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'ITHE AGhiU LU UAL 1t
SO31E StGUESrTs ON A VUIY
rORTANT st 'U. El T.
A Review of the Ar.:umen d I-W
Our Iresent Systeu of Public Eiuat 10
To the Editor of the News and Cour
er: The question how we can best ed;
cate young men iu order to tit then- f<
life, and for its two-fold struggle, patrt
against the adverse forces of na'ur
partly against the ever increasg 1
lectual aud indu coriai pettitIo, <
other trained comaunitics, should uu
deeply engage every thoughtful I
patriotic citizen of the Siate. As -
duty to the rising generation is o ce
the gravest that can pos ibly arise in th
whole category of individual, social an
civic responsibilities, it should be al
proached seriously, gravely, earneAly
reverently, with an entire freedom froz
prejudice and passion, and an eye sirga
to the ascertainment of truth. Unfofrt
nately the question of education has L,
hcretofore been considered in this carm
est, patriotic spirit.
The present controversy (it can searce
ly be called a discussion) over the bes
methods of education of youth in th
ztu~ies "pertc ;:ng to agrculttre a
the mechanic arts" bids fair to go th
way of all others of its kind, and to b
decided not on its merits, but in accrd
ance with the way in which it affect
conflicting individual or local interests
Now if this discussion were uninmont
ant, so that no great harm would resui
from a decision in any direction, Cii
public could afford to leave a few ms
putants to fight it out. Bat inasmucl
as South Carolina has always been, an
most probably always will be, au gri
cultural State in spite of booms an
tariffs and other alleged "diversifying
influences, so that her chief wealth wil
be derived directly from the soil by th<
toil and sweat of a large proportion o
her people, it is a nianitest necessity ta
this problem of the improvement vi he:
'extracted industries be solved with car
rectness and solved with dis;patch.
Pi the fierce competition of the dai
the State has no time to lose. tit
blunader may be worse than a crime.
false step may cost her thousands o:
dollars directly and milions in its Con
seauences. She is, therefore, comp-le
to avoid apathy on one hand and to
great haste on the other. She must an
promptly, but she must act wisely. Sh
must be sure she is ight and tie. g(
ahead. I sincerely hope that the ais
cussion of this question will bee-a
general. Full and free debate i L la
safeguard of a republic. The sovcreigr
people may be trusted when they u. er
stand, but a people misled is a aanger
ous tyrant. I give credit for smncti' 't3
and honesty of purpose to all who 3 tv<
thus far had anything to say upon th1
subject. I take it for granted that the3
have no desire to propagrate error oi
to win their cause in any other w Iy"taa
by sound reason based on undispte
facts.
Nevertheless the public demands iti it:
own i-terest that those who assum2 t<
teach must first thoroughly acqua:in
themselves with their subject; or tlat 1:
they fail in this, then mistakes mu. b
pointed out by some one else. In "a
interest of truth, and of a serious, c in
did, dispassionate discussion of this im
portant measure, I desire to correct som<
of the errors of fact, express or implied
that have crept into the discussion.
It has recently bcen stated by severa
persons and newspapers that unless th<
State establishes a special agricuhura
college she cannot secure the benefit s o
the Congressional "Hateh Act," wh~ic1
appropriates $15,000 a year for agri::a
tural and scientidc expenmentation
Whether thi is true or not can be scee
by reference to the following sectioins o
the Hatch Act as passed:
"Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., Tha
in order to iaid in acquiring and difflxin
emong the people of the UJnited State
useful and practical information on sub
jects connected with agriculture, thers
shall be established under direction o
the college or colleges or agricultura
departments of colleges in each State o:
Territo.zy established, or which ma:
hereafter be established in accorda~nc<
with the provisions of an Act approve<
July 2, 1862, a department to be know3
and designated as an agricultural experi
ment station: Provided thlat in any Stata
or Territory in which two such college
have been or may be so established, thb
appropriation hereinafter made to snel
State or Territory shall be equally divd
ed between such colleges, unless ti
Legislature of such State or Territor;
shall otherwise direct."
"Section 8. That in States having
colleges entitled under this section t<
the benefits of this Act and having .'ls
agricultural experiment stations .ab
lisheo by law separate from said col
leges, such States shall be authorized ti
apply such benefits to experimentsa
idations so established by such States
and in case any State shall have estal
lished under the proiions of said Ac
of July 2, aforesaid, an agricultural de
partment or experimental station in con
nection with any university, college o
institution not distinctly an agriculture
college or school, and such State sala
have established or shall hereafter estat
ish a separate agricultural college o
chool, which shall connectei
aerewith an experimes farm or st
tion, the Legislature of such State ma;
apply in whole or in part the approprie
tion by this Act madce to such sepxaa
agricultural college or school, and. n
Legislature shall by contract, express C
inmrlied, disable itself from so doing."
Section 1 directs the appropriaion t
be made to "any college or collegese
agricultural departmntts of colleges,
and Section 8 adds that in case therj
sball be a sepasrte ,gi--ulural exper
mental station the Legislatture is auiihol
ized (not required) to apply.the funmd t
it. And in case a sepa'rte agricul:'e
college shall be theireafter establ he
the Legislature may apuropnrate a
whole or a part of this mioney to u
college.
This extract shows that there is
wanmant whatercr for the statement the
a separate agricultural college_ is a pri
requisite for an approprnation. .TI
State of New York which has a separal
ppm eantal ation, and an agricnltm
a nex t r en !:averary, nas just by
e t e Leilature gven the appro
p o Cerell. The hatch Act is
It removed from tie arcna of
d ebat e.
.I1. Thomas, of WeJg:e1eld, in
a lett-.r to the New and Courier, dated
I rril 2:3 ;, sa: "Now if this coun
- tvis an averre, thc o't of the -4,I I0-0
. apppriated t the Collece and Citadel
the farmers l'ay -- 0,000 a year to Cdu
Cate lawyersz, docetors, preachers and sol
>r diers. w'il nowia re in the State can a
v iares bov get a practi-al agriculitral
'anda me.-haniCal etineation."
h rs do ot pay three-ourths of
the Stae a Ji te d no one
:-e them the hard-earned|
IweliltI t' it these ta..t-s Leset; ,
beie.it nks lttle 11;if;erec What
C. .s the r It taxes so Lng as cach
diiviuh.d bear s h it burden, for thei
St::te is an aggregation of individuals,
not of chses. Bt when such a %tae
u ment forms the justification of the
charge that the 6.rmers are swindled, it
should not be made unless known to be
'rue.
The report of the comptroller general
e for uts t year i page l0m gives a statement
or the State taxes, the only source from
t which comes the appropriations for the
%ollege and the Citadel. From this re
port is taken the following summary:
Total State faud from
t taxation, royalty, 1i
e censes, Vc......... .Z ,3
1 Taxes paid by railroa-ls,
e real cstate in cities
eand towns, personalty
in Charlestonand Co
s lumba........... 208, S
Phosph ate royalties... 196,0 O
tt
License fees ........ ..4"195
I Bal. from other sources E.19,904
This balance, about It) per cent. of the C
total revenue, includes not only taxes
paid by farmers, but all country plop
erty, and all personalty in towns and
cities outside of Columbia, owned by
otheis than farmers. These would ofIset c
the taxes paid by farmers under other
heads. Saareely a pound of river rck
is used in Soutl Ca;'lina and the royal- :
ty is, therefore, paid by the mning t
Iompanies or by foreign consumers. 0
This statement is sulIiciently accurate to y
show that the farmers do not pay three- i
fourths of the taxes.
There are so many better reasons than s
this -.hy faraers should have fMil con- a
sideration that they can well afford to o
dispense with it. s
0
In the second part of the sentenec
jquoted the writer is again in error; for N
as neitz.er the Cillege nor the Cit:dei P
cointais a spec-ial department in theolog ia
or in me-icine, it cannot be said that e
the Stat' "educates preachers and doc- v
tor, UksS the writer means that a i<
ceeral Lterary, scientifi3 and polite e
culture is intended for preachers, doc- t]
tors and lawyers alone, and that farmers' A
sons cannot or ought not derive any ad- ii
vantages therefrom. He could not con- t]
sciou ly take any such position so uni- 1:
just to the farmer and his son. Even s
were t.e no technical agricultural in
struction in the Cllege, the sons of t:
farmers would still enjoy in common a
with all others that general training t
which is of the utmost importance in v
enablirgt its possessor to enter into this 1
fierce intellectual compej~tition now raging I
throughout the civilized world, the want D
of which training compels the farmer's t
son or anybody else's son to take a back r
- scat or be run over. h
But the State does much more. Not r
only giving the farmer's son that broad a
culture he cannot secure in a low grade il
specialized school, she provides for him t
a separate department, in which he can I
aloobtain special technical, practicald
training. Students who desire to be- C
come lawyers are shrewd enough gen- C
erally to take a thorough academic I
course and tinish off in the law depart- r
-ment. and farmers' sons should at least C
receive the same kind of preparatory a
training in order to fit them to cope with C
these alleged "enemies of their race." t
Again, as military training is one of 1;
the features in all separate agricultural l
colleges, the Citadel should not be re
Sviled for training "soldiers." s
As it is still a mooted question what r
constitutes a practical agricultural edu- T
cation, it can only be argued, not s
I proven, whether this State gives such or s
r not. But the fact is that the plan ofa
edueation provided by South Carolina is.
Sin the same line as that given by twenty
four States in the Union, and its legality
Sis recognized by Congress, by Legisla-t
tures of States, and by a large majorityC
e of the people of the Union.
sThe charge that the farmer's son can 1
e not obtain a practical mechaial educa-c
tion can be <directly disproved. Thirty 1
- or forty students during the past yeara
e have been engaged in the workshops ofC
F the South Carolina College, and when I
they shall have completed their course fI
they will know more about ordinary I
' wood and iron work than many of ther
' carpenters and blacksmiths in the State,
besides being thoroughly trained in me
chanical drawing and in the theory ofi
Smachinery, kinematics, mechanical
ttechnology, ..c. It is a question of taste
Swhether it is better for the farmer's son, 1
or lawyer's, or doctor'. or preachecr's
tson to pay money in college to learn t
how to fork manure, cut wood and chop 1
cotton, without knowing how to handle<
Stools, or to permit him to acquire the
retails or unskilled labor at home, and
Learn at college how to frame buildings,
rveld tires, sharpen ploughis, rig up ma -
chinerv and do other skilled operations
Swhich wvould otherw~ise entail a luas ci
ime and monev.
The 3iIhiSisppi College pursues the
Sformer course; the South Carolina the
latter. MIanual labor is required in both
U places, the only difl'rence being that the
South Carolina College gives that train- <
ing w~hichl cannot be given at home,
0 while the MIississippi College, during its <
7 even years of existence, has taken no1
steps to give instruction in the use of<
r ools, or other skilled mechanical labor.i
isared said there are between thirty
?nd fortv students in the South Carolinam
College .equiring this practical miechan
cal trin~i . The c :urge, then, that
h~e fanun en cannet seenre this train
n tg must be2C chritaey .cribed to) sheer
ignorance but to iguorance nadly ex
cusable, since a hali Lo'ur' visit to un
SCollege or fiv'. minutes perus:. of it
it catalogue wula have dispeiled it. i>.
SColambia, S. C.
"Grass widow" is a mrisleaidinig term.
l.. Sneh widows arc never green.
!ITl-i' Al!:I:Y INCOLON IA T".'
Wier, and I :lttted Svrva n.
(From thte Ne(%w Yo:k Point.) |i
Many persons who con.sider teiicsClves
familiar with the historv of this country I
are not aware that in the last enitury
white men, women and chi.lren were
held in bondage; ihat the coloni:i s
in favor of such servitude were as ex
plicit and severe as wcre those in sn- it
port negro lavery. Such white persons P
owing a personal service to individual
mRasters were generally known as "teri t
slaves." though their legal status wa
represented. by the word "rcdcmpt"on
or."
Isaac Weld, Jr., in his book of travels
in A.rica, published in the Ls cen
ur. assm thaIt t twas the Custom of
shipiaisters at Rotterdam and tle Hanse
:owns to inveigle the people on to their
ressels, under promise of free passage to
Imerica. On reaching the colonies an
ouncement of the arrival of mechanics
Lnd laborers would be made, and per- it
ons in want of such would flock to the C:
hops, and the poor Germans would be o
old to the highest bidders, the captains h
tocketing the proceeds. o
Rledemptioners constituted in the v
Arly part of the eighteenth century a
1eculiar feature of colonial anxiety. t
Ehey were recruited from among all a
nanncr of people in the old world, and p
hrough this channel Europe emptied
ipon America not only the virt uous poor
nd oppressed of her population, but I o
he vagrants, felons and dregs of her '
ommunities. There was thus establi;h- t<
d among the settlers a society that, in;
nany places, was almost imbued with a im
aoral pestilence. Among the redemp- w
ioners, however, were a fair proportion I
f sturdy souls, strong in purpose and b:
ndeavor, who appreciated the great 1(
pportunity created for them by this o
omplete change of life and country. st
Lt the expiration of their term of ser- ol
ice many, by thrift and industry, ele- -
'ated themselves to respectable posi
ions, and were absorbed in the middle i
lass. -
There were two kinds of redemption- tlr
s-"indented servants" who had oc
ound themselves to their macsters for a ai
rm of years previous to leaving thelv
Id country, "free-willers," who, bcing
ithout money and desirous of emigrat- w
2g, agreed with the captains of ships to st
low themselves or their families to be w"
ld on arrival for the captain's advant- pt
ge, and thus repay costs of passage and
ther expenses. The former-indenlte( b(
rvants-were often trapped into their 'tl
i.-agements by corrupt agents at h me, su
-ho persuaded them all under false m
romiises of tendr and humane treat- pz
ient, and assurapnees of remunerative re
mploynent at the expiration of service,
-hieh would insure a competent provis- fri
)n for the reumainder of their days. The be
migrants often discovered on nrrival st<
Aat the advantages to be obt:ained in
.merica had been pmatea by the agents gt
i much too allaring colors. Frequently :30
aeir maste.s forced them to most rigid
Lbor and exercised an unnecessary -p
everity.
The free-willers sufered even wcrse 'd
eatment at the hands of shipmasters 1
nd agents. They were led to believe ar
at on arrival in America their services in
0ouid be eagerly solicited by persons ptc
rho would gladly pay the costs of their G
assagCs; which being only ?1, the th
migrants would soon be able to repay, al
e einigrants would soon be able to e
pay, and thus be able to secure th:eir na
berty and all the enjoyment and pros- ki
eritv that the new country offered to a
dventurers. Agreements were entered bi
to whereby these deluded ones bound
emselves, "that if, on arrival, they did e
ot succeed within a certain number of ir
ays in securing employment on their
wn terms, they could be sold for a term eoc
f years to defray the charges for their wi
ssages. Alas! the "frec-willers," with oi
are exceptions, had a rude awakening 0r
n reaching the colonies. Under their ca
greements the cap~taina had a legal lieni N
n the persons of the emigrants until ei
be ship charges were paid: consequent- 0;
- they were not allowed to go on shore, w,
ut were exp)osed to view on deck to the e
eople who came on board in search of T<
ervants. Except in cases of extraordi- vs
.ar' ciualifications, ve.ty few of them th
er happy enough to make their own cl
tipulations, and they found themselves b
old for several years of tedious labor Q)
nd servitude. di
The terms of conditions of service a
iffered in the dil~erent colonies. Among v
lhe archives of the Pennsylvania His
orical Society are some original bonds,
ragreements, between ship captains
nd redemptioners.~ From them we
earn that the usual price paid in that
olony f. r three years' service was ?24si
s. and Gd. When his time had expired th.
,man was entitled to receive two suits a.
f clothes, a grubbing hue, a weeding
oe and a new axe. Children sold for al1
ro S to ?10, and their masters were h<
equired to see that they were taught to tL
ed and write, and had at least onea
tuarters schooling.
In New Jersey-according to "Leam- a
nig and Spicer"-no white servant, if E
old or bound after seventeen years of w;
ge, could serve above four years. If w
Lder that age, they were to be free on 'aI
'aching their majority. At the expira- ti
ion of service their master were obliged o
o supply them with two good suits of*t
lothing, suitable for a servant, on' s
~ood felling axe, one good hoe, and is
even bushels of Indian ccrn. A serant'"
as to be immediately freed in case of w
eing so abused by master or mistress as b
o result in the loss of an eye or a tooth.
Ihe laws against aiding redemaptionists h
o escape were very severe. A ine ofc
E5 was imposed for cofering assstane1
n such eases, and the aider and abettor
vas obliged to make full satisfaction to b
naster or mistress for all los, damage
r cost sustained by the absence of or qt
;arch for the ruuaway. Any one whoi
:oncaled. or entertaired an absconding
rdeptioner could be !ined at the -
:reton of the court, and be mad top
:n shillings to the owner for each a
a had harbored the servant.
It was not uncommon for thrifty Ger
nans, who were possessed of e'no ugh
noney to pay their passages and to de
~ray the first cost of settling to allow
:heselves to be sold aatvantageou4l
mon favorale terms. Tins w~asi
rder thtut 'urtig thir ar ie ev
nih h~avek an opportu~nity of learin
hlI languatge and of growing faiia il
ith the manners, cutstoms and institu
ons of the countr;'.
In looking back on the peculiarities,;b
%w Jersey's colonal day, it is curious
o note how the well-to-do emigrants
rho ironght with them or purchased
rter .'rrival redemption servants, often
>st the prestige of their ailluence; being
nable in the new country to maintain
heir rank and inluence. Their humble
ervitors, however, inured, by hardship
nd labor to the stern necessities of
olonial existenCe, prospered and throve.
'he bond people, after serving their
me, acquirtd land and homes by dili
ence and saving; it was not uncommon,
I the second generation, to find them
iking precedence of the children of the
laster who had owned their time during
ie first years in the country. The
iluent imnigrant, having been. accus
>ied to ease, proved unequal to th
:ruggle. and his children, throngh
mlity aAd ignrant education, ralidlly
eteriorated.
The Cot!i- Novement.
I I
The New York Financial Chronicle, in I
s review of the movmc-nent of the cotton Ic
'op for tile week ending on the night I
E August 12, says that the total receipts t
ive reached 7,270 bales, against 1,499 t
Iles last week, 2,581 bales the pre
ous week, and 3,295 bales three weeks i
nee; making the total receipts since x
1st September, 1886, 5,213,448 bales, i
;ainst 5,314,557 bales for the same c
riod of 185-0. showing a decrease since r
2pten'ber 1, 188, of 101,109 bales. 1
The e-pcrts for the week reach a total, a
12.521 bales, of which 11,055 were to t
reat Dritain, 41 to France, and 1,425 v
the rest of the continent. t
The t.toal visible Supply of cotton, as t
ado up by c.dle and telegraph, for the I
ek was as follows:
Total of Great Britain stock 660,000 c
dl-s, total of continental stocks 344,- r
0--making a total of Luropean stocks c
1,001,100 bales. The totai visible n
.pply for the world is 1,314,490 bales; 1<
this number 728,390 are American q
,d 616,100 East Indian, etc. C
The imports into continental ports I
r the week have been 15,000 bales. I
aese figures indicate an increase in
e cotton in sight of !1,102 bales as ti
mpared with the same date of 1886,
increase of 14,672 bales as compared F
41 the corresponding date of 1885. 9
The receiuts at interior towns for the
ek were 7,27) bles. Old interior 1
>cks were dcreased 1,76S bales, and 'l
re 08,253 bales less than at the same I
riod last year.
The receipts from the plantations,
ing the actual movement, not including
c overland receipts nor Southern con- ti
mption, of cotton that reached the
rket through the outports for the a
.st wck were 3,125 bales. The total l
eeipts since 1st September, 1886, were
161,.,55 bales. The actual movement
>m the plantations was only 5,219
les, tlc balaue being taken from the b
)cks at thle interior towns.
Southern spinners' takings to 1st Au
.st have been 391,)00 bales as against
S.0 bales at the same time last year.
'fie Chronicle says, in reviewing the
eceuLiLion in futures during the week:
['he speculation in cotton for future
livery at this market has been sonic
iat inactive for the reek under review,
d the princiral feature in the decline
optiol: for ihis month. No very im- a
rtant Liluenees have been at work.
-op accounts have improved, owing to s
e fall of needed rain over a consider
le portion of Texas, and a partial
aring up in Georgia and the Caroli- -
s, where the downfall had been exces
re. Liverpool rcports have reflected i
very unsettled market there. The e'
a-cau report, made public on Wednes- I
ywas rather better than was generally
pected. On Saturday the next crop
led slightly dearer, but the improve
:nt was lost on Monday. In the
urse of Tuesday and Wednesday there
is a decline of 30 points in August
>tions, while the next crop gave way
.ly 5 to 7 points. There were unac
untably fall receipts of old cotton at
~w Orleaus, which had an unfavorable ci
'ect upon values for prorryt delivery. d
i Thursday an early decline, under ~
yak Liveruool advices, wa~s fully reeov- ~
Id on a ~demiand to cover contracts. fa
>-day an early decline was followed by h
riable unsettled values. Cotton on t
e spot, under freer offerings and de- sI
ning priees, has been fairly active, ~
sth for export and home consumption. vi
aotations were reduced 1-16c. on Mon- tl
*y and ie. on W\ednesday. Friday, at fi
further decline of 1-16c., there was aw
ry large business for export, and home ~
inners bought fairly.'> c
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Why is it that the boys are allowed to 0
around a house doing nothing, while w~
eir overworked mother is struggling l5
'ainst natare and fate to do the work?" ti
Only the other day we saw three large, c~
le-bodied boys lounging about the tC
>use, not knowing what to do with f
emselves, while their mother, tired IC
.a pale, was trying to do the work for 11
arge family and company alone. Not ti
boy's work to help about the house? c)
'by not? Is there anything about e
ishing dishes that will injure him or E
eLic he cannot learn to do well, or s]
'out making beds, or sweeping, or set- '9
2g the table, or washing, or ironing, d
cooking a plain meal? On the con
rny, there is much to benefit him in d
chi work, the mnost important of which a
the idea that it isn't manly to let the ri
veaker vessel" carry all the burdens, ti
Len it is p'ossible for strong, young s
ucds to hep
31ost boys w ould gi dly help in the
>se if thev were asked to do so, and
-re taught how to do the work proper
. Many a sar~t boy wants to help r9
s tird mother, but doesn't know how
*yond bring-ing in the wood and the
ate:, nda shoveliug a path through the
ow. This. done, d4e tells him to go e
1 pla whil she p)iods wearily on.
Not a1 Wy' wo 1 For shame: It
apositve Lharm to a boy's m'oral char- :1
ter to alow. him to 'hink it right to be
e wlehi mother is stagering undea a
rburdens. Let (the boys help, and
Cse who cant get hel "j1or love os :
Ct y,"as they e.ten wriite to us, wih*
'e 'her troes fl disappear.-Lhikdel
aia MIeth2odid.
N. 'ne shaould be guilty of traveling
or ln .h mountains of North Car
ina ihout 'oiug at least one way vih
ec iGreat All- fealing Mineral Spring ii>
A Ns. : .) to)b Texas fever, h1::o
'ok~ea .4: amlong the cattle inl thle neigh
wihond f 0 v-o i. Y.
COST OF A SWELL WARDi(mI.
Exhorbitant Prices Which the New Yurl.
Tailors Charge for Good Clothes. -
NEW Yorm, August 18.-I have hear(
L half dozen men say recently that the2
ound they could save money by goinr
:o London to buy their clothing. It ir
rue of actors particularly, who ar
>bliged to have a large number of suit.
)n hand, but the economy is just a::
vident among less extensive purchasers.
ierbert Kelley went to Englaid this
rear for the sole purpose of replenisLing
is wardrobe.
"One can get good clothe, on thi:
ide of the watcr, undoubteIly," ia
'but the trouble is they cost triple what
hey do in London. A crack tailor here
barges 820 for a pair of trousers, and
hat sum will buy three pair iu LEug
a.nd."
The tailors of New York are constant
y growing more exhorbitant in their
>rices. There arc of course hnge era
>criums or bazars where cuothes are
lipped out like shoe pegs and sold lil:
tot muffins, but it goes without saying
hat well dressed men do not patronize
hem.
A man to earn the distinction of bein
ronounced well dressed in New Yor.k
aust exercise great care not to dre-z too
auch or too highly. Ie must spend
onsiderable sums upon his attire, but
othing like the amounts set down o
ite in numerous articles that are going
bout in the daily papers corneerning
de cost of a well-dressed New Yorker's
rardrobe. The statement that at least
wenty thousand men here spend five
aousand dollars a year on their cloth
ig causes an aching void to replace
ne's heart. I'm not an expert La
lothes, but realize the absurdity of that
-port. Suppose aman buys eight suits of
lothes a year, which is an extraordinary
umber, the cost would be about as fol
)ws:
'wo frock suits........ ........... 240
Ino evening suit..... . . . . ... .. 12()
'wo business suits.............. . _t)
'hree cutaway suits ............ 270
This would call for less than 5800 of
ie $5,000 a year, leaving the overcoats,
achting flannels and underwear to come
at of the trifling balance. Even under
1ese conditions a man would have from
5 to 20 fits in his wardrobe, for they
ould accumalate rapidly with one
ming in every six weeks. In sober
Let a tailor who succeeds in yanking
hat the gamblers calls a "merry little
ve 'underd" out of a customer regards
iL' with reverence, respect and affee
on. There is a limit to such ulterior
ad interior trappings as overgaiters,
arfs and linen. A thousaud dollars a
car will dress the Prince of Wales or
1e most impressive of Union or Knicl -
bocker Club men. if he buys hie
ggcry in London half the sum will
ring the same results, though I thor
.ighly believe that there are better
ilors in New York than across the
ater. Two men who sat on the rail of
yacht the other day were comparing
ie prices of their yachtihg flannels.
he younger of them, who had just re
rned from a six years' term at Oxford,
.id to the other:
"What did you pay for that white
Lit?"
"It was made to order," said the other,
rveying his flannels complacently.
"The coat and trousers were made by
y tailor for z15, and the shirts were
.50 to order."
"Well, this outfit," said the Oxford
an, stretching out his athletic legs and
dibiting flannels of far better texture
id fit than those of the other man,
:ost, including shirt, trousers and coat,
ade by a crack London tailor, just $11
.our money."
That's the reason it pays to go abroad
>buy your clothes.
A Mammoth Turtle.
WVhile the steamer Flora Temple was
-ising near the snapper banks, yester
ty, about fifteen miles off shore, Capt.
ontcalm Broward observed an im
.ense black object floating on the sur
cc of the water. Upon approaching it
a discovered that it was an immense
rtle of some sort, wic h was lazily
eeping on the surface of the w:itair.
he captain secured a harpoon, and
hen near enough he dexterously threw
te weapaon and succeeded in fixing~ it
emly in the back of the monster. It
as found impossible to raise this mioun
in of flesh to the boat, so that the
ptain attached a hawser to the har
:on, and taking it in tow, brought it
p to the city, arriving at Decotte's wood
ad about five o'clock, when the huge
.ject was hauled out upon the shore,
here its great size soon attracted a
rge crowd who gazed with wonder at
e strange visitor. The weight of the
ptain's catch was variously estimaated
be from 1,000 to 1,300'- pounds; it
easured across the anterior fully eight
et two inches, was se' en feet two
ches from the end of the nose to the
p of the tail, and perhaps eight feet in
rumference. The captain called his
itch a tortoise, but the News-Herald
an identified it as a peculiarly splendid
ecimen of the trunk or leathery tartle
iphargis Cariacea.) This great sea
anizen inhabits the gulf stream along
t Atlantic shores and elsewhere, it
-es not have a shell, but is covered with
leathery skin, with seven longitudinal
dges. It is the largest of the turtle
ibe, and is of no value as food.-Jack
nville (Fla.) News-Herald.
Some weecks ago an iteml i'ccrn'ing '
ma'rkale turkey gobler, vt whol adiake
p in himrsel f the (lmees of a m:u.her. p
ard in this paper. and we prised to
te the result of his perform-''t't ' 1
uurday wei me~. t Captain J. . Genr'C .
onr oft the now Ifmous obe.:
:l ii lhtie put him to set on "'4en i
e tur!lT egg Cs broke dur:nrg tle pre
itoe: dtin, butt thlat at the~ prer:t
caiie o'f the Dest with all.te.min
d chi" eis. uad that jhe ca.b1. :
feri: a e miles from Aike b
hot)m ~.th 'Lruth (f thei 51ory. Ctph
ith'he Icii 'Atnmothterly atttention andi that
icy arc ill dtoing well.-Aika Lecorder.
re pecet preventives oif conit.t2 iln. In
osed in gla~ssI h'siles, always ifreShl. 10
Lidruggists.
31ecii returns show that 7o0000 per-li:
ed from cholera in the northwest pro
ines of India duringr .June and July.
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hI * nc,... h: Car and Di:-:edl ir
! e .m : ::a:o fr ii adl
i <i ' hi. ht ulemen -t 1(1n
-a di .. a ' i Iic )lt1cli
a.tle Zhuc- I
.he ipe. bri !:: :se r om :m :.e-ro
it. w ;k . : o i ta o i
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yI a jelilhn t ie ('i
re~iued.:ih.st i. he V : wtemp to
ra (p.,. (L!6 p:-ing o-vcr 111M. A
l~it. I: i(.: -. , rtwk on the . ead ad b i
I5 : - j :iv nj.:1 the ars ru* 1(:
N C le .inn zonizier g pAi r
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a k* wa 1~ ril f~tir a:.r: Ite o tru C
ure, t:.' kh:- i t n two, car t
e og a 1:e tr.i;. l ietia C;u at oa c
rte-he (:: i a i wi I Iw n e
wa.15 ! :i -iy lIP .ee ::n krd fal . po th
tra. I. our.Ve'(n0 ea 1. pi n1 vl.erf. l hI
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nuts ~ ~ w* j t1c i s;ir Inl e a"
t
ier osto hpeil s n the head a L
inwk.h ibe rk hi s it te ears olle
hrtb.f to i -i wP l wrct, Dr. 1,la
Iit,. '.1 ep en' hr t e b. roeid n p n
MS 1fl.ll - i '4.ir s erted fuluX VII
olt at.h itCw . ioh tn a m os twucs e . I
rd' k ~ no et ~:i. wa :: e:- r i ton. Lsferl
roc -a a': i th a ae d in
Ulrtise i to. :pl .t i i wo n ta r1.
hlleCowhCIt a uepray V
Yet In lOLdS Roo Weasoeen Thom Va~.~
h.aV o l: , i n of th1ictakd ]ow
r A rn h' s iDen cosvts wth roh a t
:il -i ways i :1 _oi a; t:b ! je rkmme a ptf -N c
All. v i , '-t , i 1 t.ltace in t1 cb a l
Sm~i't .0"~ 1v10c1t tile i.t - I1'~q Ii
old to Ctlu 'bi . wh s tr D r b! wi g
ancule hi. No hone Ca brn anl i r- 9
bti
hisiurt, a re t . cns d aa . i d
hea ld i cvere ithd brust hil'dv
scarrd -nd his k iucsw len ano :
m:us iz.Nt Ite s uTs ch'e p in a hni
min11;2.17.0 L,) ho.. Qic ftetl ti
LO; et 'c IvUCtl hf tAU ixuh vei
unable t moe . mc w /kn ewad.
Ladl 1.cun'2-t wrorth a
a
eir i oton cil sav si * t
a
1eggarly litleI'o 1 t e a of a.
~1 lni y th ree, i tat ci is. ay
rTith a eo vdo g th Cit HositU
Satuday nlightwer .hevr idweord
tmoenrning. ShIle wasr seven t s ears
by rind pigt the miA; Ost wtohol
ael are sv 1e rcturo in !,:Bt! -, woit
dow o n twa :i r. ith v df wda. a h P
scltoes were cild o t L th d rag
eid tghe bile saoctOties nIn.1 t'ca' a
rsiwas a pfrul - kaoesu Oar
Fank ts wlk vte ig abou onw ther
wdsy rands ie tin rch of etri. tur O
h
ad thame itwa ilvce ad ownting P
orn oe byd 'a res.s The y ait t
Mcnie i ard anLis h tre in.t U
poe fod y remo her ethr hoand
toidthe c-pie unt hwi rere taken to
insie Cthe loii. Cuhin ths nthrai E
* urt,~ bin shiiler iuce veoiad b t
~enreh-dcanditin theling wfro lon
into, thi wr io crousno dwoithtn
Otheh lo ore ah di-a~ed blakhit sai
dirtiaidgfilthutaherumoney and askedt
Th aopitao liten beliee ths
an wa j.L al. i - -oe - c~
poorereatured~ was wth uen ofhe
amn.g Thi mor:t:; towexnr od a
w sni to e c-wor of ther er' V'
sur:-se bt boo 0hear I a the old 'oma
had0 recnti rbne a il)n wos wort -
thverand dhoan lrs
dete t tarch thse ruhrl lings.* t
Opning the do.or ii of th i wo'S j
room a fouil odor' grck i nd a
dozen r:vil-s isapperd li . Wrl no
their holei. Tht: tllc bewen -iX sea
byV~ rippi:.n-; i- the firs f th S twofLL ol
ottra , en to his1' -t ur e ,se ra
dowIonthetor. Te swat hp
and the wtoh whic the mattesss
canduc of theill wer rolle un into~
wad and te w'ith greasye Lstrii it
cu re with his9 knife, L and coning
th deat 0oun 130 On' thL wl
.oier thebe hun -i n ~. old " eca. ' ii
31echaica 1L'y thrutiagshn tintlotha
pocts he are...w..out a d-rag. mani:
ti in bili Iay to ie han. On a
pe naui was anohe petii otiAs
hook h fl. : hard .I:' buc hni soehn
inside te lAin.Ctigtetra
A COAL CREEK LEGEND.
MliE QUEER: STOR Y OF A LOST SILVER
UNE,
fhichh s Guarded by Monsters--An Indiana
Neighborhood's Odd Belief-A Vein of
Siler "A Foot Thick"--A Yarn as Is a
Yarn.
CLINrON, Ind., August 10.-Between
Ilinton, Ind., and the Illinois line is a
Lilly bit of country through which flows
little stream called Coal creek. In the
tills are valuable coal beds, lying gener
.ily only a few feet below the surface of
he ground and cropping out many
laces. The log cabins of miners and
oor formers, with here and there a
tony field of corn and oats, are the only
igns of civilization in the wild neigh
'orhood. The people have a remarka
le story to tell to any stranger who may
hance to penetrate into their territory.
They firmly believe that there is a
em of pure silver "a foot thick" in a
ertain hill at the side of the creek.
'his rich vein of metal, they say, ex
mds under the bed of the creek and
.en is lost beneath a high hill on the
ther side. No white man, now alive,
as ever seen this treasure. Many years
go, however, an old man, dressed in
igged garments, and acting as if he had
)st his wits, was seen occasionally in the
eighborhood, and it was believed he
new the secret of the mine. The old
ian, after remaining in the hillstwo or
.ree days and nights, would disappear
Smysteriously as he came. When any
ne questioned him about the mine, he
ould shrink from them and say: "It
ould be death for me to tell."
The people believed that this old man
ug up what silver he could carry away
iway and then departed, only returning
hen he needed more. He has not been
:en for a number of years, however,
2d it is thought that he is dead.
The mine-so the story runs-is hid
an from human eyes by the power of
idian magicians. Furthermore, it is
rotected by two grim guardians-a
:eat lion and a snake one hundred feet
ng. There are many people in that
cinity who say they have seen the lion
id the snake. As they are never known
leave any track behind them it is be
.ved that they are ghost-. The people
.y that when the Indi ... were driven
.t of that country by the white settlers
e magicians of the tribe killed the lion
id the snake and left their ghosts to
lard the mine. In order to furnish
ese ghosts with a hiding place the In
ans set tire to a bed of coal, which
opped out of the hill near by, thus
rming a deep cave, which is there to
is day, and which no one has ever
!red to explore. In this dark hole the
vo ghostly guardians are bound by a
iarm. The snake, however, is per
itted to leave the den once every year,
bile the lion has the same privilege
corded it once every four or five years.
t such times as they are free they roam
)road and create terror for miles
ound.
The snake was last seen in the summer
186 by a man named Murphy, who
ith his little son was picking black
rries in the woods. The father and
n ran away as fast as they could; in
ct, no one who has ever seen this won
rful serpent ever did anything in its
esence except run away trom it, so far
any one can now remember. The
>n, however, has been hunted.
John Fletcher, a farmer, one day
out ten yeurs ago saw the lion in front
him. He ran to a neighbor's house
id got a gun, a companion and a pack
hounds. They followed the lion to a
ecket, in which it disappeared. The
>unds on catchin." sight of the beast
~st bristled up, and then turned tail and
n. The hunters also became frightened
:d went home.
3Irs Hocket, when a little girl, saw
ec lion sitting by a stump on a bill near
~r father's house. She began to scream.
id her father ran to her. He could not
e the beast and told her that she was
raid of a stump. He go an axe and
t down the stump, but the lion still
t there. It finally went away. A few
~ars later MIrs. Hockett's sister saw atn
imal "like a big, woolly dog" running
wn a hill by her side. Presently she
,w it was a hon and ran away.
About ten years later MIrs. Hockett
r husband, and one of two other per
ns, while going along a lonely road at
.gt, heard an animal breathing in a
aeket a fav feet away. Before they
ia time to get badly frightened they
3ard the animal rise above the tops of
te young trees and then crash down
to the bushes several hundred feet
ay. A few more of these tremendous
aps took it out of hearing. They did
>t doubt but that it was the lion.
The spectral snake is described as be
g black in color and as large around as
ec body of a man. The people believe
at the charm by which it and the lion
e held will become powerless in a few
ore years, and that they will go away
id never return. Then the lost silver
inc will be found. The white man,
ho formerly visited the mine, is sup
>sed to have received from the Indians
charm by which he could control the
.ardian specters. When he died the
cret was lost.
In the above bare statement the curi
is belief of the Coal Creek dwellers is
von without adornment of any sort, its
ilue lying in the simple faith with
1ich the people of that locality accept
as the truth. The story reads like a
lie of some medi:eval tale of enchant
ent and fiery dragons, which in some
range manner has been transplanted on
aerican soil..
- tay why is everything
iie *t sixes or at svn
Pr i bl. myI dea r Lner.vous sitr, be
sa pcuir to your ex ou have aa
basig don" eeling thec back-ache,
m.!ebiitated yu have paius of va-t
i-;oiePecito"ad be cured.
'0 redce tLo one dac LDy drurgists.
Tl : at on the Pousonby estate in
el aih:ve engaed a cii engineer to
ri et con.strucetion of works of
esein repraton for the expected
et 'i . Uricde are being erected
d t Jenches and drains mad~e, and in case