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EDUCATION.
THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AS
SOCIATION AT NASHVILLE.
The Subject of Denominational Schools
Elicits a Warm Debate-Methods of the
Catholic Church Denounced-Bishop
Keane Participates in the Discussion.
NAsaVulLE, Tenn., July II.-The
second day's session of the National
Educational Association was called to
order at 9 o'clock this morning by Pres
ident Marble, with a very large attend
ance, of teachers and educators.
Henry A. Wise of Baltimore, read i
paper upon the introduction of manual
training at the present time into the
public schools.
The question of denominational
schools was taken up, and Bishop John
J. Keane of Washington was intro
duced to the audience. He extended
the regrets of Cardinal Gibbons at his
inability to be present, and -read a pa
per prepared by the Cardinal on this
question: "-Shculd Americans educate
their children in denominational
se ools''"
Bishop Keane followed in an able
paper on the same subject, taking the
position that Christianity was the basis
of all true government and should be in
culcated during the period when chil
dren were attending school. If the in
fluence of the church was beneficial in
the family, it was also in the school.
Edwin D. Mead of Boston foilowed in
a lengthy paper, in which he said that
the arguments advanced by Cardinal
Gibbons in the magazines in favor of
non-interference of the State with the
family in the matter of education was
only a device to damage the State's
authority in public opinion, to the end
that the Roman Catholic Church espe
cially could take charge when possible.
He said the plan of the
Romish church was to compel all Catho
lies to withdraw their children from the
public schools to the parochial schools,
where they would be taught the doc
trines of the church. Such a system, he
said, would not be tolerated in Amer
ica.
Bishop Keane replied, and denied
Mead's assertion that tne Pope or the
Roman Catholic Church was seeking tem
poral power and control of the govern
ment..
Both addresses were forcible and
heartily applauded.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 18.-Secre
tary Canfield aroused much enthusiasm
in an appropriate speech informing the
Educational Association and President
Marble that a great-grandson of old
"Hickory Jackson" was yesterday born
at The Hermitage, and the child had
been named "Albert Marble Jackson,'
in honor of the president of the associa
tion. A committee co posed of a dele
gate from each State an Territory, and
Canada, was appointed to call upon Mrs.
James K. Polk and convey to her the re
spects, congratulations and compliments
of the association. They will be re
.,cgj-ved at 4:30 this afternoon.
A committee was appointed to con
sider the needs of the United States in
the Bureau of Education and to memor
ialize Congress on the subject.
The fifth session of the National Edu
cational Association was devoted to the
further consideration of denominational
schools and the history of education.
Hon. John Jay of New York submitted
a paper. He'quoted Professor Dwight,
president of Columbia College law
school, "that it was well settled, by de
cisions of the leading States of the
Union, that Christianity is a part of the
common law of the State.
B. A. Hinsdale of Michigan Univer
sity said that the education of youth is
more important as an element of civili
zation than the punishment of criminals;
st~itedff1 a institutions by
others than professional educators.
W. A. Payne of Nashville said that
education has become the function of
the State, and the general tendency is
toward universal education, supervised
and controlled by legislation.
. S. G. Williams ot Ithaca, 'N. Y., read
an instructive paper on the history of
education and its value to teachers.
- .W. H. Venable of Cincinnati traced
the growth of the schools in the Ohio
Valley.
'George Howland of Chicago read a
paper illustrating the value of oral reci
tation in scho~ol instruction. Adjourned
till 8 p. m.
Secretary Canfield has been tendered
an important government position,
which he has declined in - favor of his
work in the State University of Kansas.
NASuvILLE, Tenn., July 19.-The sev
enth session of the Educational Associa
tion was opened at the Theatre Vendome
this morning with prayer by the Right
Rbv. Bishop Keane.' The committee on~
-'anorary members of the National As
sociation added the following names to
the r6l1: Mrs. President James K. Polk,
Gov. Robert L. Taylor of Tennessee;
John M. Lea, president of the Histori
cal Society of Tennessee; Hon. G. MI.
. Foggs, president of the Nashville Board
of Education, and Col. A. S. Colyar of
Tennessee.
A paper on "Sound Blindness" de
fined the term to be any disorder of the
ear. The infirmity was as universal as
color blindness and quite as important
to Be cured.
Charles Foster Smith of Vanderbilt
University condemned the "'promiscuous
bestowal of honorary degrees by Ameri
can institution." There has been but
one honorary degree granted by Vander
bilt University.
*Alexander Hogg of Texas said the
problem of the hour is to secure uni
versal suffrage and universal education.
He advocated national financial aid to
education in the South. A per capita debt
of $13 will not permit the South to meet
the requirements of the hour. He also
urged absolute unsectarianism in any
jsystema of public instruction. The fam
ily and the church, with six-sevenths of
the time of the child, should care for its
-moral and religious training.
Invitations have been received from
St. Panl, Minn.; Saratoga. N. Y.; Lex
ington, . Va., and Bethlehem, N. H.,
urging their respective attractions as a
piace for holding the next annual meet
ing. The matter will not be determined
upon till October.
The Mexican Wasp.
Thfe Mexican wasp is built entirely for
business. He is over two inches long
when he is of age, and is about the
color of a bay horse. His plunger is
fully an inch long, and as fine as a spi
der's web. Unlike the stinger of the
common bee, the stinger of the Mexican
wasp is non-forfeitable. He don't give
it up after one lunge, but has it always
in readiness for an all-day job if neces
sary. The mission of the Mexican wasp
seems to be merely to hunt up people
41nd run that stinger of his into them.
The natives say he will go ten miles out
of his way to get a whack at a person.
The natives seem to get fat on snake
bites, centipede bites and scorpion
stings, but if they discover one of these
wasps in the neighborhood they hunt
for cover without delay.-Tombstone
sqpitaph.
Frightened to Death.
Ed. Howell's horse, while being driven
along Front street last Monday morning,
was frightened by a passing train and
dropped dead. This is the second inci
dent of the kind in the past nine
months. The horse waIs apparently in
good health and cond it ion. -F/orence
THE CITY BY THE SEA.
Complimentary Benefit at the Opera
House-The Mlelon Crop-The Phosphate
Business.
CHARLESTON, July 17.-[Speeial to The
Register. f-There was a large audience
at the Grand Opera House to-night, the
occasion being a benefit to the manager
-a complimentary benefit. Every seat
in the big house was filled, and yet there
were many tickets not represented. The
incident is only mentioned because of a
peculiarity about the big audience that
has, perhaps, never occurred before, in
this city, at least. The peculiarity is the
fact that there was absolutely no
"paper' in the house. Every man,
woman and child in the vast audience
paid his, her or its way in. Even the
newspapers paid cash for their ac-us
tomIed allotneent of "clipped tickets.
Charleston can do the right thing when
she sets out to do it. The receipts are
not. all in as yet, but they will probably
foot up $500 or more, with seats at 25,
35 and 50 eents each.
THE FRUIT CROP.
The watermelon growers of Barnwell
are out to-day in a complaint about
freight rates. The fruit crop this year,
it is admitted, is tte largest. perhaps,
that has ever been made in South Caro
lina. It is certain that never before has
this city had such an enormous quantity
of Southern fruit. Peaches, pears, ap
ples, grapes and melons are hawked about
the streets at any price that is offered.
The Charleston market can consume but
an influitesmial portion of the crop, and
now if the railroads are going to put
on the screws, the poor fruit grower will
have a sorry time of it indeed. The com
plaint from Bamberg is that the rail
roads have raised the rates on melons
over $11 a carload, besides reducing the
ear load from 1,200 to 1.000 melons.
With melons selling at from 17 to 20
cents each. (to-day's quotations) the
melon grower has a bad outlook.
PHOSPHATE TRAINs.
Very few people, even in Charleston,
have any idea of the wonderful increase
in the land phosphate business. Within
the past year or two many hundreds of
acres of phosphate lands around the city
have been opened up, and to-day the
South Carolina Railway runs six special
trains a day to the phosphate fields. The
Northeastern Railroad has also put on
two specials a day for the phosphate
fields. These it .must be remembered
are not freight trains for the carrying of
crude or manufactured rock but passen
ger trains which carry laborors, officials,
clerks, etc., below the city and the phos
phate region. The Savannah Rail
way also runs four trains daily
to the phosphate regions on
the line of. that road -and so
great is the travel that all of these pay,
and pay handsomely. There is talk herc
now of an extensive deal in phosphate
lands which will be consummated this
fall. The area of country through
which this marl strata runs is, of course,
well known. The depth of the strata
below the surface ranges from one t:
twenty feet. Heretofore it has not beer
considered profitable to mine roclk
deeper than six feet, but the demand for
fertilizers has so largely Increased, and
the facilities for mining 'so improved,
that the miners are now going down to
greater depths, and utilizing lands that
have heretofore been free from the piclk
and shovel. It is not improbable that
the phosphate figures for 1890 will show
a wonderful increase over that of 1888
A Sensational Beach Scene.
The crowds which thronged the beact
below Howard's Pier, Atlantic City, lat
Tuesday afternoon about 4:30 saw one.
of the~ most sensational occurrences
which ever took place along the coast,
and in which cool heroism prevented
what might have been a very serious
calamity. Life Guard Ed. Bradford
after much importuning, consented t(
boat. 'The'party consisted of Miss RosI
Kier of Philadelphia, whose mother is a
cottager; E. J. Mills of 227 North Elev
enth street, and John M. Campbell of
Atlantic City. It seems as if the wave.
had been holding themselves in ehdek
for the boat's trip, and .it had scarcely
cleared the surf when two monster waves
rolled in in quick succession. The first
one struck th-e boat with terrific force,
throwing the prow high in the air. Thr
occupants held on with a vise-like grip,
but the frail craft rose wvith a sudden
dash that threw the four people vio
lently together. The oars flew from
-their locks, and the seat on which Ed.
Bradford sat was broken in half. It was
impossible to manage the disabled boat,
and the experienced life guard, seemng
that she was "side to" the big waves,
called to the others to jump out. This
they did, although the water was at
least twenty feet deep. When they were
struggling in the water the boat was
dashed in among them with threatening~
force, miraculously gescaping contact
with the frightened people, who but a
few moments before had embarked in
her on pleasure bent.
Miss Kier was both frightened and ex
hausted, and was in imminent (danger of
being struck by the tossing boat, which
towered on the top of a wave just over
her head. John M1. Campbell saw her
peril, and quick as a flash seized her
around the waist and coolly dived under
the boat, bringing his precious burden
safely out on the other side. His brave
at was greeted by a spontaneous cheer
from the people on the stand and the
numerous bathers in the surf who had
stood almost speechless and transfixed
at the thrilling scene. By this time Ed.
Bradford was joined by- his assistant,
Jack Williams. The boat was pushed
aside, and the frightened and exhausted
people were brought safely to the beach.
This Year's Elections.
The current year is notably an "off
year" in general politics. Only eleven
States~ elect State officers this year. Ken
tucky will hold a general election for
State Treasurer on August 5. Elections
in ten other States will take place onl
November 5. On that day:
Iowa will elect Governor and lieuten
ant Governor.
Maryland will elect Comptroller and
Attorney General.
Massachusetts will elect Governor and
State officers.
Mississippi will elect Governor and
State officers.
Nebraska will elect a Supreme Court
Judge and two Regents.
New Jersey will elect Governor and
State officers.
New York will elect State officers, ox
ept Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
Ohio will elect Governor aiid State of
ficers.
Pennsylvania will elect State Trea
surer.
Virginia will elect Governor and State
officers.
Political interest this year accordlingly
is centred in die elections of the newly
admitted States, North D akota, South
D akota, Wash ingtcon anid Montana.
which arc now' framing their Constitu
tions andI will elect full State govern
ments and Legislatures, wvhich will choose
eight new United States Senators. Each
new State will also elect a Representa
tive in Congress, except South D~akota,
which will elect two.
The terms of no United States Sena
tors expire next year, so the election of
members of the Legislature this year is
of interest as bearing on national poli
ties only in cases where members of the
Legislature chosen this year hold office
for twvo years. The Senate elected in
New York State will vote for a United
States Senator in 1891 to succeed the
CHAN~DLER AND BLACKBURN.
Another Stage of the Ear-Pulling Con
troversy by the Victim.
Coxcono, N. H., July 15.-Senator
Chandler publishes to-night a reply to
the statement regarding the car-pulling
affair which Senator Faulkner made a
for'night ago. After pointing out that
Mr. Faulkner omitted to give Black
burn's characterization of him (Cliand
ler) as "a damned official thief," Mr.
Chandler goes on:
"It is painful in view of such a self
complacent epic as Mr. Faulkner writes
to be compelled to disturb his equa
nunity by differing from him. Had I
seen ir. Blackburn as his Sancho Panza
saw him 1 might have been frightened.
Mr. Blackburn did not catch me by the
upper part of the ear and give it a
'Contemptuous twist.' If Mr. Blackburn
touched my head at all it was only at
the instant when Senator Cullom seized
hi; hand or arm and he stepped back
and gratefully sank into the capacious
and welcome arms of his deliverer.
"It is possible that while anticipating
and fearing no actual assault I ought to
have realized that the slightest touch
might produce contamination, inasmuch
as Kentucky had originated as a method
of warfare the conninnication of con
caoins disease. Notlung of the sort,
however, has vet broken out in .ne."
High Tariff and Low Wages.
The outcome of the strike in the Car
negie steel mill at Homestead, Pa., af
fords a conclusive refutation of the
assertion so frequently made by Mr.
Carnegie and other high tariff advocates
in the last Presidential campaign that
the election of Mr. Harrison would en
sure workingmen all over the country
better pay for their labor. The same
persons asserted in the most positive
manner that the re-election of Mr.
Cleveland would tend to reduce wages,
in anticipation of the revision of the
tariff, to which le and his party were
pledged, and the consequent diminution
in the profits of many of the "protected"
manufacturers. High tariff, in other
words, according to Mr. Carnegie, meant.
high wages. Whether any considerable
number of workingmen were caught by
such chaff it is impossible to say, but
from the election returns from the
manufacturing districts of many States
it would appear that intelligent working
men everywhere realized that because
the manufacturer reaps large profits it
does not follow that the men employed
by him will be permitted to share his
good fortune. It is a notorious fact
that colossal fortunes are being piled up
on the proceeds of labor, which is paid
almost at starvation rates. In Mr. Car
negie's establishment the triumph of
"protection" at the polls certainly
did not mean better wages or even
as good as when Mr. Cleveland was in
office. On the 1st of July he attempted
to effect a reduction in the Homestead
Mill of 25 per cent., the employees of
the Braddock Mills having been forced
to submit to a cut about a year ago.
The Homestead men refused to accept
the reduction and a strike ensued. After
a brief but angry struggle a so-called
compromise was reached, the men con
senting to an average reduction of 20
per cent. for a period of three years.
Mr. Carnegie has practically carried his
point, and for every dollar they have
heretofore received his employees will
now be paid but 80 cents. We are
not concerned with the question
as to whether this .Pennslyvania
beneficiary of the high tariff in
iquity, who has grown enormously rich
at the public expense, could or could
not afford, from a business point of
view, to give his employees the wages he
had been paying. The siguificient fact
in the matter is that his own action
effectually disproves his assertion that
wages are kept up by a "p~rotective"
tariff and will convict him, in the
-pinion of every thinking workingmian,
ei znin ftit ,n hisefttT
bolster up the cause of the unjustly
privileged class of manufacturers, of
whom he is, perhaps, the most con
spicuous example, on the specious plea
that it is the cause of labor.
Falb's Prediction of Earthquakes.
Dr. Rudolph Falb, the Vienna seis
mologist, was recently reported by cable
as having predicted serious seismolog
ical disturbances for the 12th inst. His
prediction was partly based on the fact
that yesterday the moon was full. Ac
cording to Dr. Famlb the earth's interior
is partly fluid, and this fluid is drawn by
the moon's attraction into the cracks
and channels in the earth's crust, caus
ing explosions ot gas and thus giving
rise to earthquakes.
In 1873 lhe correctly predicted the de
strucetive Belluno earthquake, and a year
later he predicted the eruption of Etna.
While these successfnl for-ewarn'ngs gave
some color to his theory, it cannot be re
garded as establishied. The eminent scis
mologist, Professor Alexis Perrey of
Dijon, fully demonstrated, by analyzing
and cataloguing six thousand three
hundred and five earthquakes, that
seismic storms are decidedly more fre
quent at new or full moon than any other
period of the lunar months, andl are
also more frequent when the silvery
orb is nearest the earth
than w~hen in apogee. Profes
sor Palmieri's earthquake researches and
those of Professor Schmnidt of Athens,
covering almost a century, fully cor
roborate Perrey's conclusions. In the
thirt~y years ending with 1872 there were
four hundred- and twenty-seven more
earthquakes when the moon wvas new or
full than when in quadratures.
If, however, the nioon's attraction can
be at all estimated by its tide-producing
effect upon the ocean, it is totally inade
quate to produce a fracture of the eaeth's
rust or any considerable seismic storm.
This attraction suffices to raise a tidal
wave 8,000 miles in diameter two or
three feet above the sea level. Biat Pro
fessor Milne has clearly shown that the
solid crust of the earth, exposing to the
moon a hemispherical arch of rock 8,000
miles in diameter, would not break if
stretched half a mile, and that the lift
ing of suen an arch 100 times the height
of the ocean tide would only be equiva
lent to bending a piece of r-ock a yard
long one seventy-thousandth of a foot.
While, therefore, lunar attraction at its
maximum is ordinarily insufficient to
break the earth's crust, it nevertheless
auses a stress or strain which is quite
competent to originate an earthquake
whenever it happens to-fall on a part of
the crust already near the breaking
point.-Yiew York Herald.
Wedded at Seventy-Six.
Rev. E. A. Blake, pastor of the South
Second Street Methodist Church, Brook
1n, N. Y., has just united a very old
ouple in the bonds of matrimony. When
they called to be married they gave
their names as Henri Bluet, a French
painter, and Virginia Dupont. Both
re 76 years of age and natives of Paris.
he story they told is a romantic one.
When Virginia was 19 she married a
sailor boy niamed Dunpont, who went to
ea and1( never was heard of again. Ten
years ago she came to this country and
sent to live ip Trenton. Hcnr-i Bluct
was a bachelor resident of the house she
went to live in, and Mrs. Dupont saw in
im a remarkable resemblance to her
ost sailor boy. They became friends, and
fter ten years of courting Bluct suc
eeded in winning the eoy widlow's
eart. She promised to marry him if
er brother didi not objiect. Virginia
onsulted her brother, who resides in
Brooklyn. lie thought the scheme a
good onei andI took them to Mr. Blake.
he old couple arc spending their hion
ymoon in the Old People's Home in
New .Jersey, where they will probably
TRAGEDY OF A CAVE.
A MESSAGE WEITTEN BY A DYING
SOLDIER 100 YEARS AGO.
Pennsylvania Contributes a Romance
Which Rivals in Fiction-A Revolu
tionary Soldier, Hopelessly Imprisoned
in a Cave, Indites a Letter to His Be
trothed-The Lady Dies of a Broken
Heart in Virginia.
READING, Pa., July 14.-Editor Kauff
man of the Chester Valley Union, and
W. W. Potts of Warwick, superintendent
of one of the extensive granite quarries
at Falls of French Creek, furnish here
to-day-one of the strangest stories on
record and vouch for its entire authen
ticity.
Recently while a new quarry was
being opened at Falls of French Creek,
in a wild section of country, a cave was
discovered with a skeleton in it. A
green-glass bottle was found alongside
the skeleton, and Mr. Potts took posses
sion of it. In the evening at his home
he opened it and found a manuscript,
faded and discolored by time. The
manuscript is addressed to Miss Virginia
Randolph of Richmond, Va. The writer
signs himself Arthur L. Carrington of
the same place, and states that he was
with Washington at Valley Forge in
1778. He goes on to say that he was
sent out on a foraging expedition to the
neighborhood cf French Creek, whin
he received word that the British had
sent a considerable force to cut him off.
The writer says that his men took refuge
with friends while he made his way to
the cave, where he had bidden before.
It was marked by a rock just over the
entrance, so nicely balanced that a man
could move it slightly with one hand.
The fleeing patriot took shelter inside,
and had hardly done so when the enemy
came near and fired three shots after his
retreating men. The concussion pust
have destroyed the balance of the stone
above the entrance, for it fell and held
the writer a prisoner. A ray of sunlight
alone st-reamed through the top. The
manuscript proceeds to say that after
many weary hours the writer became
convinced that he would have to perish
there. He feels the fever coming on,
and with reason almost dethroned, in
dites this letter-having writing mate
rials in his pocket-with the hope that
the world may some (lay know of his
fate. He 'speaks pathetically of the
memory and love of his betrothed, and
concludes as follows:
"He who has created us must know
what is good for us, and we can only
submit and trust. To know that your
heart is mine atones-far more than
atones--for all I have suffered or can
yet suffer. My life seems to have begun
with our love; only since then have I
truly lived. You have shielded me from
every evil thought; I have been in every
way a better man since I loved you.
When I gazed into the pure depths of
your dark-blue eyes doubts and shadows
'fled frQm me. Ah, Virginia, Virginia,
I am looking into them now !
"God is good; God is merciful to let
you seem so near me. You are praying
for me now, at this moment, I feel it;
I know it is so, my beloved. It is not
farewell-I cannot say farewell-there
is no farewell to love like ours. This
agony will soon be over and I will be
free. I will be waiting for you in the
land of the hereafter. Virginia, my
best beloved, I am almost there, and
something tells me I will not have to
wait long for your coming.
"No one should ever doubt the good.
ness, the love of God. I feel his ways
are the best. He has bound our souls
together forever more. Blessed be His
holy name !"
The date of the manuscript is May
20, 1778. Mr. Potts says that he wrote
to an old friend in Richmond. This
friend sent him word that her grand.
dolph, and that in ali old family bury
ing-ground. near her home, was a monu
ment with this inscription:
"Died of a broken heart on the 1st 'of
March, 1780, Virginia Randolph, aged
21 years and 9 days.
'IFaithful unto'death."
This frietid also sends Mr. Potts two
old letters written 110 years ago to Alice
Peyton by Rachel Randolph, in which
the disappearance of the young man is
referred to and the approaching end of
the young girl. Mr. Potts concludes his
statement as follows: "Arthur Carring
ton's remains are about to be removed
and will soon rest by the side of his be
loved Virginia." Mr. Potts says that be
has the original manuscript, and Editor
Kauffman gives the entire story a strong
editorial endorsement.
SARAH ALTHEA IN THE SOUP.
The California Supreme Court Pro
nounces Secret Marriages Illegal.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17.-The State
Supreme Court rendered a decision to
day which will probably forever end the
famous Sharon will and divorce case.
The recent decision of the United
States Supreme Court, declaring that the
marriage contract on which Sarah Al
thea Hill (now Mrs. Judge Terry) relied
to prove her claim to share the late Sen
ator Sharon's estate was a forgery,
practically left her no hope of ever ob
taining the property. There still re
mained, however, the decision of Judge
Sullivanof the Superior Court, declaring
that she was the legal wife of the dead
millionaire. The trustees of the Sharon
estate, however, took appeal to the Su
preme Court from this decision, and it
is reversed in the opinion handed down
to-day. Although a new trial is ordered,
the cage must terminate, since the dead
man cannot be a party to the divorce
suit.
The marriage contract has been de
stroyed by fire, and the fair plaintiff in
the case is not likely to achieve any
more newspaper notoriety, unless she
should carry out her announced inten
tions of lecturing on her troubles, which
is now doubtful.
The chief point of to-day's decision
of the Supreme Court is that a purely
secret marriage cannot be recognized as
legal.
This wvill affect many other cases in
California, for marriages by secret con
tract have become quite common. The
only feature of this celebrated litigation
yet undecided is the appeal to the Su
preme Court from Judge Sullivan's deci
sion ordering the payment of alimony
to Sarah Althea, and the result of this
is now a foi egone conclusion.
The Slave Trade as It Still Is.
Cardinal ,Lavigerie, the weli-known
and much-respected Archbishop of
Algiers, who lias made the question of
African slavery a life-long and special
study, estimates that the enormous num
ber of 2,000,000 of lives are destroyed
every year on the African continent
through the horrors of the slave trade.
In a recent speech at London the Cardi
nal declared that if a traveler lost the
way leading from Equatorial Afrieg to
the towns where slaves are sold, he
ould easily find it again by the skele
ons of the negroes with which it s
trewed.-Boston Transcript.
High License Figures.
The friends of high license poiint to
Mfinneapolis, Minn., as a proof of the
dvanta;ge of that system, both as a
:eans of lessening the traffic and as a
source of revenue. It is shown that in
he spring of 1884 Minneapolis, under a
i10 license, had 500 saloons, paying
nto the city treasury $50,000 a year,
hereas at present, under a $1,000
iense, the saloo'ms number only 230,
OEVOTIONAL SONGS.
Circumstanoes Under Which Some Fanhem
Hymns Were Composed.
Among modern hymns there is prob
ably no greater favorite in Christian
households than Phebe Cary's beauti
tiful poem entitled "Nearer Home."
The circumstances of its composition
are simple, and are told by its author
in a few words in a letter written to
the friend in whose dwelling the verses
had their birth. "It was written,"
says Miss Cary, "in 1842. I composed
it in the little back third-story bed
room, on Sunday morning, after com
ing from church, and it makes me very
happy to think that any word I could
say has done a little good in the
world."
Among the many sweet and helpful
hymns sung at devotional meetings in
this country few have taken stronger
hold than that beginning "He Leadeth
Mc." It was wedded by Bradbury to one
of his tenderest and purestmelodies,and
the words and music appear in almost
every church collection of hymns and
tunes.. The author of "He Leadeth
Mo" was the reverend J. H. Gilmore,
who wrote it in Philadelphia many
years ago. It was after the author had
delivered a lecture on the Twenty-third
psalm at an evening service, and while
a few of the leading members of his
society were developing the subject
still further in the parlor of one of
their number, that Mr. Gilmore jotted
the hymn down irr pencil precisely as
it now stands, save that the refrain has
since been added by another hand.
The poem was handed by him to his
wife, who sent it, without his knowl
edge, to the Watchman and Reflector,
in which paper it was soon after
printed.
The history of the beautiful hymn,
"I Would Not Live Aiway," affords one
of the most remarkable instances of a
double claim to authorship on record.
it is almost universally accredited to
Doctor Muhlenberg, and it may be a
surprise to many to learn that strong
evidence has been adduced to prove it
to have been written by Henry Ward,
a printer and poet. who died in Litch
field, Conn., in 1871.
Among the older rhymes which still
retain their place as masterpieces in
modern collections. one of the most
sublime is Cowper's:
God moves in a mysterlons way
His wonders to perform.
An interesting and pathetic story of
the origin of this composition is re
lated by John Banvard, who was well
acquainted with the circumstances:
As is well known, Cowper was sub
ject to deep melancholy, which at times
even amounted to insanity. During
one of these fits of depression, while in
London, the poet was seized with the
sudden impulse to drown himself. He
immediately ordered a hackney coach
to be brought to his door, and upon its
arrival he rushed down-stairs and into
It without giving orders where it was
to be driven. On the driver asking
dim where he wished to be taken, he
replied, excitedly: "To the Thames!"
The manner and look in which these
words were uttered convinced the man
that all was not right. He drove oil,
but not to the river, as Cowper had
ordered him. He drove up one street
and down another for a long time.
w'hile Cowper sat back in his seat in
mental abstraction, which convinced
the driver that his occupant was in
sane.
After . a long, round-about journey
he at length drove up to the poet's
lodgings q~nd told him he had arrived
"where he-was oraered7." dJowper de
scended from the vehicle, entered the
house and went to his room. Then, in
his returning consciousness, the truth
of the entire transaction entered his
mind, and he found that he had not
seen the river at all, nor had lie
drowned himself, as he intended when
he left the chamber two hours before.
In this occurrence Cowper plainly dis
cerned the hand of Providence, and
immediately composed the famous
hymn, which will be sung as long a's
hymns are sung in religious worship.
-Dctroit Free Press.
Brutal Murder in Lexington.
Monday night about 9 o'clock , at the
negro settlement known as Beliville,
about three miles above here, Fred Brown
went to John Johnson's house for the
expressed purpose, it is said, of killing
Johnson and his wife, but they managed
to keep out of his way. Mack Wyse
coming into the yard about that time,
made some remark about Brow n's con -
duct. Brown turned on him and shot
him in: the groin and hip with buckshot.
He then left and proceeded to Lenm Jac::
son's house, about a mile distant, called
Jackson out of his house and announced
that he wished to settle an old difficulty.
Jackson declined to have any dis
pte with Brown and turned
to go into his house. As te
got in thec door Brown fired on him.
One buckshot entered his temple, one
his chin and another his left nipple. His
face and breast were also peppered with
small shot. Jackson fell dead in- his
house without a groan. Bi own has been
working about two years as a cooper tor
Lewie & Oswalt at Barr's Landing; has
borne a good character since he has been
in this section. Mack Wyse is not ex
pected to live. An inquest was held over
the body of Jackson yesterday morning,
and the verdict of the jury was that he
came to his death from a gunshot wound
from the hands o1 Fred Brown, and
that the killing was willful murder.
Brown left alter the killing of Jackson,
and is still at large.-Dispatch.
Couldn't Hold Her To It.
An Indiana husband made an agree
ment with his wife that she should sup
port him. But he couldn't hold her to
it. The Supreme Court of that State
laid down the law in this wise:
"The law makes it the duty of the
husband not only to support himself,
but his wife and children as well, and we
know of no rule of law or public policy
which gives any countenance to an
attempt by a husband to abdicate the
duty which the law casts upon him and
impose it as an obligation upon his wife
through the medium of ordinary oral
contact."
Blackburn-Chandler.
Senator Chahdler prints another state
ment in the C~ncord Daily Xonitor
about the Blackburn ear-twisting affair.
It is an old story, and Chandler adds
nothing of interest to it, nor anything
that will put him in a better light before
the public.
Black burn mistook the Senate Cham
ber for a prize ring, and now Chandler
mistakes himself for a gentleman-that
is about all there is in the incident.
New York Herakd.
The Ntext.
Connecticut will be the next State to
vote on pr ohibition. An amendment to
the Const itution will be voted on in (ec)
tooer, and its defeat is regarded as a
foregone conclusion. The press of the
State is almost unanimously against it.
and it is fair to presume that the press
?epresents the popular feeling.
AFTER MANY YEARS.
ROMANTIC :LIFE OF MISS SARAH
HATCHELL OF FLORENCE COUNTY.
She is Stolen from Her Father and Car
ried Away when but Six Years Old, but
Returns After Reaching the Age of Ma
turity.
(Farmers' Friend of Florence.)
There is something or a romance con
nected with the life of Miss Sarah
Hatchell, who saw her father last Satur
day morning for the first time since she
was but a small child.
Manly Hatchell is a plain, hard-work
ing farmer, who lives in the neighbor
hood of Old Effingham, in this County.
About thirty years ago a girl child was
to him born, and soon afterward the
mother died. The child, who was chris
tened Sarah, was cared for by Mr.
Hatchell's sister, who resided with him,
and she developed into a fine and pro
mising little girl. When Sallie, as she
w. s familiarly called, was about six
years old, her uncle, Lazarus Hatchell,
who lived but a short distance from her
father, concluded to emigrate to Mis
sissippi. and so made his arrangements
to leave at a certain time. But previous
to the time appointed for the departure,
Sallie was sent over to her uncle's to
visit and take final leave of himself and
family. During her visit, however, her
uncle, instead of awaiting the ap
pointed time, bundled up and left very
suddenly one night, taking the child
along with him.
When the unsuspecting father heard
of the departure and found that his
child had beea taken away he was almost
1eart-broken, but unable to help him
self. When the news reached him his
child was gone beyond his recovery. Fin
ally he heard of her whereabouts, C.ut had
not the means to either go or send for
her. She, of course, desired to r"turn
to her father, but her uncle never would
send her and she had not the means of
her own. So she continued to live with
her unce, and grew up into womanhood
and passed all these long, weary years
in a distant land, all the while aware
that down here in South Carolina the
heart of a fond father yearned and bled
for a sight of her-his child.. Often
they passed letters, and in this way ex
changed affections, but long miles and
broad rivers lay between them. The
ruguish must have been hard to endure,
but remedy was beyond either of their
reach.
Recently Miss Hatchell succeeded in
securing a fund sufficient to pay her pas
sage back home, and wrote to her' rela
tives here her intention to return, but
kept the matter a secret from her father,
fearing that something might happen to
frustrate her plans, and cause him sure
disappointment and grief. She wrote her
relatives in Florence the time of her an
ticipated arrival, and how they might
recognize her.
She arrived in Florence last Saturday
morning, and wa here met, according
to appointment, by relatives, who took
charge of her and accompanied her out
to the paternal roof, in the Effingham
section. But the storms and suns of
time had obliterated from her memory
the scenes of her childhood, and every
thing about the old home was as strange
to her gaze as would have been the re
motest part of Europe. Even the face
of her father had long since faded from
her memory, and she would not have
known him from the Duke of Durham.
Neither did the father recognize his
child, for he had not the least suspected
her coming. But when the curtain,
which had so long estranged the father
and daughter, was lifted, and the two
were made known to each other, an af
fecting scene followed, and a flood of joy
pervaded the surroundings.
The Soudanese Invasion.
Two years ago last April the Khalifa
Abdullah wrote thus to the.
ity a one in aces me to write to
you before the occupation of your coun
try by the Mahdi's forces. Admit the
Mahdi's authority, and you shall live in
peace. Otherwise I hope to capture you
and kill you like others."
Last spring the Khalifa again sent let
ters to the Khedive and Queen Victoria,
threatening them with deatrh unless they
declared their belief in the Mahdi,
and asserting that it was his
purpose "to restore the true
faith of Islam throughout Islam." -Not
many weeks after his insolent message's
were returned to him unanswered, th~e
Khalifa's forces in Dongola, supposed to
u mber about 8,000 men, started North
to begin the formidable task of propa
gating the Mahdist faith by the sword
in Lower Egypt. The necessity now de
volves upon Egypt, with the assistance
of England, of convincing these mis
guided fanatics that they have under
taken too big a contract.
It was long ago apparent that the
British b!undered when, after the futile
operations of Gdheral Wolseley in the
Soudan, they abandoned to the enemy
the fertile territory of their firm friend,
the Emir of Donigola, and mapped out
for Egypt the purely defensive policy of
holding Wady Halfa on the Southern
frontier, and leaving the Khalifa's little
army in Dongola practically free
to do as it pleased so long
as it did not cross the bor
der into Egypt. The result is that Egypt
has been repeatedly menaced With inva
sion, her soldiers have been several times
attacked, and the half-disaffected tribes
on the border, encouragad by the prox
imity of their Mahdist friends, have
committed depredations upon the
Egyptians whenever opportunity of
fered.
The situation on the South~ern frontier
of Egypt may be summed up in a few
wordis. For over two years the Egyp
tians have felt safe behind the fortifica
tions at Wady Halfa, but have main
tained a strictly defensive attitude, their
efforts being confined to preventing ary
concentration of rebels within range of
that stronghold. The Soudanese, whose
headquarters are on the Nile, about 100
miles South of Wady Halfa, have
been afraid to attack that place, but
have imp.oved several opportunities to
offer battle of Egyptian detachments
outside, and have repeatedly sought to
tempt the Egytians into the open. It
has been believed since the fall of 1887
that when the Sotidanese got ready to
advance in force, they would not at
tempt to take Wady Haifa, but would
endeavor to turn that strongly fortified
place and establish themselves further
down the river. This is exactly what
they have done, and the Egyptians have
repeatedly declared that in this event
the invaders could easily be dealt with,
since they would be between the twNo
garrisons of Assouan and Wady Halfa.
Of course, no other resuh of this re
newal of trouble can be expected than
the complete overthrow of the Son
danese; and it does not seem likely that
the Khalifa will be permitted to retain
his foothold in Dongola, where the
presence of his forces is a standing me
nace to Egypt. His threats to revolu
tionize Islam are chiefly bombast, bnt
for the peace of Egypt it will doubtless
be found expedient to keep the sandy
waste of the Bajuda Steppe between
this troublesome person and the fron
tier.-iY. Y. Sun.
Another Test of the Petrel.
BALTIMoRE, July 18.- This morning at
11:30 the naval board again went down
*the bay to test the new gunboat Petrel,
which, while successfully standing the
official test on Monday, met with a
slight accident to her machinery, and
was obliged to return for repairs to
Baltimore. The test to-day is four
hours' run under forced draft. The
Petrel will return to-night, when the re-1
sunt =it1 be krnown.
A LABOR REFORM MOVEMENT.
Education the Basis of the New Depart
ure.
CHICAGO, July 17.-General Master
Workman Powderly and his associates
were busy at work to-day, and dis
patched by Mrs. Barry the first charter
ever granted to a French Assembly.
Mr. Powderly said that the future work
of the Knights would be largely along
educational lines, one of which will be
the teaching of the members in regard
to some reformed socialistic theories
that the coal fields belong to the gov
ernment, for instance, and should be
operated by the government without
profit, or lease the lands to firms which
shall continue their operation steadily;
a lock-out or a shut-down to result in a
forfeiture of the lease. Ballot reform
will be taken up and the working men
will be urged to vote for their own in
terests. regardless of party lines.
"That something of this kind is ne
cessary can be seen by the state of
affairs in my own State, Pennsylvania,"
said Mr. Powderly. "There in the coal
fields the laborer is under the grind of
the millstone. Every effort has been
made to convince him that his remedy
is in his own hands at the polls, but
when election day comes he walks up
and votes, as usual, for the old parties
and for men who go to Congress and
sell out. The only remedy is the secret
ballot, where the citizens can vote with
out fearing to express his own feelings
and bring misery upon himself by his
vote."
The Champion Oration.
They had an old-fashioned Fourth of
July celebration at Monteagle, Tenn..
and Dr. 0. P. Fitzgerald, who was the
orator of the day. let the eagle loose in
the following manner: "Soar high.
proud bird of freedom! No longer crip
pled by sectionalism, let both wine
move with simultaneous beatings upot;
the air, not a feather soiled by political
corruption, his flight widening until
from his outstretched pinions, dipped in
the fountain of freedom, the nations of
the earth shall be sprinkled with the
dews of liberty! Let the star-spangled
banner float in freedom from a million
flagstaffs; let The eagle-bird of liberty
scream and flap its mighty wings. Let
Young America shout within the limits
of the Constitution, the resolutions of
'98-'99 and the Fifteenth Amendment:
let everybody lo as he pleases to-day.
Hurrah for liberty! Hurrah for America,
every inch of it! Hurrah for Mont
eagle! Hurrah for the new eagle, which
is the spread eagle, which, like the angel
in the Apocalyptic vision flying in the
midst of heaven, preaches the glad gos
pel of liberty unto them that dwell on
the earth. and to every nation and kin
dred and tongue and people!"
Conference of Commissioners.
Some time ago, at the suggestion of
several South Carolina farmers, Colonel
Butler, Commissioner of Agriculture,
sent out letters of inquiry to the com
missioners of all the Southern States, to
learn their views as to holding a confer
ence of commissioners to consider mat
ters affecting the agricultural interests
of this section. Colonel Butler has re
ceived favorable replies from the com
missioners in Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee
and Texas, and yesterday issued a call
for a meeting to be held at Atlanta on
Thursday, August 1. Among the ques
tions to he considered at this conference
will be the matter of cotton bagging
covering and the official control-of the
sale of fertilizers.
THE VIRGfIIA REPUBLICANS.
A Plan Agreed Upon to Harmonize the
Differences Between the Mahoneites
and Their Opponents.
WAsHINGTON, July 19.-A committee
tion
Executive Committee, consisting of
Chairman Quay, Vice Chairman Clark
son of Iowa, Treasurer Dudley of In
diana, Mr. Fessenden of Connecticut,
and Mr. Hobart of New Jersey, has
been in conference here for three days,
with a view to harmonizing the troubles
in the Republican party in Virginia.
Wednesday was devoted to hearing
what arc known as Anti-Mahone Re
publicans, headed by Colonel Brady,
member of the National Committee for
Virinia and N. D. Groner, chair
man o~ the anti-Mahone State Comn
mittee. Thursday was devoted to hear
ing the M[ahone, or regular Republican
case, represented by General Mahone,
Congressman Bowden vnd two repre
sentative Republicans from each Con
gressional District in the State. Brady
and Groner, the anti-Mahone element,
first proposed arbitration, anid pledged
themselves to abide by the decision of
the National Committee, and the Mahone
side showed a similar disposition to
reach unity through the aid of the Na
tional Committee.
To-day a conclusion was reached by
the National Committee, approving of
the call for a State Convention, to be is
sued by' William Mahone as chairman of
the regular-committee. Brady, on be
half of the other side, concurred in this
action of the committee.
The complaint of the anti-Mahone Re
publcans was that they had not been
allowed to hav-e free and open Conven
tions in precinct, County and State Con
ventions; that the chairman of the party
committees, appointed by Mahone's
chairman, always named the temporary
chairman and secretary of precinct and
County Conventions, and did not give
free and open conventions~fr the ex
pression of individual Republican pref
erence. The call for the State Conven
ion to be held on thbe 22nd of August,
is so broadened as to give the protection
thus asked. It provides that precinct
and County Conventions shall elect their
own odicers, and that their permanent
chairan and secretary shall certify
the delegates elected to the chairman of
the State Committee. It also provides
that the first duty of the State Commit
tee, after the reading of the call, shall
be to have read a l.ist of delegates certi
fied by the County Conventions to the
State Committee. It also provides that
dissenting delegates shall be adlmitted to
seats on the floor of the convention.
The Way to Keep Cool.
"Doctor," said a reporter of the
Louisville Pohst, "give me a suggestion
as to the best way to stand this hot
weather." "Well," replied a prominent
phycian, "there are a few simple
things to remember. I'll tell you how I
do it. In the first place I get plenty of
sleep. I do this bmy eating a light sup
per, without coffee arid with very little
fluid of any sort, and but a mouthful of
beefsteak. Mv day's work ends with
the day, and after sunset I just sit
around wi.thout my coat and vest. About
9 o'clock I slip quietly into my bath
room and soak myself ten or fifteen
minutes in a bathtub full of cold water.
Without drying myself I draw on my
sleeping garmnents and go to bed. My
temperature has been reduced and my
ple15 has slowed upn. This condition is
reserved by the evaporation which goes
n for half an hour or more, during
which I go to sleep Try it. Now, for
the day time, I cat a moderate break
fast, with but little hot coffee or tea. I
avoid the butter and anything else very
greasy. I cat my fill of bread, toast,
omatoes, cold milk, etc., with a small
piece of lean, rare steak. I do not
moke nor drink anything alcoholic. I
ccasionally take a glass of aeratedl
vatr like vichy or seltzer. I wear light
:lothes and but few of themn, and I am
iot ashamed to carry an umbrella. The
'esult is that I suffer as little from the
mat as is p)ossible during this sultry
eathe-."
A POEM WITHOUT TH ETTER "E."
John Knox was a man of wondrous might,
And his words ran high and shrill,
For bold and stout was his spirit bright,
And strong was his stalwart will!
Kings sought in vain his mind to chain,
And that giant brain to control,
But naught on plain or stormy main
Could daunt that mighty soul.
John would sit and sigh till morning cold
Its shining lamps put out,
For thoughts untold on his mind laid bold,
And brought but pain and doubt.
But light at last on his soul was cast.
Away sank pain and sorrow.
His soul is gay, in a fair today,
And looks for a bright to-morrow.
-Unidentifled.
Church Growth.
A clergyman writing in The St. Louis Re
public says: "In 1789, when Washington took
the oath, there was one church member to
every 14.5 of the population. which would
give a total of 200,000. In 189"J there is one
church member to every three of the popula
tion, that is, 20,000,000. A hundred years
ago there were not Methodists enough in the
whole country to make up a camp meeting;
now they number more communicants than
there were then people on the continent. A
hundred years ago the Baptists were perse
cuted and banned in the nortb and in the
south; today they are foremost in reputation
and in adherents. A hundred years ago the
Congregational churches in New England
were a part of the state; their growth and
influence are the result of their disestablish
ment. A hundred years ago the Episcopal
church, which was discredited by its Tory
learnings, and whose parsons were prohibited
from drunkenness by statute, in this year of
grace is, as becomes the church of Washing'
ton and Madison, a leader in good words and
works A hundred years ago the Presby
terlau church was supported, nasureably,
by lotteries; these have long since disappear
ed as an orthodox source of revenue "
Half Incubated Eggs.
The increasing popularity of ia -hi..s is
havinga demoralizing effect on the egg trade.
Eggs are so cheap for two-thirds of the year
that up till recently few people took the
trouble to keep any long enough to get stale.
But now those who have incubators put all
their eggs into them and buy dozens to make
up the :300 or 300 necessary . 411 their ma
chines. At the end of the fourth day all the
eggs are tested, and those that are not likely
to yield chickens are easily detected. They
are taken out and sold as "fresh" eggs. They
are not altogether spoilt by their four days'
sojourn in a temperature of 100 deg., but
they have contracted a flavor which is the
reverse of pleasant. The only way to obviate
this smart scheme is to refuse to buy from
any one who runs an incubator, but the
trouble is to ascertain who has an artificial
sitting hen and who has not.-St. Louis
Grocer.
Unintentionally Fanny.
Again, many of the stories which seem
humorous to us were fril of serious meaning
to the actors in them Chere is humor to us
in the following sto.f. quoted by Professor
de Morgan;although none to the utterers of
the following dialogue, not from a want of
a sense of humor, but from the seriousness of
the subject: "How mony of the elect do ye
think there will be on the earth at present?"
said one Scotchman to another. "Maybe, a
dizen" idozen) res inded the other. "Hoot,
man no near sae mony as thati" indignantly
rejoined his friend. The same remarks apply
to the story of the old lady who was very
despondent as to the condition of the world.
She was sharply rebuked by 'a neighbor:
"Janet, woman, ye surely think that nae
body will be saved except yoursel' and the
ministerl" "Weel," responded Janet, "I
sometime hue my doubts about the minister."
-All the Year Round.
Curing the Symptoms.
It would be hard to tell how the cruel and
ridiculous practice of "docking" horses' tails
originated, but it may have had its beginning
in some notion as absurd as that which guided
a certain simple minded farmer in cropping
the ears of his horse.
"For pity's sake, Tom," exclaimed one of
his neighbors, "you have spoiled the looks of
your horse by cropping his ears so closel
ribly skittish, and was frightened at ever'y
thing he met, and would prick up his ears on
the sall.est occasion, as if he had seen a fe
rocious wild beast. So, tocure him, I cropped
his ears i"-Youth's Companion.
.A Good Criticism.
Historical painters encounter certain di1i
culties which they do not always .know how
to avoid. In seekcing to produce great effects
they often become theatricaL. This was what
Mr. Disraeli very finely expressed one day
when be was visiting the Due d'Aumale's
picture gallery at Twickenhami. He was
standing before two pictures hanging very
near each other on the wall, "La Mort dii
Due de Guise." by Paul Delaroche, and "Le
Duel do P-ierrot." by Geromie. "'Ah!" he ex
claimed, pointing to the first, "thisis drama;"
then, showing the second, "and that is melo
drama."- Thie Athenmum.
A Tube Across the Channel.
The English are contemp lating an idea to
lay down a postal 'tube between Dover and
Calais. The plan is to suspend two tubes of
about a yard each in diameter b. means of
steel cables across the channel, forty yards
above the level of the sea. The steel cables
will be fixed to pillars at distances of about
800 yardls. and in each tube a little railway
will run with cars capable of carrying 450
pounds in weight. No parcel of greater
weight than this will be taken, and the cost
is estimated at the 'modest figure of $5,000,
000.-cientific American.
A Ilovine P'aradise.
"Jake,'' called out the brakeman of the
freight train, with wild excitemenut, as he
came running h ack to the c-aboose. "didl you
yell out the name of this town when -we
stopped to let those passlengers ott juzst nowf"
"Certainly i did," answered the 'onductop.
"Didn't you know better thuan to dlo tlhatl"
exclaimed tho frantic brakemnan. "We've
got 300 cattle in this train and they're just
breaking the cars down trying to get out,
tool"
The train stopped at Fort Dodge-Chicago
Tribune.
L'Enfant Terrible.
Johnny Freshly-Say, pa, pinch Mr. Green
now, will you, before [ have to go to bed?
Freshly (fo 'change, who is entertaining
Mr. Grceen, aunture victinu-What do yon
mean, Johnny;
Johnny-Why, I heard you tell ma this
noon that we must be very agreeable to Mr.
Green, because you were going to pinch him
pretty soon. -Lawrence American.
Living is a serious business, and the people
you know are fickle and selfish, and every
thing unfavorable you hear of life is trues
but what are you going to do about it? Will
it help you any to mope around? It is your
duty to accept life as a long rainy day, and
keep out of the mud as much as possible.
Explosion of a Locomotive Boiler.
TOPEKA, KaDssS, July 17-A f right
jexplosion occurred yesterday on the
Union Pacific Railway three miles WXest
of this city. A switch engine placed in
the yard here was hauling a train of
ears to a point where the track was being
repaired. Just as it was slowing up the
boiler of the engine exploded with ter
rible force, scattering it into fragments
for a distance of several hundred yards.
Fireman James D~utton was fatally .
injured and Engineer R. L. Seac-ond re
ceied injuries which will probably
prove fatal. Tlhe train menc~ on the cars
also received serious injrieFts. Thue track
was torn up for a distance of 131) feet
nd the ears Were scattered pro)mis
c:osly about.
Sold to-An English Company,
The Farwell synditbate of Chicago,
which contracted with the State of Texas
to build the new capitol of that State
for 3,000,000 acres of land in the "-Pan
Handle," sold the land to an English
ompany. The property has been located
andis about 200 miles long by 25 miles
broad. It has been leasedl as cattle
ranches, but it is no0w announced that
t is intendled to make farms of it and a
rapid set tlement of that portion of Texas