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VOL JI. 't. x NDON COUNTY, S. C., WAEDNESDAY, OCTOBER a NO.6. TE AGitLr-s L1t 'u CAPTAIN TAcL1 \N's iMVIEW 01 lii l' - ARGUE'ANTS ON TilE QUESTION. He Invites a Full Discu'ion of the Suidect and Predicts a Victcry for the Frien-.s of the Proposed Intitutier. To the Editor of the News and Courier: In my previous lette'rs I have at one time. or another answered or forestalled every argument which has cver lbeen advarced against the separate agricultural collge, and it is disagreeable to have to go over the same ground again. But the c - nents of such a school in South Carta, who realize and see that the idea is gin ing ground rapidly and surely, coniue to repeat the threadbare and unteaie arguments against it that have at various times been advanced by "Carolinian," Capt. Paul Hammond and otherq. I therefore feel constrained to again take part in the "controveioy" or "disus sion," whichever it may be called. It is gratifying to note the fact that we have driven our adversaries to abat don tLeir first mode of attack, in which ridi cule and personal abuse were nainly relied upon. "ID.," the late-t knight who couches a lance in behalf oi the waning cause of the "agricultural annex" and whose articleshave recently appered in The News and Courier, says the un es ion of the "education of our youths should be approached seriously, gravely, earnestly, reverently." Most assuredly, and I agree with him that, in dealing with this question, "a blunder may be worse than a crime." I contend that the blunder and crime both have beei al ready committed, and that alone has moved me to undertake and continue the agitation known as the "farmers' move ment." If I have at times overstepped the bounds of that "serious, candid, dis passionate discussion" for which "D." pleads, I have had provocation enoagh, as your readers well know, and I have always acted on the defensive. I claim to have been actuated by an "earnest, patriotic spirit," and with reason, fa::ts and arguments to fully sustain my poPsl tior. I have only indulged in invcetive or sarcasm to repel personal assaul, oi when I felt that the injustice praet'c-3 I against farmers required merited reb-,ke. I and all the friends of a real farmers college and of agricultural advance'i -nt .a South Carolina are ready and aiW US z meet our antagonists in fair delet, shether in the newspapers or befor the people, and we challenge them to a "ont discssion" of the issues presented. W e haye nothing to lose and everthing- to1 gain by such a discussion, and w ile their trained intellects arnd oratorical ability may and does give them the vantage, relying on common sen-.e and the justice of our cause, we court t-e 1 contest. Truth dreads darkness rather than light, and we feel that we have both truth and justice on our side. As Chairman of the Executivo C.,a mittee of the Farmers' Association, I hereby extend an invitation and challenge to the Board of Trruttes of the South Carolina College and to the Board of: Agriculture to appoint speakers to rep re sent them, and we will do likewise; -ui we will further agree to get up mass meetings of farmers to hear the cause and decide who is right. It will come to this at last, and it had just as well come to it at once; for, as "D." says: "South Carolina has always been and probably always will be an agricultural State, and it is a manifest necessity that this prob lem be solved with correctness and solved 'with dispatch." The wise disposition of the H-atch ap propriation, which will de-volve upon the L egilture at the next session, renders it all the more necessary that no more mistakes be made; and if the lawyers and "the once lordly planters" expect to wats that money as the land scrip fund and privilege tax are now being wasted, and as the two experimental stations promise to waste it, it must be after an other election has shown that the major ity of the farmers are of their own way of thinking. It will not do to rely upon the esprit de corps of the lawyers in the Senate to decide the matter contrary to the wishes of the common farmers. Many of the "once lordly planters" are now common farmers, conscious of the errors of their own training, and Boeur bonism will yet learn that neither class partisanship nor political trickery can shake us off. Let "D." and his frienas who are fighting to sustain the "anne-x' and agricultural bureau, meet us on the stump and allow the whole ease to be presented. If the farmers then decide that the South Carolina College shall stand as it is, we will submit, but not till then. In the meantime, I will endeavor to answer the arguments "D." has preseinted as going to show that the South Carolina College is now carrying oilt the Federal law in good faith, and "fulfilling its re quirements more fully than the Agricul tural and Mechanical College of Muis sippi." In the first place, until this agitation began there was really no agri cultural or mechanical feature attached to the South Carolina College. President McBryde's executive duties absorbed a:l his time and energies, and nothing has been done and no change madeint be curriculum since August, 18'85, excep-t t. employ an adjunct professor of agricul ture and erect a small machine shop in which applied mechanics are taught ba the naval otlicer who is detailed by the United States Government for that p~ur pose. Everything else is on the so old basis, and the whole bias and eneet of the training has been towards in: professions and away fromn the farm; - the fact cannot be den'ied that the im. c;hanical department~ has developed r atae in the agricultural. Now "DL." concedes that Sut xi.0 .ana is an agricultural State and lia i to remlin itso." Shall we' th-enr~t eL tent with a little mechan'icI train: along with the clas-ical and litr.:r; courses, as being the best to l n youths (10 or 15 a year, for b'cmi farmers? If agriculture is now our moal business, and there is such competi~ among the professons-alreadyov7 flowing-that there is only -xroom at th top," why should this agricalturl 1ta' devote all its energies towairds ydcat ~P: more non-productrs, by gimnsz t-ei. such a "liberal" education tha tue soorn work and seek to live b y the swn of somebody else's brow~? Have we nel 11 -", , f- .'L mi"ie 1eans ofl Cgeme',n t of the '-ain, but who havenliV Ough to -1a protitably, ar d threrefore deert the old hLOmet o tina a - i to ifaticulturc i.; our princip al bu'.e*.s rhy i'ot dut eWhy rot de VoA all th "muey we can spqrc to Lrain f' farmers and rens-the first d!eve)o our agriculture, the others to esabis manu' eturs -aong us anidj t s io twyers, pnla5c:S and doctrs r--- cut" -No' a bit of dag.r \n-ralFuran.Erkie Hlarvard. NNl' rir:tet E'hosnd e. .eIsica n r r inettio at oe and abroad wiH k.te sn l iiu v, y'some adL&e".t of Dr. Thlorn wdi. ther wil not be 'homgcon. lublie rien thus trained will not be united, they will not think aliko, &c., &c. T.here would be no nucleus for a "ring.' I grant you; and there would be a healthy current of new thought and diverse opi nions brought baek which might in time i evolve SCm statesman who can show us i a way to rebuild our shattered fortunes. without depending on "Northern capital 1 and brains" alone. The only Carolinian who has a wcrld-wide fame got his du- I cation outside the State, and it is easy to I believe that if more of our public men had been thus educated there would be less of provincialisms, stagnation and i self-idolatry among us. The South Car olina College has produced some great' men. but it is sad to see many of its < alunni and faculty opposing progress and fighting the battle of Bourbonism. The Rev. John Jesper swears the "sun do move." So-me men in high plaees in South Carolina are ready to say to the 1 Ninetectth century, "Stop, stand stiil!" < But I have got switched off from ")."I and his arguments, and I will try to get I back. I will only say that the South Carolina College has descended from the high place upon which Dr. Thornwell sought to anchor it, and mixing m'ehan ie:. and maual labor in evei so sna.l a. tree with its purely mental training is ragingitsmantle-in the dust for money, dl trying to ccompl sh the ehencai impossibility of m=ixig oil and water. The classiaal -nd literary elemcnts have .Uwaysq overshladowed and swallowed up 2 '.nv t ehnical or mractical annex in every i mixed school or college that has ever tried it: and so it has been, and will c'n tinue to be, in this State. I defy '"D." t or any one else to refute the assertion. I And now I rumke another, namely, that 2 not five per cent. of the graduates of the i literarv colleges and universitics ever farm. I have abundant proof if any one dimputes the iaet. The matter then re- i solvs itself into this shape: A college < which hopes or intends to educate non who will return to the farm must do two Jings Fir.,t. make agriculture its lead- I ing feature, and second, rcquire manuali Labor during the whole course of study. I Now, "D." was so rash as to claim t Lat the South Carolina College is carring i out the Fcderal law more fully than the ississippi College, because it has in a i small way developed its mechanical au nex, and because, as he alleges, the Mis-I sissippi College does not ailord a "libe- i ral educat-on. Everv reader of The News and Courier is familiar with the clause of the Act o: 16:2, which describes the kind of colkge intended to be cstablished. It e~gressly states that its "leading object shail be to 4ea-h such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the wcehniC arts,"&C. "Leading! leading! Au .UNG!" 4 I write it in capitals so 'D." and all hisI brother sophists can see it. When tLa-y come to construe that oft-repeated sen-( tence tbey never see "leading" at all. They cannot attach any meaning to < "ractical," but jump with gladdened : hearts to the wolds, "Witho-:t excludingf elassical studies." and "Liberal," al though these words are only an excres ence, and not essential to understand the sentence. Then, again, they seize on the words to "p~romfote the education of the indus trial classes in the several pursuits and rofessions of life"-' several pursuits1 and professions." Herecis warrant enough for teaching anything. But who is to be< taught? The sons of "once lordly plan ters?" The sons of lawyers and rich men, such as constitute the bulk of the students at the South Carolina College? Oh, no! The "industrial classes," says the h~w Well, wtho are the industrial classes in South Carolina? "D." has answered this question for me. He says, "We are an agricultural people and likely to remta i so in spite of booms," &c. This Fedend , money was donated to establish a col lege-mnark you, .nut an "annex" to a1 university-whose leading object shouldi be to teach the children of the industrial classes to become good farmers and me-1 chanics. The classics were not to be| "excluded" if it was found practicable1 and the money held out. M1ilitary tac tics were "included" and provision made for sending an officer of the United States army to teach them. "Liberal" is a mountain, ":practical' a mole-hill, in ".ses."Leading" he cannot see. He is willing for the "orcee lordly planter's" son to steal the poor farmer boy's chance for an education, but "military tactics" arc beneath his notice. What has 'oecomeC of this armay >icer and his military tactics, oh '-D.?" Is Ia. at the South Carolina College man facturing "dudes?" "Oh, no; hei a our miitary~ branch in Charlestoin. WXhat ishe doing there and why wasn' he land scrip funa appropriated to you miitary bra-nch Imitatthig my goo frend, for I have r edly faikcn in lon vith 'D., " lhe is s "candid," and "tar Ld a ispassionateand fair. :?, I w il piuse for as reply." but then the- mil ry~ branchL rn. -c ihllog the Fecder: Law ad edct g-' te chiidren ofia 'intial'i cla->:'s to be co' * fi'-mes LetusLe.I .L nI.1 C in aT aminig. The ret a-e>t.:io : pusisa p:ofesaions o' li . A e . "agitur'- ano bttr thi thie lasical antdL li'-r brthra: at ou ie has everythling -' ct to 1' a, w. far -is chosen occupatnon is coueern.., ana knows nothing of either the science or practire o: in:muing. lHad he graduako Wt woul be 'he b:'y at Columbia ilin in the saade of thle noble tree on th< campus, aW a puts only his head to school. The bov in Charleston puts his head and legs to 'chcol, and his hands also becom" most expert in handling a rifle; but rifle. don't ass.t him to get a living after h graduates. The boy in Mississippi puta lieud, legs, hands and eyes to school. The whole boy is taught, and he is taugh1 how to farm on a farm by men who kno% to "do what they teach," not by "book farmers" and theorists. He never is al lowed to lose the habits of industry ant svmpathy with labor he brings with him froi his humble home, but continues daring two or three hours of each day to hoe, to ditch, '"to ork mnr, to milk, to make butter, to ieed stoJi, to graft, to bud, t - prune, ;d di a housand things or see the m done that will be of benellt in after life. It will have ?Veen rcticed that "." 1 al of his brethren never omit in Liir category of labors the "forking of uianure." Tinis is tOo degrading in their yes for any white boy to do while at chool, and should be "taught at home." Now, of all things on Southern farms this thing of making and handling and sowing barn-vard manuro is most ne leeted and least understood, while it is h very life an essence of good farmiug. Ehe average farmer knows nothing about t and cannot therefore teach his son at lomc. But the cditor of the Columbia legister, who is "D.'s" ally, has discov red that "manual labor and attention to he details of farm work are inconsistent with an advanced and comprehensive urriculum "That the students cannot ommand the time or nervous energy to >roperly master both." Tins is news indeed, and Col. Thomas' ong experience as an educator gives it reat weihlt. Unfortunately he has had o experience along that line and it is )ly liis opinion. Let us see what those nen think who have been studying and eaching agriculture. On the 8th of July ast "The National Association of Teach rs of Agriculture and Horticulture" m?et Lt the University of Illinois. There were resent representatives of the land-grant olleges of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,. Mizh Kan, Insas, Iowa and Missouri. They dopted, after full discussion, with one lissenting vote, the following resolution: "Resolved, That we favor regu!ar, ompulzory labor by students on our ag icultural college farms, but before that t should be required only so far as it is lesigned to be instructive." The opponents of the separate agrieul ural college caunot, or will not, under tand that the labor is insisted on for two casns-1irbt, as a as of practical latration iad instruction just as mcedi al students are taught anatomy in the is;cting room, or law studente prac,:iee n the moot courts before going into the ourt house. Bu-t mainly because if the tudei.nt 1t that formative period of life los nothing for four years but study ;ooks and cultivate the mind, no three n a hundred will ever return to the fa:m, v-here manual labor and physical energy re absolutely essential to success. Tis s the whole thing in a nutshell. "D." ays: "It is a question of taste whether t is better for the farmer's son to pay noney in college to learn law than to Iork manure, cut wood, &c." There is o taste in the matter. To educate farm rs experience has shown that labor is as ssential a p1rt of the curricahim as ehe nistay or vegetable physiology, and it is )tter to even "fork manure" than to af or play poker and billiards, or smoke igarettes to kill time. I will notice only one other point that 'D." makes-viz: that the Mississippi ollege "attracts by its cheapness as nuch as by its agriculture." We will rant this, if you please, but if the South 2aroina College only turns out less than le "book" farmers to the hundred gra luates, while those of Michigan and Iississippi can show fifty per cent. who arm, it is enough to prove that in this 'agricultural State" a college like these wo is more needed and would be of ~rater benefit than five South Carolina olleges. But the bonus paid students or their labor at these two colleges is alld the "meal tub that contains the p," and we are twitted with having set ip a "barrier across the pathway of the south Carolina boy" because we were ppsed to- free tuition in the South Jarolina College except to indigent rouths. The bill drarwn by me last winter to stablish an agricultuiral and mechanical ~ollege in this State, but not introduced or good reasons, called for tuition fees not to exceed forty doihars,"lbut allowed tree tuition to those unable to pay. It s natural to suppose that the co.llege ould be practically "free," except for a ewv students. Suppose we shall demand hat it be absolutely "free" to all, will :he charge of inconsistency and class egislation be thrown at us? Of course, iut with how little reason. There would ae no competition between the agricul :ural and mechanical college and the de aominational colleges, and consequently ao injustice. The class of students-poor larmers' sons-who would mainly fill up che agricultural college would never think f trying to go to the South Carolina College or to the denominational col Leges, and if m'en who are able choose to send their sons there let them pay for it >s they do at Columbia. "D." saves his best shot for the last md winds up as follows: '"Yet 1hv is a 'ublic sentiment that would not tolerate free tuition only in the South Carolina College going t'o be brought to the point of teaching a youth free a 1d paying hiu besides? I[ pause for a reply." You shall have it, my friend, with a venge.ance. You have forgotten something. South Crolina'dues some queer things at time. D)id y ou ever near of a scehool callkd the 'itadel located in Charleston? Do yo know that in orde~r to educ ite sixtyeght or boys this lit'le- tt of South Caro la spends go00 a year, and Lot only ivntie free tui tion bu't boards and o'ixs th' e Lides? Wht'r"ubi eat ina 'ndorses it o not has neer Lee an ma never be tested, but with -its fet aring himw in th. ace, and the: suowedgewlnh * no. uan hi~n fr-e charge, that wOih a imlar' sun spent >r' stud"nt laor i anidust-"al college, tays b:e eucater thmslvs we wil nI t d-par of brintag "pulict sentiment 0 o esat. an ah n ch a school. -ih or withiout the conseur of~ "J)." ur a i "ilorl?y" allies we are going to ho'. .t, or' "tight it out on that linle" during tozn summners. opr', . .,Seteber R. Tr887. I!erAdULptabil ilY to All :iinites and~ Conditi.>u. It has frequently been remarked, says the Jewish World, that the Jewish race has a wonderful power of adaptation to all climtes. Jews are found in all parts of the globe, and seem to possess a very temarkable faculty for acclimatization, even under the most unfavorable circom btances. Mcsopotamila is considered the mother country of the Abrahamic family as well as the jradle of the human race. Some years ago a small colony of Jews were found in the ancient city of Sennar, in the South of MesopotaLia, and in the vicinitv of ,LciLnt Babylon. Of the se v families composing the colony, one clainmed to be descended from King Joa chim, the rcst from the house of Levi. A clony of Jws apucar to hav- settled in China about the bcginnig of the third cetury of the Christian em, under the dynasty of ilau. In 1704, Father Gon zani, a Ron an Catholic missiona ry, found seven Jewish families ncar Pekin. * In 168G a Portuguese Jew of Amster dam, named D.-Pavia, discovered a ahct of Jews in Cochin China. According to a tradition preserved among them, they were descended from a tribe af Jews who had quitted Palestine on the destruction of the second temple. From their long residence in Cochin they had become completely bronzed. These are not the same as tle Malabar Jews. The Jewish traveler Benjamin, sometimes called Ben jamin the Sceond, discovered a colony of Jews, evidCrbv of Persian origin, in Hindostau. They were known as "Bab vlonian Jews," on account of their having inigrated from Babylonia. They ob served the cssential rites of Judaism, and strictly avoided intermarriage with other sects. In ihe beginning of the seven teenth century a Jewish colony settled in Cavenue, in the West Indies, one of the most inhospitable climates in South America. Cavenna was subsequently conquered by the French, who made it a penal settlement, and the Jewish colony was forced to retire to Surinam. Notwithstandingi frequent persecutions 0 r Jews are still found in Persia, more es pecially to the South of the Caspian Sea, f where the soil is very fertile, but the cli mate very unhealthy. The principal city is Balprosh, whlere about 1o Jewish fa milies reside in almost complete isolation. They trade with their breturen in Great fartary, and are engaged in the wool and silk trade or in the sale of citrons. They, too, trace their origin from the Babylonian captivity; for, according to a tradition still possessed among them, their ancestors settled in Persia in the time of Nebuchadnezzar, and did not re spond to the appeal of Ezra to return to: return to Palestine. Their mode of life resembies that of the Persians in general. They hold the beard in high esteem and t wear long flowing robes. They have several synaggucs, and obtain scro2s of the law from Biagdad. The celebrated African traveler, Mungo Park, found a colony of Jewish families in the heart of Africa, about So miles from the coast. r It is, no doubt, this peculiarity of the 3 Jewish race which induced a Frenen writer on "Medical Geography" to ex- j press the opinion that "it is questionable f whether the crossing of human varietits confers on the issue constant advantages e in relation to the species, for the Jewish race seems in a wonderful manner capa- ( ble of adapting itself to every change of climate, while others are scarcely able to bear the least change." The Jew is found in every part of the world-in Europe, from Norway to Gib- y raltr; in Africa, from Algiers co the Cape of Good Hope; in Asia, from Co- a chin to the Caucasus, irom Jaia to Pekin. t. He has peopled Australia, and has given proof of his powers of acclimatization y under the tropics, when people of Euro- y pean origin have constantly failed to j perpetuate themselves, a - __ __L-- _-0 SIA3l:.E AMAZOM. 1 King's Military Body Guard CompOsed 1-:ntirely of WVomen. (London Cor. Chicago Trilbune.) Among the other visitors to the exhi- C bition has been the Prince of Siam, bro- a ther to the King. He is a little man, has an olive compiexion, black eyes, speaks English perfectly and has chaimmfg man-' ners. A'san example of one of the good I results of the American exhibition, dur- 1 ing his visit he made a careful inspection 8 of the goods in the main building and j spent thousands of dollars on the useful ~ things he saw which were up to the pre sent time unknown to Siam. He gave an order for 100 type-writers to one I manufacturer, a large order for eafes to ] another, orderd a steam engmne, four I dozen carpet sweepers and a number of I other ingenious things which attracted his attention; so that these exhibitors f have the sauisfaction of knowing that C they have opened a market for them selves in Siam at no greater expense than going to the American exhibition. The fashion having been set by the i'rince,. large orders for all these goods he assured1 them would follow. It would therefore aper tha~t the people in his country, which very few of us stop to realize is twice as large in its area as France, and has a -oopulation of about 15,000,UU00 polare all making rapid strides to ward modern civdlization. F gave us some curious information, however, about thle ling's amazons, the ioyal Guard being composed entirely ofc women. This battalion consists of 41)0, chosen frem among the handsomest and most robust girls in the country. They receive excellent pay and their discipline is perfect. They are admitted to serve at the age of 1:3, and are placed in the army of reserve at the age of :2>. From that period they no longer serve about1 he King's person, but are employed to guard the royaln palaces and crown lnL Un enteriug the airily thle amazons ma e a ow of chasti'ty, for which there is n ezempiLon unl.s an of them enotT 1ttract the King's attention and be a' mitted ataon'g his legitimate wrves. '.he Kin c' choice seldom ialis on the mo~s beautiul, but on the mnost skilled 'u .z.iitay exceie. The costume thes women wear is very rch. The full dre: is a white woolenI robe e.mbroidered wn i-old; the cloth is extremely ine and d' lends as fas the knee; it is covered with a light coat of mail and gilt cuiraw The arms are free, and the head covered with a gilt casqmue. W hen wearing thi iress on state occasi ons their~ only we pon i:- a lan ce, w ich th?ey handle with :onderful dexteritv. Wi1th their andre the are armedl with a musket. ThL battalion is composed of four comipanier aeh campany of 100l women commanded the captain die the cormapiny i dru during three dio by the Kie,: who a points the most competent to sneCet k the command. The King of Siam never ur derthk my expedition without being accomup aied by his female guard, nor does I aver hunt or even ride without an esco >f the same guard, who !rre devoted ittached to his person. Every neib f the battalion has live negresses attz-! d to her service, and, having thus L lomestic occupation, she can devote he elf exclusively to the duties of her pr ession. There is a parade ground uca he city, where one company is station wo days every week, to exercise thet elves in the use of the lance, pistol at itle. The King attends once a mouth: hose exercises, accompanied +y h )rothcr, who shares in some degree ti: overeign power, and distribut -s prizi o those most deserving. When the deat >f one of the parties ensues, the decease eceives a magnificent funeral, and t: igh priest pronounces a panegyric, d laring that the deceased by her vak Las merited eternal rest in the abode he blessed. The survivor rece ves ti ongratulatiors of her companions; bu s a measure of discipline, is sentenec o pass two months away from her con any in fasting and prayer. The miiitar irgatization of this battalion is so pa ect that the entire army endeavore t ritate it. A MAD EN1NEER toes at a Terrible speed and Wants t Leap from a Window. DES MoINES, IOwA, Sept. 29.-Firema loberts of the Wabash road arrived her 'esterday on his train, and tells a thril ag story of his experience with a ma ngineer. When the train drew out c his place Tuesday, Engineer Botswort ppeared to be all right, but before thc ad gone far Roberts* noticed that hi ompanion acted queerly. At Harve .e should have stopped for water, aui e fireman backed the train down to tb ,roper place, while the engineer acted i: dazed manner. Once again on th oad Botsworth began to travel faste nd faster until the train was runnin .fty miles an hour. Then Roberts real ed that Botsworth was derange".. an: ast in time grasped the lever a ,nos ille and saved the train going throusi n open switch. Faster flew the engine lotsworth standing by with a vacan mile, and as they thundered througl ;aeon the maniac gave a yell and starte; : spring from the cab window. Th -atchfui fireman caught him by the leg nd while he balanced him on the win ow ledge he managed with his foot lop the train. The conductor helped t et Botsworth back to the baggage eai here he was carefully guarded to O nnwa and there turned over to the au orities. It is believed to be paralysi f the brain that ails him. Spry Old reople. Chrh.tian Rechtold, 94 years of age, siderut of St. Loui, was a soldier in th lapo'onic war. Mx. Van Nostrand, of Millstone, N .h mi d her 99th '.car. At he ate she was treeted by six of her ow: hildren, eleven grandchildren and sev nteen great grandchildren. Abraham Souther, a colored man, 0 ld Fort, N. C., has in his possessioi ocuments which show that Le is 10 cars old. -le chews and smokes and i devoted Methodist. Capt. W. S. Reynolds, of Ande on Me, Anderson County, Tenn., is 9 ears old. He is hale and hearty, and i hero of four wars-1812, the Creel e Mexican and the late rebellion. Mr. Adolph Parent, a man of 96 years rho has been acting as bailiff'at Pierre illet, Quebec, for the last fifty years as just left for the United States, wit. view, he says, to perfect his knowledg f the English language. Willie Blackwell is thie oldest man u Eansas. He resides at Great Bend, an< links he was born in Fauqiuier County a., in 1785. H~e can chew two on'ce f tobacco per day, but . abstains from Icoholic drinks. Seventy-two years ago Robert Tirrel f Rhode Island, then a soldier in th iritish army, deserted and came to Ame ica. The old man, who is 93 years old as just received a pardon from th randdaughter of the king he deserted nd is going back to the old country t .ie among his kinsfolk. Nancy Baker, of Westfield, N. .1., S years of age. She is a widow an es on a farm, which she superintends tecently she found that one of her hire< en had mowed a piece of ground ver; oorly. Taking a scythe herself, sh ent over the work again, cutting th rasa close. She walks several miles ay, and does a great deal of work. What a Cent Can, anmd Cannmot flo. It is almost impossible to attach an; portance to one cent, but at the sam ime it is a very important coin at timaes ays an exchange. It will take a circular to Californih na it will make you madder than: atter and a March hare combined whe: -on go to pay your fare on a horse-ed na fnd that you have but four cent ud a ten-dollar bill. One cent is very small, but when iti dded to the rate of interest you receiv n a stock, it possesses a stern magniti ent grandeur that carries you away lil strain of music. The penny, it seems, was made to p~ n church pih.te5, and, although a mxa lay say it amounts to nothing, he wi trike matches, lift mats and crawl abou a the straw on a horse car to lind tL ne he drops. It is so small a coi: lba ou have to take on'~ your giove to takh mold of it in your pocket, and yet it is. rge, when the baby swallows it, ti hnces of the baby's living are som,. mmes not worhth a cent. Althoug~h one cent is less than te ents, yet one cent is a great deal larg~ han a dhue. Many a man has gon. hrty alI day with fonr' cents in h ockt Foer the want of that oneC cl ue four were aseless as the eleve aen 'n a j"ry who are h~eld oat again: An: o1Tensive Breath Is nm iiltreiner. no;t only in the pe e * - ! i c :e :'re a l pide, but * s dai::lcem u*r to spea:k of. Lutit li ared not only friends but lovers. Bs rathl and catarrh ar~e iaseperable. D. ages Catarrh Remedy cures the wor ..e as thoandsna n testify. -A~. M- ti.1 ie '~cato~ Lo ig i: buiness Septenmber . :<.antee fund, invested in hona's ranmtgages ,irst lien on real estate ) ot,00 rt The Vley 3Iutual Life Association of Virgii ia is t'e' rget and the leading Ljife lain in the South. Over one nillion of i'a rs has bee~n paid in o CaL to 'Lil fin'ilies of deceo;sed mem ._ ers. .Th ceapessO'ie of it' plan is demon r stratd uby the expurience of those who d are iud. Inf ialt ration of this fact, we iuke Policy No. :; held by Mr. W. P. Taws, Cashier of the Augusta Nationai Bank, .raunton, Va.,-Pohcy issued Sepqtvmbe-r 2,lois-1,0-conse quenty it hAis shared every cost that La, come against the Company. The entire cost to 31r. Tams in eight years and i ix maontbs, 3ciembership Eee, Annuals, and: 3Rrtality paymen ts, has been but 370.44, or an average annual cost of 58.28. At r the date of this insurance Mr. Tams was I27 years of age. A policy of even amount and date in one of the most popular Old Line com panies on the ordinary life plan, payable at death only, would have cost him S192.75, or 821.50 per year-a saving of 812.21 in favor of the Valley Mutual. 0 Theories are easily advanced and jeal ous rivals abound in them, but facts can not be reu'ted. First-class agents can get liberal con tracts by appl, ing to LEE HAGOOD, I Manager 6o. Ca. Department, a Columbia. e Au interestiug Case. A remarkable damazge suit was filed in in the clerk's oIlic oI the City Court toI day, says the Atlanta Evening Journal of 20th. If tile facts alleged in the dec y laration are estai)iished it will snow a novel plan by which a railroad under e took to stave off a damage suit. D. H. Lee, the petitioncr, sets forth that h ;vas employed by the Rtichmond and r .)Unvil-l IRailroatd Company in July, I . as al iagman on a freight train, and S he was sitting in the caboose. Shs i air ir place, on a certain day of that . 'r t , th.e train rn- olf the track at Lula and tl eatooe wtis overturned. Le1 was ij n tL sh(u'der, hip and t; back nd ::::len arm was permanently ia -siue was :dso parma-1 1e*L' .iijurex by. coeion. Hle alleges tat the autritie of the road agreed that in irtio O is injurirs amid; iC t <inev Wt th ro. i . o r ' a" tI ey woul gv1e him the t tioi 01 conciueto. I This u1 ) io jh e toK as ,soon as he re cover. 'i--. .i.idureS, and oeevpied lie was d;'hrge withilout ce-U:-. He cl aims tha t th e roaJ ke.t h i1. jus!t 10n enoagh fur the .ise of limitationis to apply in his ca L u. -A turned him o Lf ie a "ks uuv namages. S. Woan as U'. S. MarshIa1. Mr. Justice Mii-r. f the United States r Supreme Court pre-i A in the United SStates Circuit DonIt ai St. Louis on the .l mornin of the :3th ultimo. He an nounced that a vacancy existed in the! f oilie' of the Uited tts m-ai - Iarsh-a CouziaL-, a;d ti-t tile Comp Lroile- of te .re"sury had4 deanded th.: appoiAT of a; 3'rshal ad iterim. Justice 3ir said h"C had determiiued to 5 appoint as MJarsL al ad itlerim Phocebei SW. Couzins, the daughter of the deceased Marshal.* The stitute reqaired that she should give bond iu the sun of .20,000, -and take theO oath of office before the :ciork of the Court. He did not oserve MIiss Couzins in Court, and would say Ithat as soon as she could furnish th~e bond she could <qualify and at once cnter upon the duties of the ollice. The an nouncement appeared to surprise se'.erat attorneys, who were not prepared to hcear hie appointment of a womanl~, but ic Sshould be remernabered that alias Couzins has for i long time directed the executive 'afiairs of the o1lice, and she posseses the friendship and influence of men in Sthe highest authority at Washington. P'ostal Chianges. The new postal regulations recently ;prepared at the Post Odice Department 'went into eiret on September 15, and thit postmasters have been advised by tihe Post 01lice Department that in accord 1ance with the ruling of the assistant at jtorney general for that department, packages ot fourth-class matter (such a.. Ssamples andi packages of merchandise' must not con tainu hereafter any writuig or printing on the face or surface exept the name and add1ress of the sender, pre e eded by the word1 "rom," and the nur ber ar'd name of the articles enclosed. Otherwise the eni e package will be sub .jected to po " 'e a leter rates. Here e tofore the rulig of the department has ,been to the errlet tha any printed mat ter not having~ the character of personal .correspondec migat be attached to e such matter 1 ii in H . -t - rley. s A country negro entered one of the dry goods stre of Amerieus, Ga., a few s dia ago t pu.eh." atuink, and after e considerable p"arley-ing with the salesman as to ume prc :'- e 1, tinally shouldere: eL oe In ;lf. uayng 81.50 therefor. .lu ab0 i fur he returiied with the foPr hi' ~n ny. TIhe trnk was filled to I the top it 3..Ilaekinaw straw hats tha. t ha been r."ak in it for the winter. -The cont-: of the trunk were wort b t het,-~ .,n55ea 1 RU ICC"A1l 'ILL: oil *qvtii 'dverti~ing . nce are' otier weil know;: promi :D: 3etiveiat the fact is i1: a b'ert Ianr of the Ledger; HI. i"'';bi, A. -. ew.art, John War t aker, Amo Law,:je ...e and a host o other me Lre or 1"".- ntied~ fer their grt . Th experieLce of the customis insp tress.l wh ion'1 a -"it --4 men's clothil under te skirt of a woman she w sercig inl New~ Y.ork recently, w i rore ti-an ma tchend by that of 'an irap" . ress in Washington Territory a few da~ tt Iago, whoe found th"at the lady she w IS HE KING HOPKINS 1.1 lie law the same Nose and Dintingulshed Man nerm oT the Noble William-The Possible Eirects of a Combine Between Hopkins and the Fair Claimant. The two recent stories told by the Star in regard to alleged descendants of British roy alty has created a good deal of talk among Victoria's subjects who are residents of New York. One of these aspirants claims to have proof to upset the succession to the Crown, and the other to have so c'ear a title to the possession of the property of his ancestors, now held in this country, as to make a con test for its holding worse than useless. Eng lishmen profess to look at the subject as a project started in the way of speculation, but do not deny that there may be some foundation for the subject matter, as the p:eculiar habits of the Georges and their de scendants and well known facts of un written history. The picture of the face of Caroline Louise Kent, published in the ,Sar of yesterday, and who has long concealed her identi y while resident here, has but to be looked at a moment to convince reflecting people that the ruling sovereign of England may pos sibly be her mother. Ier statement is so straightforward that, in spite of all the obstacles likely to be thrown in the way of proving its truth and authenticity, shaking, as it does, the foun dations of the throne of one of the most powerful empires in the universe, many people stand ready to take up- the cudgels for Miss Kent. These people are not only inimical to the present occupant of the throne. but are bitterly opposed to the suc cession. If her claims are established they will not be allowed to be ignored. To a Star reporter the British Consul General said yesterday that he had not as yet had an opportunity to read the Star's article, as he had only lately returned from Europe; but had it preserved for last night's perusal. Until he had looked over it he would not express an opinion as to any thing stated therein. The Star's own particular claimant, Clarence George Hopkins, is no less enti tIed to consideration from the fact of his close resemislance to the same family, but there is a much more striking resemblance to William, his alleged maternal grand father. than to any other of the family. Ile has the same nose, the identical un studied care about his dress, but the same look of intelligence of the high patrician order shows in every line of his face. His eye has the glance of one born to command, and although he may have used it for the common eyery-day purpose of selecting type from the case for bread winning only, its fire is undimmed, showing that force of circumstances has not for a moment quenched the ambition of his life-the re covery of his inheritance, with all its right ful powers. and the possession of the vast sums now illegally withheld from him. Mr. Clarence George Hopkins, whose claims the Star has already set forth, is no doubt ready to confer with Caroline Louise Kent, awl will undoubtedly do so, as by ioining their mutual interests they may make a combination too strong to be re Aisted. At any rate it is Mr. Hopkins' firm letermination to make some arrangement with Caroline Louise Kent by which their mutual claims can be prosecuted together, instead of making it a double issue from two points of departure. Its outcome no one can foresee, but until its decision it must create no small uneasiness among peirie hig in authority in 3Ierrie England. -Neie Tork- Star, Sept. 28. TItE SOUTH'S INDUSTRY. Amount of Capital Invested Nearly Thrice as Large as in 1S6. BALTIMORE, MD., Sept. 29.-The Manu ofcthe ecord publishes today a review of the industrial growth Qf the South during the nine months of 1887. A com parison of the new industries for the first nine months of 18i7 -and 1886, which in cludes a wide diversity of new enterprises, shows an increase in inciustrial and manu facturing establishments from 1,175 In 1l86 to 2,594 in 1887. The amount of capital and capital stock represented by the list ot new enterprises, the enlargement of old plants and rebuild ing for the first nine months of 1887, as compared wita the corresponding time in 18s8j. is as follows: * States. ~ 1887. 1886. Alabama....$35,497,000 $8,055,500 A rkansas..-.--.-. 23,614,000 14,830,000 Florida........--1,947,000 1,219,000 Georgia.-.--.--.. 12,648,000 2,05.5,000 Kentucky.... 31,2:32,000 30,S12,700 Louisiana......--6,557,000 1,955,000 MIaryland......-12,634,000 6,153,000 MIississippi . .. 3,252,000 644,000 South Carolina. 2,594,000 718,000 North Carolina. 6,482,000 2,062,200 Tennessee...-. 32.040,000 7,949,000 Texas..-.--..--.-. 13,508,000 4,133,000 Virginia.......-21,234,000 6,874,000 \West Virginia.. 6,216,000 5,473,800 Total- $ ...212,455,000 $83,834,200 In summing up the industrial develop mnent of the South since 1870-80, the Rec ord shows that 15,000 miles of railroad have been built, costing. together with im prov'emen ts to old roads, over $600,000,000; the assessedl value of property his increased up1wards of $1,000,000, and siice 1879 the ctton crop alone has sold for $2,500,000, J000, ur an average of $:300,000,000 a year, :and the total value of Southern agricul tural products being over $700,0''0,000 a year. Pierceei -*Pleanaut Purgiative Pellet,'," Positively Popuir: Provoke Praise; Prove Pricless: Peculiarly Prompt; Per eeptibly Potent: Producing Permanent Profit: Precluding Pimples and Pustules: Promoting Parity and Peace. Purchase. Price, Pe'tty. Pharmacists Patronizing Pierce Procure Plenty. .A DressmakerM Attempt to Smuggle. Among' the passengers who arrived at \cew York on the steamship La Gasconge Sunday wa s a Boston dressmaker named '4Mis3 Kennedy. When her baggage had a een lac:ed on the dock she opened one of hr runks and. taking out a silk dress, areessl threw it on t be floor. Then she 1kly~ nicked uni a box that had been mder ih" dress ani handed it to a mian, hoi. strte to p lc it in his trunk, which id been p frd he move was seen by echai cus't)oms diicers, w ho seized the box Id arr'(e thle wom-an and man. The x I.>ntAIne four ha usome hand-em midrede dressea w~or th several hundred rs e. ii'e d're's that had been thrown, aide was found to be lined with V aes and -'ilk ad s ati dress goods. Im:: hpetress foun'd that 3Miss Kennedy ind I.e, iks, etc.. to the value of sev eral thousand doilars eonceaied on her per luIer iner b:agag, three trunks and t pci. e as. were seized, but not opened, Thle coo1' discovered are valued at $7,000. it s inaught that the other baggage will Vieldi as much more. Une thme great specific for "cold in head" mdaararh-Dr. age's Catarrh Remnedy.