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V IEW VOL. Ili M1ANNING, C'LARENDON COUNTY , S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2,i~ O 8 THE LAST OF TIE LEGISLATURE. THE ;GENERAL ASEMBLY WINDS lP ITS BUSINESS FOR T iE SESSION. An Holet >iouth . Work--'lhe Cream of What Was Dore DVarixig the Last W-eek Legislators Leave for Home. CoLvnsaI, December24.-Both houses of :he General Assembly accomplished a ? -ge amount of solid work during this, the lest week of the sessio -. While the fate of most of the big measures had been determined before, the events of the past week have not been devoid of in terest. A resume of the proceedings is given below. CoMiPTTOLLER-GEN ERAL. The election for Comptroller-General resulted as follows: On the first ballot the vote stood: Verner 52, Coit 43, Thomas 38, Withers 23; and there was no election. The second ballot resulted: Verner 59, Coit 40, Thomas 36, Withers 20. The name of Mr. Withers was then with drawn. Third ballot; Verner 75, .Coit 41, Thomas 37. Then came a number of changes, and the Presidentof the Assem bly announced the final result: J, S. Verner 90, J. C. Coit 41, J. P. Thomas 24, and Mr. Verner was declared elected. THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. The election for ten members of the Board of Agriculture resulted as follows: For the State at Large, Gen. Johnson Hagood and Col. D. P. Duncan; for the First District, J. S. Porcher; Second District, John Lawton; Third District, J. S. McCutchen; Fourth District, H. L. Buck; Fifth District, W. A. Ancrum; Sixth District, R. A. Love; Seventh Dis trict, T. J. Moore; Eighth District, B. F. Creighton. THE UNIVERSITY. Mr. W. B. Wilson, Jr., nominated Hon. W. H. Brawley, of Charleston, to fill the vacancy in the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina University, creat. ed by the death of Mr. Paul Hamnmond, and Mr. Brawley received the whole vote of the joint assembly for that office. THE APPROPRIATIONS. There was some fighting over the ap propriations in both houses, but they went through-the members evidently thinking that the Legislature having adopted certain measures, should furnish the money to carry them out. The figures of the original estimates, as al ready published, were not much changed. No specific appropriation was omitted. STATE HOUSE REFOlO!. Senator Rhame started a lively tight by moving to strike out the proviso at tached in the House to the State Huse appropriation-mainly on account of the speech of Mr. Toale, of Charleston, as to the bad work on the building-that the amount be expended under the personal supervision of a competent architect, who shall reside in Columbia during the progress of the work. The Senator con sidered it a reflection on the State House commission to allow this proviso to re main in the bill. If it were retained it would prevent the re-engagement of the present architect, Mr. Neilson, of Balti more, or some one equally competent. Such architects could not afford to come and live here on the salary which could be paid. Senator Howell indicated improper work which had been put on the State House, and gave several strong arga ments for the retention of the proviso. Senator Buist thought that this was an efort to get rid of the present architect, Mr. Neilson. Senator Howtll retorted that if the statements lie had seen published were true, and the purport of the proviso were what the Senator assumed it to be, he thought that by all means the proviso should be retained. Senators Murray and Smythe made forcible arguments in support of the proviso. Senator McMaster also advo sated it as a good thing. The defence of the amendment fell to Senators Bhame and Buist. They indi cated that the State House commisson would regard the adoption of the proviso s a reflection on them and dwelt on the 'meessity for Mr. Neilson's experience :d talent in the completion of the ;ork. ~The other side disclaimed any reflection whatever upon thi commission but inisisted that it was necessary tohave here a supervising architect who would give his whole time to the work and pre vent the introduction of poor materials ist'o the building. The Senate, without a division, refused to strike out the po~so. .TEE w!NTKROP sCHOOL. The following is the text of the Act to establish scholarships in the Winthrop Training School of this city: Section 1. That, for the purpose of improving the common schools of the State and providing trained teachers therefor, there shall be appointed annu ally from every county in this State one young woman, who has niot the necessa ry means, to a benificiary scholarship in "The Winthrop Training School for Teachers," at Columbia, which scholar ships are hereby established, such ap pointment to be made by the State su perintendent ol education upon a com petitive eamination he'd by a board of three persons, to be named by him, in eeycounty of the State, under such r 'aton as he may prescribe: Pro vie, that the applicant shall have at tained the age of 18 years; And provided, further, that no schclarship be allowed to any person for over one session. Section 2. That in case the person ap pointed shall fail to pass the eamination prescribed by the board of trustees of said school for admission thereto, or sabll fail, from any cause, to attend the session of said school, the State superin tendent of education may appoint anoth er to fill the vacancy. Section 3. That there shall be pait; out of the State treasury the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum fo: every beneficiary so appointed, thirty dollars thereof to be paid at the comn inencement of the school year to the Board of trustees of "The Winthrol Treinind School for Teachers" to cove2i tuition fees, books and other necessary achool expenses, and the remainig one hundred and twenty dollars to be paid to the beneficiary in three equal instal ments, the first at the commencement o1 +.ha shool year, and theaother two at the expiration of three and six scholastic months respectively, to cover board, such sums to be paid upon the order of the State superintendent of education: but no order for board shall be issued except upon the certificate of the superintend cut of said school that the appointee is in actual attendance upon said school and is maintaining herself with credit therein. Section 4. That upon the completion of their course such eneiciary students shall be required to teach for one year in the common schcols of the respective counties from which they are appointed: Provided, positions are oflered them as first grade teschers in such schools. Section 5. That the State superintend ent of education shall be ex-officio a member of the board of trustees of "The Winthrop Training School for Teachers." THE WESLEY CLAIM. was next taken up on the majority re port of the ways and means committee recommending that the matter be re ferred to the attorney general to report to the next General Assembly. A minority report was submitted by Messrs. Brown and Pope objecting to such reference and pronouncing the claim fraudulent and void. This latter report was adopted by a heavy majority. NO Mora canoIos. The following is a bill of some inter est:. Section 1. That no person shall sell, exchange or dispose of any article of food, or attempt to do so, upon any rep resentation, advertisement, notice or in ducement that anything other than what is specially stated to be the subject of the sale or exchange, is or is to be de livered or received, or any way connect ed with or a part of the transaction, as a gift, prize, premium or reward to the purchaser. Any personviolating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pan ished by a fine not exceeding orne hun dred dollars or by imprisonment not ex ceeding thirty days. Section 2. This Act shall.go into effect from and after the date of its approval. THE COLTIBIA CANAL. The Columbia Canal bill was reached on Tuesday night. Thore was a fight, a very hot fight, in which a good many { hard words were said and a good many yeas and nays were called, even after the House had voted 74 to 30 to refuse to strike out the enacting words of the bill. The opposition came principally from Edgefield, Sumter, Newberry, Spartan burg and Darlington. Some of the speeches were very bitter. Dr. Pope led the attack and charged the supporters of the bill with springing a mine on the House. This was denied by Colonel Haskell in equally emphatic terms. Mr. Haskell charged the mem ber from Newberry with making charges which existed only in his imagination. Just about the time when the discussion was getting red hot another vote was reached on a motion to amend the bill in such a way as to give the trustees the right of way instead of "the lands," as was expressed in the bill as it came from the Senate. The amendment was adopted-yeas 58, nays 45-and was amended so as to give the trustees the right of way, and the earth, stones and other material necessary for the construction of the Canal and banks. This latter amend ment being accepted by the friends of the bill, the House adjourned without reaching a final vote on the bill. Next day (Wednesday) the bill passed the House, with some unimportant amena ments; and it has since beoome a law. PIMARY ELECTIO~.. The House bill to prevent and punish frauds in primary elections elicited a spirited debate. Mes rs. Hamilton, of Chester, the two Thomases, Gary and Blackwell, of Edgefield, opposed the measure, which was roundly denounced as an unwarrantable attempt on the part of the Legislature to control the party mnacrzmery with which it had nothing to do. Messrs. Brawley, Hyde, Wilson, of York, Rutland, of Fairfield, and D)antz ier, of Orangeburg, advocated the bill on the grounds of good public policy. Tho bill was finally recommitted by a vote of 61 to about 30, the negative vote not be-. ing counted. To recommit the bill at such a stage of the session was virtually to kill it. FORFEITED LANDS(. There were three bills relating to for feited lands on the Calendar.' Two of these were left over from the last session. One of them, known as the "Murray bill," proposed to remedy the trouble by bringing suit in the Courts of Common Pleas against delinquent taxpayers, re covering judgment and issuing execu tion thereon. The Patterson bill, which was passed by the Senate recently, au thorizes th'e issuing by the sheriff of dis tress warrants (without a suit at ~law): against the personal and real property of delinquent taxpayers. The third bill was not considered. A motion was carried to take up the Murray bill first, and Mr. Burke, of Charleston, fired the first gun with a motion to strike out the enacting words. Then followed five-minute speeches by Messrs. Parker, of Abbeville, Simpson, of Spartanburg, and Haskell, of Rich land, in favor of the Patterson bill. Mr. Pope, of Newberry, holding up the Mur ray bill end of the debate. Finally Mr. Brawley called the atten-' tion of the House to the necessity of de ciding which plan it preferred-the Murray or the Patterson, and in order to get at a sense of the House, moved to indefinitely postpone the bill under con sideration-viz , the Murray bill. IThis motion was carried without a division and then the Patterson bill was taken up. There was no fuither discus sion, but Judge Mahier got in a number of amendments which it is thought will perfect the scheme embodied in the bill. Briefly stated the pronisions of the bin: in its present shape are as follows: 1. Hereafter immediately upon the expiration of the time for paying taxes in any year the county treasurer of each county is directed to issue in the nam~e of the State a warrant or execution in duplicate against each defaulting tax payer in his county, (this in the natari of a distress warrant.) Upon this war rant the sheriff is directed to levy upon the personal property of the delimnent, if it is sufficient to pay the taxes, if not, then upon the real estate. 2. The sheriff is authorized and di rected to take possession of so much oi as may be necessary to pay the taxes and penalties and costs fthe costs are fixed in -the bill at an aggregate of $t50, with 5 per cent. added,) and to sell the same at public auction, giviug in case of a sale of real estate a proper title. '. In csse there is no bid for an amount sufficient to cover the taxes and costs on the land offered for sale, the sheriff is directed to execute a title for tie land to the sinking fand commission and to put them in possession. The sheriff's deed is in all cases, to be held as prima facie evidence of a good title. Action for the recovery of such property so sold and conveyed are barred at the expiration of two years from the date of the sale and convsvance. 4. Defaniting taxpayers may stop such sales by paying to the sheriff the amount of taxes and costs named in the warrant, with an affidavit setting forth the facts, 5. All the forfeited lands now on the record are to be restored to the tax lists with only the taxes for the fiscal year be ginning November 1, 1887, charged against them. G. The State renounces all title by forfeiture for non-payment of taxes to each and every of said parcels of land, and will treat them hereafter as the lands I of the former owner, his heirs or assigns; but this renunciation of title is upon the reservation and condition that the State may hereafter collect by suit at law, or other legal method, from said lands a sum equal to the aggregate amount of all' annual assessments for taxes, with the penalties that might and would have been a ssessed and charged against the said lands in case the same had Lever been declared delinquent and forfeited; and the retention of the possession and use of said lands for ninety days after the approval of this Act by said former owner, his heirs or assigns, shall be deemed sufficient evidence of his or their acquiescence in and acceptance of the reservations ar d conditions of said re nunciation of title. 7. The sinking fund commission is given the right "to compound with the former owners, their heirs or assigns, for all such taxes as described in last section at one-half part of the whole sum so due, without penalties, provided the money is paid into the hands of said commis sion on or before the expiration of one year from date of approval of this Act, and the receipt of said commission for! such part thereof shall discharge the said taxpayer and his said land from any further liability to the State on that ac count." The commission is also author ized to bring actions against all owners of forfeited lands for the full amount of eosts, taxes and penalties when such lands have been conveyed to them by the sheriff under the terms of this Act, and any judgment obtained by them in such suits is made a lien upon the laud in question. The sale having been 'ffected the proceeds are to be applied, first to the payment of the taxes, costs mad penalties, and the surplus, if any, is to be paid to the former owners of the land. This is in brief the bill as it passed! the Hou.me. The synopsis given above only gives an outline of the features. Should it become a law (and there is scarcely any doubt that it will) it will have to be republished in full. An amendment was adopted directing the comptrollr-general to furnish a copy of the Act to each county auditor and treasurer in the State. The Last Day. The General Assembly adjourned this morning between 4 and 5 o'clock, after x month of solid work. Yesterday was taken up in disposing of third reading bills. There are fifteen second reading bills remaining on the House calendar, which are left over for consideration next session, Most of the members will leave for their respective homes on the outgoing trains to-day, They deserve the commendation of thel State for the able manner in w~hich they have dealt with questions of great publice moment. A TERRIBLE EXPLOsloN And IIuire Losx or Property- FataIuen. Roentrsn, N. T., December 21. - About half-past 3 o'clock this afternoon a! terrific explosion occurred in front of Poole's flour mill, in this city. Only-a few seconds after the first explosion another fol lowed, aind two others in rapid suceessio n. Instantly flames burst from -Poole's mill. The tire burned with great fury, and it is feared that some of the worImen perished in the flames. The cause of the explosion was that the sewery in the vicinity were filled with naptha. To-day 14,000 gallons of napthu were pumped from the Vacuum Oil Works through the pipe line in the bed. of the old canul. It was intended for the Municipal Gas Company, but breaks in theI line allowed the naptha to escape into the adjoining sewers, and from thence into the mills and there explodedl, :ad afterwards in the sewers in the streets, throwing out the man hole covers and teasing up the roadways. The amount of dlamage cannot be calculated at this hour. Peo;>le in the, vicinity for a distance of three quarters of a mile were panic stricken fromn the fre quent explosions. Onei man was seen to jump from the second-story window to the river bank, a distance of fifty feet. There are several persons missing and it supposed~ they were caught by the tailiug walls. An rniportant Arresh:. The arrest of a~ susicious~ character upon his general appealracce, movements or comn panionship. wi thout~ waiting ".til he ha-s robbed a traveler. Sred a house, or mur dered a fellow-man, is an important func tienl of a shrewd detettve. Even more important is the arrest of a disease which if not checked, will b)lit and dptroy ai hiuman life. The- fre nunt ough, loss of appetite, general lauguer or debility, pallid skin, and bodily aches and pains, announe the approach of pulmonary consumptio n, which is promptly arrested :odl permanent !y cured by Dr. Pi-ree's "'Golden Medie-au D)iscvery." sold by druggists. 1ie-Getting nuuried seem1. to be <hm gerous now. No fuwer than seven brides barve been accidentally killed on their wed ding day this year. She tingecuously But no true womuan will shirk her dutyv, Tonm, through a craven rear of death. Bride gesctanging bridial coatumne for ,velingsui- D~id I appear nervous~ at all luring the ceremony. Claray Bridesmaidi eui~ouIS!A little at first, dea~r, but nt after George had said "yves" The lat'st fashionable whim, or "fad, in modern style, is the collection of old silver, It is said to be raging with greater intensity than the ceramjie fever of a few years ao. FO URTH-ULASn POSTMASTERS. Somebody at the Bottom of an Ingenious Scheme. Which May Help the Postmas ters, but Will Certai ly Pat Money in Somebody's Pur, e. WASHINGTON , December 18.-Con gressman Tillman, of South Carolina, claims to have discovered what he terms a "gigantic attempt to make a raid on the treasury," by a combination or syn dicate, supposed to be working in the interest of fourth-class postmasters. Since the meeting of Congress Senators and Representatives have received by almost every mail numerous printed petitions, with long lists of signatures attached, urging Congress to pass a law to increase the salary of fourth-class postmasters, acc.rding to the following scale: - 'The postmaster who opens and closes one mail per week to receive $20 per quarter; two mails per week, $25, and so on, increasing quarterly salary of $5 for each additional mail opened and closed per week, until the limit of $250 per quarter is reached." The petition further states that "when the salary of a post master as fixed by this law exceeds the amount of stamps sold at his office the postmaster shall retain to the credit of his salary the amount of stamps sold, and the department shall, on the adjust ment of his account, issue. him a check on the treasury, for the balance. If the amount of stamps sold should exceed the salary of the postmaster he shall, after deducting the amount of his salary, deposit the balance in the treasury." Mr. Tillman says he has received sev eral hundred of these petitions from al most every postmaster in his district, and he probably would not have made the discovery had not the postmasters in forwarding his petition sent "too much." What he terms "too much" is a printed circular of instructions prepared and dis tributed among fourth-class postmasters by the party or parties who are leading in the proposed raid on the treasury, and which gives the movement in favor Af the proposed increase very much the appearance of an organized "job." The "instructions" are in substance for each postmaster to get every signature he can o the printed petition, "regardless of race, color or sex," and then "write a short personal letter" to his Congress nan, stating that the applicant has got "the most prominent citizens of the vicinity" to unite in petitioning for the increase and asking for the matter the "due consideration it so justly deserves." Ihe circulars calls for a contribution of wenty-five cents, or more, in pursuance if an "agreenient," plainly referred to, o pay the expenses of the getting up of ,he circulars, etc., and the postmaster is njoined to send the money in silver in a! registered letter, as he will "get the can ellation of the stamps," and be at no os' therefor sending it. The tell-tale loeument closes with the confident as iurance that "if we will all do our duty we can get our bill through Congress," which remains to be proved. Mr. Tiliman exhibited a copy of the above to many of his Congressional asso iates, and while a majority of them arej isposed to assist overworked and poor .y paid postmasters, they seriously ob-; ect to aiding the authors of the cirnlar, who are evidently making a harvest of twenty-five cent pieces. Nothing Like Lemons. Every part of the tree is valuable in nedicine, though we rarely employ any f it but its fruit-that is the lemon itself. And every one knows knows how. o employ this in a lemonade: To squeeze the juice into cold water (this is dhe shortest way) or to cut it into slices mna let soak in cold water, cut it into lices and then boil it. :Either way is good. Lemonade is one of the best and safest drinks for any person, whether in sealth or not, It is suitable to all stomach diseases, is excellent in sickness. -in cases of jaundice, gravel, liver corn plaints, inflammation of the bowels and~ [evers. It is a specific against worms; mnd skin complaints. The pipp'ina :rushed, may also be mixed with wa~iter mad sugar and used as a drink. Lemon' juice is the best anti-scorbutic remedy lo~own. I not only cures the disease, but prevents it. Sailors make a daily mse of it for this purpose. A physician suggests a rubbing on the gums daly with lemon juice to keep them in health. phe hapds and nails are talso kept clea, white, soft and supple by the daily use af lemon instead of soap. It also pre rents chillblains. Lemon is used in in-I bermittent fevers, mixed with strong, hot, black tea or coffee, without sugar. Neuralgia may be cured by rubbing the part affected with a lemon. It is vgla: ible also to cure warts, an;d to destroy laudruff on the head,' by rubbing the: root of the hair with it. In fact, its uses re manifold, and the more we employ Lt externally the better we find ourselves., Natural remedies are the bes$, and na bre is our b.est doctor, if we would only listen to he teaching. *Rub your hands, head and gums with it, and drink lemon sde in preference to all other liquide.--. Farm and Fireside. :)n:1aen Iea'n of a Brhdegroomu. Wisuis;Tox, Dec. '21.-Mr. L. 3ayer rf Ne York, who was m~arried er eun Icy lat to MIiss Fleirenheime ,m aineo titis city. on AMondayv wi-h his ~bride and regis tered a~t th&arlington. Last night, while ying on the bed, his wife being in an ad-I joining room reading, he sud-fenly called out to her. She hastened to his sids and' at once saw that he ws seriously ill; she ranz ti e hell for heip,. nd bathed his face wit!h urandy. A doctor was hastily sum moned, hat just as h- entered the room the unfortunate bridegroom expired. The blow to the bereaved womn~ was yery great, and she~ p~sed the night in uch~ paromm af grid~ that some doubts were entertaiu ti that her reason might give way under the strain. This mornlog her two brothers arrived and made prepara tion for the funeral services, which were held this afternoon. Vt::ti~ siroukarde". .iI.EN 31.sus. TI-m., Dec. 22.-A big riot occurred( here Tuesday night when' some <otored and white workmen becamec involved in a quarrei following pay-day and too much indulgence in drink. uver two hundred shots:.vere fired. One mana and one boy were killed and others injured. The old nlots: M1aud twakening sudden-, ly at :j A. M.;-Mother, there's a man try ig to break in the house. Mother (weariiyy -'lsmy child; it's your father; l1's franid to ring. the dam-heUl A GEORGIA SUNSET. The Scriven County icribo Wh --rt.a There. Eli." (Fiom the New York Tribune; Mr. Cox must look to his "Sunset" laurels. There is a man writing just now in a Georgia paper, "The Scriven County Watchman," who, as an all round observer and reporter of the cir cumstances attending a really superior sunset, also a really superior sunrise, bids fair, if his health is spared and the paper doesn't change hands, to make his mark in this fascinating department of literature. Here is a sample of what he is equal to. We quote from a late num ber of "The Watchman: "Those who noticed Day's great lord as he followed his appointed course through the skies, on Tuesday lassw a rare and wonderfully beautiful sight. He rose and sunk to rest, seemiugly, in a sea of blood. There were no signals of his approach, no bright streaks in the east to betoken his arising, for Aurora seemed to have forgotten to open the gates of the morning and herald to a sleeping world the coming of its king. But suddenly he had mounted above the horizon and into the heavens a dull red ball of fire. No glare, no brilliau::y, no rays, but merely a lurid orb standing out in bold relief against a hazy, leaden background-a painted sun upon a painted skv! Gradually, silently, ray lessly, the-king of day moved onward and upward. As he cleared the trees and hilltops, struggling toward the zenith, there came into his cheek a healthier hue, but not that gorgeous bril1ancy that usually screens him from the en of mortal eyes, for at almost any time <? the day his dul], dead face could be gazed upon without any dis comfort to the eye. Having struggled in vain at noonday to redeem his un promising morning, he seemed from that time to journey more eagerly to ward his home in the West, growing darker and darker as each minute tied and finally sunk sadly to rest in the lap of night! Vesper threw her mantle over his retiring course and soon shrouded the world in her sable robe." One cannot fail to be convinced on reading the above that the New South has come to stay. A section that furn ishes such sunrises and sunsets ought to and no difficulty in disposing of all the real estate it can place on the market. Boys as Inventors. Some of the most important inven Lions have been the work of mere boys. The invention of the valve motion to the steam engine was made by a boy. Watt Left the engine in a very incomplete con dition from the fact that he had no way to open or close the valves except by means of levers operated by hand. He set up a large engine at one of the mines, and a boy was hired to work these valve Levers. Although this was not hard work, yet it required his constant atten tion. As he was working these levers he saw the parts of the engine moved in the right direction, and at the exact time he had to open or close the valves. He produced a long, strong cord, and made one end fast to the proper part of the engine and the other to the valve lever. Then he had the satisfaction of seeing the engine move off with perfect regu larity of motion. A short time after ward the foreman came around and saw the boy playing marbles around the :oor. Looking at the engine he soon saw the ingenuity of the boy, and also the advantage of so great an invention. Mr. Watt then carried out the boy's in ventive genius in a practical form, and niade the steam engine a perfect auto-1 natic working machine. The power oom is the invention of a farmer boy who had never seen or heard of such a thing. He cut one out with his knife, md after he had got it all done he, with great enthusiasm, showed it to his fath r, who at once kicked it to pieces, say Lng he would have nc boy about him who would gned his time on such fool ~i things. ~Ee boy was afterwards ap prenticed to a blacksmith, and he soon ound that his new master was kind and ook a lively interest in him. He made inlom of what was left of the one his [ather had broken up, which he showed to his master. The blacksmith aw that e had no common bp~ for an appren tice, and that the invention was a very aluable one. He immediately had a Qnom constructed under the supervislon af the boy. It worked to their perfect satisfaction, and so the blacksmith furn shed the means to manufacture the ooms, the boy to receive one-htdf the proits. In about'> year the blacksmith rote to tho ho- s fathdr that he should risit hima and brmng with him a wealthy gentleman who was the inventor of the elebrated power loom. You may be ible to judge of the astonishment of the! ld ma~ when hi son was p resented as ahe investo;. .v'ho told him the loom was the same as thie model he (the father)L ad kicked to pieces a year before. Smaeton, the t mechanic; when a' boy, disdained h ordinary playthings >f boyhood, One day, after havin watched some milhlrignts, ho -was dis overed, to the great aistress o! his [amilyt in a ziauation of extae danger, fiia wigia na t~he top of the barn. go afieswad built the Eddystone light anse in the midst of the waves. Cyrus E. McCormick was not twenty-two yea. id when he produced the fird practical1 reaper the world eveir saw. -Youth. A Woman's Brave Ar.-; SIANSIIEAD, QUEBEC, Dec. 19.-Abou'. L. o'clock this morning a b ,mb' to wilich a tighted fuse was attnched. was thrown brough a window into the dining-room of Dr. Cantfield's residence. Mrs. Cantield, earing the crash and hissing of the hurn ing fouse, sprang out of bed. seized the bomb and succeeded in detachin'g the iuse. The bomb contained enough giant blasting powder to wholly demblish the house and ill t.he inmates. Dr. Cantield's father. who is a bail iii, has been engaged lat.-ly in servinlg processes for violationa. of the Caada temperance law, and had been; threatened with violence if he didl not deV ist. h~vamite In the gtow. CraciNsA'i, Dec. 22. -Ed. .Johnston, colored, living two or three miles west of this city, placed some dynamite cartridges in the oven of his stove to thaw this morn ing. Soon after a terrifle explosion took place, nearly destroying his house, killing is eighteen.year-old daughter and an im. fant one year ol, and seriously injuring Jhnston nd his wife PRUAER AT A nOI Y ALI i 1:. A Crank's Narrow )-:cape from De.it <n an 1 cicnt Tower. A very ancient dismantkd and titt-r ing brick tower which reared it; lfty head high above the tree tops on the line of the Greenwood Lake RLakre d, between Arlingtoa and Kearry, N. i., was the scene of a thrilling incideat late last night, which almost rezuited in the death of several perscns. A religious ianati named (hairles Sheppard was seen late Ia t night wend ing his way toward thes big. tower. He was mutterin; inaudibly and gesticulat ing wildly. Upon reaching the base of the tower, which swayed with every breeze, the "crank," to the horror of the onlookers, commeunced cltmbin the rude and rotten outside htiirway which led to the crown of the tower. Re car ried two lanterns which he lighted when aoont half way up, and swinging rhl:n around his head pranced wildly about the platform, which threatened every moment to crash downward under his weight. U~pon reaching te top of the tower, the fa.atic piaced one lantern faciug the north and the other the so'th. rnei 1 ing down vtu f?a. e toward the full moon he then prayed aloud. A few bricks loosened themselvcs from the rotten mortar and fell with a erh. The platform upon which the cruak had danced, next tore away from its fa-te: ings and crashed downward biiaging with it a section of the staircase, i.-.vg the crank a prisoner. George Oliver, a young man at:ong the group of people who beheld with horror the crank's position, braved the danger of the old tower, and clim'ed to the top where he found the idiot dt:"ep ii his devotions. Oliver tied the rupo, which he had brought with him, urouudi the fanatics waist, and lowered h im to the top of the disconnected stairw"y. Oliver had no sooner followed and reached terra firma, when the old tower swayed violently and fell with a deafen ing roar and a crash tipon the railread tracks. *A north bound train was due in a few minutes. It was flagged further down the track and delayed until the debrcs was cleared away, which occupied o r an hour. The bystanders miracu 'usly escaped. H ENRY GEORGE AN IIEIR. But Hle Will Hav~e to Fight for His -')mey. A special dispatch from Trent a, N. .., says: "An interesting will case is now pending before Vice Chancellor Bird. and wi-l be decided soon. It is in rr ing because of the strange mannu.r in which the testator disposed of hi, prop erty. George Butchins teas a r:ouineat resident of Aueora, Caiud u c .ty. Previous to his death, in t}. early pr of the present year, ?T. Hatelhiin b came deeply interen d in dhe le2.ry George movemeut, ani'd when his papers were examined alter his intermnat. was found that in his last wiii, aer giving to his wife one-third of all 0E his property, and to Sarah Wood, a rclative residing in Indiana. a ew machine with: suflicient money for shipping puryoses, he had willed all his property to the labor agitator to aid in circulating his literature. The money is to be known as "The Butchins Fund," andl is to be used "fo: the express purpose of spreading th light on social and political liberty and justice in the United Stateg of America by means of the gratuitous, wise, enilaient and economiealiy conducted dtairibition all over the laud of said Geiorge's publi lications on the all-importnat lad ques tion and cognate subjects, including his 'Progress and Poverty,' hiS relies to the criticisms thereon, his 'Problems of thbo Times' and any other of his books a pamphlet3 wich he masy think it wie and proper to gratuitoosiy distribute in this country, px.roedl that Henry George, is ir~is, execute rs and adauinis tratcra, furnish annu~a reports of the disbursements and management of the Hutchins fund to the Irish World and American Industrial ~ierantor, and seud a paper coiuig such reports to the wire of the deceased and to Williamn S. Wood? William 8. Braddock, of Waterford, Camden county, was appointed the ex ecutor of the estate. When he found out, the contents of the will he refad to distribute the estate in the. ;;r desig nated, and filed a bOill in the C'ourt of Chancery setting forth that the gift was not legal and valid, there being neii.rce relatives, and if it was legal he bhl that it was void for uncertainty. The papers have been in the hands of the Vie Chancellor since May jast. Benry &George, through his counsel, has filed an answer to tne bill, in which he holds that he has ia right to the money, and says hie will corntest the action of the executor, P'RtILCa ,JjNE-i ON COTTON. The 'Tirst :ie"~ 3an. in cieor;;Ia Tells Ho Le Rlames Cotton. :yn The .taw tt cns:itmuion.) ALI:N, Ga., Dcetuber 19 -"H,:.7is it possib'e for you to have meade twenty eight bales of cotten per nmle upon your plantation tii year?" wat alked of Hen. Iimus Jones Jones, the first bale man of Baker county. "l'he easiest thing in the world," was the reply. "If I live ten years longer I exptect to umake fifty 1ak-3 to every malec. Fifty acres is the average number tended by a raule and it will be a simple matter for me to bring my land up to a high state of cultivation that eacth and every acre planted will produce its bale of es2t ton. As .I said before; intensive farming is gomng to become the salvation of this country." Colonel Joues believes in heavy' Ier tilization. lHe has an immiense shed in2 feet long by d:2 feet wide, in which he pens up his stock at nmght and min he makes up the compost.I Th 1:ab' in his shed aloue, exclusve of u:.-h shingles, &c., cost him ove -8000. A' new wrinkle in i';..n......b. deve-l ned in1 3eic . arena is 11H: with ecetrie lighit, whichl seems t'. f-.r a htow. ingr~ ir r. Th'e lighnt also "iv addsplend r to the gaudyv uniforc : a decorations of the matadors and th:1 a mouds of fair spectators. Time rolis around raptidly and many rv our subscribers doubtless think they are : year ahead when they are a yearbhid The black ink and white paper tell the sinw of tleetinir time. THE SOUTH PROSPERING. What the Manufacturer's Record Says of the Dovelopment of the South. The South has much diversified its agricultural production since 1866. Total production is increased taereby, the variety of its products is extended, the food supply is much greater, less atten tion is paid to cotton as an exclusive crop. In a word, planting is giving way to farming, to genuine agriculture; so the people come nearer to self-support. If cotton should fail, other crops remain to fall back on. Yet farming has not kept abreast of the industrial advance in advanced methods. Farms have not the v-iible thrift and tidiness of Northern, Middle and Western States. A great deal has been done to show the possibil ities of the regiofi for farming in the Northern way to Northern farmers; and inquiry by the latter class is widely ex tending. This year the cotton crop, as well as others, is above the average m all the South, East of the Mississippi, ex cepting tobacco. I feel confident that the South will yet make a marked gain in ils agriculture by the introduction of Western and Northern men, who will be richly rewarded by farming in the South in their skillful and thorough way. There are very great possibilities m the South in cutting its forests and in :naking them up into the articles which the large variety of the woods fit them for. The finest hardwoods in the United States in large quantities are in the p lands of the South at this time in the States from West Virginia to Alabama. And immense tracts of pine and other soft woods remain uncut. Some forests are primeval, yet they promise to be so cessible within a short time by the con struction of new railroads. As the f.,rests of the northwest fail these of the South will come into use and full de mand. I saw the evidence of the dis position to consume much of this pro duct of wood in the South in manufacto ries to be built there. OUR MEX1CAN TRADE. EfTorts to increase It by Means of a Monetary freaty. (From the Macon Telegraph.) The desire bf American manufacturers to secure markets for their goods in the couintries south of us has grown more In tense year by year, as over-production has increased. The desire to gain these mar kets, while retaining the present tariff and the resulting high cost of production has caused the idea of reciprocity treaties to be received with favor in many quarters. That negotiated with Mexico- by General Grant several years ago, however, has never been ratified by Coogress, and prob ably will not be. The proposed admission free of duty of certain Mexican produc tians which would compete with like arti eltes made in the United States has aroused the opposition of special interests. In an:icipation, perhaps, of the failure of this treaty, another plan to increase. trade between Mexico and the United States is now being considered. It has not yet become a subject of negotiation, but it is reported that the Mexican Government is very desirous of making a monetary trexty with the United States which will provide for the acceptance by eagh govern ment of the silver dollars coined by the other in payment of all customs and taxes at their par or face value. It is proposed to extend the same privileges to the silver certificates issued by the Lnited States and intended to be issued by Mexico. Then, at stated periods, to be agreed upon in the treaty, the two governm: nts would make a settlement by an international clearing hou-e, at which the balances due from one country to the other would be adjusted. The effect of this, it is expected, would be to add 33 per cent. to the purchasing power ot the Mex;ican money in the markets of the United States over its value in any othier country in the world, while the value of our silyer dollars in Mexico would be raised to par and the rate of exchange on Mexico would be determined by the course of trade alone and not depend in any way upon the Iluctuation of silver in the Lon don market. .it will he seen that if an agreemnent of this kind should be entered upon, this country woul offer spei~i inducements for M1exican trade. Tic standard of value in Mexico is the silvor dollar. The action of England and Germany in demonetizing silver, and ci the Latin union in restricting its coinage, has caused a great fall in the value of siver bullion in Europe and America, but the credit of the United States, and the fact that its coins of silver are receivable for all pubice dues, has kept them unon a parity w ith gold. The effect of thte proposed treaty would be .to lend the advantages which American silver money possesses in our markets to that of Mexico, which would perhaps more than atteet thecdifference in gold prices between American and European goods, and lead ti a gzreat increase in tra~de. The project will no docubt he eat neatly <Tp.1osed by the large and infiuential ele ment which favors the single gold standard and wishes the coinage of silver stopped. The whole silver coinage of Mexico would practically be added to our own, and it may well be feared that the effect would beC bad. A .Jap aend is~ Hatchet. S~\\ Fnugtsco, Dec. 22.-Tbe Bolivian ark Reii .Ji. , in port from Hakodate, re nois that Est Trhursday night a Japanese, he had thei watch on deck, suddenly be emne.1. iine All the crew were below, and at midnieht he called them on deck, ationing himnself at the door of the forecastle with a h-dchet in hand, and pre paredi to give a lively reception to whoever ventured above. The first who appeared, a Japanese, was saluted with a blow. The nent was a neg:-o, who was also struck and danerously wounded. The ins-ne .Japan ese ien jumiped overboard and was seen u:> mo~re. It was found, also, that the cook of the vessel hadl been almost killed prior to the assault upo~n the (rew anti his reco)very is doubtful. Coisjion on the Hall. Y eterd:v. on the Cherokee and Ilakota branv oi he linoi' (-ural, which is just ben uopleted through this place, a train loaed .with suppies. when a bout ten miles w. fthis plan. collidedl with a work vri which had on hbanl about 200 labor er .1he collis.ion occulrred just at the end of :.t i.., bridge, There was a blizzard blowng romthe northwest, and neither ten1a dicovered the aanger until the mih ' wire withuin twenty yards of each oter One nremian was killed and both engin-ee are probably latally hurt. Many ofihelaorers were hurt, but not danger udv. Th.e work train was running with . :.r' ign--An illegible signature.