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__~ am=~ ~ 1 Ah VOL. ii. ~NNN(~.(IARND{" (~O~rFY S. ~WA ')DNESI)AY, SEPTEMBER 21, O,4 TIMELY TO'S 1-011 1A101H HOW TO UO i'AYfNGlZ WO! AT a 11 Suggestions of Interest. from an Autlori tate Source. (W. L. Jones in Southern Cultivator-) COTToN ?IeKING. The characteristic farm work of thi: the first fal month is cotton harvestinrg The fruition of the cotton planter's hop< of a successful, practical machine for ih gathering of cotton is yet in and the work must still be done by.i ble human firgCrs. Inventors, however, are earnestly' at work seeking to sr this great problem, as will be seen the illustrations ard descriptins in mis numbet of the Cultivator. Cotton-piek ing by hand is by far the most expentire operation in the production of raw cot ton. Moreover, the cost of nearly every operation, except picking, may be re duced in proportion as the yield pex acre is greater. There is practically but little difference in the cost per pound of gathering by hand the erop from an -re producing one thousand pounds of seed cotton and another acre yielding cne half as much. Hence the supreme nm portance and universal desire for a practical machine to supersede the wcrk of the hand. Such a machine must necessarily be so constructed-to be efflicient--that its daily capacity will he almost in direct proportion to the yield neri acre. Much has bcn said and vritten of late years about the importance of ga: h ering cotton from trash, to use the farme' s vernacular; and some of tf:e writers, although right in the main, .re evidently but little familiar with the re quirements and conditions that must b-e practically met on a cotton farm dii-rg the harvesting of the crop. Some yo s ago an apparently otherwise intelir at English writer naude-ook to show V f there was no excs'tse whptever for presence of sand or soil in bales of ton; that the cotton. crop opened (all of it, was his idea) in September, a mo! h in which there was little or no ramini 1. He concluded, and reproved and lcctr d the farmer according!y, that the sad ',as fraudulently added by the farmer i .make-weight. While it is desirable to ots c )n as free from leaf andt hlls ziNy it is of first importance that thee be -gone over" as often ai tLe gria . y vpon at one time is sthltent to the hands to do a fair davs ' ork. : the interest of economy, and wit a limited picking force, celerity of mv ment, nimbleness of finger, and tut) weight of cotlon gaitlferea pe: idi r day are the pointh to be observed. '-e pickers shotdd uot be embarrassed u retarded in their work by too rigid quirements in the matter of trash. Timv siould go with a rush from the start, eni every proper encouragetment should be offered them to bring heavy baskets to the steelvards. A little trash hurts ver:v little; a good deal does not aflect the selling price seriously, if the sample is br.ght and free from weatherstains ard dirt. Great care in removing or avo]l ing, trash may add heal a cent, or ecn more, to the selling price of a week's work of six bales harvested, leaving thzee bales in the field to be storn.-beaten and destroyed to the extent of one-third its original value, before the hands get to work again. Fast work and a little more trash might have saved the nine bales before the storm. The same idea applies to picking tLe cotton clean from the hulls. Hands should be taught to make one well directed grab at ant open boll, and then? grbthe next. The little that may be letin many of the hulls will remain until the last picking, when the field may be closely gleaned. It should be considered that ait, stains, loss of color and brightness of sample, and loss of cotton from fallnog to the ground, are far more damaging than the presence of clean trash. It was one of the excellencies of David Dickson's -farm management that he studied the manual operations of the farm in detail and taught his laborers how to do everything to the best possi ble advantage. He not only studied to discover the shortest and best way of performing a~ given operation, but clso sought to determine which are the moet important details. He taught his laber ers as a shoemaker or a machmnst teach es his apprentice. He stressed the im portance of dexterity and skill in every detail of the apparently simple opeia tions of chopping cotton and picking cotton. His attention to the details of performing the various farm operations contributed largely to his success as a farmer and planter. After the cotton is picked, if wet fi om heavj dew or rain it will pay to exercise some care in drying it, by spreading on seafobs or by distributing it over a large surface in the cotton house, espe cially that from the bottom of the basket when heavy dews are prevailing. (With] the present laboor, however, not muh cotton is gathered before the dew d is. appears.) With the larger part of thle crop now ginned and baled at custoun ginneries, there should be a much great er improvement in the quality of the~ work over that of the old plantation gin-house than is yet manifest. Careful handling, proper ginig and baling should be insisted upen. GATHERING oRN. 'orn ought to be cibbed just as so:*m iry enough to keep in balk. o 2ost invarnable practice drtring twcety ears of active farm life in lower G~em was to gather the entire crop during t~i month. If the weather is fine, hovc r andi a large amount of cotton be o for picking, corn may stetd until month withor-t serious loss. Attent: should be given to tecribs andi mn that are to contain the harvest, sudr a vantage should be taken of weatheru suited for cotton-piciting to get in a'M of corn. GBA5s, As noted in last month's "Thoughts, Septembeir is the favored time f'or so w ig all kinds of grass seeds and hard: forage plants. Wc trust that suggestion. and exhortations made in previoua numbers have been favorably received, im a asr, of ny a-n f res. ) z, ins whre the culture of 's nI not ve t b een ehiihe and tfhe ke .h discov( 1r, lrge paeraiijr tiuld not 10e atited In such cazf a for. aces. wi or. and fertilzd will be more lKAdy to sn Sliad til 1 w be co mp r tymlif ailurt results. Iut why Shou hUi failure to ge a1 Cood ,tart the- tira1 time deter Mh fa ;e*rom 0r:sg .u Incune wher .o~ - ot- 7:re is. !lhe very-, bajsis ol. all arieniureit is n noe ht for -. mer to ftil of a e tCh" o elvr- or i ass. liut kuowirg fro= preiousLi expeic hat te nauroo i :d grm as couition nev N ye i,11c ra"-~S, .sten occasna fiie co e"'."e l'i, muilch C~ le )' provet t " is niot grass countr. Not at al He rigutly lays the blame on himself, o! finds that the Seed were not good, o I the temporary weather conditions -were I not favorable, and he simply renews his efort. W~e all know that even in th.e case of our ordinary crops, corn, cotton, etc., our irst and chief anxiety at plant I iug-time, and thereafter, is in regard to securing and preserving the "stand.' If we plant a field in corn and fail froxm lanv cause to get a reasonably good we immediately plow up and pLut over, or "replant" wih hoes. We now irom long experience that corn. cott-o), Peas, potatoes, etc.. are perfectly adapt ed to our soil and climate, and an oea s'onal failure to secare a stand does not raise a doubt. The same is true as to grasses in the. North and West. In those -,ctiors of the South where grass culture has rece ived little or no attention it is not at a!l surprising that failure often results from first attempts. Every furm er ouht t try a few acres first, and per sist in the experiment until satisfied in regard to the pohey and expediency of engaging more largely in grass bs bandry. The dairy and stock-growing industry are based on grass and forge crops, and we contidently believe that the redemption of Southern agricultuire dep s argely upon the adoption ot a Vstm that emb)races both. here is no question as to the valae of barlf- and rye when sown and tre-t-:d as winter grasses. Barley is better than rve every way, excepting its demaud for a rich 'eii i order to give satisfactory oAT-. In order tv escape danger of winkr kiling, oats sho.uk besjun early n Ct 'al irut the nortr p 1rt the cotton b Sptenh is h 1 mionth. Set of t1e idle line, ('c t r J vrr1'r wgwl wr r. t E:f.r-old ethrSets In, 3ia i - tl:t imh~hntesi No ihsadin.zsnso ds-rgn good to sow a l-age area in ie all. If ld by co*d the seed son wil be t '' piincipal loss, as the land may be :.-seeded in January or Febrm ry, or can be planted in other crops in the spring. The old wirter-grazing rat should be brought again into cultivatioa. It bas oftena preven a good practice to sow oats in the prersent cotton-tiehis. This may be done without serious injury to the cotton. plowing in with a cultiva t-r, harrow or sweep, just as if cultivat 'ng the cotton, the operation to be pn ceded by the cotton-pickers if there is any open open ectton. On our own farm we have had fine results from this plan. The stmding cotton-stalks can be easily "knocked down" cold mornings ri January or February, and prove small obstacles in the way of harves.ting. HAY. Tho seasons at this writing indicate a good crop of native grasses which may be convertd into hay of the best quali ty, if cut before the seeds form, and nicely cured. Where raine have been abundart throughout July and August, this resource nmay often be made to ex ceed in value all the fodder (corn-bolades) saved from the corn crop, and at a com paratively nominal cost of labor. PoEK HOOs. We have often stressed the importance Iof constant attention to hogs. From now on is the time to push the fattening process. The weather is now mild, and but little food is necessary to keep up the animal heat and carry on the vital processes in the animal economf. After a whiie when the weather grows cooler, and especially in November and Decem ber, a very large part of the food con sumed by animals will be utilized for the purpose of keeping the body warm. IAn car of corn, or its equivalent of other Ifood, fed during the pleasant fall weather will go further than two ears fed in De cember or January. A :shartzp Bookkeeper. The people of Glens Falls, N. Y., never before were so shocked as when the news of the embexzzlemaent of i818,3 00 by Charles B3. Ide, a bookkeeper of the First Nationi:1 Bank, was announced. The method employed by ide was when a draft amontutg to 81,000( or there Iabouts was given by sonme large custom er of the bank to make a duplicate entry othe stub and make the draft payable Shis brokers. JHe would charge the .:mount of the draft to the customer on * he dlay book and make a posting mark, but would never post the amount in the ledger. In this nianner and by forcing~ balances lie covered his work for years. idec, i:: ais cnfession, said 'hat the whole amuriit ha een jost in Wall Me, ar d that a partial restitution will be made by his relatives.-Timecs. n cal be det-lned by her dre at cotue ndictim that the weiare'r *s ni 1 jired'i. tue propieties llu i~ou i .sea.se peula t r ennd which fn Sready cure in Dr. P'ierree's "Favorite Pre eriu." Palrice rdcdto one dollar. 1y druggists. "I is ove that makes the world mu.nd we are informed hy the poets. a omwat notable fact that a very lhn td1 quamity of poor whisky will product the same effec. TWO CHILDREN OF '1'TUNE. Tr ome, and Laur:a Iiliard. of L:Larez:s C.oun: y. SIt'denly Ieoev . jirs to a '4ortune of Sixtevn Hundred 'hou-isaind A m\ I'LF, N. C.. SE-ptember 10.-' Lrgt f ort ne has just IN en left by will to the childreu of a citizen of this place. To Thomas Dillard and Miss Laura Dillard, aged respectively fourteen and elevenl years, has been girv the sum of eighit hunidred thousand delars each. I These maniflicent Ie-acies vrer left them 1h a wealtby uncle who has recently -die-d in California. I appcars that in the year 18W, just before the great excitement about the go'd attracted such a tide of fort'ne! ewrs to California, froa Edun coen YGeorgia. wet.veral meu-i t. try, hiek on the Pacide bl'e. Aminn wsone .Tatues MJcCarrv. The pat stoppe d at Placervil e, TI Dorado countv. At the end of the first year McCurry had saved enough money from his vages as a miner to parchase fifty acre. of land near that place. This he did taiit the remonstrance of his friELds bat it soon was discovered to be rich in gold deposits. M1cCurry sold this property without worhing it further -tan suflicient to develop it for sale, and for it he got from a Boston syndicate 8300,000O. This was the foundation of his fortune and with this he purchased other lands in that section and found other rich deposits of gold on them. These mines he worked, and it is said that the McCurry mines were amog the;' i richest in that State, so remarkably rich then in this metal, On the 22d of last month McCurry I died, and having never had any family I of his own, his property wss left to his 1 relatives. Mr. George W. Diliard, a I lawyer of this city, married a sister oft' James McCurry-a Miss Nancy Margar-t McCurry. Mr. Dillard and these two children, Thomas and Laura, survive her. A copy of the will has been re ceived by Mr. Dillard, and it gives to i the heirs at law of his sister, Nancy I Margart Dillard, sixteen hundred thou sand dollars. It is thought much difliculty will be i found in securing guardians for these' children. Tiiy are now residents of Laurens, S. C., but are to come here -hoitly, and the letters of guardiansi I will be taken out here. The laws of tLs 1 State require a bond to be fied hy i guardans in double the value of the estate. In this case. even if a guardian I were app-)inted for each chiild, the bonds i wo.uld (ie tol be ioi one million and murre 1 ousud11 41olars eac-h. T be n thwre is the further legal reqire- I ment thlat the giardian shall a,-count for the interest 01. his wa furtindls at 6 pt r cent. p-r annum, and this is c'mpolnzd. ed. Tus are the dtili2nities evident ia t 1'ednrd to the m mmgement tbese an- I nually la rgelgacies. The local papers conrlin l" gthy and mlute aeceunts cf the matter. Mr. Dillard was forierly a ] mLtember of the Spartanburg bar, and is a klnown mnre or less in other sections of South Carolina. .-:e .z\eville .\dvaneu, .ptember ) In convers.ation with Mr. Dillard ye' terdav, he said: "Mir. McCurrV was always regarded Cs a peculiar man, but, he was as sharp as a briar. Soon after he went to California I hie became alienated irom the relatives I he hd left behind him and ceased fll I correspondence with them. Yoars nassed when he was not heard from at al. Finally his family were surprised one I day by receiving a letter froa Mr. Mc Curry. He said that he was sick and i wanted f100 to come home with. The money was sent, but in a few wceks it was returned, accompanied by a state- C ment that it was not needed. I "Years af ter this circumstance I wrot ' to a lawyer in California, asking for in- I formation regarding James McCurry. I He answered that he knew him well, andI that he was one M the millionaires of the a Golden State. "When my wife died in 18S1, at Web-!T srN. C, I sent Mr. McCurry an an. ~ nouncement of her death. The answer I received to this letter made an inquiry in regard to the number of children, left by my wife. We then had four 1 and I ~also'wrote him. Two have since 9 died. Now, the will, of which I have a copy, bears the date of 1882, and I prc sume that Mr. McCurry made this will C with the idea that he was distributing $1,G00,000 among four children instead of two. You see, that would have left f them $I00,000O apiece. a "My brother-in-law was a resident of |Placerville, California, and in his will he 1 leaves $10,000 to Miss Sarah Louise .Ci'fiord, of that place, and $500 to ther Riev. Hall. I have no information in regard to either of these parties. The. will provides that after the payment of I these special legacies the remainder of ' his property shall be divided among his nearest relatives in Rabun county, Ga. My two children are living with their f grandmother in the country in the coun ty f LuresSouth Carolina, and have no ye earned of their good fortune c My daughter is eleven years old; iny son fourteen. From the fact of their Ibeing minors a guardian will, of course, hauve to be appointed; and it is expected that consider-Ible difficulty will be ex perienced in making a bond of the large dimensions required." Garucts for MIrs. Cleveland. T2he Blohemian Athletic Socie ty, which left Chicago six months ago for a tour in Erphas returned. The mnembers oftepryhave brought with them a a preet for Mrs. Cleveland a mnagnii cent set of garnet jewelry, consisting of a brooch, earrings and chain. The brooch is in the shLape of an eagle hol ing in its ei7s three gnldeu arro\ s aind supported by two sti:dards containig htorpie views of Prnrgue. Theu e asket coutaining the set is lined v;ith white, 'aii, aumi is inscrid: "Toe Mrs. Cl(,ev~-u. with profoundi rspect froma theL aYBo~hmian E.'xca~riiis to Prague." Pianzos and Organs. All of the best makes. $:25 caih and balance N ovember 1, at sp)ot cash pries on a Piano. $10 cash and balance No vember 1, at spot cash prices an an Organ. 1Delivered, freight free, at your nearest depot. Fifteen days test trial :nd freight both ways if not satisfactory. W\rite for circulars. N. W. TI:UMf', * Columbia S. C. A SCE-NE" AT -1 WE'1DIN(G. W iht Happelld at tIe Nupl ial Cereitnn of a New York Couple. (From the New York Tims.) A Ieory -cdding paity assemble< SWndav evc-ing in Vit-na Hall, at 5st. treet Lexngtion avenue, to cele Jrate the nutialz, of Miss Irene oc-1 the young'st daughter of Mr. and M, Louis BSeckcel of ?13 LcxiLgton avenle and ermann12 Seeyr a well-know voung Montial comnmission mrhant 'The marriage erenony had jast bed] nerformed 1-th1e R'ev. Dr. Koehler, o the Beib-Ei Sv agogue, in Lexingtoi avenue; the newvly married couple ha( received the caugrtulations of the a semboled relatives and friends, and th: music Dad in struck up for ti )olona.i5g w!e . be led by th bride and groom)i, wheD sounds of a dis turbarlce an-d l. ud scaations in woman's voice were heard from the ves tibule. Several geutlemen hurried out and found a handsome little dark-evcl Jewes on the point of failing in a faint. Th( irst to reacb her side recoiled upon Fee ing the silver moutings of a revolve 'lashing irouim the folds of her dress, hui lie recovered himself and caught th< Eainting woman with one arm, whiR with the other he snatched the pistol from her gras;'. Summoning one of th( -ompany to Lis assistance, he hurried be passive woman into the elevator and !onducted her to an upper room, stnd Ug out to tbh company thet information -at a servant had fainttd. Dr. Isaac 'ppenheimaer was sent to her asist-ince, Lnd a whisper in the ear of the bride rooM led himi to hastily excuse him elf for a momnnt and hurry after the hbysiciau. YWhen, with the flash of his new honor till suffiuing his chceel, the newly mar ied man entered the chamber, he was ,onfronted by a figure from which he ecoi;d in evideat terror, and he would lave made a precipitate flight had not he burning words of the woman held Um as by a speli. With panting breatli .nd flashing eyes, one hand upon her ieaving breaut and the other pointing .s if to transtix the bridgrroom, she ried: "You have broken ny heart and ie My le, and now you cast me nto the world without a name." With his her strength failed, and she sank iack upon the bed in a swoon. The three men who had been witness S of this Scene hastily pushed Scheyer rom the rorom, telling him to go back Dd co-nduct himself as it nothing hap enfd; the'y would take care of the wo ai. Scheycr lingered in the hall a uomet to collect his sca ttered faculties, na wel t bak to the side of the girl vho had jost become his wife. The nests 1 quieted with the assurance hat. the finting woman hInd been sent iom m a Carnage. The iusic struck up, the dance went n, and joy was aparently unconfined. -Ls occuned a little after 7 o'clock. in few monm:uts the woman had recover d suificiently to be conducted to her arriage and driven to her hotel in East Ith street. Arriving there about 8 'clock she speur the next hour and a alf in writing out the .tory of her rela oas with Hermanu Schever. Froa this statement and some clio ings from Montreal newspapers it ap cars that she had been betrayed by cheyer under promise of marriage ii lontical over two years ago. Her nanie S Ymla Cohen and she is the daughter i a wti-'o-uO decorator. Some months fter, tindiug that Scheyer did not in end to ulfill his promise, she laid in uit for him on the street and shot him, aflicting, however, only a slight abrasion f the arm. With the noise of the re ort she iainted away, and when she gain recovered consciousness found erself in a hbospit.d ward, her baby by er side. No prosecution followed her ttempt upon Seheyer's life, and she was ilowed upon recovery to leave the ospital without molestation. A few ceks after this the child was spirite I way mysteriously, and though the iother has sought it incessantly, she has t seen it since. Learning a few days ago that Scheyer ad gone to New York to be married to iss Beckel, Miss Cohen determined if ossible to prevent the ceremony. With ut stopping to pack even a satchel she ame here, arriving Sunday morning and oing at once to a hotel. There she re ained all day, awaiting the time fixed :r the ceremony, when she intended to ppear and proclaim her wrongs. This, cording to Jewish customs, would have revented the m-arriagu. But she came > late. The ceremiony had been fin sed, and according to the law Hermann cheyer and Irene Be~ckel were man and -ife. At h.30 o'clock Miss Cohen started for ~oston on her way back to Montreal, till vowing a speedy vengeance upon ceyer. In the meantime the wedding estvties went on at Vienna Hall. hortly aftcr midsnght the bride and rom bade their friends goodbye and etired to their hotel, which they left at n cariy hour fcr their future home in font real. ile Felt Grateful. 'The Lamimock squeaked unheeded as t rubbed the bark off the old man's avorite syeamore tree. "Gertrude," lhe said, "have you ever elt that your heart beat responsive to hat of another?" "I have, George," owned up Gecrtie, ud her head nestled o his shoulder. "Did vou ever feel that your destiny as so linked to that of another that it as useless to try to follow it out alone?" "Yes, George" returned Gertic, as he nestled some. rmore. "(jertrude, I will ask you more plain y, tO you. loV. meh ? "I will niot a-t:.tupt t.o conceal my " l,"said George, sliding out of ae namroek , "Yim giaa to hear that, >ess Wil Torup'kse bet me a box of 'grs the other 'day thast you were jas udlgn in a little lirtation. I am caly much obhged to you for the as urane,~ ad But Ge rtio had gone into the house nrd si'amed the door with all her Unt igh t. dU"'lg- odi1v .ne .I the 'I euorg 'igns or the day) - ity that p.ple atlme"fss ree hein heI ultrat insie society, to work: is A BIC DOCTOR'S MILIL. v What the 1hysicians Charred t he Lti X Tilden for thei r Profesioiai servivices. (Fron the New York Times.) I The admirers of Samuel J. Timde: i who took pleasure in proclaiming C - every possible oecasion that he p- .s 1 more Jeffersonian Simplicity thau un! ,an of his weight in the country, v.e: 1or course unaware that he owed a do Itor's bill of $143,000. A bill of sue magnificent, not to say startling, pr: portions and Jeffersonian simplici C could not possibly run double. Yor t, L purpose of supporting the '-age's rtpI I tation for simplicity some of his admi - ers may argue that MIr. Tilden may n have been aware that he owe .d so miau bags of gold for medical a' enlauce a apothecary's wars. The 'u tte;s of b estate, it is undt'-rstood, i-ke th.: vie the matter, and tlea p .n m the few peoplc who- know a'ythii about it is that the coming ceutui v wi be considerably advanced b.ore i;uch bill is paid at the face. 6 One of the trustees looked surprise when asked if payment had beer: refiste o the bill presented by Dr. Ci-arles } Simmons for medical service a:. I attenC ance upon Mr. Tilden. In-teed c giving a plain and atisfactory answer t the question the trustee said that Dr Simmons was the proper person Iro:: whom to get information on such a SUL ject. Then, of course, the repore gratefully accepted the statement ia the matter was a private, nut a pubiic one. The trustee would not say th. payment of Dr. Simmons' bill had bee: refused, but he smiled when the amount $143,000, was mentioned. Dr. Simmons, who is also a commit sioner of charities and correction. wa more willing to talk than the trustee hat bcen. He talked all around the bill but never mentioned the amount. Th latter was stated to him, but even thei he failed to deny or affirm that thi figures were correct. He promptI1 denied that payment had been refusci but admitted he had not been paid Any delay in the matter should b ascribed to him, he said, and not to th' trustees of the Tilden estate. Withu giving the amount of his bill, Dr. huiw mons explained how a bill could reaci very large proportions. He had attend ed Mr. Tilden, he said, for eight years or to be exact, for seven years an4 eleven months. During that period h, had visited Mr. Tilden every day, prob ably. He was Mr. Tilden's friend a well as his physician, and considtro Mr. Tilden his best friend. Mr. Tilde. had always done every thing in his powe: for him and his. Being on such term of intimacy, it seemed natural th~at settlement shouldbe deferred. It wm postponed to such an extent that Mr Til'k died witbout imiuikuig one. Dr Sinmon said a settlement wo-ud bi reached without any trouble when th( broper time arrived. H~e andI the trus tees would meet and -odjust the matter. He, to" . vas unable to see why the pub lie sho; t be particularly interested i his bill until b was assared :t was solell on account of its size. About that h< had nothing to say, nor did he offer the reporter a copy of the bill. Factsq About Pensions. Pension Commissioner Black in hi annual report makes a number of recom mendations for legislation in the line ol greater liberality to the pensioner, among others that additional clerical force be allowed to enable the Commis sioner, without making extra demand upon the clerks now in the serrice tc complete and satisfy the Mexican pen sion claims, of which 8,000 have been allowed since the passage of the Act. At the close of the year 403,180 pen. sioners were on the rolls classified at follows: 294,445 army invalids, 85,501 army widows, minor children and de pendlent relatives; :3,281 navy invalids: 1,973 navy widows, minor children and dependent relatives; 1,009 survivors of the war of 1812, and 11,8:31 widows of those who served in that war; 7,503 sur vivors of the war with Mexico, and 895 widows of those who served in said war. There were added to the rolls during the year the names of 55,184 new pen. sioners, and the names of 2,707 whose pensions had been previously dropped were restored to the rolls. - During the same period the names of 17,677 pen. sioners were dropped from the rollIs for various causes. The amount p: il for pernsions during the year was $73,4&7, 581 an increase in the amount over the pre vious year of $9,668,750. In the aggre gate, 1,091,200 pension claims have been filed since 1861, and in the same period 67G,948 claims of all classes have ben allowed. An appropriation of $79,015,. 230 is asked for the next fiscal year. That for the current year was $78, 701,250. Chini' Wants Railroads. The New York Sun is responsible for the following: The statemer t published the other day, upon the authority of a gentleman in the diplomatic service, in a letter of our Washington correspond ent, that "the Chiner e Government has for years tried to induce European capi talists to build railroads in the inte:-iox of China" is not correct. The fact it that the Chinese Government has~ nevere been willing up to this time that any railroad should be built except the coal road at Kaiping; and, while it authorized the extension of that road last winter it 'dhe Rtehtang, and lately to the Peiho, ii has confined the right to make the er:. tensiou, and also to build a co nnectuin for it froma Tientsin to Taku, to a native company, in which no for-igner havs been pe-rmiti-ed to take stock or hold any interest whatever. It is absolutely cer tanthat th e Clainese government ha n'ever, directly or inadirec-tly, asked ax: EurPope-ai governmeut ori syndicate -capitalit t o build railroads in thei. t*ror of China, or to fur-nish monie:: la 1. is ,.pparent that the facts about Mitted~z:alleged conflcsio, what ev . -na cover, or whxatever the cir *umstances uaav have been whicn 1:a I n-ced th- Chinese to grant it, if the av granted it, have not yet been ec rectly w--f .e nownlx in Anerica. We art -ure ' ad no one who has any rea ~nowi dge aa u: China will believe thai he Chine e aum:-orities are such fools a the stories of Mitk-iewicz would makt hem out to be. "-Train un a child in ihe way he~ e go." a:id ke'ep a little ahead of~ him in th< emie waty during the training, to be sur< :- I .ow. a ~'.*, -u l anch:er l.os~t His$ sheep it (1!1e of 'he 11,low.s. SC"Steppr utp. a BoStenl Shawmut , :'er'.- 1em ca a Ww day~s since," saysi u1 a wv r o ia -ouh's Cmp~anion," -A .V&S~u ie rc:nz an old ac y ga''.:e' inth cndu.t.r, who. as i - Vuppo:-ei ash in sheep in Dakota. Wzy, Browsi, Vou here?' I exclaimed; -Hw's tb? reare your sheep?' y l:-p h-i me' said he, 'ith a jerk y %t the i nr inicatr. 'Sold out? I in e u'ir. 'N.; got jor'dC.' Jumped! I- w12: ifumped Nn? I .kcd. 'WeIJ, you see, it was about like this,' replied my t frienld; and he gave me the following accom1t of his A V.rn experience: 'In June lst I .jh tonty-four hundre.i1 ti~e aa~foly-ver ayto keep off th~e Co. ole, ai U it' good corral fur L.h cuat sjt, to.,n i: tbe ee of the iaibier. One afternooa about the 20th aj the mondh I was sitting on the rocks watci'g them. Sheep, when they are ifdigasoukegenerally kezp togthe aa. I:hod aituki that at this .11 mine were, mcSt of thie M, on a -Jut f nct much niore than an acre c'1 f grcund. T Jthy was clear, though j a triii'e hazy; but by and by i not-cd a 'bit of a cloud in the noithwestt 0.-at . eUm d--o.. to be bvehaving ;n a| sJuhir way. it appared to move in I r *ort of a omodi mo'tion. I noticed, i too, that it was rapidly growing longer, aud that it seemwed to shift from lark to a light green hue. There was a sort of . leeve ox fauncl shaped trunk hanging down from it toward the ground. The view to northward from where I sat waz - a good one, and I could sue the cloud coming a number of miles oif. With ievery stroke of the structure I could see ,a brown coud of dust, grass, biush and timber rie in the air and go 'whirlinw up into the sky. It was a tornado and Lo ndstak. re was quite a deep chinik or h.dw betwe:en two of the I)g urael.. w pd dowLn 'into thi e id's, .LAE f.. ld lel.stu, anid .:UtOd jhe : . pe ro'J, .... l m 's thu fidcr I <~'g ' ereweic''s of the tenLi ? 'I ev L:s a ,ari? tbu~ ...d stoth .. is . tf f I i d ii iot- 1: .u . out .'i -:l'cn-ev'e . .~ o ke ~ >n . i~ r. myb : Is~p.I3atw et ti K iirt the L Le : ru:.ni: aa i a pirwthe:' to: aftir teom; d I *?on-, .e a ki..ckn a' litl' sr TLos wnaaav that'', Ioul ::iar ' o to taheta'i .aC withi 34 i..,~ e.Te uthv enc for I h r-d a. unt in thle mon-)ing1. I 1- - gene! far Jhe I found a*eep up tv'-vi.%-'ve or thi'rty feet f:-mh r re' d inl t i- top of a pine tree-medgedt tin re' A, ha uthe on I came upon one ling i.ti a broken k-g back on the gron., and sb:hortly after I saw an?ther ledted h"gh up n the crotchi of a b.g cottonwood. Before i night I ftouid ffteec, uin o tof m dead on the g-ound auId :ix up in the tree tops-some of these latte.r kicking to get free. 'The next day I salted down three b:-.rrels .i mnutn and came East to get a job and earn som11% mo % moneV. TH Ecs~oD o e~ The Night lter the Senlincg of Their OCicAcic, Septemnber 15.-The seven;, condemned Anarchists spent the night in. sounde'r security from the intrusion 0'f friend or foe than they have done inf many mouths. The outside of the jail was carefully patrolled on all sides by armed deputy sheriti, policemen in uniform and. detCcJve'S in citizens' garo. Them force oZ deputy sheriffs who guard-. ed all the approaesc was increased, 'and' these were supplemenlued by relays of uniformed pohce. All unknown, to even; the curious pedestrian~s, who peered around the precincts of the jail, the streets and allieys on all sides for several blocks were quietly patrolel by detee- c tives, who seized upon all suspicious. looking stragle'rs, and kept a watchfuli eye on all ilttie kniote that gathered anytc where in the neigibo~chood of thme jail. The Anarchaists of the city are wo well known that none of them could get 1 through the outposts without detection. C Within the jail all was, still as death. Mrs. A. .R. Parsons, wife of the ecn demned] Anare ot, sa- s in relation t.o the decision oi thme Suipreme Court, that she does not beheve the public will per' mit what she calls this "judicial murder." Th mnutes of the syn."i of South Caronn sh *' anor' ase over atyear Last yea ci.. ere were .1%C chur.ces, now. "c. 'Laist -c"rA M. .abers; t.is er, 1, :. Lns c ar 97 uminister.s; 12. c lach 5 viit i:. ro'. mebr s 0g C.d : !i ..res. ar omte fro .is -,.car . st Jica repor o1 the Freos 'ei', i" IuU'neiig hs tmic t'.- 'rhi a i' r"3()uu is 1~;,-a1 an .ecet~ *a n.arly a~. thousndhe a .t n tc tr o thyod, a. east rmiu,- h-ng. re i't taln, arg, teia, Chrle oI \i.-h .. Ca:-:rso. Fist.Ci S, W .~u.;:ou \Street trevhand Ander '.a- Ce" i si n~, i Th four~ U rt :i.bba i~thecol r am a'ges liv:1riIterian Chrh c'te, vir ea251)ner abrs Mtihri s~,\Ugna na -It'. . oth ii: euclie sta'. not. wth i,:\ .3: i iti u jditn liatuit . as .. a Ur 7.tc calli Pr : . iSotCa THE OLD CONSTITUTION. The Centennial Celebration In Philadelphia A Great Crowd Presnt. Thursday, the day fixed for opening the celebration ( f the centennial of the adop tion of the Constitution, at Philadelphia, dawned bright and clear. The streets were crowded at an early hour with the hun krets of thousands of visitors who have * >me to participate in or witness the cere mones attending the celebration. Visitors, military and firemen have been pouring into the city all day. The railroads have been taxed to their utmost to accommodate !he crowds which are flocking into the city. iilotels are all tilled, and some of the guests' spent last night as best they could in im provised beds. Every inch of space was alied with coOs and other means of tempo rar' rest to accommodate the overfiriw. Calulatioi places the number of visit Ors at 200,000. Nearly every State and Territory is represented. The buildings of :he city, both- plblic and private, are pro fusely decorated with flags and bunting, :md the city presents a gala appearance. Shortly after 10 o'clock the civic and in dustrial pageant started from Broad and Dauphin streets and marched to Broad and Moore streets, a distance of a little over f.,ur miles, and then countermarched to the starting point. Along the route a con tinuous line of observation stands have een erected, and these were filled at an nrly hour by thousands, who had paid for :h privilege of occupying seats. Thou sands of others lined the sidewalks, and indows of buildings and steps were fairly p)aked with people. Broad street was almost impassable, so lene was the crowd gathered in the thor >ughfare as early as 7 o'cluek, and the Aluris of the police to keep a passage were jmiost futile. This magnificent thorough are had been transferred into ar immense unphitheatre by the cotabined efforts of he carpenters and decorators who had en busily engaged throughout the night :recting and decorating stands on both lcs of the street. There was hardly a aue along the whole street that was not iecorated with flags. Many buildings displayed statues of "Co .tmbia" surrounded by flags of all nations. >dd Fellows' hall had a banner across its nt wih the inscription, "Spot where ranklin drew Lightning from the Clouds a Ia." Busts of Washington were niousted in font of some houses with the ;tinal emblem. The crush on some of he stands were se great that several vomnen fainted. Tbree triumphal arches pan Broad and Chestnut streets. The irincipal one is erected in front of the La ayctte Hotel, almost opposite the main re -ewing stand, which will be occupied by he Piesidential party. The other two rehes are about thirty-five feet high. On he summit of one are the busts of Wash aton, Liccoln, Grant and Cleveland. The Le: -rations that attract more than passing lte are those on the Young Men's Demo -atic Asscciation, the Adams Express mpauy, the Lafayette Hotel, the Union SClub. the St. George Hotel and the wiy a ganized Art Club. The stands on :i;icer sije of Broad street were filled with ;cople. and the gay colors worn by the adi.s and children lent additional beauty z the cene. At 10.25 a telegram flashed >v-r the temporary telegraph line con tructed along the line of the procession, rznouncing that the parade had started. Ohout 11 o'clock the distinguished guests, overnors, foreign ministers and others be n pouring into their assigned places. As he uitferent Governors in passing to their >inces were recognized they were heartily pplauded. The Constitutional Centennial k0inmission was olicially represented by Ion. John A Casson, Presmlnt; Hon. Imos R. Little, Chairman of the Execu ive commiittee; Hampton L. Carson, Sec etary: F. C C. Brewster, Jr., Correspond &g Secretary, and Assistant Secretary ,lack, who occupied seats on the front of ae grand stand, section A. The central oition of the stand was reserved for the bovernors and their staf~s. Among the overnors p~resent were: Sawyer, of New Iamp)shire, Bri'gs, of Delaware, Green, rNew Jersey, - irabee, of Iowa, Gordon, f Georaia., and Beaver, of Pennisylvanla. On the stand were also Reisresentavives roin Congress, the commissioners from ther States, and other distinguished per anages. The seating capacity of the stand ;4,000. The procession was formed at 11.52, A. r.0One notable feature was an Indian and of 10 pieces, preceding nine platoons fd Ida cadets. There were floats to the umber of '300, each representing some ranch of industry, with 150 bands, 12,000 ien and 3,000 horses. Col. A. L. Snowden, hief marshal, rode at the head of the pro ession. There were 23 divisions, each nmmanded by, an aide. President Oleveland arrived at 9.50 in bie morning, and was appropriately wel amed by Governor Beaver. Ex-President laves and Gen. Sherman were also present. T1he pageant, as a whole, is conceded to ave been the grandest ever seen in this ountry. THiE CAROLl.A CONTINGENT. ove'rnor Rlkchardson's Pla~ce in 'be Picture Fraternlzration of the Blue and the Gray Pu'xmru, September 15.-To-day as been a quiet one for Cairolinen's. At o'clock Captain Wilie ,lones and Col. ico. Ki. Wright called on the Governor, ad at J.30 the staff came to pay their re pcets. At 11 o'clock Governor Richard en was~ taken in hand by the reception omnmittee and with the rest of the visit og' Governors was conducted to the review astn tthe corner of Broad and Wal at streets. They renained there until 6 'lck and as thy had spent six hours 'itUg ad waitching the trades procession, ,d there v:eed no chance of its ending efore dark, they adjourned for dinner. To-night Governor Richardsoa goes first i the reception given by Governor beaver , the visiting Governors and af terivards to lie given to his Eminence, Cardinal Gib 'os. The staff has been entertained to-day by name of the members of the Union League. Cho gave them a verty warmt and hearty elcomne. Lieu~t. Col. 31eGowan reported :r duty at te headquarters of Gen. Sheri ~n. and. Ai the sght of the ehi Confederate .: i r the onleecrs pr:essed forward to> cico:aa himt, maing very happy remarks itd recalling the time they had last met -t a cal e in grey and with three stars During the day one of the statT was u1in atLh window of the Governor's enm. ich faces the nlioni League Club om. An 'nier spied him, and said, .ioirie Reb, will you niect me on the -ir stac and swap tobaeo?" Aay allu .i's tlu'. are made to the past are py Th'e au- lmers of the Governor's Guards rd i. r Gu ar ds hate spent the day in rt ng hey will get under arms at .'!.:::norrow morning and will -oab nthe march until dark. The uth Caroliuians have nil missed the kind tenl~tis ot the Hion. Jas. A. Hoyt, who is outleed to his room with a very sick foot. i Special to News anda Courier.