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THEOLOGY VS. SCILEN CE. RENEWAL OF TRE ALLEGED BOY COTT ON PROF. WOODROW. Another Theological Student Refused Permission by the Columbia Seminary Faculty to Attend Dr. Woodrow's Sci entific Lectures at the South Carolina University. (From the Southern .resbyterian.) The opening of the present session of the Columbia Theological Seminary has been signalized by the renewal of the "boycott" which was instituted year before last by the faculty, then consist ing of Prqjessors Tadlock, Girardeau and Hersinan. Last year, so far as we know, no case arose to test the views of Drs. McPheeters and Beattie, who were them associated with Drs. Tadlock and Girardeau. But this year, as we have learned from different sources, an even has occurred which shows that the pres ent faculty unanimously concurs as to the "boycott" with the faculty which insti tuted it. A young gentleman who had recently graduated at the University of South Carolina, where "e had studied geology, astronomy, physiology and physics under Professor Woodrow, presented himself before the faculty of the Seminary, desiring admission to the Junior Class. There were present Pro frssors Tadlock, Girardeau, McPheeters, :d ?ea'tie. During his examination }-e srred that ie desired to pursue the saiy of Lineralozy at the University under Pro essr Woodrow, and asked whether he would be allowed to do so. To this Dr. Girardeau replied, urging Lim not to press that request, as it would be opposed : that. pe-rmissio would be readily given to attend the instructions of any other Professor in the University, but not Dr. Woodrows. To this statement no objection was made by any one present, all by their silence giving their assent. The student, see ing the state of affairs, forebore to urge his request, and so the- matter ended the Faculty unanimously acquiescing in this ending and thereby becoming parties to it. Thus the war is continued. Some had supposed that the originators of the in famous "boycott" had repented of their act, and that it would be allowed to fall into a state of "innocuous desuetude;" and especially that Drs. MePheeters and Beattie would not allow themselves to be drawn or driven into participation in it. But such persons did not appre ciate the fidelity of the "Old Guard," - who for years had been pursuing his in tended victim. Their longing for peace had misled them. They ought to have known, what is so plain, that the only peace possible to them consists in abject submission to the will of the originators of the war and their followers, not merely in regard to this outrageous "boycott," but with regard to all the vastly more impartant matters involved. We confess that we are not a little surprised at the course of Drs. McPhee ters and Beattie in failing to repudiate the .sentiments of Dr. Girardeau; when acting as members of the faculty, upon the stkdent's application for admission. By their silent acquiescence when their colleague informed the applicant that he might attend the classes of any Uni versity Professor except Dr. Woodrow, they have vindicated their right to share with Drs. Taudock and Girardeau in the honor or the disgrace, whichever it may be, of the "boycott," and of keeping the Seminary in its narrow par *tisan course. While we do not know much as to their opinions, we have been inclined to respect them and had expected better things of them. We did not suppose they could by any pos sibility share the feelings of their active had not supposed they This "boycott" has been strong denrned by the Synod of South Caro lina. Last year the question was thor oughly discussed by this Synod in the -.case of Mr. W. W. Elwang, a student it -the Seminary in 1887-8. The followine resolutions were adopted by Synod by -large majority: "I.t~ Touching this matter, your coin miterecommend to Synod the adop tion of the following resolutions: "1. Resolved, That this Synod disap proves of the action of the Faculty ii ordering Mr. W. W. Elwang to cease at tending upon the lectures of the Rev Prof. Woodrow in the South Carolim University; and als-> of the action o * the Board of Directors in sustaining ani confirming this interdict. - - "2. This Synod disavows the inter pretation placed on its previous order touching the Perkins Professor upot *which the Faculty and the Board claim to base their late action." -This "boycott" certainly seems cow ardly. . The faculty are evidently afrai~ fsoething-either of what is taugh or of the teacher. Perhaps the appre -hended danger lies in the thing taught. What~, then, is mineralogy? It is "the science which teaches the properties composition, and relations of minera bodies, and the art of distinguishing and describing them." What danger cat the faculty see in this science or art Are the'y really afraid of all science and: ad art? Will it luirt a student of th< Bible to know the chemical compositiot oa mineral? To be able to distinguisi .dimetric from an insometric erystali To learn how to tell gold from iror -pyrites or "fool's gold"? Is ignoranet essential to piety and success in the min -istry? Do they reason thus? Ah, bui it is science, and science is a dreadful thn!Mineralogy may seem harmless. buttrst it not! Beware!- for are not minerals the materials of which the earth consists, and are they not the con stituents of the rocks, and arc not these rocks the foundation stones of the science of geology, and is not geology that bug . bear that all good men must be made tc fear? Alas, it is too true, and therefore we must at all hazards shield our pre cious charges, our tender lamtbs, from the malign influences of your insidious mineralogy! Perhaps it is the teacher they fear. But whyi Are they not four to one Are they afraid that incidentally Pro fessor Woodrow may show to hisstudents that science is not such a bugbear after all, and that the reverent study of God's works is not a sin in the sight of the Most Highi Do they fear lest some - chance word of his may topple over all the structure of mediteval ideas in regard to science that they have so carefully and sedulously reared ? Surely, they should not be so modest in regard to their own influence over their special students. In all soberness and truth, it is simply infamous-for the faculty of the Colum bia Theological Seminary to say thus officially that Professor Woodrow is unfit to teach any student mineralogy in the State University. He'is a minister in good and regular standing ini the Southern Presbyterian Church, heartily accepting all her standards. H~e is a reverent believer i the Bible. His offense is that, unlike his traducers, he is a student of God's works as well as of his word, and that he can see no con tradiction between these two revelations. This "boycott" is a disgrace to those who are carrying it on. and this dis grace will rest also upon the Presbyterian Chiurch if it shall tolerate the iniqjuity. We need not say that it makes no dif ferenc personally to Professor Woodrow whether Seminary students attend his lectures at the University or not. .It is the principle involved in this "boycott" by the Seminary Faculty that we de n)ounfce'asecowardly.tyranickal, in famous. every intelligent, honest min. One does not need to be versed in either theology or natnial science to see its true charac ter. COREA'S IMPERIAL FAMILY. Mrs. HeBron Who Was Not Sentenced to Death, Gives Some Interesting Facts of Their Home Life. BosTOx, October 14.-Mrs. Hattie G. Heron, who .tth her husband, a Tennesseean, went to (orea last year as a missionary and who wa< falsely reported to have been sentenced to death for teaching Christianity, has a very interesting letter in the Evening Traceller; which bears date Seoul, Sep tember 3, and contains the following glimpses of the home life of the imperial family of Corea: "The King is : man af great strength of character, kindness of heart and noble aimbit ions. More over, this King and Queen have been most cordial and generous in their per sonal treatment to I)r. Heron and my self. They will do all in their power to protect us. Our only danger is from the ignorant and superstitious lower classes, who, if aroused. might kill us before the King could rescue us from them. "Just one week ago the King invited Dr. Heron and myself to attend a ban quet at the palace, celetirating Her Majesty's safe return to the palace in 18. when she had previously been sup iosed to have been killed. His Majesty ias shown his kind appreciation of Dr. Heron's medical work to himself and in the royal hospital by twice conferring Corean rank upon him, the last time giving him the second rank in the king dom, which corresponds to the title of Duke in England. We are often invited ,o the palace, and when I went alone to see the Queen last fall she with her own wands gave me some beautiful jew-. which she wished me to sear as a re minder of her appreciation of some little delicacies I had made for her during her last illness. The Queen is quite small and has an attractive face, indicating great amiability, bright and vivacious in its expression. Her questions show her interest in the foreigners. "One day she said she had heard that our little three-year-old daughter talked Corean and when Dr. Heron should tome to the palace next time she wished him to bring her with him. Sb Annie was presented at court and chatted away to the King and Queen in her baby Co rean quite unconscions of her honors. She carried her beautiful American doll with her, and when the Queen, who had never seen a doll before, asked what it was, she introduced it as 'Ha dull' (my daughter). This greatly amused- the Queen. Annie came home with het hands full of little worked packets, painted fans and silver ornaments. "The Queen is a very fine Chinese scholar, which means that she has a perfectly finished education. The Prince, who is seventeen years old, is just com pleting his education under the care of his Queen mother, and he, like all other Corean officials, must be examined by those appointed by the King for the purpose. There are many things of in terest which I might write to you illus trating the kindness and benevolence of the royal family, if I had the time. "But in closing let me say positively that Dr. Heron and I are not now preaching or teaching Christianity, ex cept by an example which we earnestly pray may be worthy of the name of Christian. The laws of the land forbid it, and through te United States Minis ter about a year ago the American mis sianaries were absoluteiy forbidden tc teach religion; tbut we long for the time when our treaty shall be revised and freedom of religion allowed. Until that time we are doing all in our power tc gain the confidence and respect of the people, with what success you may judge from may letter." ~~UNE ECORIATED. Colonel Lacy ,Compares Him to Arnolc and ,Tudas, Only He Comes Higher. RrCHxoND, Va., October 12.-General William Mahone having circulated the statement among the Confederate vete rans that General Robert E. Lee hac agreed upon him as his successor in the event of his (Lee's) resignation frotr command of the Army of Northern Vir ginia, Colonel J. Horace Lacy, one of the most prominent men in Virginia and the man who heard Lee refer to Mahone as qualified to succeed him, has prepared a letter for publication, in which he says "I say to the thousands who will believe my statement-before you judg< Lee or myself too harshly remember thai Christ permitted Judas to be numberet among the disciples and Washingtot placed Arnold in command of thi strategic line of the Hudson-the first, betraying his blessed Master with a kiss. sold him for trty pieces of silver; the second got 230,000 and a brigadiers commission in the English at-my, bi couldn't deliver -the goods. Both hiav< gone to their own place. "Mabone sold at a higher figure. When he made his deal with Cameror and Qrray he sold out the readjustei Deortcparty of Virginia for the ptoaeof the State. .I feel this as sort of personal affront, for I had beer their chosen leader, the president of th< readjuster caucus in the Legislature. "The grimmest joke of all the ages Mahone of Virginia, and Chalmers a: Mississippi-the one of Crater, the othei of Fort Pillow massacre fame-choser leaders of the poor negro, whose hand: they clasp, all red and reeking wth thein brothers' blood. "Mahone's political career and con duct is a menace not only to good gov ernent, but to society and civilization. And yet. God help me' I must stand by my report of what General Lee said about him, remembering that, however prne judic, passion and political partisanshii. may dec~ide for the present, that mari retains forever the approbation ol Heaven 'who swears to his own hurt and changes no.'" An ex-Confederate Brigadier, a Re publican in national politics, who has just returned from a visit to Campbell County. in speaking of Mahone as Lee's successor, said: "No statement in support of Mahone's soldierly qualities will save him, tor he has appointed a negro-Adam Clark postmaster at Castle Craig, in Campbel] County. lHe can ueither read nor write, but he is a Mahone henchman. The people of that neiahborhood are terribly incensed, and Mahone is losing all his white following by the appointment." M ARRTED IN COTTON BAGGING. Novel Wedding of a North Carolina Couple at the Raleigh Fair. RAI.EIGH, October 15-The largest crowd ever seen art a fair in this State attended the State Fair to-day. The chief attraction to-day was the marriage of W. M. Batenman and Miss .Josephinev Nowles, of W~ashiigton County. The ceremony took laie att thme grand stand at the faiir groundi~s at noon. The bride and groom were both attired in cos tmes of Southern cotton bagging. and were attended by four couples all cos tumed in the same materia!. The cer-e many was performed by Chaplain J -J. Scott. Numerous presents were made to the newly mat-ied couple by the muer chants of the city --The semi-oficeial Russian organ, the Korove Vremya, afims the friendship of Russia for Germany, and says Rtussia relies uponi Prince Bismiarck to maintain DASHED TO DEATH. FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE ON AN INCLINED CABLE RAILWAY. The Machinery Fails to Work, the Cable Snaps, and a Car Ccntaining Nine Per sons Dashes from the Top of the Hill to the Bottom With Lightning Rapidity. CINcImTI, October 15.-A frightful catastrophe occurred between 12 and 1 o'clock to-day on one of the Mount Auburn inclined planes, which lies at the head of Main street and reaches to a height of between 250 and 300 feet in a space of perhaps 2,000 feet or less. Two cars are employed, one on each track. They are dMwn by two steel wire cables that are wound upon a drum at the top of the hill by an engine located there. Nine passengers had entered a car at the foot of the plane, and a number were on the other car at the top. The passage of the ascending car was all right until it had reached the top, when the machinery refused to work and the engineer could not stop it. The car was drawn against the bumper, the cables snapped in two and the car ran backward down the incline at light ning speed. The crash at the foot of the plane was frigh*ful. A cloud of dust arose that bid the wreck from view for a moment, but when it was dispelled the scene was horrible. The iron gate that formed the lower end of the track on which the car rested was thrown sixty feet down the street. The top of the car was lying almost as far in the gutter. The truck itself and the floor and seats of the car foried a shapeless wreck, mingled with the bleeding and mangled bodies of the nine passengers. Two were taken out dead-one a middle-aged lady with gray hair, recognized as Mrs. Ives; the other, a young girl of twenty, Miss Lillian Oscamp, daughter of Henry Oscamp; another, Mr. N. Kneiss, a teacher, liv ing at 14 Euclid avenue, died soon after wards. Five others were injured, per haps fatally, and one man escaped miraculously with but slight injury. This incline plane is the oldest in the city. It was built twenty-one years ago, and this is the first accident attended with loss of life at any of the 'four in clined planes, that are in almost con stant use. It 'is too early for an exam ination into the trouble with the engine, but there have been only two similar cases in the history of inclined planes here. In both the others the engine was got under control before the cables were broken. Perhaps the most horrible condition of any except the nine of the descending car was that of the passengers on. the other car at the.foot of the plane. They were locked in, as is always the case, and were compelled to await the coming of the other car and its inevitable crash beside them at the foot of the track. The list of the dead now stands: Judge W. M. Dickson, Mrs. Caleb Wen, Miss Lillian Oscamp, Michael Kniess, Joseph Hochstetter. The wounded are: Charles McFadden, both legs broken; Joseph McFadden, cut on side and va rious portions of body, and internal in juries; Mrs. Hochstetter. cuts and in juries; Mrs. Joseph McFadden. The wounded were taken to the Cincinnati Hospital. Charles Goebel, who was the man at the lever, who had the unspeakable hor ror to find himself unable to stop the engine, says that he complained that the cutt-off was not working properly. "I told the engineer about it this morning," he said. "and the engineer told me had repnired it. But it was evidently still our of order, and this must have been what has been the cause of the accident " Engineer Howard WOrden could not be fband, thtgo "this is not considered as evidence that he is hiding. The con fusion about the place was very great for a considerable time. Coroner Ren digs will make a thorough investigation of the cause of the accident. MORMONS ABANDON POLYGAMY. President Woodruff Says the Church Means to Obey the Law. SALT LAKE CITY, October 12.-I have just had an interesting interview with President Wilford Woodruff, the head of the Mormon Church. He is eighty-two years old, but walked briskly into the reception room of the official residence. He blegan at once to t alk in a cheerful, off-hand way. "We are peculiar people in some re spects," he saide "We have been out here by ourselves for a good while. Many wrong impressions have gone out about us. All we ask is for the Ameri can people to understand our situation as it really is. I have no fears as to our treatment at the hands of our fellow citizens if we are understoed., It was suggested that the people would like to hear directly from the head of their Church what the attitude is toward the law prohibiting polygamy. With out the slightest hesitation President Woodruff replied with emphasis: "We me an to obey it of course. We have no thought of evading or ignoring this or any other law of the United States. We are citizens of this govern ment. We recognize its laws as binding upon us. "I have refused to give any recom mendations for the performance of plu ral marriages since I have been presi dent. I know that President Taylor, may predecessor, also refused. Since the Edmunds-Tucker law we have refused to recommend plural marriages, and have instructed that they should not be sol emnized." Becoming more and more explicit as he proceeded. President Woodruff told of a special case. One of the bishops at the head of a stake, which is a church designation far a large district, came to him with the petition of a couple to have the plural marriage ceremony performed between them. The stake bishop repre sented that the parties fully understood the risk they were running, lHe wanted from the church a r-uling on the course to pursue. "I tol the bishop," said President Woodruff; "that it would not do at all. There must be no more plui ial marriages. I am confident," said the president, "that there have been no more plural marriagres sinece I have been in this position, and yet a case has re cently occurred which I will say to you I do not understand at all. It is giving us a goodl deal of trouble. Perhaps you have heard of it?"' The pres ident referred to the Hans J esperson case. Jesperson is a Dane. He lives in Goshen, at the head of Utah Lake. Recently a neighbor reported to the United States authorities at Provo that he believed Jesperson was sustaining the plural mar riage relations with Mrs. Alice Horton. A deputy marshal went out and brought in the Jesperson family and Mrs. Hor ton. All of them denied knowledge of any improper relationship. At last .\rs. Horton bioke down and testified that she was marriedl to Jesperson on the 8th of last April. She said that part of the ceremony took place in the Temple at Manti, and part of it at the Eudowment H{suse in Salt Lake City. This testimony was given before the United States Corn missioner. Jesperson was convicted and sentenced to fiv-e years in prison for polygamy and three years on another charge. It is the only performance of a plural marriage ceremony this year which thme courts have unearthed. -Ilt seems incredible if it is true," Woodruff said. "It is against all of my instructions. I do not understand it at all. We arfc looking into it and shall' not rs ntil we get at all the fats. There is no intention on our part to do anything but to obey the law." Resident Gentiles say that the Saints are not worthy of the slightest credence regard ing their religion, although they may be upright enough in all other respects. "To show you how I feel," said he, "I will tell you frankly of my own case. I have three wives. I married them be fore 1860, when there was no law what ever regarding polygamy. I have not visited the houses of my wives for five years. I have kept entirely away be cause I didn't mean to do anything which might have the appearance of breaking the Edmunds law. But I have fed and clothed these families. I cannot repudiate the obligations I entered into so many years ago. "It seems to me," he said, "that the law ought to have been made plainer in one respect. It might have marked out the course to be pursued by those who had gone into this thing before the enactment. That would have saved a great deal of trouble. If the provisions had made clear the line of conduct to ward plural wives there would not have been so many cases before the courts." THE STATE CROPS. Cottou Late But in Good Condition-The Finest Corn Crop in Years-Rice Good and All Other Crops Ahead of Last Year. The Department of Agriculture has issued the following report of the crop outlook in South Carolina: THE WEATHER. The sunshine for the month of Sep tember was about an average. The rainfall was about an average. Reports of observers to the State weather ser vice showing that for the month of September, 1888, it was 9.8 inches, while for the same month in 1889 it was only 3.42 inches. No frost is reported. Reports received from 214 special cor respondents of the Department of Agri culture give the following estimates of the condition of the various crop, on October 1: COTTON. The crop is estimated to be from ten days to two weeks late. The caterpillar has appeared in some sections, but only slight damage is reported. The condi tion is reported as follows: Upper Caro lina, 92; middle Carolina, 89, and lower Carolina, 87-average for the State 89, against 77 at the same date in 1888 and 89 on the 1st of September, 1889. The indicated yield is given at 181 pounds of lint per acre. - CORN. The corn crop is estimated to be the finest for several years. The condition is reported as follows: Upper Carolina, 105; middle Carolina, 104, and lower Carolina, 102-average for the State 104, against 76 at the same date in 1888 and 103 on the 1st of September, 1889; the indicated yield is 14 bushels per acre. RICE. The condition of the rice crop is re ported good, as follows: upper Carolina 98, middle Carolina 96, and lower Carolina 96 average for the State 97, against 88 at the same date last year and 95 on the 1st of September, 1889; the indicated yield is 23 bushels per acre. OTHER CROPS. The condition- and prospective yield of the smaller crops is reported as follows: Peas, condition 98 against 72 at the same date in 1888; indicated yield 6 bushels per acre. Irish potatoes, con dition 93 against 91 at the same date in 1888; yield 62 bushels per acre. Sweet potatoes, condition 99 against 94 at the same date in 1888; yield 87 bushels per acre. Sugar cane, condi tion 95 against 90 at the same date in 1888; yield 123 gallons per aere. Sor ghum, condition 97 against 88 at thle same date in 1888; yield 82 gallons per acre. GOVERNOR HILL IN ATLANTA. New York's Chief Executive Addresses a Great Multitude at the Piedmont ExOo sition. ATLArTA, Ga., October 16.--The re ception to Governor Hill at the Pied mont Exposition to-day was only equalled by that given President Cleve land two years ago. A hundred thou sand people were on the grounds. At 1 p. m. Governor Hill and party ar rived and made a tour of the buildings. At 2 o'clock Senator Colquitt intro duced Governor Hill to the multitude, and the Governor began his address, saying: "Ladies and gentlemen: In behalf of the great State of which I am proud to be a representative, and for which this kind expression of esteem and hospi tality is intended, 1 wish to thank vou most cordially. The Einpire State of the North sends warm greetings to rhe Empire State of the South. She is as proud of your progress as she is of her own. The entire North is a new partner in your prosperity, and her interests are closely interwoven with yours. The North has not forgotten the message which your eloquent Grady brought to the sons of New England two years ago. lie touched, as no orator in the generation since the war has touched, a chord of sympathy and charity whose sound vi brated from Maine to California, and the echoes of whose silvery tones have not yet died away. He told us merely what we knew, but what we never be fore fully appreciated. He told us that the war was over-and this we knew, biut never felt so vividly as when we heard his eloquent assuranoe of the South's reconciliation to her new conditions. I am glad that you have given me this opportunity to see the South under its new conditions-to see for myself what you have accomplished in this struggle of twenty-five years, to feel the spirit of progress whicb has been breathed into this new land o1 liberty, and to carry back, perhaps, a broader idea of our common interests. I am glad that in this expositio~n, wherein arc collected the best produios of the industries of six vigorous States, I am able in the brief time that I am to be with you to get a comprehensive idea of what the whole South is doing." Education vs. Protectio n. The movement of men of education and culture away f rom the party of high tariff ideas is iliustrated in the ease of President Eliot of Harvard College, who last Saturday, in an address to the Bay State Club, forumly declared his en trance into the Democratic parry. President Eliot's reason for leaving the Republican party, as stated by him, is that he is not in agreement with the views that now animate it. It holds to the policy ot'"protection," but the nro tection duties protect capital, he thifiks, and not labor. In the long run it is a bad policy, he holds, to protect capital at the expense of tbe classes without capital. As respects civil service methods, President Eliot is of opinion that Mr. Cleveland's record was vastly better than that of Mr. Harrison. "Have we not," lie asks, "seen the public ser vice dlegenerating more and more, and i these last series of years worse than all? Have we not seen the Democratic administration of the public service the hbest wve ever had?" ~As a believer in iyil service reform President Eliot is compelled to part company with the party he has so long voted with. HI{s secession is not an isolatedl occurrenee. The selfishness and greed of the protectionists, who or anize trusts to plunder people who are alreadly taxed in their interest, is so vast that multitudes are everywhere falling away from the high tariff faith.--Balti FIGHTING FARMERS. BLOODY AND FATAL RIOT AT DO THEN, ALABAMA. Alliance Men Refuse to Obey a Town Ordinance.-A Riot Ensues Between Farmers and Town People-Seven Per sons Shot-Two Killed Outright. ATLANTA, October 15.-At 10 o'clock last night the Constitution started out a special engine from Bainbridge, in charge of Colonel B. E. Russell, to in vestigate a rumored riot at Dothen, in Henry County, Ala. The engine reached that place at 1 o'clock this morning. The facts were found to be as follows: The Farmers' Alliance of Henry County had established a warehouse at Dothen. The town autho-rities sought to collect a license from the drays which they employed as from the drays em ployed by other business houses. George M. Stringer, manager of the farmers' warehouse, to test the law, undertook to drive one of the drays himself, when he was arrested and his trial set for yesterday. The Alliance men attended the trial- in force, and B. Stringer, a relative of George M. Stringer, the man to be tried, flourished a knife and made for the marshal. This started the trouble, when a fusilade of shots took place. George M. Stringer and Jeff Walkerof the Alliance force fell dead, and Peter Tew, Green Stringer and B. Stringer were seriously wounded. Marshal J. L. Dominges and Deputy Marshal Park Powell, and a town man named W. B. Craddock were mor'ally wounded. The terror which reigned the rest of the day was indescribable. The people were in fear all night of a renewal of the attack. The farmers claim that the town people treated them wrongfully, and that the riot was inevitable under the provocation given. A DEARTH OF SMALL GREENBACKS Caused by a Misunderstanding Between the Treasury Department and the U. S. Express Company. WASHINGTON, October 17.-The re fusal of the United States Express Coin pany to ship notes of small denomina tions from Washington to banks through out the country at less than the regular rates, has practically stopped the issue of small notes. Heretofore these ship ments were made at the rate agreed apon by the express company in its con tract for transportation of government money. These rates are very much less than the regular rates, and permitted the distribution of small notes to points in all parts of the country where they were in great demand at comparatively slight cos'. The company now holds, however, that these notes, having been practically purchased from the govern ment by private firms, are no longer government money. Shipments are made by the United States Treasurer upon the receipt of a regular certificate of deposit at the Sub-Treasury at New York. An issue has now been raised between the treasury officials and the express company as to whether the latter is not compelled to carry these notes under the prescribed rates in their contract for transportation of government funds. The former hold that the notes are gov ernment money within the meaning of the contract until they have actually been.received by the bank for which they are intended. The express com pany holds that the notes cease to be government money from the time the equivalent deposit is made with the Assistant Treasurer. In order to settle thbe question, Secretary Windom has called upon the Solicitor of the Treasury for an opinion as to the rights of the government in the matter. The in pression prevails that the Solicitor will decide that the express company is bound to treat these shipments as gov eru ment property. SHE STILL LIVED WITHE HIM. A Woman Conceals From Her Husband the Fact of Her Divorce. INDIANAPOUS, October 15.--A remark able suit was filed in the Circuit Court yesterday, the plaintiff being Louis Linn, and the defendants his children. The suit was instituted to set aside the will of Lizzie Douglass, formerly the wife of the plaintiff. Tbe complaint alleges that Linu and Lizzie Sprouse entered into an agreement at Quiney. Ill., in 1857, to live together, and that four children were born to them, and that in Marah, 1868, they were legally married. In 1871, while living in this city, Mrs. Linn brougrht suit for divorce, and when the Sheriff went to serve the summons on her husband she contrived to have him away from home, and destroyed the papers. Six months later she received a decree of divorce with custody of her children, but she kept the fact concealed from Linn for two years, though living with him all the time. In 1873 Lin found himself supplanted in his supposed wife's affections by Policeman Minnick, and one evening he shot Minuick dead, and for this crime was sent to the peni tentiary. abortly aftcr Mrs. Linn died, leaving a large property to her children. In January, 1883, Linn, then nearly 70 years of age, was pardonied, but just before leaving the prison he was told of the divorce proceedings by a guard of the prison, whose father, Judge Davis, had tranted the decree. While Linn was still in prison the estate was settled, and all the proceeds passed into the hands of the children, who arc now made de fendants. The Fat Woman Spoiled the Show. "Boys, le's go in here!" The remark was made by one of four swells whlo were "doing" the town. Each man wore fashionable clothing and a high bat. They had stopped before a (ime museum. When the party entered they found an interested crowd stand in~ before the living curios and listen inig to the eloquent lecturer. When the glib-tongued historian had made the rounds of the attractions and1 had arrived before the Abyssinian fire-eater he was surprised to see the crowd surge to the other end of the room, where sat the Circassian girl. Beside this bushy haired beauty stool the most gorgeous of the quartet of swells. Placing his glossy hat on the platform at his feet and holding his yellow kids in his left hand. he bowed as gracefully as his con dition would permit. and thus addr essed his deeply interested audience: "Ladies and gentlemen, you now see before you the beautiful Circassian girl from the Eastern slopes of Russia. Al though she is a genuine Circassian, as you can sete by the remarkable luxuri anice of her hair, yet I am forced to confess that she was born on the banks of the Housatonic River, in Connec icut." Here ihe amateur lecturer was inter rupted by his professionaleconfrere, wvho was dancing around on the outskirts of the crowd in uncontrollable rage. The crowd appreciated the joke so highly that it refused to part and let the paid lecturer through. "Go on, inobby; tell us where she bougit her4 hatr!"' .shouted a Bowery boy. The swvell steadied himself by placing his right hand on the back of the Gir assian girl's ebair, and wvas about to resume his lecture when the 800-pound fat woman waddled over behind him, and with a vigorous shove sent him head first into the crowd. He was picked up in a rather wvrecked condition and lugged down stairs by his friends. A LOSS TO THE STATE. THE AGRICULTURAL STATION AT SPARTANBUEG BURNED. Together With the Contents of the Build ing, Consisting of Quantities of Cotton Seed, Peas, Wheat, Provender, Etc. An Interesting Fact About Cotton Bag ging. SPARTANBURG, October 17.-[Special to The Register.]-The State Experi mental Station in this city, under the management of ex-Senator Wofford, was burned to-day at 3 o'clock. The large two-story house was used by Mr. Wofford as a barn and gin house. When the fire was first discovered it was small, but everything being very dry the spread was remarkably rapid, and before any thing could be done the whole louse was a mass of flame. A few head of horses in the barn were by quick work saved, but the other contents, with the exception of a few bales of badly dim aged cotton, were a complete loss. The house contained 1,500 bushels cotton seed. 60 bushels peas, 40 bushels wheat and a large amount of provender. A fact especially noticeable was that the jute bagging burned much more rapidly than the cotton bagging. Good authority says that had several bales been packed in cotton that were wrapped in jute, they could have been saved. It took hard work to save the resi dence of Mr. Wofford, and had not the wind been blowing from the opposite di rection the house would have shared the fate of the experimental station. The loss is estimated at between $2,500 and $3,000; insurance $800. The house being on the outskirts of the city, the fire department was un able to rendr assistance. The amount of insurance, it is believed, will re build the house. A NOVEL SPECTACLE. Doe, the Dog Trotter, Gives an Exhibi tion of His Speed. KANSAS CITY, October 14.-The spec tacle of a dog, harnessed to a wagon, trotting upon a race track as fairly and squarely as any horse, is certainly a novel one, yet that is what was wit nessed by 100 curious persons who gathered at Exposition Driving Park on October 9. When Mr. Ketchum first announced that he had a dog which could trot like a horse, and make faster time on the track than some horses, his statement was received with a great deal of incredulity, especially on the part of the- horsemen. But that his statement was correct in every particu lar was amply demonstrated when Doe, pulling a load weighing twice as much as himself, trotted half a mile in 1:52 on a track that was rough and bumpy. Doc is a handsome red Irish setter, 2 years and 7 months old, and weighing just fifty-three pounds, and was brought upon the sack harnessed to a two wheeled cart weighing thirty-six pounds, and driven by little Willie Ketchum, a lad weighing fifty-five pounds. Mr. J. E. Riley's horse Loafer was sent with the dog to make the pace, and at the word they were sent away together. Doe gave one jump to start his load, and then at once settled into a fart square trot, which took him over the ground in an amazingly rapid way. H1i6 action was a perfect trot, and he went without a skip or a jump. Without urging the quarter was made in 0:55. Around the turn, where the track was lumply, the paee was not quite so rapid, but when the straight was reathed the little driver let Doe out again, and he came to the wire with a great burst of speed, finishing in the fast time of 1:52 Doe did not seem at all distressed after his performance, running and leapiny playfully after he was etiken from the wagon. The performance was a sur prise, andl elicited much applause fr-om the spectators. Doe has been carefully trained to trot, and has given frequent exhibitious of his powers in trials and in races against horses in various cities. PLOGGED WITH SNAEE WHIPS. Win. Ebbert Punished by the Party He Organized to Eidnap His Wife. WJsTmINSTEn, Md., October 13.-Win. Ebbert of Mindleburg district,~ this County, received a lesson- last night that he will not soon forget. About six months ago he married a young girl. They had lived together a short time only when the young wife swore out a peace warrant against her husband. .Ebbert was arrested and committed to the County jail. The wife, however, failed to. prosecute, and Ebbert soon obtained his release. Meanwhile Mrs. Ebbert had returned to her father, and though appealed to by her husband to return to him, she remained obdurate. She had had enough of married life for the present. Ebbert then determined to compel her to come back to him, and organized a posse with the view of raid ing the hoase in which she had sought refuge and carrying her off by force. Having brought his friends together, he communicated his intention, and they agreed to assist him. Among the num ber, however, were about a dozen who were friendly to Mrs. Ebbert, and, while they outwardly professed friend ship for the-revengeful husband, deter mined to thwart him.. Last night the band met at the ap pointed lime and proceeded on their mission. When within a short distance from the house the alleged friends pro posed to go forward and act as pickets. When ,well out of hearing they donned white masks and, armed with snake whips, lay in wait for the rest of the party. As Ebbert passed they sprang out into the road and charged him with horse-stealing Without giving him a chance to explain thbey proceeded to give him a severe flogging, lHe was lashed until his clothing almost hung in shreds. Finally Ebbert broke away, and escaped by jumping into a stream and swimming to the opposite side. It is believed that the rest of the party with Ebbert were in the scheme, for they calmly looked on while he was being flogged. CAPTUBED A HAMLET. Masked Bobbers Go Through the Tills of the Two Stores in the Place. . OMAiHA, October 15. -Two masked. men robbed the stores in the village of Belevue, four miles South of Omaha, last night and escaped. Oscar Kayser was counting t be day's receipts in his little general merchandise store about 8:30 o'clock, when he heard a rap at the door. On opening it he was confronted by two masked men with drawn re volver.<, who compelled him to hand over his pocketbook and what money he had in the drawer. They then marched hitn across the street to the only other store in town, which was kept by Mr. Wright. W -right, on seeing his neigh bor enter the store with his hands up, took the cue and threw up his hands. Young Mr. Wright and Mrs. Wright, who were in the store at the time, fol lowed suit. The two robbers got what money there was in the till, relieved young Wright of a gold watch, and then marched all four of the victims in front >f the store, where they compelled them] to stand in a row with their hands up ntil they had disappeared in the woods. All the other citizens of the village seem to have been in bed. -Ex-Speaker Randall denies that he 1 revised and amended Governor Hill's f Atlanta speech during the Governor's isit to him while in Washington onj BOTH BODY AND 31lND. THEIR EQUAL DEVELOPMENT BY MANUAL TRAINING METHODS. Some Suggestions from a Training School Director and Expert-How the Hand and Brain Should Grow Together-No At tempt to Cultivate Dexterity. Although manual training schools are no longer experimental, and the work of attain ing a symmetrical development of human powa's has, through their agency, ceased to be a problem and become an accomplished fact, there are still to be found mainly among the advocates of old systems, those who doubt or at any rate deny the efficacy of the new one. These hostile influences have been powerful enough to retard the progress of the new idea. Although manual training schools have become a recognized and indis pensable part of any perfect system of educa tion, its merits are not realized as fully and unreservedly as they must and will be in the not distant future. Its advocates are now compelled to defend it against the assaults of the old school instructors, and, in their turn. to attack the old forms, and usages which have fallen short of the best possible results. Among the ablest of these advocates is Pro fessor C. M. Woodward, director of the man ual training school of Washington univer sity, St. Louis, a famous seat of the new learning. A paper read by him before the meeting of the superintendent's department of the National Educational association at Washington, D. C., has been issued by the United States bureau of education. In it Professor Woodward makes an argument in support of the manual training system, both on theoretical and practical lines. His dis cussion of the question was not intended to be exhaustive, but for that reason, perhaps, it embodies.the most striking and salient fea tures of the question in a way to command a more general reading and to arouse a greater interest than could possibly be hoped for from a longer and more detailed effort. This candid admission in the early part of the work will strike the unprejudiced reader with favor. "In speaking of the relation of manual training to the mind and body we are all forced to make comparisons. If the new sys tem hasno fruit which the old does not yield, if it fails in valuable results where the other succeeds, or if the new product does not on the whole outweigh-the old, then the new has no sufficient excuse for being." Professor Woodward indicates the wide field of effort and usefulness open to advo cate; of the new education when he says: The proper education of today is a prepar ation for the duties and responsibilities of life. Our students must therefore come out of a school with the elements of high charac ter, with a vigorous, healthy body and mind, able to put both hand and brain to work, to enter readily into sympathetic co-operation with the institutions of their country and time. Practical accomplishments are essen tial to a good education, though they are not the whole of it. While training to the full faculties of the individual, including his me chanical powers, and fitting him to act his part as a citizen, a home builder and a bread winner we must not fail to set high value on the finest products or the human mind and to give fair introduction to the great fields of art and philosophy. Reference isthen made to a class of people whose opposition to manual training methods of education arise from a misconception of its objects and purpose. The professor is particularly severe on that class of objectors who confound manual training schools with trades colleges and agriculturad institutions. He confesses to a loss of patience with people who remain under such a misapprehension as to the real nature and character of the work of manual training schools when the truth.is so easily attainable. Although Professor Woodward makes' no reference to the fact, and is, perhaps, not aware of it, it is never theless true that the very general misinfor mation in this respect a year or two ago led some of the leading trades unions of the coun try to an investigation as to the probable ef fet on the value of skilled labor, of an in crease in the labor supply from the ranks of the gradus~tes of these schools. Of course the investigation proved that there was nothing whatever to fear from that source. Professor Woodward briefly states the ob ject of manual training when he says: In a manual training school, properly so called, no attempt is made to cultivate dex erity at the expense of thought. No mere sleight of hand is aimesl at, nor is muscular exercise of itself held to be of educational value. An exercise, whether with tools or with books, is valuable only in proportion to the denmand it makes upon the mind for in telligent, thoughtful work. In the school shop the stage of mechanical habit is never reached. The only habit actually acquired is that of thinking. No blow is streck, no line drawn, no motion regulated, from mus cular habit. The quality of every act springs fronm the conscious will accompanied by a defiite act of judgment. At the same time I pinly see that the trade tendency is to be guarded against. There is plenty of bad ad vice, foolish schemes and Indiscreet haste for putting manual training where it does not belong, and where no adequate preparations are made for it. But in this respect we are not singular; every good cause has much to fear and much to suffer from its friends. 1 beg of you not to hold manual training re sponsible for all that is said and done in its name. And again: There comes a time in the life of every boy when he craves with an irresistible appetite what may be called food for his physical na ture; wheni the senses are most acute; when he is exquisitely conscious of his growing strength, his increasing power over the ex ternal world; when his budding nmnhood opens the door into the great workshop of nature, and he is satisfied with nothing less than actual contact wih concrete forms and tangible forces. - At this period the records of the pest have little interest for a healthy boy. He must feel and act for himself; he must turn the key with his own hands, and himself unbar the gates. He has no natural appetite to destroy; he destroys because he cannot create. He can destroy without being taught how; but how to build, how to construct, how tocreate e doe-i not know; there he requires in struction, training, system, and they yield the keener pleasure. The boy demands reasons, and arbitrary, unmaning rules are extremely distasteful. Until he has a basis of personal physical ex perience with which he may digest the expe rience of others, books hsge little meaning and are of little value. Then is the time to give him manual train ing. Give him his saw, plane and chisel; give him his lathe, his forge and anvil; give him his blow pipe and his crucible, his mag net and his engine, and teach him their logic al t heir power-. His mind will absorb them all with infinite relish. In their forms and uses he will read the thoughts of men for many generations. Do not be anxious lest he have no oppor tutity to develop literary taste. There is not a single influence flowing from manual train ing which is hostile to good hooks. Our grad uates are hungry for good books, and they profit by them.--St. LouisRepublic. "Trouble in De Church." Rather a novel case was tried here last Wednesday before Triail Justice C. M. Minler an I a jury, in which the pas tor of St. Paul's Baptist Churchb, (col ored,) Rev. R. M. C. Aldrich, figured as the defendant. Ie was indicted for trespass. It seems that Aldrich had lost caste with the deacons of the hurch, but with the cougregation (and specially the female portion of it) he was recters ineuria. Recenitly the dea ons held a meeting and eadled another 'eastor L-ist Sunday morning at Sun v school it was announced that there vo~uldl be no preaching in that church :bat night. Thoi pastor, being present, innounced that there would be service is usual. When the hour arrived the loor of the church was locked, but the extol went in at the window and un cked the door. The pastor went in md preached. Prior to this, however, t appeared from the evidence that the leacons had served a written notice ipon the pastor that his services were io longer wanted. So .saidl officials rought suit against Aldrich, the pastor, or trsass. The case occupied the entire day. The ury failed to agree and a mistrial was A SIGN OF MAN I- THE APE. Eaoekdown Argument for Darwin Afforded by an Ancestor Showmen from New York and Boston have swarmed in Connecticut all the season. Some were street fakirs, who sold salve and bunion ointment, toothache drops, and fifteen-cent razors, and delivered gaudy speeches under a gasoline torch in the streets at night; but most of these have been hand organ men, with monkeys and performing bears, or bevies of canaries that ran up and down tiny and frail wooden ladders in an open cart, and amused people by doing audacious tricks. The last general- assembly passed a statute against bears and other roving animals, but they come just the same. The most novel show came this week. Twc Italians, a hand organ, a yellow performing goat and a monkey were washed up out of the storm, just as the clouds rolled by. The' cool sunlight and tonic autumn air stirred both goat and monkey to do their best, and they did it so very well that even the Italians, as wellas the populace, grinned with delight. Both were highly educated. The monkey was dressed in a buff colored coat, with jaunty pockets in it, and he wore bells; the goat wore simply his own undressed kid. First the goat crawled up the small wooden performing pedestal, clumsily pulling his feet after him, and did what he could do, rearing and pawing the air; but he looked foolish and stupid, his wisp of beard fluttering in the wind. Then he got down and the monkey got up. The latter made some funny grim aces,which excited applause, and his wrinkled little face put on a woful or gleeful look ac- - cordingly as his master said "Bravol" of poked him in the ribs with a sharp rod. But the best of the performance took place after the show. After the monkey got down one of the Italians slyly stepped out of the crowd, slipped into a corner saloon, and pres ently emerged bearing a foaming glass of beer. He didn't imbibe any of it himself, but with a grin took it to his friends, the goat - and the monkey. He politely offered it first, to the goat, but that unsophisticated creature turned away his face in disdain and would not look at the flowing bowl. "Ho, ho!" exclaimed his Tuscan master, "non-a have beer-a? Hal Goat-a no know what ees goot-a, eh? Monk-ar have some beer-a? Say-a yees? So, so, mgnk-a know-a goot ting; goatra damphool-a!" The "monk-a" took no risk of losing the drink. .With the skill of a practiced toper he raised the fluid to his thirsty mouth and drained every drop in the glass. He even held the upturned mug a moment aloft,hit lips at the edge, so as not to miss a globule of the precious liquid. Then he gracefully handed it back with a polite bow, wiped his puckered face on his sleeve and the crowd roared. "Only monk-a in ze Meriky, genshelmens, zat drink-a zees beer-a zee ev'ry day," said the proud master, glancing admiringly at the little beast. "All of which shows," commented a street philosopher, "the wide intellectual difference between 'zee monk-a' and 'zee goat-a;' ex hibits the susceptibility of the monk-a to the influences of civilization, and is knockdown evidence of the 'origin of man.'" . New Haven is still in-a tustle with a per forming bear. both the bear and his master, a shrewd Frenchman, were arrested and lodged in the police station charged with vio lating the "bear statute" of Connecticut. The Frenchman had money enough to pay the fines imposed, but not-enough to hirea wagon in which to transport the bear from his prison. He couldn't lead Bruin through the streets without violating the statute again, so he had to go away without his pet. The police station still has the bear, which is feed ing on the fat of the land and is happy, but the police don't want him. They may be able to sell him, and they may kill and eat him.-Norwich (Conn.) Cor. New York Sun. With a "Hall Show." "I read your story the other day about Ep stean's experience with a circus among the tough people of the south," said Harry Morti mer, of the Larking company, yesterday, "and I tell you I can appreciate it. I have been down there myself, but not with a cir cas. They called our entertainment a 'ball show' in that region. I was manager, and in thatecapacitylIwas obliged, to look after the door. One night we struck a. tough moonshiner town and we had a sort of free for-all audience. A wicked looking fellow, with long ringlets on his collar, came up and started to walk right in. 'Ticketsl' I said. He looked tough, and I was not very loud in my demand. He eyed me contemptuously, threw back his coat and exhibited a United States marshal's star. Of course I passed him. Then two more came along, and I let them by without making them show their stars. The wicked looking marshal came out to talk with me, and just then 1 noticed he had beensmoking. I asked him not tosmoke, as there were ladies in the house. 'All right,' he said, and he tossed his cigar away. As he stood there up came three toughs with tick ets. They were all smoking, and I told them they could not smoke inside. 'Wal, I gass we'll smoke,' said one of them. The marshal heard the remark. Stepping up to the man who made it, he jerked the cigar from his mouth and threw him down the stairs. The other two threw away their cigars and tip toed in. That marshal looked wicked, but he kept his people right in line. It's a great country."-Chicago Herald.. Black Royalties at Paris. King Dinah Salifou, who attracted so much attention here during the visit of the shalh of Persia, has been replaced by another sable Senegalese sovereign named Onsman Gassy. Parisians, however, are no longer curious about negro monarchs, as poor Ous man Gassy, unlike his predecessor, is left to languish in his lodgings in the locality of Grenelle, where he is surrounded by an en campment of his subjects. King Gassy has fought and bled in the cause of France, and has accordingly received the Cross of the Legion of Honor, which he wears proudly on his white burnous. He rules when at home over 200 villages, containing a population of 300,000 sable subjects. Like most of the su perior types of blackamoors who have been invited to see the exhibition, and to repre sent here the natives of the French colonies or dependencies in Africa, Ousman Gassy is a highly intelligent looking man, and his royal honors, although meagre and mediocre, sit well upon him.-Paris Cor. London Tele Rugged and Elderly. There was present at the reunion of the Thirty-ninth regiment yesterday at Medford William Field, 89 years of age, the oldest Grand Army man in the country. He was born in Deerfield. His mother was Mehita ble Ames of that place, supposed to be a sis ter of Governor Ames' grandfather. He is a machinist by trade, and lives at Franklin. He was married to a Miss Huldy Smith, of Harwich, and has been the father of four children, all of whom are now deceased. I The old gentleman is strong and rugged ap pearing, and when he was presented to the invited guests he was received with a storm of applause.-Boston Herald. The production of soap in England is about 45,000 tons per week, of which between 3,000 and 4,000 tons are made in London. J Nearly 115 Years Old. Eliza Jamison Stanton, a colored wo man, who lives at Buffalo Run, near Bellefonte, Pa., is, it is believed, the oldest person in the State. She says that she has Indian blood in her veins. Her exact age has been obtained, so that it is now a certainty. It was got ten from records in a Bible now in pos session of a party in Carlisle, Pa., near which place she was born, the Bible record reading: Eliza Jamison Stanton was born on the 25th day of December, 1.774. She is, therefore, nearly 115 years of age. Mrs. Stanton is still lively and vigorous, going out to pick .rrie.s and carrying them1 long dis tances in baskets. Hecr neighbors, who are well acquatinted with her, and have known her for years, say she will live ten years if no serious accidents hap pen her. -John M. Langston, in an interview n Washington, severely denounces Mahone, and declares that he wants "to drive the negro into obscurity, giving him no countenance or recognition, that e may gatmaround him white Demo crats who are willing to get what they can out of the Republican party if the negro is pnt down. He is trying to drive ut and put down the negro for being a