life of the nation ? Bishop Galloway, of the South, in writing on the subject, says: "I wish for the friends of reform in Texas a grand victory. If other duties allowed, I would gladly spend some time in the State and make my voice heard in behalf of the amendment. Let every Christian citizen stand in his lot and battle for the right." We may add that in a private letter to the editor received a few days ago, Bish? op McTyeire says: I am glad that the plan of Episcopal visitation leaves me at home in Septem? ber, so that I can vote for prohibition.? Buffalo Christian Advocate. ? The Rev. Mr. Baxter, of the Church of England, has just delivered three prophetic lectures at Liverpool. There is nothing vague about this prophet. England is to be separated legislatively from Ireland, India and her colonies; Lucien Bonaparte is to become King of Syria and later on Emperor of France. Belgium and the Rhine provinces are to be annexed to France in 1896. One hundred and forty-four thousand watch? ful Christians are to ascend from earth to heaven, and the millennium is to com? mence on April 11,1910. The lecturer challenged any minister or individual to show that he bad made any mistake. No one as yet has taken up the challenge, possibly because every ono is convinced that no mistako has boon made, and possi? bly for other reasons. , SEPTEMBEE 8, . 188 The Two Kings. You might have had your pick of a thousand bordermen and fouud none to equal him. You might have selected from every herd of wild horses on the prairies and found none to match the coal black steed, It is 10 o'clock in the day as they fol? low the blind trail along the Little Col? orado. To the west are the White Mesa Moun? tains, the home of the grizzly and the cinnamon?the hiding place of the great graywolf?full of gloomy canyons in which death lurks?here and there a valley in which the bones of white men lay bleaching in the noonday sun. To the east the plains, cut through by Indian trials?washed and gullied by the cloud burst?heaved into fantastic shapes by the awful power of the earthquake. The conrage which separates man from kith and kin and the world to dwell with himself amidst hourly dangers is not to be questioned. Men who die bravely on the battlefield would draw back in afright after one look into a mountain canyon at high noon. They are awed at the very thought of the terrible travail which rent the great hill asunder. The darkness which falls into the rift tells of a thousand dangers. The faint echoes which reach the ear seem to tell you to fly to a place of safety. Watch the pair?horse and rider as they slowly pass. There are four ears to listen, four eyes to wach. No artist could picture more grace and strength and confidence. The rifle is ready with its deadly bullet?the muscles of the borse quiver at the thought of a long run in which he will leave the wind behind. There is danger, but both are ready. .There is wild exultation in knowing there is danger. Just here a wedge-shaped ledge of rock crowds down almost to the river. Once past it and there is an acre of grass land, an open basin in which the violets and pan si es bloom as if to smooth some of the mountain wrinkles of age away. Here the hares scamper and- play; here the black-tailed deer co.ne to feed. It is as if, after a night of fury and destruction, Nature relented as day came again and crowded back the rocks to create this basin as a peace offering. Stop! The hunter's horse has scarcely trampl? ed the violets under foot when from the -opposite side rides forth another horse? man. It is an Indian chief. The prond feathers of the eagle designate his rank. The manner in which he sits on his horse proves him a king. None but a king could ride that horse? his eyes flashing, his nostrils quivering, his muscles stand? ing out like wires! Stop! The two aings are face to face. One is king of his tribe, the other of moun? tain, prairie and plain. Each bears the scars of score of conflicts. At the red king's belt dangles a score of scalps. In the stock of the white king's rifle are cut a dozen notches. The red king wears an armlet'of the claws of the grizzly bear. The white king can dangle before him the great teeth of the same monster. You listen for shouts of surprise and defiance. There are none. You look for some swift movement of offense or de? fense. There is none. Horse to horse? man to man?king to king?they stare at each other, but make no movement. Let either rifle be raised a foot and blood would flow. Let either horse paw the ground and the conflict would begin. There is scarcely a quiver of the eyelid as the kings inspect each other. The horses trembled with excitement, but not a hoof is raised. The seconds whirl away?one?two? three minutes go by. That basin would have held a thonsand spectators, and du? ring those three minutes each man would have lived a day. The suspense would have paled every face and made every limb tremble. See! Their right hands go up as if linked together. The palm of each is outward. That signifies a truce. Each horse moves slowly forward and the men almost touch each other as they pass. Each has found in the other a king. A struggle between* them must end the death of both. They are not to be friends, but the fight is postponed for a day?a week?a year?until one can se? cure an advantage. Hands up?palms outward. Hunters and warriors have ofteu broken the pledge, but these men will not. Kings give their pledge and die to keep it. They look defiantly into each other's eyes as they pass, and then their backs are toward each other. A coward would turn and shoot. Kings are Dot cowards. There is no fear of treachery. And they ride to the east and the west and pass out of sight and hering, and the hares which ran away in alarm come back to nibble at the sweet grasses, and the brown bird whose nest and young were almost crushed underfoot returned to soothe the fright of the fledglings and tell them that there is a peace on earth.?Detroit Free Press. Suakes. Marquette, Mich., August 29.?A mischievous workman named Polk, in the big mill at Ontonagon, placed a small garter snake upon the shoulder of a fellow-workman named Hollis yesterday. The man was busy and the reptile made the circuit of his neck before he noticed that something was wrong. Then he crained his neck and met the flashing eyes and vibrating tongue of the snake within two inches of his nose, and with a yell of horror, threw up his bands and rolled upon the floor in a dead faint, and is very low from the effect of the shock. ? A negro servant down in North Carolina was fond of bis glass. His master tried to break him, but it was no use. One day the master read of a whis? ky drinker who tried to blow out a candle, and as he blew, his breath caught fire and he burnt all up. The master called in Ned and read to him the terrible story. Ned was horrified and asked for the Bible. The master, satisfied that be was about to take the pledge never to drink another drop of liquor, handed him the good hook, but Ned took a solemn pledgo never to blow a cundlo out again as long as he lived." 17. Transplantings, It is not nature's design that a tree should be transplanted; the seed is Bown, the tree springs up and there it stands until age and decay brings it to the ground. The seeds are carried from place to place by the streams, the birds, and animals, and the tree is soon ready to do its share toward perpetuating its speeches. Man is not satisfied with this slow and uncertain method of distribution. By care and protection be propagates many plants where only a few, if any, would naturally grow. Then to distribute the plants where he chooses to have them, he resorts to the process of transplanting, and it is only surprising that it can be carried on so successfully under all cir? cumstances as it is. A tree or shrub, to be successfully transplanted, must undergo a certain amount of preparation in the nursery or greenhouse. In nature the roots of a tree continue pushing outwards in search of food and moisture and become after a few years very long and widely extended, with the young or feeding roots at the extremities, so far away from the tree and so twisted among the stones in the soil and among the roots of other trees, that it is not possible to get them, and when the tree is dug nothing but stiff stubs, bare of fibres, are presented. A tree in this condition has little chance of living, for the fine fibrous feeding roots are very necessary. They are obtained in the nursery by frequent removals or root-prunings. When a root is cut off it begins imme? diately to heal by forming granulations between the bark and wood; from these granulations spring numerous fine roots. In four or five years the stronger ones of these push off away from the tree, and must be again cut by pruning or trans? planting to keep them within bounds. If the trees are carefully dug two or three years after this root pruning pro? cess, it will be seen that all the fibrous roots will be obtained as they do not extend far from the tree. Then with proper care in after transplanting and root-pruning, the fibres will be so numer? ous and closely packed that the soil will be retained among them and the tree may be removed with a heavy ball of earth attached to the roots. This gives them protection from the action of the sun and drying winds, and makes success more certain than with such care as trees usually receive. A tree or shrub in this condition is much like a plant taken from a pot where it has been growing. An Accommodating Railroad. Several days ago f, stranger made his apperance at the Union Depot and asked Officer Butron how long before the Grand Eiver Valley train would go out. "In about twenty minutes," was the re? ply. "Then I'll have time to get a drink, won't I?" "You will." "That's good. I al.wayB prefer to trav? el on a still horn of whisky. He returned in five minutes, wiping his mouth on the back of his hand, and ask? ed: "Has my train gone yet?" "No, sir; you still have fourteen min? utes to spare." "That's good, and I guess I'll go back for a little brandy." When he -again returned he felt in, good spirits, and ascertaining that he still bad six minutes to spare, he said: "Now, that's what I call liberal, and I'll lay in one more drink." The last one proved more than he could bear up under, and he was not seen again for three hours. Then he came around with a wabblu in his gait and an uncertain look in bis eyes and asked: "Shay, what time does that Gran, River Valley train go out?" "In about four hours." "Fo' hours? Why that'll give me time to get drunk again; mos' 'commo datin' railroad I ever saw, eh ?" "Yes." "Shay! I doan' want to be mean. Go and tell 'er superintendent he needn't wait fur me any longer, 'cause't may de? lay others. He's a zbentleman, he is, an' I'm a zbentleman, I am, but when a zhentleman holds a train for me mos' half a day I can't impose on him any longer! Sbay, do you ever cry when you get zhrunk ? I do, and if you've no jeck 8huns I'll cry now." No objections being made he cried.? Middleburgh (N. Y.) Journal. Announcing Engagements. When a couple are engaged there is sel? dom any reason why all the world shuold not know it, and therefore the new fash? ion of announcing engagements just be? fore a prominent ball and having the ladies and gentlemen congratulated by their friends is to^be commended. To be sure, if the engagement is afterward bro? ken, the thought of these puplic congrat? ulation would be embarrassing; but if the fashion tends to prevent promises of mar rige being lightly given it will serve good purpose. The girl who might say "yea" when asked to marry, with the mental reservation that if anything better comes along she will contrive not to keep her word, will think twice about it if she has to go through with such a form. Mar? riage engagements are frequently too lightly entered into and too lightly sot aside. The engagement should be near? ly as sacred a contract as the marriage itself, and; it should be such an engage? ment that both parties would be proud to have it known among all their common acquaintance. ? The Kansas City Times publishes answers received to inquiries sent out through Kansas and Missouri as to pres dential preferences. In Missouri 270 answers were received. Of these 251 were for Cleveland, three for Thurman, one for Wade Hampton and the rest Bcattering. The republicans sent 261 answers, of which 125 were for Blaine, 77 for Sherman, 51 for Lincoln and the rest scattering. In Kans as 326 democrats answered as follows ; Cleveland 206, Thurman 7, Hill 6, the remainder scat? tering. The republicans sent 302 answers, of which 1S1 were for Blaine, 86 for Sherman, 41 for Lincoln and the remainder scattering, VOLUM War Governor Wise. It seems a fact that history repeats itself. The phrase, "Let her go, Galla? gher," that has been going the rounds lately in the Southern papers, reminds us of an incident that occurred in Wash? ington a good mp"" r~ars ago when the Hon. Henry A. Wisi^s a member of Congress. While engaged in conversa? tion near the statute of Washington, on the east front of the Capitol building, a strange looking genius approached us and asked "If we could tell him the meaning of the statue opposite?the man with extended arm and a ball in his hand, looking directly in the face of the statue by which we were standing?" and also asked, "Who the statute represented near us ?" Mr. Wise looked intently at him for a few moments and, being satisfied that he was really seeking information, explain? ed to him who the statutes represented. The man with extended arm and ball in his hand represented Christopher Colum? bus, the discoverer of America, and the ball in his hand illustrated bis theory that the earth was round and by sailing due west he could circumnavigate the globe, or rather he would fiud a new continent to balance the one they knew all about. The statue by which we were standing represented George Washing? ton, known as the "Father of his Coun? try." Mr. Wise called his attention to the subscription: "First in Peace, First in War and First in the hearts of his Countrymen"?which had evidently escaped the stranger's attention, but there is no name or inscription on the statue of Columbus, and be or any one else could be reasonable excused for asking to whom the statute was erected and the meaning of the ball in the hand. But Mr. Wise continued by calling the atten? tion of the stranger to the right arm of the Washington statue, extended with the hand open and looking directly in the face of Columbus, about 120 yards distant?Columbus looking as in the act of throwing the ball at him. Mr. Wise said it reminded him of boys playing cat, (base ball was not known in that day,) and he almost. fancied he could hear George say, "Let her go, Christopher, I will catch her!"?From the Anniston Hot Blast. A New Bailroad Wrecker. Under the title of "London Gossip" a provincial paper tells us that the greatest consternation prevailed some time ago among the engineers employed on the railway at Hagen in consequence of the, continual occurrence of accidents at the same place. The German Government directed an inquiry, which, after the lapse of six months, revealed the mys? tery. A rail was taken up and broken, and it was perceived that it was literally hollowed out by a thin gray worm, to which the qualification of railiversus was assigned, and by which name it is to be classed in natural history. "The worm is said to be about two cen? timetres in length and of the size of a prong of a fork in circumference." The narrative proceeds quite seriously-, de? scribing the color of the worm and two little glands on its head "filled with cor? rosive secretion, which is ejected every ten minutes upon the iron. This liquid renders the iron soft and spongy and of the color of rust, and it is then greedily devoured by the insect." The authority of an official report and of the French institute are given in suport of these and other statements, such as that "this crea? ture for its size is one of the most vora? cious kind, for it has devoured thirty-six kilogrammes of rail (seventy-nine pounds) in a fortnight" We are further told that "specimens of th'&iron thus attacked have been sent to all the learned bodies of London and Paris?London Enquirer. Confederate Bonds. A writer in the Sunday -Hera Wsays the Confederate bond committee in London is again very active in some movement The reasons for its energy are kept a close secret. It has been a matter of great surprise on this side that shrewd, clever capitalists, mostly wealthy Iraelites should expend large sums of money and time in prosecuting so vigorously what seems to be so helpless a scheme. That these people believe there is something in it is certain, but bow they can ever expect to realize anything from the United States is the astonishing feature. As nearly as can be ascertained the com? mittee controls, by ownership or by proxies, bonds representing $90.000.000, in various kind of securities, issued by the Confederate States, and are making elaborate plans for realizing something upon them. Even if the Southern States were willing they could not pay a penny of these bonds under the constitutional amendments, but the South is having about all it can do to take care of its present indebtedness without loading each State up with $35,000,000 more. The committee says it means to ask the United States to pay them, but that is nonsense of such a bald character that it receives no other sentiment than derision. As the matter develops further, perhaps the real object may appear. Silly Sibilance. Two Utica girls wasted precious hours composing the following sibilant story. Sweet Sarh Sawyer's sickly sister Susan sat singing swiftly. Square Sam. Sew ard's son Sam stolled smoking, sorrowful? ly seeking sweet Susan. Suddenly syping sad Susan siting. Sam slouched slowly, stealing sunflowers, scaring sweet Sarah. Susan starting, screeched: "Sam stop stealing sunflowers; seek rome stale sandwiches." Sam seized several, swal? lowed seven, sank slowly sighing "so gea sick." Sweet Sarah sauntered slowly. Seeing Sam so sea sick, said Sister Susan, "sprinkle some salts." She sprinkled some salts, singing sweet songs. Sam survived, squeezed Susan; she sobbed silently, Sam said. "Susan, stop sob? bing I" She stopped, shivered, sneezed suddenly, so suddenly Sam shuddered. Somewhat startled, said Suean: "Sweet Sam, sing some sad Sankey Sundy-school songs." Sam sang successfully.?Wca Herald. ? There are 60,000 colored Knights of Labor. :e xxm. - no. 9. Trouble ALead. It seems to us that a parallel may be drawn between the overthrow cf the Boman system of civilization and our modern system more nearly than at first sight might be supposed. The Goths, Vandals and Hunts that we have to con? tend with are not at a distance, but in our own midst. 7 uey are the dissatisfied ? and disorganizing elements of society. In the past, so far as our own country is concerned, there has been no opportunity for them even to make the pretence of an attack; but in the last few years a marked change has taken place in this respect. The power of the invader has increased both morally and numerically, -, though the numerical increase is offset by an augmentation on the other side. While the assailants have become more formidable, the defenders of society appear to have lost, we will not say strength, for their preponderance in force is as undeniable as ever, but something of the nerve and spirit required to make thoir superiority tell. We have gained . in wealth and luxury, but we have lost in tenacity of moral purpose. The old assurance that the right would win, the ' old willingness to fight for it, and, if need V be, to die for it, are somewhat slackened of late. The public mind needs bracing , up. It must recover, its steadfastness and confidence, or it will suffer a deteri-' oration that in l^^may imperil the . public security. It needed centuries of slow corruption to undermine the Boman civilization and. thus bring about its downfall; but in the days of railroads, telegraphs and print- v ing .presses, movements proceed more rapidly than they did 1,400 and l,50jfci years ago....The change that has .taken place in the United States-in the last half century might have required for its making ten times that period in the earlier part of the Christian era; and, as in all things we are greatly infiuencedjbyi public action in Europe, it would be bard to say to what extent an extensive and successful socialistic outbreak in Europe,. should one occur within the present gen? eration, might find a response on this side of the Atlantic?Boston Herald. ? The Darlington News says: "Fc some time past the family of Mr. W. D. Newell, who lives about three miles from Lamar, have been unaccountably and seriously sick. Thinking, at last, that the water they were drinking might be the cause of the trouble, Mr. Newell had his well cleaned out, when there was .brought to the surface a package care? fully tied up and containing certain sub? stances which a physician pronounced as poisonous. Mr. Newell thinks-there' is: no doubt that this package was placed in his well by some malicious person with a: view to exterminating the whole family, -. but who it was that committed such a % diabolical act has not yeo been discov? ered. Since the removal of the package,: the whole family have recovered, am Mr. Newell has taken steps to prevent a recurrence of this dastardly outrage placing his well under lockand key." ? A very sad double studd or suicide and murder, occurred in Ni York Beveral days ago. Mrs. Mali E. W. Payne and her daughter, Mini Anna M. Payne, were found dead in bed"?< on Friday evening. They were lyingfj side by side and had evidently died each other's arms. Several hVieirs were: found stating that they were withoul friends, and that they had determined to die. It is thought that they both too! laudanum, and that then lying down t mother severed the artery in her ter's arm and then cut the artery in own arm. Mrs. Payne is said to been insane. ? The reserve power lying in a head and neck is well known, but ne was it shown so clearly as on one eveninj last week. A pair of mules hitched to load of lumber became unruly and refus? ed to pull. The negro driver tried, curses and threats, and whip, and kicks to purpose, when finally, overcome by he lowered his head in approved bj goat fashion and let drive a well series of butts at the head of his princi/, pal tormentor. Overcome by the strangefl and unaccustomed mode of warfare, th mule at once succumbed and perfectly mansgeable.?TtmmonmUc Trier's Friend. ? The Hampton Guardian v say s ^ "Eeed Glover, colored, who lived in the Black Creek section, was cutting tim down on Briar Branch, a tribal Black Creek, and was alone. As he not put in an appearance at the hour a search revealed his dead under a towering pine tree, which he commenced to cut, and from which a limb had fallen on his head and instant ly killed him. It is a most reraarkablji fact that his skull was not crushed, Wl the blood gushed from his nose aadl mouth, showing how severe the cbjHjM sion must have been." 1 ? The establishment of the Carolin spoke and handle factory has opened I market for the finest woods around th? section and the farmers are turning th opportunity to advantage. At the ry yesterday fifty wagon loads of oal: an hickory were delivered, for which Brothers paid out $125.?Charlotie Chro, icle. ? On Wednesday afternoon about; 2 :30 o'clock Miss Eugenia McKihnie, young lady of Aiken County, was by lightning. She had been s under a tree by the side of the road, was on her way to the wagon whfi$ fatal flash came upon her and end life. She was 19 year of age. ? The English steamer Madrid is sup- , posed to have been lost with all on consisting of Captain Matthew and a crew of twenty-five men. vessel has not been heard from aim left Norfolk, June 16th, with phosp! for Liverpool. She was valued at 000, including cargo. ? A girl can tell whet ' loves a young man or n?T by anal1 her opinion of his actions. If she he acts like a fool it is probable that doesn't love him. If she loves him rather likes to have him act like a foi ? One of thefinestqualitesinahi being is that nice sense of delicacy Tvbl^i renders it impossiblo for him ever Itf*"* an intruder or a bore.