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W CUNKSCALE .1 All communications intended for this Column should be addressed to D. H. PUBSEDL, ?chool Commissioner, Ander Bon;S.'0.' ; ^^Tho 2didway^Scn?x)i,* under th& care of l^^MvNf. Mitchell, is under headway,, and seems to be getting on a good head > * of steam", A reading exercise by some of|the ;"HttlaB-ones",was going onifis we eateTrM the building,: and we -witnessed it J^-iteTolose t?ithi>;gbo^"6!^'of Inierest M desks, ; ? . maps,.globes and charts, and with a live ^:,:^-^cherris bound to make itself felt. ^Misa Nettie MiUerYschool is laboring under a great disadvantage for want ot a , 8^teble;r fbtiHding. We found her, . . ^though; doing hor best in the ficaltioa^ :/AU honor .to 'the noble women-;. ; ; , te^ their way to adccejw^ through; difficulties that beset I them, on every aide. The /people of that aection. ihould see to it that a suitable ;?|^bmidm^ ^ttb'ity, and needs.good school facilities, j ,r;No;one';csnTnention Lebanon 'without * kuigolt-ihe: school there, taught by Mr. Holland. "We drppped in on-him ? while recently, and found him so earn* estly:;;engagod in his work that he V did notsee-Tas until^we were almost ready to grasp his hand, but a hearty welcome he gave us, too, as likewise didthe children, ; wfio> showed by their ready, responses ..that they did not,dread the visit ofj the Sch^l Commissioner. ' We are coming again, sometime, brother Holland; pastf When - we ;walkedjin '.;:there last week and grasped the teacher by the hand and looked over; the faces tamed toward us, we were forcibly impressed wit? the-changes that^time^bringa. But ;v; one;pupil present had beeri^a :pnpil of I ' oars', eight yeara ago. - The others are j gone^wme out into the battle of life, otherevhave "crossed over^the river." vi We^'fouhii-:-' the--teacher, Miaa..Nettie I Sml^.- earnestly Veng^ged at the, blade board on an exercise in numbers, with a hnlF^^ her, who seemed to have;caught jsome, :onh8 tesxfcerV,spirit.. We' are coming back again, Miss Bettie. .1 ... .... ? ?;,j',;;^..;^j<D?--M , ; -:\:^T^chera.-will please remember that when the- School Commissioner visits '' your echo?l;'ahe is there for the purpose of talking- to and with.your pupils, rather than yourself, and^th?t tKey are expected to answer questions put by the School Commissioner, and not the teacher. Commissioner ia there not 30 much for ? the.-purpoae of finding out what you know, bat to S?d out what the children knowj and aa to^how they, have been taught.-; He will find out whatyoiknow to "a certain extent; by finding out what ;: your pupilaknowY If theyfdon't'know . anything, either the teacher does not know) brhehas mistaken his calling in life, and the soonerThe seeks other em? ployment the better^t^-wiU^be.fpr him :;K" * and the pupils. " Aword to the wiseMs r?u?cient/V Let" whoever the cap' fits v v^wear:.it ? How many of the -patrons ever visit y^'-vlheii; school? Don't all speak at once; .You hav?'fo you send your,chil?ren^.dfy: after: day, and you ^ slates lor them. DW your duty ? . thoughtseriouafy to yourself and consider it. If -yon had - employed this man to ? plow .. for you or cat cord wood, you ~T would be around occasionally .'to see bow :. he. wasgetting along, but you put those - intsresis,. those which lie near your heart', which are higheV and .dearerand. more' ^priceless than plowing or cord word, or any other material interest, into the keeping :of the teacher and then turn away; about your . business with the reflection, that you have done yoar daty. 3bu: haye not done .it What if you never taught a school in your life? What %sv:if yon'donot know anything-abocit those thmgs? ; -Tourvery,presence there, shows v;^'fo\both:teacher'aod'pupils that you have v" a friendly interest in the work, and are there to manifest it.: Any man 0/ aver? age intelligence can form, some idea by inspection as to whether the teacher is doing his duty or not. He may know ?nothing of .methods, but be can form some, ; idea of results.' He can tell whether the teacher is'earnest,' honest ^nd:cqnacientiou8 or not. -Both teacher and pupils, will appreciate your visit - Then embrace the first opportunity and ., visit your school. The Walker-McElmoyle Sch?ol| under the charge of two accomplished teachers, . rv Mias Olivia Newton and her younger brother, Mr. Henry Newton, is. on a boom'. We found here the largest num? ber of pupils we have seen in any school, so far, in the County. And the evidences of busy 3 work were all around us. We spent the greater-portion of the forenoon '? there, and came away satisfied that the school is in good bands. We found, also, that the teachers are heartily sec? onded by the patrons* in their willing? ness to procure the proper outfits for their children. This school has a little ? history connected with it. Some years ago the late Mrs. Eleanor Walker deeded to certain Trustees a tract of land con -. . taiaing -120 acres, - for the purpose of establishing an industrial school. Want of means to put op the necessary build ings iiampered them at the outset, and : : then the magnificent bequest of the late Hon. T. G. Olemaon- has overshadowed its prospects. But it is thought now that it can, be made an accessory?a 7 . feeder tothe Clem son College when ;.: established. This school is located in r Garvin Township, almost doe north from the Connty seat, and its name was given %in- rememberance of the; married and - v maiden .name of the donor. The build? ing-is of good size, well ceiled and lighted j and heated by chimney and stoves, and the patrons are having desks insade. We have been thus particular in ipor Mention of this school, not; in any |spirit of discrimination, but because of its origin and the bright futur?'*tbat seems opening for it* and to call atton tion to the opportunity it affords to the benevolent to leave bebind them a mon-. ument more enduring than brass or mar-1 ble. '. Walker-McElmoyle, S. ?., . December 8,1888. Dear Teachers: If a pedagogue who died twenty years ago should suddenly awake, and see a copy of the Intelli? gences with its Teachers' Column, he would exclaim,-. "Priceless boon /" "Blessed privilege'you Anderson* Teach era have of conferring with each other on the knotty questions of the school room 1" This thought constrains me to write you an open letter this quiet Sat? urday afternoon. How sweet is the quiet rest of Saturday after a week's effort at public .instructing and entertaining! Whatygood-time for reading up in-gen? eral, and planning to make next week more pleasant and more profitable 1 If aboat ? twenty of you should knock; I woulaVtbrow :wide[open the' door, discard this slow way of communicating, and introduce the question box jab once. Only one! more week, and -we hope to have this privilege at Lebanon. v.i>.r..>. . But, some .'one who kindly thinks of prwiting^our school "may ask/ "Where ifl WalkW-McElmoyle?" It is beautifully situated near where. the. road, leading from Pickens C. H. to Anderson C.H. crosses the/foad leading from Pendle ton to Greenville,'about a quarterof a^mAe. from the Picket line. In '85 a tract- 'of land-was donated, for Educatioual -pur? poses, by Mrs.. Walker.aod Mrs.' McEl moyle, two-sisters. This tract contains about one hundred and thirty acres. A neat school building has been placed on it.. This building'is well heated by.one. tlx^glaco-apd two^ stoves, supplied with an apple nmnjberof .good blackbprdfy and has .the-moat convenient and com-,, for table seating arrangement I have ever seen in a country school.We" can accommodate eighty; pupils; with good seats, each one having a separate book box. Our house has recently been; ceiled and presents a cheerfnl appearance. The pupils here .are well-behaved and [eager to learn. This is usually the casa when a school room is comfortable and. . attractive. r;If a.pupil dislikes school life < under pleasant "surroundings, it is the . exception rather than the rule. It ia natural* for every one ' to c^ave>T' knowl? edge,' and almost every chil?Pc?nHbe rfuduced to undergo hardship* in order '. to bo educated if he- is: comfortable and ' surrounded with needed encouragement sjsXlie parents here -'aM^^nng^helr I fchildren many inducements; to 'press onward. They have supplied us. with the new;books recommended by. bw County Boatd, and we are simply delighted with the^Grammars, Histories and. Geogra phye. The Arithmetics are not so full & Eobinsoo's; but, Wentwbrth's Com ?pleta Algebra keeps us thinking. We have another strong proof that our-peo pie are interested in iheir Bchoot ' They .metjwith us last evening,and organized a literary society, to be known as Walker McElmoy'le Beading Club. The follow? ing:? officers were elected: President, rTSx.< Henry V.-Martin;:. -Vice President, Mr.- Newton Martin; ] Secretary^' Mr. ; ?John .Major, Jnjjiorj . Treasurer, Mr. S. M. Johnston. Two Critics and two im? portant Committees were appointed, and an instruct!ve programme was arranged oforr?ufcie?m by this means, to train the children of tbe com munity and. onreelyes to a - deeper love jTfor/ihe'sta^ m -Well, nohe;of you have knocked, and '&jnr : comes"|av:question which ? bears, heavily on my mind. I give it in good faith. If you had more clashes in school "than could be attended to in one day and found it neceaiary to alternate with some of the studies, would you give Language and Mathematics daily: and" alternate .with History and Science? Why is this /bettor than alternating with Language and Mathematics ? 'j HopiDg for an answer ooon, ? Iam,-your"cor^rker, . oltvta-.newt0n.' Eggs and Providence. |f Frank Buchland, tbe naturalist, had j very decided views in regard to the teachings of nature: "Birds that lay j their eggs iu holes;" he says, fbave ' round eggs. There are, however, certain birds which incubate their eggs without any nest at all, upon the ledges of rocks. In this position it is very possible that danger would occur to the egg by being accidentally moved by the parent, bird, or maybe by the-wind. If the egg were round it would very, probably roll off the precipice, and falling to the bottom, be .smashed. - -r* "Let us now see how the difficult pro-. blem of the preservation of this egg is managed by creative wit dorn. The egg of the guillemot, to take a good example, is not round, but elongated at one end. The consequence is that when it is touch? ed, the egg will'not roll $>w.ty Ii!"? ? h'*l iard ball, but it will b i a. p ?y iiu* i. uuo upon its axis. "This peculiar structure can be seen and tbe action of tbe force upon the egg illustrated by a very simple experiment. Take a common screw and place it near the edge of the table; touch it gently bo as to set it in motion. You will observe that the screw, instead of running off tbe edge of the table, will simply turn round on its small end?its own axis. I cannot conceive anything more beautiful than this arrangement of tbe egg of birds which build on ledges of rocks and which are very liable to destruction. This fact will, I think, afford excellent evidence (if more witnesses were required) to show creative skill even in such simple things as birds' eggs." State of Ohio, City of Toledo, I Lucas County, S. S. j Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing busin es in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to me before me and subscribed' in my presence, this 6th day of Decem? ber, A.D. '86. r^-, A. W. GLEASON, j seal j Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and. acts directly upon the blood and mucus surfaees of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J.. CHENEY & CO.KToledo, 0. . 3?*" Sold by Druggists, 75 cents. /-? Snow has fallen, to so great a depth in the mountains of .Nevada that' they wili not be bare agah before next Rum? mer, _ ?"_ TBILL IBP, He Talks of the Farmer and hi* Condi tion. Atlanta Constitution. The question whether the Georgia far mer is prospering or not seems to be exciting attention and discussion in the legislature and the press. Tbat is all right, of course, but it is mortifying that such a question has been asked. The very doubt implies a sad state of affairs.. If farming does not pay, how can it "be made to pay ? If it pays in Pennsylvania, why not in Georgia ? A gentleman from western New. York told me not long ago that it did not" pay there except in the vicinity of ^manufacturing towns. He said: there, were more farms nnder mort? gage than farms that were not; that the rich were getting richer and the poor poorer; that the farmer conld not get enough for his products to pay the cost of production.' That seems to be the trouble here in the all . cotton region. While.pne jn>u,inj?n .can Tmakejcojttpn at seven cents a pound, five will make it at eight and the other four at nine[-cents, anditnen Bell.it; forieveni au&a^quarter. N?w/ih^the^Dr?clt belt/ where * negroes make the cotton, it does not so much con? cern the landlord whether it costs seven cents or ten ; he will get his rent?a bale to .fifteen, acres?anyhow. If the darky has nothing left he must live on it, and he does. He-can't g6t .away, and bo digs his totere anil .catches his 'possum and scuffles along and tries it again another year. There are some poor white far? mers in this highland region who get along in the same way. They have been poor and in~debt so long they like it They are' lazy and shiftless and can't help it. They.had rather fish all day for a cat or a sucker and not catch it than work in mines for a silver dollar. Buc we wont count that sort. I am satisfied that our Bar tow farmers', as a class, are! prospering, but they have ? great advan? tage over the cotton' belt. ' They raise' all their grain and most - all their meat. Ytfu can find country hams in our stores most all the year round.- Our merchants raytt'eTrtrtaT^^ thatthis.year:it is 2o"iper.'eent belter than the last-'.There is aJgeneral appearance of country thrift?better stock,*better wagons and- better implements." My tenant, Bowland, has a pair of better mules than he ever had before, and has bought a new wagon and has a hundred do 11 era loaned out?I. know that he is better off than; he. was ever before. Most of our farmers pay . cash as they. go. There is a better demand for their .side crops?there- potatoes and- turnips and cabbages and chickens and eggs and but? ter.? Thia is owing to the great number of people engaged in mining operations and mechanical -industries in our county. They are consumers and the more con sum.^ Pennsylvania'the farmer prosperous, be? cause they are in a large minority?only one fourth of the population are farmers anil there arejeventy-five persons to buy an d consume" what twenty-five farm ere produce. . It is the reverse in Georgia and the south, and hence it is that farm? ing lands in the Keystone State average according to "the last" census forty-nine dollars an acre and ours average four. A northern> man told me that a smart yankee farmerwould get rich here on ten acres if he conld sell what he makes at the prices wo are payingr I visited the new town of Emeracm the other day. just?to Bee what Bartow county had in that -direction,- only five miles away.? The town- is on paper yet motily, but it won't be long. . For awhile I did not feel exactly at home, for'northern people have taken charge, and I did not know them and they did not know me, and some of them could not talk to me for they were-Swedes. They have quite a colony alI the way from 'that country that was JLhe first to make fron. I used to sell Swedes iron forty-five :years ago when I was^a merchant's, clerk, and it was considered the best iron in the world. These Swedesare in charge of a first-cless man from-their own country,-and they, have capital and are building their works on a large'scale to make maleable iron implements and fixtures, and will soon have the solid buildings erected and 1F0 hands employed. Northern men are arriving there every^day, as the hotel register shows, and have formed several companies for different enterprises. "Why,did you not stop at Cartersville?" said I to a Boston gentleman. He smiled ?and said: "Well, in the first place, we found here every thing we wanted, and a good deal more than We expected; to Bee, and it was all so close together-we did not care to look farther?it there is any place in the wide world where you can find iron ore of the best quality manganese, ochre, umber, kaolin fire clay, limestone, Bandstone, graphite and a splendid water power all within a radus of one mile I have never heard of it-r-and all these treasures in such abundance and on the line of a great. rail and in a high rolling,- well drained country tbat is ^obliged: to bejhealthy.; Secondly?we found that we could purchase property here much cheaper than properties near to an established town like Oartersville ?and.lately, because our people srejust like your people and all other people? they are a little clannish. They wanted to get together and work together and take an even start. It was not your, pol? itics that affected us for we are about half and half, ourselves?democrats and republicans, but we are all for protection. We feared we would not assimilate for awhile and might be misunderstood, but we wish to assimilate and we want your people to join us in our enterprises. We make no complaints. The kindness and hospitality of you people is most admira? ble and has. surprised us considering what you have suffered by the war. We have found open doors and a warm wel? come every where. "Now we have abundant capitol to begin with and will bring hundreds of our people here and more capital to develop this wonderful region. We ex? pect to have a cotton mill from New England planted on Pumpkin Vine Creek within a year. We expect to have furnaces and paint-mills and to manufac? ture firebrick and kaolin, and graphite. There is more graphite here in on moun? tain than has yet been found in all the United States, and it is of the best quali? ty. We shall grind it up and float it and box it and furnish the south with the best lubricator she has ever'had. If this mountain was at the north it would be worth a million dollars. Now there is no room for jealousy between Emerson and Cartesville, for in less than five years our interests will all be in common and northern capitol will be invested in every? thing tbat Bartow county has to sell. : Mr. Cleveland's administration was a good one and itgoesout with clean hands j and a splendid record: We believe that i General Harrison's will be just as good, and even better, for the south, for it will [ give confidence to northern republicans who wish to come south. There are mill? ions of capital up there that is idle in the banks?drawing nothing to the deposi? tors. It moves cautiously, but it moves sure, and there is no field so inviting as the south." ' , His solid, calm, earnest talk gave me I confidence and filled me with increased ! pride for our country and for southern I land. I did not know we were so rich. 1 I verily believe that in five year's time there will be more freights supplied to I the State road from Altoona to Adairs i ville, in Bartow conuty, than is now shipped all along the entire road from tbe Cbattahoochee to the Tennessee line. The State road runs thirty-two miles through> our. county, and every mile is ' rich,in minerals. Every hill is full of treasures and eVery valley rich in agri? culture capacity! From Emerson I rode' ANDERSON, S. C, '. out to the tmne3 and to the mill on the creek"and saw the great black hill of graphite, and not far away a great white hill of kaolin. In another mountain the gray ore was shinning like broken steel and close by the chryBtalized manganese sparkled like gems of diamonds. No wonder these northern men were fasci? nated and pitched their tents. They told me how rapidly the timber had been cut away hp north in the last ten, years, and now they had to depend on the south with long freights or on Canada with a protective tariff on the way. This re? minded me of a letter that was read at the late forestry ^congress from an Ohio man who said with fine sarcasm, "Con? gress puts a protective tariff of two dol? lars a thousand feet on lumber and there? by excludes Canada from our markets, and encourages our peop'e to cat down and saw up every tree that will make a two inch stave, and at the same time offers a bounty of 160 acres of public land to every settler who will plant ten of it in walnuts or chestnuts. The soloes at Washington hire us to cut it all down and then hire us to plant some more." I dined at the Emerson hotel?a nice, new building of forty rooms, and every? thing clean and attractive. These yan kees know what to do first when they go to build up a town. They are slipping up on us, I tell you. Nice ladies, well mannered and well dressed, waited on us at the table. I did not see a darky about the establishment. Eight there is where the difference comes in. The prejudice of caste and occupation clings to na still, and it shows a' lack of good senBe and independence. If a young lady can help her father keep a hotel, she ought to do it. If she can help her. mother keep house and make up the beds and wash dishes and fill the lamps and sweep the rooms she ought to do it. If she can make her own dresses and some for the children she ought to do it and be all the more proud^of having done her duty as a child. . Not long ago an Atlanta' girl whom I know said to her companion at High's "I wouldn't notice that girl if I was you?she isn't much?Bhe's pretty enough bat she makes her own clothes. She rigged up that hat she has on." I wish that all of our girls'could-be taught that money is of little consequence, com? pared with virtue and modesty and love: and kindness, and that work is no de fradation. I have seen many a father owed down because the ambition of his family to keep up with society kept him on a strain. I do utterly despise the tyranny of "aociet," aa it is called, and I never attend these fashionable receptions if I can help it. They are all hollow and hypocritical. I met a sweet, pretty girl in Atlanta, the other day, whose fallen fortunes had forced her to go to service in a commercial establishment. She was well educated, and never knew a want until recently. Without a murmur or a complaint or a look of sad despair she went to work and maintains herself. I met her on the street and kissed her, and loved her as a father loves his child. She is from a grand old family, one of the best in the state, and her grandfather was always my friend. I am proud to know.and to respect Borne Bartow girls of noble families who are now earning their own living and something more from the use. of pen and pencil. 1 know they are happier than when immersed in the gid? dy whirlpool of ? that , heartless thing called society. As the train came thundering along I boarded it, and found my friend Sandford Bell, the venerable . conductor of forty years' service^ was not calm and serene. He is fond of possum at this time of the year; and bo Dick Hargis, another knight of the rail, and who had a grudge against San ford, hired a darky to bring an old gray cat in a sack to the train as it halt? ed at Emerson and to ask Captain Bell if he didn't want to bny a 'pussm. The train wes just about to pull out and San ford said: "Is he fat; what do you ask forhim?" "Twenty-five cents, sir," said the darky, "an* he's fat all over, sir." Sanford tossed him a quarter and told him to hurry up and throw the sack in the baggage car. In a few minutes he found time to inspect his purchase. As he stooped down and cautiously untied the sack the cat saw the opening and made a spring for liberty. Now San ford's eyes are getting watery and bis spectacles rather dim, and still thinking it was a very lovely 'possum, he cried out, "Shot the door boys! shut, the door! don't let that 'possum get away I" The cat had disappeared behind a trunk, and Sandford would not believe it was a cat until the boys had caught it, and he had rubbed his hand over its furry taii. "If it ain't a cat I'll be dog'd I" said he, and he went forth in solemn silence amidst the peals of laughter from the boys. When he passes Emerson now he can be seen looking all around for that darky, but' has not found him. He told me he dident know exactly how concocted that scheme, but had reason to believe that it was either Dick Harges or the devil, and there wasentvery mach differ* ence between them. "It was quite -a catastrope," said I. "It was a cat-shore," said he. Bill A bp. Adulteration. The editor of the Chrietian Statesman, published iu Millwaukee, says he was lately informed by a ?ailroad official that he transported over bis ro^d at one time four tons of cockle seed ,to l o pre und up and mixed with black pepper. A con? fectioner of that city received a letter with a handsomely lithographed head from a New York firm of "importers, manufacturers, and exporters," whose business was "established in 1820." The letter says: "Enclosed find samples of refined French terra alba which we offer at seven-eighths cents per pound, barrels included. Packed in handsome new barrels, all branded 'California Beet Sugar.' Freight to Chicago $3.70 per 100 pounds. Shipped as sogar." Terra alba ib merely a finely powdered white earth. This earth is largely mixed with the cheap candies. Some of the baking powders are made of this earth and am? monia. There are mills in which nothing is ground but terra alba. Gypsum is also largely used. Shiploads of this article are sent to China to he used in making green tea. Another letter, also from ap enterprising New York firm, says: "If you use terra alba, we can sell you goods like the enclosed sample at one and a half cents per pound. If it is put up in sugar barrels, and each barrel is stenciled 'Imported Potato Starch," and shipped as such." A firm of Philadelphia drug? gists show equal enterprise. They offer through their agent 100 pounds of an article they call "California Powdered Sugar" for 90 cents, for which they have a large trade among confectioners. This iB sweetness dirt cheap. It is no wonder that our people are afflicted with dyspep? sia and debility and that children die young. Until laws against the adultera? tion of food are enacted and energeti? cally enforced we shall have to eat not only the proverbial "peck of dirt" but no end of nastiness, and there is no telling what poisons. Nature's Own True Laxative. The delicious flavor and healthy prop? erties of sound ripe fruit are well-known, and seeing the need of an agreeable and effective laxative, the California Fig Syrup Company commenced a few years ago to manufacture a concentrated Syrup of Figs, which has given each general satisfaction that it is rapidly saperceding the bitter, drastic liver medicines and cathartics hitherto ia use. If costive or bilious, try it. For sale by Simpson, 1 Held ? Co. FHUKSDAY MOENI LONGSTREET'S OLD AGE. The Sturdy Southern Veteran's Career. From the New York Times. Augusta, Ga., December 15.?Long street has been a fighter all his life. He came from a race of good, gritty stock from Edgefield, S. 0. He went to West Point. After a term of frontier dnty and Indian skirmishing he was ready for ser? vice in the Mexican war. He bore wounds and wore stars before he was 30. He had the Southern instincts strong enough to lay down his commission in the Union armies, like Lee and Law ton, to offer his sword to his State. Does the old man regret the choice he made in 1861 ? No one ever heard him say so. In spite of his troubles brought on by his prompt acceptance of reconstruction and his espousal of the Republican cause, Gen. Longstreet has preferred to remain in the South, confronting opprobrium in many cases, but enjoying the personal respect of his neighbors, and always snre of the undying love of his army comrades. Sixty-sis miles from Atlanta the train on the Charlotte Road stops at the thriving little village of Gainesville. The travel? ler has hardly alighted when a large, well-shaded house, with broad colon? nades, stands before him. This is the Piedmont Hotel, which Gen. Longstreet for several years has kept for summer travellers, with little benefit to himeelt beyond making innumerable friends. His wife, a quiet, intelligent woman, is his helpmeet, and his sons, one of whom has been to West Point, are well-dressed, smart young men. It is during these Summer months that one sees the grim old veteran at his best. He is the very embodiment of good humor. He tries to make every one comfortable, and as his hotel commands the best breezes from the Blue Ridge, be nsusually succeeds. He will amount three flights of steps to carry an apple to some little fellow- who learns to know and love the bronzed face and white head of this Southern veteran. If you go to Gainesville in the early spring yon will be told to secure a buggy and ride out two miles on the mountain road. Gen. Longstreet seldom comes to town at that time. Somewhere in his country place, clad in a long duster and a broad-brimmed hat, you will find him clipping hiB fruit trees or trailing up the vines in his grape orchard. He will show you his turkeys with pride, and, like Oincinoatua, revqla in his rustic Bur roundings and farm duties. Then there are winter days, when he must not be disturbed. He is 75 years old, you know, and realizes that bis book about; the civil war muBt be finished pretty soon. In it he hopes to vindicate hiB position at Gettysburg and account to unprejudiced posterity for his conduct at New Orleans. Gen. Longstreet attended the Gettys? burg reunions last Jnly, his Jast appear? ance in public until he met Gen. Harri? son recently at Indianapolis. Gettysburg is one of Longstreet's sore points. He was not in sympathy with Gen. Lee's tactics there. He advised against the sprtie on the third day at Cemetery Ridge, and he was even open to the charge of not supporting the centre of the army on the second day's battle. Gen. Lee always left to his corps com? manders the details of field work. Long street knew that Lee wanted as many men as possible to storm Little Bound Top. But between Longstreet's corps ana Little Bound Top lay a thousand yards-of field, swept by .40,000 Union muskets and sheltered only by tbe smoke of a raking artillery fire. Longstreet tried to shift upon Gen. E. P. Alexander, chief of artillery, the responsibility for ordering the fatal charge. Alexander' protested that he was in no position to note the effect of his own guns, but Longstreet persisted. Finally tbe signal was passed by Alexander, who thought he saw a break in the batteries of Meade. "Shall I go, General?" Pickett said, when informed that a party of Long street's corps must storm the heights. Longstreet turned away, heartsick at what he knew mast be a merciless, fruit-. less carnage. "I shall go, then,"^ returaed Pickett, and raising his hat he wheeled to his division and ordered his gallant brigades to death as certain and to charge as dis? astrous as the blunder at Balaklava. "It is splendid; I would not have missed it for the world," said an English officer who watched the gallant charge, turning to Longstreet in enthusiasm. But the old soldier bad more kn owl edge and lesB enthusiasm. . "What is splendid ?" he asked, recog? nizing the meaning of the moving lines. "I would give a great deal to have missed it." Gen. Longstreet'B criticisms of Gen. Lee's mistakes, coupled with his own political course after the war, aroused the indignation of many of the Southern people. Gen. Dick Taylor, in his "De? struction and Reconstruction,".declared that to those having knowledge of the two men any subject involving tbe pos? session and exercise of intellect could not have been clear to Longstreet if con? cealed from Lee. "We nave Biblical authority for tbe story that the angel in the path was visible to tbe ass, although unseen by tbe seer; but suppose," con? tinued Gen. Taylor, ''instead of smiting the honest, stupid animal, Balaam had caressed him, how would the story read 7" Gen. Grant was responsible for Long street's going into politics. After tbe war Longstreet went to New Orleans and opened a commission store. Gen. Lee had advised the acceptance of the terms of surrender, and Longstreet was pro ceding in this line. But Gen. Grant made him surveyor of the port and finally postmaster of New Orleans. It was at that time that he commanded the metropolitan police in the famous riots with the White League. This is where the people grieved. They had "nursed the pinion that impelled the steel." Grant bad a love for hia old army friends. He took up Gen. Hugh McLaws and made him postmaster of Savannah, but the latter never became a partisan. Since Longstreet's removal to Georgia his life has been smooth. He has regain? ed much of his old popularity. Next to Stonewall Jackson, his people say, he was the most daring and persistent warrior on the Confederate side. He was made minister to Constantinople by President Hayes, and by Gen. Garfield he was ap? pointed United States marshal for the Northern district of Georgia, a place of infinite worry and hazard. It wa* in troublesome contrast to bis snug berth "in the arms of the Orient." Then Gen. Longstreet was made post? master at Gainesville, In North Georgia he is a power, regardless of .political Ii n es. Two years ago there was a reunion of Confederate survivors in Atlanta. The statute of Benjamin H. Hill was unveiled in a public square. The people flocked to Atlanta. Jefferson Davis was there, seated in a great armchair. Around the platform were the military; outside stood 10,000 Confederate veterans. The orator of the day was in the midst ofjhis speech eulogizing Hill and condemning those Southern men who had betrayed the Democratic party and the South. He said: "They crown her with thorns and spit upon her; they array her in fine purple and cry, Hail 1" > Just at this time there was a com mo- j tion in the crowd, Down tbe avenue in full gray uniform, on his old war horse, Longstreet rode. He had jnst arrived. He dismounted and ascended the steps. The veterans caught sight of his tattered' regimentals and snowy hair and they sent up along shout of-welcome. The orator had to suspend his eloquent invective. Jefferson Davis arose from his seat and embraced Longstreet. It j WR9 a \oui time before the orator flould NG, JANUARY 3, l! go on with his address. He afterward said that his reference was not meant for Longstreet, bat the General's entrance just at that time was highly dramatic. State Farmers' Alliance* A called - meeting of the executive committee of the State Farmers' Alliance and one delegate from each County, where there is a local organization, was held in this city yesterday, the three sessions being held in the old Senate room of the Agricultural Building. The following delegates were in attend? ance: Anderson?-J. W. Norris. Chester?J. H. Hard in. Chesterfield?E. N. Eedfern, G. W. Baker. Darlington?E. R.McIver. Fairfield?Samuel McGormick. Greenville?W. W. Keys. Horry?J. P. Durham. Kerehaw?J. El McGill. Lancaster?R. S. Hicklin. Marion?J. D. Montgomery. Marlboro?J. B. Green. Newberry?Jno. F. Banks. Oconee?E. E. Verner. Pickens?R. A. Hester. Spartanburg?R. A. Lancaster. Sumter?R. M. Cooper. Union?A.C. Lvles. Williamsburg?Josiah Codefield. ? York-W. N..Elder. Besides the regular delegates named above, there were in attendance most of the officers of the State organizatian, six or eight of the Connty business agents and a number of members of the Legis? lature, who being members of the local Alliance, dropped in at the meeting yes? terday. .... The first session was called to order at 10 o'clock a. m. by the president, Gen. j E. T. Stackhouse,of Marion. Mr. J. W. Reed, of Spartanburg, the secretary, officiated in that capacity, be? ing assisted by Mr. W. W. Keys, of Greenville. The meetings of the Alliance being held with closed doors except to mem? bers, a detailed account of the proceedings is impossible. The object of the meeting was to make arrangements for supplies for the ensu? ing year, and to perfect the organization. By supplies are meant provisions, dry goods, etc., and the Alliance are con? sidering the feasibility of forming a joint Btock company and buying supplies as sncb. The report of President Stackhonse was very encouraging, and shows the Alliance to be in a very prosperous con? dition,.the membership in the last twelve months having increased fourfold. There are about 440 subordinate Alliances with [ an aggregate membership of about 15,000. The order was introduced into Sooth Carolina only a little over a year ago, and has made wonderful progress. It was decided at yesterday's meeting to provide for active steps being at once taken for a thorough canvass of the whole State, with the view of largely increasing the present membership. At the afternoon session, which was held from 3:30 to 6:30, Commissioner i A. P. Butler, at the request of the dele? gates, made a very brief address on the fertilizer question, affording much valu? able information on that important ques? tion.?Columbia Register, Dec. 20. 1 Good for the Old Bed Hills. When Mr. James Dickey was a boy he ploughed over a hilly field in Fa unit county. His father bad owned the farm for years, and each year it had yielded a scanty harvest from its thin soil. For generations it had been ploughed and sown and the harvesters had marched over it gathering short sheaves. A pretty good old farm it was, but nothing more. was ever expected of it than it gave up to the plow and sickle, A few months ago the Chicago gentle? men who are developing the marble interests of north Georgia struck the old Dickey farm. They prodded into its crevices and gullies while there. They told Mr. Dickey that his farm was better than a gold mine. They found on it the best marble to be fonnd in America. ! Result, a lease for one hundred years from Mr.. Dickey on a royalty of every square foot of marble quarried, that is guaranteed to reach $1,000 every month and not to exceed $5,000 a month. Mr. Dickey has no expense, nb work. He simply receipts every month for a mini? mum of $1,000 royalty. This income of 512,000 a year (which may be $60,000) is guaranteed for one hundred years. So the old farm makes Mr. Dickey and his heirs rich for generations. There are many such farms in Georgia. Hiding under their soil not only marble, but iron, coal, copper, gold, phosphates, granite, and spread all over with rich pyrites or ores. The only trouble is we know nothing of them. The State is too poor to afford a geological survey. And so we wilt go on as Mr. Dickey did in ignorance, ploughing the soil and har? vesting their crops, while untold treasures lies buried juBt a few feet, below and easily within onr grasp! This old Geor? gia is the richest State mortal man ever beheld. It is a great pity we are too poor to Bend a man over it to classify and uncover its riches!?Atlanta Constitution. His Whole Duty. "Have you had a job to day, Tim ?" inquired a well-known legal gentleman of an equally well-known drayman. "Bedad, and I did, sor." ''How many ?" "Only two, sor " "How much did you get for both ?" "Sivinty cints, sor." ?jScventy cents 1 How in the world do you expect to live and keep a horse on seventy cents a day ?" "Well, some days I have half-a-dozen jobs, sor; but business has been dull to day, Bor. Only the hauling of a trunk for agintilman for forty cints, an' a load av furniture for thirty cints; an' there was the pots an' the kittles, nobody knows pbat else; a big load, sor." "Do you carry big loads of household goods for thirty cents ?" "She was a poor widdy, sor. and had no more to give me. I took all she had, sor; an' bebad, sor, a lawyer couldn't ha' done no better than that." Ate Five Dozen Raw Eggp. Baltimore, Dec. 16?A boiler maker named Charles Howe astonished the epicures at a swell up town restaurant last night by eating five dozen raw eggs, shells and all, on a wager of five dollars. The eggs were placed before him on the eating bar, half a dozen on a plate. The egg-eater stood up in front of the ten plates of eggs and taking one after another broke the shells, sucked the contents and then deliberately chewed up and swallowed the shells. As he finished a dozen eggs he asked for some spirits. Whisky was tendered him', but he pre? ferred pure alcohol and took a big drink from the bottle that supplied the spirit lamps. He repeated the dose after every twelfth egg. In halt an hour all the eggs and over a pint of alcohol had been consumed. He then pocketed the five dollars, buttoned up his vest, remarked that he had often oaten nine dozen eggs in the same manner and left the group of astonished men wondering whether the boiler maker had an iron plated stomach. ? Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is recom? mended by eminent physicians, on botb aides of the Atlantic, as the most reliable remedy for colds, coughs and all- pulmo nary disorders. Inquire of your drug? gist for Ayer'i Almenae. B89. Life Twice Wasted. Robert Cheviot has recently translated from a German writing a remarkable story, which, although wholly a work of the imagination, conveys a significant meaning to every reader. It purports to be the life history of the son of a Saxon peasant, born in squalid poverty and reared in ignorance. No gleam of intelligence, of knowledge, er even of rational amusement, lightened the monotonous twilight of his days. He lived the life of boys and young men of his class, bnt growing more brutal in his tastes as the years passed. When he reached middle age there came a change. He went to a great city, fortune favored him, and at last he be? came wealthy. But he himself was unchanged. He knew no higher use for money than to spend it" in gratifying the lower passions and debasing tastes which had been nursed in his early life. Still he was spared, and his body seem? ed to set at naught the ordinary law of nature that every man shall snffer for the abuse of his own appetites. But at last even his iron frame yielded. In extreme old age, on his ninetieth birthday, he was confronted by death. The grim enemy appeared to him, so the story runs, as a visible presence, and summoned him to the retribution await? ing one who had misspent his life. The old man begged to live his life over again, pleading that his birth and childhood, in poverty and vice, had given him no chance to know God, or to serve Him. If he could have another chance, he would devote his life to good works and to service of God. The pray? er was granted, for the first time in the history of tbe world. He was suffered to live his life over again. He died, and was born again as the son of a powerful nobleman. He recol? lected distinctly his first life, and knew, too, that to him had been given, through j God's infinite mercy and patience, this chance to redeem its errors, and save I himself from punishment. He has now wealth, youth and the homage of tbe world. He holds the full cupjQf worldly pleasure to his lips, and again he drinks deeply of it. He does not forget his purpose to live a - new and better life, but he delays beginning. . "Yet another day and I will repent," he says. "Yet a day to enjoy life. Then I will devote myself to God and all good things." The daya pass; the weeks, the years. He grows more vicious as each carries up its black record to heaven. His first life had been evil chiefly to himself. His second life is stained with foul crimes against others. At last be commits a murder; he slays his nearest friend. Appalled, the terrified wretch drives the knife into his own heart and gives back his soul, still foul and stained, to God. ? The folly of the man who thus, for idle, trivial pleasures, wasted the opportunity granted to him, astonishes and dismays' ever reader of his wild tale. But does the reader think of his own folly who has but one life to live ? "Beware," sayB .the Arab proverb, "how thou dealest with God or thy broth? er. For thou ehalt never meet him at tbe same crossing of the ways again." To every man or woman who comes into the world God gives the opportnnity to enter at death into a higher, nobler, happier life. One sells his chances for fame, another for money, a third for gay clotheB and vapid, fashionable folly, and yet another for sensual indulgence. One day a blank wallshuts down across the path. Here lies the man's body, a lump of decaying matter. His frame passes like tbe forgotton sound ofyester ? day's wind; what do the rich garments or .what does selfish indulgence count for now to him ? Alas! must such a human history be repeated over and over again, and tbe living take no warning from the dead ? Cotton Spinning, North and Sontb. The cotton mills of New England have been unusually flourishing the past year. Some of the dividends earned have amounted to thirty per cent, carrying ' large sums in each case to the t reserve fund to meet repairs and extepsioos and to enable managers to tide over - dull seasons. Not less than twelve mills are now building in Massachusetts, and several more are going up in New England. These facts suggested to tbe Chatta noogs Iradesman the immense advan? tages the South has over a section where climate is bleak and ?&%:e water courses are frozen a part of tojfr year. . Eastern mills are compelled t<*-~ Overcome an arid atmosphere by flood?g their weaving and spinning rooms with Bteam to give the thread proper tension. Every New England mill, too, must keep an expert cotton buyer in the South. Now, with all these disadvantages New England spinners net full dividends every year. What must be the prospect for that section where cotton grows at the base of the mills, where proper humidity pre? vails for the manipulation of threads without artificial expedients? The cost of getting raw material to the North gives the Southerner a profit over his New England competitor right off. Wages are lower here than at the North. "In fact," says the Tradesman, "our Southern spinners have the advantage of lower cost of production at every point, and they have a vast home market for goods in which no competitor can disturb them." It should not excite wonder that, con? sidering the surrounding of both, the Southern cotton-mill industry has in? creased at a much more rapid rate in tbe last few years than that of New England. A statistical return of cotton mill operations in the South shows that there were for the year ended Sept. 30, 1888, 235 milla running against 219 last year, a gain of 17; that the Southern consumption for the year 1887-8 was 443,378 kales against 393,466 in 1887, a gain of 50.000 bales. Tbe gain in spindles was 81,239, in looms, 3,000. and the gain in pounds of cotton consumed 2S,500,000 There were 164 mills in the South in 1S80, showing a gain of more than 30 per cent. All needed, in Southern cotton mill management, concludes the Tradesman, to make the mills the most profitable plants of their kind in tbe world, is something more of tbe thrift and system displayed in New England and copied by the Old Augusta factory, the Eagle and Phenix of Columbus and tbe Wesson of Mississippi. ? The New York World has inter? viewed the Governors of several of the States on the subject of the use of money in bribing voters at elections. Governor Hill says that he will touch upon that evil in bis message, and urge New York Stute to pass stringent laws on the sub- I ject. Governor Gordon thinks it entirely ' proper that Congress should take some action on the subject. Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania, says that bribery must be stamped out of existence by the com* ! bioed efforts of the States and Congress. ! Governor Lee, of Virginia, holds the tariff monopolists responsible, and says that the evil must be stopped. With but very few exceptions the Governors Bay that the boodler has no place at elections, and that he must bo put out of the way. ? Health is impossible when the blood is impure, thick, and sluggish, or when it is tbin and impoverished. Buch cond^iouB give rise to boils, pimples, begebe?, neuralgia, rheumatism, and oti'/r disorders. Ayer's Sarsaparilla purifies, invigorates, and vitalizes the blood. ? Senator John Sherman carries $890,000 lift loBuraucti J VOLUM] Method in Madness. HotSpeings, Ark., Dec. 16?Thiacity is now in a roar over the ludicrous man? ner in which South Hot Springs, better known as Jonestown, has been "taken in." A few days ago an old man of gentoel appearance drifted into tbe South end of the town and represented himself as a California millionaire. He talked smoothly of his vast possessions in California. These included railroads, vineyards, fast horses, orange groves and ranches. He desired to engage a dozen responsible men for good positions that would pay from ?4,000 to $8,000 a year, and he believed he coold find such men right here. This talk was eagerly swallowed by the people, and they became closely attach? ed to the old man, who said bis name was Harper.' They showered favors on him, and would not receive payment. Finally a grand supper was given in his. behalf by about fifty men, and there were flowers, wines and music At the ban? quet the old man made a speech and said be wished to' give his friends a genuine mark of his affection. He retired tc a room, and in half an hour returned with an armful of envelopes. "These, friends," said he, "contain my checks for varions amounts, and the only stipulation I make is that they must not be opened until to morrow." Then there was more rejoicing, and the old man was fairly worshipped. One woman could not stand the press? ure and ran home and opened her en? velope. She found it contained a leaf of an old almanac with proverbs like I this: "A fool and his money are soon parted." "All that glitters is not gold," &c. Boiling with indignation she re i turned to the banquet rooms and showed her check, i Then there was a simulta? neous opening of envelopes, and what a scene followed I All contained pieces of almanac jokes. The old man was put in jail on the charge of fraud. The specific charge was obtaining $80 from Squire Witter. Yesterday it developed that the old man was an escaped lunatic from Jacksonville, 111., named James Sykes._ A Cheap Country Faint. A method of painting farm buildings and country houses, wihile by no means new, is yet so little kno wn and so deserv? ing of wider appication as to warrant a description. The paint has but two parts, both cheap materials, being water lime or hydraulic cement and skimmed milk. The cement is placed in a bucket, and the skim milk, sweet, is gradually added, stir ring constantly, until just about tbe consistency of good cram. The stirring moat be thoroughly done to have an even flow, and if too thin, the mixture will run. ou the building and look streaked. The proportions cannot be exactly stated, but a gallon of milk requires a full quart of cement and sometimes a little more. This is a convenient quantity to mix at a time, for one person to use. If too mnch is prepared tbe cement will settle and harden before all is used. A fiat brush, about four inches wide, is the best implement to use with this mixture. Lay it on exactly as with oil paint. It can he ap? plied to woodwork, old or new, and to brick and stone. When dry the color is a light, creamy brown, or what some would call a yellowish stone color. Neither expression describes it well, but it is a very great color for a country building. A pigment like ochre may be added to change the color, but it is very difficult to do the mixing so thoroughly as to give an even tint. If attempted, the cement and coloring matter in care? fully weighed proportion should be first run through a paint mill. This skim-milk paint, well mixed, without added, color, has a good body, gives smooth, satisfacto? ry finish, on either wood or stone, and wears admirably. A friend of mine used this paint for a set of of farm buildings, which have since passed through three winters and are now looking fresh and well. One building was new and the covering boards imperfectly seasoned, others bad been whitewashed, some repeatedly for more than half a century. All appear equally well. The older buildings were prepared by scraping off the-loose and ecaley whitewash, the scraper being a currycomb; it was not much work to do this. Tbe expense of this piece of painting was surprisingly slight. A laborer at $1.50 a day did the work, and he covered a two story twelve room house in six working days. He laid on from three to four gallons a day, the whole quantity used on this building being less than a bushel of cement, costing fifty cents, and twenty-two gallons of ikim milk, worth less than a dollar on the farm. The whole cost of satisfactory painting a good sized house, brush inclu? ded, was below $12. ?This painting mixture, easily and cheaply prepared, was described in recipe books years ago, but a knowlege of it was revived by Gen. Le Doc while he was United States commissioner of agriculture. He mentioned an instance of a country house within his personal knowledge, the body ofwhich was covered with skimmed milk and cement, and the trimmings with lead and oil paint, forty five years before he described it; during this period tbe trimming paint had been renewed several times, but thefcheap body color remained well preserved.?American Cultivator. A Big Bet A bet was made in the presidential election of 1882, rather an agreement, by which the snm of $200 was given outright to one of tbe parties to the bet, the con? ditions being that he should pay tbe oth? er man 1 cent for one electoral vote that Jackson should get over Clay, 2 cents for three, 8 cents for four, 16 cents for five, 32 cents for six and so on, according to the majority, if any, that Jackson migbt get in the electoral college. The man to whom the offer was made incautiously jumped at it and eagerly took the $200, but soon found that he had obligated himself for more than he and all his friends could ever pay. Tbe simplest arithmetic will show that by a rule of this doubling up, even if the majority had been but twenty, it would have involved $5,242.83, to say nothing of a majority of ninety five, which would bankrupt all tbe Goulds and Vanderbilts. Even a majority j of only thirty would produce $5,868,707.12, while a majority of thirty-six would in? volve $343,597,383.68. If the majority only reached forty the man's obligations would already have amounted into bil-1 lions and reached the astonishing sum of $5,397,553,138.88. ? The unprecedented floods in Geor? gia for two years past are attributed, by speakers before the American Forestry Congress at Atlanta, to tbe reckless de? struction of the forests at tbe headwaters of the streams affected. Immense tracts of hard-wood timber lands in tbe moun? tains of EaBt Tennessee have beeu bought by English companies which are sweep? ing away the lumber at an alarming rate. , Tbe pine belt of Southern Georgia is being cleared off at tbe rate of two hundred square miles a year, and the net result of tbe slaughter is increasing damage by floods and prolonged droughts. ? It is a man's relation to his God that must adjust and determine his rela-1 [ tions to his lellow creetures. The sym-1 , metrical position of the points in the I circumference arises from their common relation to a common centre. Set a man right with God, and he will certainly be right with his neighbors. ? Benjamin Harrison will be the sixteenth President of the United States having only one given name. No man ^baa ever been elected President who. ptrtid all Diml on one elde. E XXIV.- -NO. 26. All Sorts of Paragraph's. ? Canned sweet potatoes are the latest grocery novelty. ? He that swells in prosperity will shrink in adversity. -jj ? There are three thousands postmis? tress in the country. ? Care for what you say, or what you say will make you care. ? A horse knows more'tban some mer for it knows when to say neigh. \ ? The population of Germany, accoh ing to tbe last census, is 46,855,704. ? There are 493 mountain peaks in I United States more than 100,000 feet ir height. ? The prohibition vote of 1888 shot gain of nearly one hundred thousand over 1884. ? The pride of Ventura county, Cali? fornia, is a field of six thousand acres * Deans. ? All the scientists still assert that it would take a cannon ball only eight days to reach the moon. ? The monster 111 ton cannon recen ly manufactured in Germany throws projectile twenty miles. ? It was a woman who saw the snake, but since then the- men have at? tended to that sort of thing. ?"What is.the best position in which! to sleep?" asked the patient_"I.U8ually; lie down," replied the doctor,. ? "Hold fast that which is good." The opposite counsel isjusPas important; let go that which is not good. ?J-'-^^a^i ? A colored preacher in New York - complains that white servants have taken ? the place of negroes in that city. ? Some men have a Sunday soul, which they screw cm in doe time, and; take off again every Monday morning.- - ? Nature uses ajjood many quills-with'; which to raake&g!^fi,..but a man-:canj make a goose ofH^Hfrvith only one. : ? The Span..^^ the Sixteenth century, believeo^TEaTspiders indicated^ gold when they were found in abundance;? ? The largest carpet in the world has*; been on exhibition at tbe Cincinnati Ex? position. It contains twenty seven bun-': dred square yards. ? When a man finds that he is gettingy tobe too loquacious, his best-remedy is . to get married. He will notice an--im : provement right away.. ? "Why cannot a woman become a.; successful lawyer, I'd like: to know," asked a lady of a cynical old judged "Because, madam," he answered, "she's ;^ too fond of giving her opinion without pay." ? The Government, pays the Adam's-^ Express Company one* hundred and seventy-five thousund dollars annually;'; for the transportation of bonds and" Lmoney to different sections of tbe United - States. :$$j? ? English capitalists have closed'a. trade for ten acres of land in Borne, G&.-'i; on which they will establish .a glaas.^; factory for making glassware of every^"/ description. The plant will cost $260,- ;) 000. ? A national convention of colored re? publicans has been called to meet in Washington the week Harrison is' ina?g-^r urated, and in this convention Southern ;B districts will be allowed double-'repre- - sen tation. ? The Bay Creek Hardshell Baptist . Church in Gwinnett county, Ga;, expelled three of its members for joining the Far- . V mers' Alliance. One went back" and;; ; acknowledged that be had been following^ strange gods, and was. restored to. $ fellowship. ? Professor Blake, the Kansas weather V man, predicts that next year will brmg^ us'greater extremes of weather than we have had in sixty years. The floods will be great, and the dronths will be still '. greater. Still it is some comfort to re^jSfl fleet that Professor Blake may be no wiser than bis brother prophetB. ? Pauline Hall, tbe actress, says stamrT^ mering can be cured by gently squeezing^ the hand between words. The name of.<Sv; the youop man who cured Pauline is not ?js given. The remedy may effect a cure^ every time, but heart affection may follow.^ if the patient is young and pretty?and that is more dangerous than stammering. ? The Legislature of Alabama lias. , passed an Act looking to an amendment of the State Constitution so as to providing for a special tax, not exceeding 1 posS cent on taxable property, to be levied f?raB school purposes?the tax paid by white.:^ citizens to be appropriated for the e?ppo?'^ of schools for the whites, and the taxbf . colored citizens for the support of echopJiV-' for the colored people. Tbe amendment; will be su bject to ratification by the popu? lar vote. ? An ingenious chicken raiser nearJ Pomona, California, has devised a way or preventing chickens from scratching or his garden. He crosses the long-leggec bramas with tbe short .legged bantams,; and the result is a new breed of fowls .v; with one long leg and one short leg. When they raise either leg to scracb the^7.'"' lose their balance and come to grieff. After a few demoralizing attempts. tbeW ? desist. I ?The Colonel, who lives in the South, " was finding fault with Bill, one of his hands, for neglect of work, and saying be wouldn't have any more preachers about the. place?they had too many protracted^, meetings to attend. "B?l ? ain't no' . preacher," says Sam. "He's ODlya:'zoi*^ ter." "Well, what's the differencepSe^ tween a preacher and an exhorter?" "Why. yon know, a preacher?he takes \ a tex', and den he done got to stick to it. But a 'zorter?he kin branch." . ^ ? The medical men of Boston are just ; now puzzled over a strange case of ossifi->??. cation or petrefaction that has come to :~ their notice. This freak is a man bfCO.r; years of age, Jonathan Bassjjy name, who during the latter half of lift 'Wnjljr^ gradually wasted from sound flesh to bone, until his body iB one rigid mass with: ho^, more flexibility than a log of wood.:.; While unable voluntarily to make the least move, Mr. Bass' intellect is keen, and his indigestion unimpaired. A ; number of well known physicians hava-^j made a Btudy of this remarkable case, andg^ all admit that it surpasses anything, their experience. ? The sensation of tbe day is the. pro-, % (jected trans-continental railroad '/niov^m America to Europe. The route, which|kpi practically all rail, is only 14,000. miles;-? from New York to London. This is the^ way it runs: From the terminus of one g of our Pacific roads a rail line is propos through Alaska, thence Northwestward to the narrowest part ', of Behring strait. Scarcely more than ten mile wide, a cluster of islands dot this stra and a rail line could bo built across or series of bridges. Now, having .lande on the shores of Siberia, a railway acrpir tbe Russian territories would conne with existing line all European contine tal countries. ? According to the Iron Age, t longest straight reach of railway in1 world is on the new Argentine Pau. Railway from Buenos Ayres to the fo of the Andes. For a distance '?fj3^ miles the line is laid without a cuiTv. The level nature of the country will be evident from the fact that there is neither] a cutting nor an embankment-vrhich is ~t. deeper or higher than one yard." T)ae11 entire absence of wood on the plaiuf^ across which the western end of thb road-, passes has led to the extensive uses "of'v metallic sleepers. Operations havesTf^P ready been begun on the mountainsection^l of the road, which .is to. cross the Andea^? and to open up communication irjth laa^ Chilian Hnci . :?raS