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TALMAGE ON THE WING.
THE PASTOR OF THE BROOKLYN
TABERNACLE IN ITALY.
Uwnzon preached Sunday, Nov. 17, 1889,
at Brindisi-The Subject "A 31editerra
mean Journey"-Ful Report of the Dis
course at the Italian Port.
BUND'is, Nov. 17.-The Rev. T. De
Witt Talmage, D. D., preached in this
Ialin ort today. His subject was
"A Meterranean Voyage," and he
took for his text Acts xxvii, 44: "And
oit came to pass, that they escaped all
safe to land.' Dr. Talmage said:
Having visited your historical city,
which we desired to see because it was
tie terminus of the most famous road
of the ages, the Roman Appian Way,
and for its mighty fortress overshadow
ing a city which even Hannibal's hosts
could not thunder down, we must to
morrow morning leave your harbor,
and after touching at Athens and Cot
inth, voyage about the Mediterranean
'to Alexandria, Egypt. I have been
reading this morning in my New Tes
tament of a Mediterranean voyage in
an Alexandrian ship. It Was this very
month of I4ovember. The vessel was
lying in a port not very far from here.
dOn board that vessel were two distin
gushed passengers: one, Josephus, the
'torian, as we have strong reasons to
believe; the other, a convict, one Paul
by name, who was geing to prison for
upsetting things, or, as tney termed it,
"turning the world upside down."
This convict had gained the
confidence of the captain. Indeed,
I think that Paul knew almost
as much about the sea as did the cap
tain. He had been shipwrecked three
times already; he had dwelt much of
his life amidst capstans, and yardarms,
and cables, and storms; and he knew
what be was talking about. Seeing
the equinoctial storm was coning, and
perhaps noticing something unsea
worthy in the vessel, he advised the
captain to stay in the harbor. But I
hear the captain and the first mate
talking together. They say: "We
cannot afford to take the advice; of this
landsman, and he a minister. He may
be able to preach very well, but I don't
believe he knows a marlinespike from
a luff tackle. All aboard! Cast off!
Shift the helm for headway, Who
fears the Mediterranean?" They had
gone only a little way out when a
whirlwind, called Eurtciydon, made
the torn sail its turban, shook the mast
as you would brandish a spear, and
tossed the hulk into the heavens.
9verboard with the cargo! It is all
washed with salt water, and worthless
now; and there are no marine iisur
ance companies. All hands ahoy, anli
out with the anchors .
FRIGHT 'AT THE STopl.
Great consternation comes on crew
and passengers. The sea monsters
snort in the fpam, and the billows
clap their hids in glee of destruc
tion. In a lul of the storm I he'ar a
lhain clank. It is the chain of the
great apostle 's -he walks the deck, or
holds fast to the rigging amidst the
lurching of the ship-the spray drip
pihg from his lone beard as he cries
out to the crew: "Now I exhort you
tobe of good cheer: for there shall be
no loss of any man's life among you,
1it of the ship. For there stood by
* me this night the angel of God, whose
-I am, and whom I serve, saying, Fear
*not, Paul; thou must be brought be
~fore Cosar: and, lo, God hath given
thee all them that sail with thee.
Fourteen days have passed, and
there is no abatement of the storm.
it is midnight. Standing on the look
out, the man ers into the darkness,
~~dby afl of lightning, sees the
~ line of the breakers, and
-some co.untry, and fei~tin a few
nimoments the vessel will be shivered
on the rocks. The shipiflies like chaff
in the tornado. They drop the sound
inguline, and by the light of the lan
rwn they see it is twenty fathoms.
~Bedng along a little farther, they
drpthe line again, and by the light
of thelantern they see it is fifteen
fathoms. Two hundred and sev
Senty-six souls within a few feet
of awvful shipwreck ! The manag-ers
'of the vessel, pretending they
Swant to look over the side of the ship,
Sand undergird it, get into the small
boat, expecting in it to escape; but
Paul sees through the sham, and he
tells them that if they go off in the
boatdit will be the death of them.- The
vessel strikes! The p lanks spring! The
-timbers crack! The vessel parts in
~4he thundering surge! Oh, what wild
~struggling for life! Here they leap
T~z opn plank, to plank. Here'they go
"u~nd'er-as if they would never rise, but,
batching hold of a timber, come float-.
jng and panting on it to the beach.
Bere, strong swimmers spread their
.armis throuc-i the waves until tb"
chine plow he smd, and they rise up
and wring out their w~et locias on the
beach. -When th' roll of the ship is
called, two hundred and seventy-six
.people answe: to their names. 'And
~vo" says '-. text, "it cameto pass that
pdall safe to land."
NS TO BE DRAwN.
from this subject: -
that those who get us into
will not-stav to help us out.
' got P'aul out of Fair
he storm; but-as soon as
ppd upon them, they
Sofin the small boat,
g nothing-for what became of
Paul and the passengers. Ah me!
human nature is the -same in all ages.
They who get us intb trouble never
stop to help us out. They who tempt
that young man into alifeof dissipa
tion will be the first to laugh at his
imbbecility, and to drop him out of de
-cent society. Gamblers always make
fun of the losses of gamblers. They
who tempt you into the contest with
fists. saying, "I'will back you," will
be th~e first to i-un. Look-overall the
predicam~nts of your life, and count
the names of those who have got
you into those predicaments, and tell
me the name of one who ever helped
-you out. They were glad enough to
get you out fr-om Fair Havens, but
when, with damaged rigging; you
tr-ied to get into-harbor, did they hold
for you a plank or throw you a rope!
Not one. - Satan has got thousands of
men into trouble, but he never got one
out. He led them into theft. but he
would not hide the goods or bail out
-the defendant. The spider shows the
fly the way over the gossamer bridge
into the cobweb; but it never shows
the fly the way out of the cobweb over
-the gossamer bridge. I think that
there were plent of fast ,voung men
.- to help the prodigal spend 'nis money;
but when he ha wasted his substance
in riotous-living, they let him go to
tlie swine pastures, while they betook
themselves to some other new corner.
They who took Paul out of Fair Ha
vens will beof nohelp io him when
he gets into the breakers of Melita.
I remark again, as a lesson learned
-from the text, that it is dangerous to
refuse the counsel of competent advi
seirs. Eaul told them not to go out
'with that ship. They thought he
knzew nothing about it. They said:
"He is only a minister:I" They went,
and the ship was destroyed. There.I
area great many peoplewho now say
of ministers: "*They know nothing
about thie world. They cannot talk to
n~i.."' Ah,' my friends, it is not neces
9 ary tohave the Asiatic cholera before
you can give it medibal treatment in!
others. it is not necessary to have
know how A spliir a l i:acums. Atal
we who stand in the pulp:,:md in t'.
ofiicc'of a Christian t:"e .w th::t
there arc; crtaii styl:es (f L'iie and
certain kinds of b ha:tvit ti::t will
lead to destruction.as ce rta'i i as l'as l
knew that if that ship w it out (f
Fair iavens it wo'uld o to strue
tion. "Rejoice, U youti; mn., in
thy youth ; mnd le t :t
thee i the days of th. !.. an ut
know thou that for all tIhe hn;
God will bring tiCe into
We may not know miuch. ist we know
that.
Young people refuse the adice of
parents. They say: "Father is over
suspicious. and mother is gettin 1:old."
But these parents have been on the
sea of life. They know wh::ere the
storms sleep, and during their voyage
have seen a thousand b1atered haiks
marking the place n here beauty
burned, and intellect foundered, and
morality sank. They are old sailors,
having answered many a signal of
distress, and endured great stress of
weather, and gone scudding under
bare poles; and the old folks lk;om
what they are talking about. Lo,:h at
that man-in his cheek the g'low of
infernal fires. His eye flashes not as
once with thought, but with low p's
sion. His brain is a sewer throigh
which imparity floats, and his heart
the trough in which lust wallows and
drinks. Men shudder as the leper
-vsses, and parents cry, "Wolf! wolf !"
et he once said the Lord's Prayer at
his mother's knee, and against that in
iquitous brow once pressed . a pure
mothers lip. But he refused her
counsel. He went where euroclydons
have their lair. He foundered on the
sea, while 41 hell echoed at the roar
of the wreck: Lost Pacifies! Lost Pa
cifies!
CumRSTWAS ALWAYS SAIE.
Another lesson from the subject is
that Christians are always safe.
There did not seem to be much
chance for Paul getting out of that
shipwreck. (lid there? They had not,
in those days, rockets with which to
throw ropes over foundering vessels.
Their lifeboats were of but little worth.
And yet, notwithstanding all the dan
ger, my text says that Paul escaped
safe to land. And so it will always
be with God's children. They may
be plunged into darkness and trouble,
but by the throne of the eternal God,
I assert it, "'they shall all escape safe
to land."
Sometimes there comes a storm
of commercial disaster. The cables
break.' The masts fall The cargoes
are scattered over the sea. Oh ! what
struggling and leaping on kegs and
hogsheads and cornbns and store
shelves! And yet, though they may
have it so very hard in commercial
circles, the good, trusting in God, all
come safe to land.
Wreckers go out on the ocean's
beach and find the shattered hulks of
vessels; and on the streets of our great
cities there is many awreck. Mainsail
slit with banker's pen. Hulks abeam's
end on insurance counters. Vastcred
its sinking, having suddenly sprung
a leak. Yet all of them who are God's
children shall at last, through his good
ness and mercy, escape safe to Tand.
The Scandinavian warriors used to
drink wine out of the skulls of the
enemies they had slain. Even so God
will help us, out of the conquered ills
and disasters of life, to drink sweetness
and strength for our souls.
You have, my riends, had illustr-a
tions, in your own life, of how God
delivers his people. I have had illus
trations in my own life of the same
truth. I was once in what on your
Mediterranean you call a Eurocly'don,
but what on the Atlantic we call a
cyclone, but the same storm. The
steamer Greece of the National line,
swung out into the river Mersev at
rpooerl, bound for New Yor-k. \Ve
bod-en-hundred, crew
an passengers. We came together
strangers-Italians~ Irishmen, Eng
lishmen. Swedes, 1sorwegians, Ameri
cans. Two flags floated from the
maasts-British and American en
signs. Wve had a new vessel, or one
so thoroughly remodeled that the voy
age had ~around it all the uncertain
ties of a trial trip. The great steam
er felt its way cautiously out into
the sea. The pilot was discharged;
and, commnitting ourselves to the carec
of. him who holdeth the winds in his
fiit, we were fairly started on our voy
age of thm-ee thousand miles. It.was
rough nearly all the way-the sea with
strong buffeting disputn ou path.
But one nig'ht, at eleven o cloek, after
the lights hand been: put out, a cyclone
--a wind just made to tear shiips to
pieces-caught us in its clutches. It
came down so suddenly that we had
not time to take in the sails or to fasten
the hatches. You may know that the
botfom of the Atlantic is strewn with
the ghastly wor-k of cyclones. Oh!
they are cruel winds. They have hot
breth,^as though they came up from
riifernal furnaces. Their merriment
isthe~cry of affrighted passengers.
Their play is the foundering of steam
ers. And, when a ship goes down,
they laugh until both continents hear
them. Thtey go in circles, or, as I
describe them with my hand-rsll
ing on! rol-ing on! with fing-er of
terror writing on the white sheet of
the wave this sentence of doonm: "Let
all that come within this circle perish!
Brigantines, go down! Clippers, go
down! Steamships, go down!. And
the vessel, hearing the terrible voice,
crouch'es in the surf, and as the waters
surgle through the hatches and port
S?oles, it lowers away, thousands of
feet down, farther and farther, until
at last it strikes th'e bottom; and all is
peace, for they have landed. Helms
man, dead -at the wheel!I Engineer,
dead amidst the extinguished furnaces!
Captain, dead in the gangway! Pas
sengers, dead in the cabin ! Buried in
the great cemetery of dead steamers,
beside the City of Boston, the Lexing
ton, the President, the Cambi-ia--wait
ing for the archangel's trumpet to split
up the decks, and' wr-ench open the
cabin doors, and unfasten the hatches.
A I1GHT TO TU'RN ONE'S HAIR WBITE.
I thought that I had seen storms on
the sea before; but all of them toe-ether
might have come under one wmng of
that cyclone. We were only- eight or
nine hundred miles from honie, and in
high expectation of soon seeing our
friends, for- ther-e was no one on board
so poor as not to have a friend. But
it seemed as if we were to be disap
pointed. The most oIf us expected
then and there to (lie. There wer-e none
who made light of thme peril, save two.
One was an'kngli~ishman, and lie was
runk, and the other was an Ameri
can, and he was a'fooi! Oh! what a
ime it was! A nicht to make one's
hair turn white. We came out of the
berths, and stood in the gangway, and
looked imto the steer-age, and sat in the
abin. While seated there, we heard
overhead something like minute guns.
It was the bursting of the sails. We
held on with bo0th hands to keep otu
laces. Those who attenupted to cross
the floor camne back fr'uised and
ashed. Cups and glasses were dashed
to fragments; pieces of the table get
ing loo-e, swung aero~ss the saloon. It
eemed as if the hurr-i-ane took that
great shipl of thousands of tolls and
tood it on end, and saidI: "Shall I sink
t, or let it go this once:" And then it
ame down wi-th suchi force that the
illows tramoled( over it, each mounted
>f a furyv. A e felt thiat ov'ery-thini'
lepenided on the p:-opeling screw, if
that stopped for anm instanlt we knew
the vessel wouild fall o!i mito the trough
>f the sea and sink, and so we prayed
leavng Liverpool niaa aireaay stoppea,
night not stop now. Oh I how anxious
lv we listened for the regular thump of
the maichincrv. upon which -ur lives
seemed to depiend. After a while some
one said: "The screw is stopped!" N6;
its sound had only been overpowered
by the uproar of the tempest, and we
hreathed easier again when we heard
the regular pulsations of the over
tasktd machinery going thump,thump,
thump. At 3 o'clock im the morning
the water covered the ship from
prow to stern, and the skylights gave
way: The deluge rushed in, and we
felt that one or two more waves like
that must swamp us forever. As the
water rolled back and forward in the
cabins, and dashed against the wall,
it sprang half way up to the ceiling.
Rushin" through the skylights as it
came in with such terrific roar, there
went up from the cabin. a shriek of
horror which I pray God I may never
hear again. I have dreamed the
whole scene over again, but God has
mercifully kept me from hearing that
one crv. Into it seemed to be com
pressedl the agony of expected ship
wreck. It seemed to say: "I shal
never get home again !sv children
shall be orphaned, and my vife shall
be widowed! I am launching now
into eternity ! In two minutes I shall
meet my God !"
There were about five hundred and
tifty passengers in the steerage, and
as the water rushed in and touched the
furnaces, and began ,ioiently to hiss,
the poor creaturs in the steerage-m
agined that the boilers were giving
way. Those passengers writhed in
the water and in the mud, some ray
ing, some crying, all terrified. They
made a rush for the deck. An officer
stood on deck and beat them back
with blow after blow. It was neces
sary. They would not have stood an
instant on the deck. Oh! how they
begged to get out of the hold of the
ship! One woman, with a child in
her arms, rushed up and caught hold
of one of the officers and cried: "Do
let me out! I will help you! Do
let me out! I cannot die here!"
Some got down and prayed to the
Virgin Mary, saying: "0 blessed
:other! keep us! Have mercy on
us!" Some stood with white lips and
fixed gaze, silent in their terror. Some
wrung their hands and cried out: "0
God! what shall I do? What shall I
do?" The time came when the erew
could no longer stay on the deck,
anid the cry of the officers was: "Be
low! all hands below l" Our brave
and sympathetic Capt. Andrews
whose praise I shall not cease to speak
while I live-had been swept by the
hurricane from his bridge, and bad
escaped very narrowly with his life.
The cyclone seemed to stand on the
deck, waving its wing, crying: "This
ship is mine! I have captured it! Ha!
ha! I will command it! If God will
peimit, I will sink it here and now!
By a thousand shipwrecks, I swear the
doom of this vessel I" There was a.lull
in the storm; but only that it might
gain additional fury. Crash! went
the lifeboat on one side. Crash! went
the lifeboat on the other side.
The great booms got loose, and, as
with the heft of a thunderbolt, pound
ed the deck and beat the mast-the jib
boom, studding sail boop, and square
sail boom, with their strong arms
beating time to the awful march and
music of the hurricane.
Meanwhile the ocean became phos
phorescent. The whole scene looked
like fire. The water dripping from the
rigging, ther3 were ropes of fire; and
there were masts of fire; and there
was a deck of fire. A shiy of fire, sail
ing on a sea of fire, through a night
of fire. MIay I never see anything like
it again !
Everybody prayed. A lad of 12 years
of age got down and prayed for his
mother. "If Ishould give up," he said,
"I do not know what-would bec.ome of
mother." There we-;e men who, I
think, had not prayed for thirty years,
who then got down on their knees.
When a man whc-has neglebied God
all his life feels that he lias cume to
his last time, it makes a very busy
night. All of our sins anid shortcom
ings passed through. our minds. My
own life seemed utterly unsatisfactory.
I could only say, "Here, Lord, take
me as I am. I cannot mend matters
now. Lord Jesus, thou didst die for
the chief of sinners. That's me! It
seems, Lord, as if my work is done,
and poorly done, and upon thy in
finite mercy I cast myself, and in this
hour of shipwreck and darkness com
mit myself and her whom I hold by
the hand to thee, 0 Lord Jesus!pry
ing that it may be a short struggle im
the water, and that at the same in
stant we may both arrive in glory!"
Oh! I tell you a man prays straight to
the mark when he has a dyclone above
him, an ocean beneath him, and eter
nity so close to him that he can feel
its breath on his cheek.
The night was long. At last we
saw the ~dawn looking through the
port holes. As in the olden time.mi the
fourth watch of the night2 Jesus came
walking on the sea, from wave cliff to
wave cliff; and when he puts-hls foot
upon a billow, though it may be
tossed up with might it ,goes down.
He cried to the winds, Hush! They
knew his voice. The waves knew his
foot. They died away. And in the
shining track of his feet I read these
letters on scrolls of foam and fire,
"The earth shall be filled with the
knowledge of God as the waters cover
the sea." The ocean cahned. The
path of the steamer became more
and more mild; until, on the
last morning out, the sun threw
round about us a glory such as I never
witnessed before. God made a pve
ment of mosaic, reaching from hori
zon to horizon, for all the splendors of
earth and heaven to walk upon-a
pavement brioht enough forthe foot
of a seraph-Yright enough for the
wheels of the'archangel's chiariot. As
a parent embraces a child, and kisses
away its grief, so over that sea, that
had been writhing in agony in the
tempest, the morming threw its arms
of beauty and of benediction, and the
lips of earth anctheaven met.
As I came on deck-it was very
early, and we were nearing the shore
-I saw a few sails against the s'ky.
Thiey seemed like the spirits of the
night walkin" the billows. I leaned
over the ta 'rail of the vessel, an,~d
said, "Thy way, 0 God, is in the sea.
and thy path in the great waters."
It grew lighter. The clouds were
hung in purpl.e clusters aldng the sky;
and, as if those purple clusters were
pressed into red wine and poured out
upon the sea, every wave turned into
crison. Yonder, fire cleft stood op
posite to fire cleft; and here, a 'clond,
rent and tinged with light, seemend like
a palaice, with flames bursting from
the windlows. The whole scene lighted
uip until it seemed as if the angels of
God were ascending and descending
upon stairs of fire, and the wave
crests, changed into jasper, anid crys
tal, and amethyst, as they were flung
toward the beach, made me think of
the crowns of heaven cast before the
throne of the great Jehovah. Ilearied
over the taff'rail again, and said, with
more emotion than before: "Th* 'way,
O God, is in th-e sea, and thf path in
the great waters !"
So, I thought, will be the going o ff
of the st,>rm and nieht of the Chis
tian's life., Tlie darmess will fold its
tents and aiyayy! The golden feet, of
the risimg mhorn will come sk ppyttg
upon , the mountains, and all the
wrathful billows of .the worl''s woe
break into the splendor of eternal jipy.
And so we come into the harbpor. The
rate US. uo4, who IS miwatys gooa, C
all around us. And if the roll of the
crew and the passengers had been
called, seven hundred souls would
have answered to their names. "And
so it came to pass that we all escaped
safe to land." And may God grant
that, when all our Sabbaths on earth i
are ended, we may find that, throught
the ridh mercy of our Lord Jesus t
Christ, we all have weathered the
gale!
Into the harbor of h~eaven now we glide.
Houe at last:
Softly we drift on the bright silver tide.
Home at last:
Glory to God All our dangers are.c'er;
we stand secure on the glorified shore.
Glory to God: we will shgut evermore.
Home at last. p)
Home at last:
A Big British War Ship. it
The new British war ship, Royal
Soverein, work upon which has be- a
gun at Portsmouth dockyard, will, it p
is said, be the largest war ship in the
world. The vessel is to be completed i
for sea, with all guns and stores on v
board, by 1893. The Royal Sovereign
is one of the four arnored battle ships t"
of 14,000 tons burden which are to be t,
built under the special programme. t
She is to carry four sixty-seven ton a
guns of thirteen and one-half inch c
caliber, arranged in two barbettes and
supported by a powerful battery of six
inch and quick firing guns.
The Royal Sovereign will be 380 feet 1i
in length, 75 feet in beam, and 27i it
feet in draught, with a displacement a
of 14,150 tons. She will far exceed in
weight any ship hitherto built for the n
British navy. At the water line she s
will be protected by an armor belt
eight and one-half feet broad, extend- e
ing.over two-thirds of her length, and a
having a raximui thickness of a
eighteen inches. The armor on the
barbettes will be seventeen inches b
thick while the protection of the guns r
and their crews in the auxiliary arma
ment as well as 'the ammtunition sup- e
ply has been devised to meet the de- t
velopment in high c:losives and e
quick firing guns. The snip's engines
will have a maximum power of 13,000
horses under forced draught and 9,000
f
under natural draught. Ti:e speed
with closed stokeholes is estiinated at
seventeen knots an hour; witlh open
stokeholes at sixteen kn:ots an hour. e
The coal sunply of the RoyaIi Sever I
eign will be 900 tons. cnabling her te
cruise 5,000 miles at the rate of ter
knots an hour.-Daroit Free Press.
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The Highest Developmot.
Make the marriage right and the off
spring will tend to be right. Perhaps I
it may be true that we need a new
ideal of the marriage relation. The
old one in which the woman promises 9
to obey the man is perishing visibly 1
before our modern eyes. Often she
ought not to do so, for the man may
be a fool or a brute. And the theory 1
adopted by many i.l mated couples
that marriage is a discipline is too
cynical to be either true or attractive.
The theory of easy divorce and fre
quent change as a remedy for ordina
ry disagreements has also serious dis
advantages, and is no sound. remedy.
It is only a poor refuge from imme
diate sdffering. But a new and per
haps useful attitude may be gained by
looking upon matrimony, as it is, in
truth, the only complete condition of
humanity.
In no other relation can man or
woman reach their highest develop
ment. No character is full till it corn
prises its opposite. The very divergen
cies at which each party frets are thle
lacking necessities of its own nature.
Each would be partial and narrow
without the other, and the neCw motto
we may propose for matrimony is the
new word, development. Marriage is
development. If nlot quite happy, it
is still generously educational. if love
dies out from it, yet charity, wisdom, i
taet and liberality of mind may re
main in ft. Blind love may indeed t
remain and leave tile happy lovers
without its best effects, since even love f
may remain narrow and selfish. But a
the man who has learned to compre- a
hend the feminine nature with its ~
delicate, sprightly, graceful qualities a
in his own, and the woman who has
ado pted something of masculine inde
pendence, liberality and courage intoi
her constitution, will be far better
than the sole endowment nature would ~
have given either to be alone.-Cor.
Woman's Cycle.
How sho Was Foole4.
I have never said anything disre- A
spectful of a woman, and I am not n
going to break over the rule now ; but 'I
I heard a story on a Chicago woman b
in high standing which I think is too
good to keep. She hlad been to St. e
Paul with a party of both sexes. At c
the conclusion of their visit they e
boarded a sleeper, and, as they were .a
somewhat weary, thley retired early. a
In less than a ~half. hour there was a'
some sort of accident, the result of ei
which was the train remained all o,
night in almost the exact spot where
the party boarded the sl'eeper. On the a
following morning the woman of f
whom I spoke at first met her corn- a
panions, and, as is generally the case
with passengers who are acquainted n
on a sleeper, the question, "How did ai
youslepi"was passed around. The S
herineofmy story said she had b
passed a miserable night. Well, one p
may pass a miserable night without t<
being on a sleeper. But the woman
was not content withl the statement,
for she added: "I niever could sleep 11
on the cars. The noise and continuous J
rattle and bumping of the train make b
me nervous. And on this road, espe- q
cially, which is so ,rough and full of r;
curves, you know."
Well, they had the -laugh on her
when the situation was explained, and
she begged the party to say nothing
about it in Chicago, as her husband
was such a tease. The . party kept S
their word. They didn't say anlythinlg
about it in Chicago, but one of them 15
told it in St. Paul.-Interview in Chi- t1
cago Tribune.
Mrs. southworth's Start. 5
Mrs. B. D. B. N. Southworth, who
has probably written mo're books than G
any other American author, living or is
dead, found her first publisher under a
singular circumstances. Some forty
years ago Mrs. Southworth, then a y
young womnx~ was almost a daily vis r<
itor at the store of Joe Shillington, -
who for nearly half a century has been
a bookseller in Washington. She never
spoke to any one, and Shillin~gton and
his clerks came in time to regard her
as a little queer. One day she timidlye
approached him and handing him a
large bundle, told him that it was the '
manuscript of a story she had written n
and which she wished he would send
to some of the papers of which lie was ca
the agent. The bookseller' complied d;
with her request and sent it to a ]Ba1. a]
tinore literary weekly, wvhose editor r1
was so favorably impressed with the tI
story that he brought it to the atten- 5]
ton of Dr. Bailey of The National Er-a.
Dr. Bailey Pequested Shillington to n
arrange an interview with the young 18
author, but the latter did not know n
her name, and it was only after a long p
search that it wais found-Z that it was b
Southworth, and that she was teacher hi
of a small private school in George- T~
town. The story was finally printed p
as.a serial by DI-. Bailey, anid inter' re
published by Peter-son in book form,
having atn imense sale. Later Rob- ~
ert Bonner secured Mrs. Sou~th worth's ~
ser-ices for- The Ledger, to which she t
has ever since remained a contributor. d
-Culren Lieraure I
UI: BU13AU UF AGRICULTURE.
'..:, i tIa vo,, far thle Ft iiir . of
eanrt: (:naolinn. The nuuni Report of
the com,,,;ijm iiners..
The tent 'l annuai report ',f Col. A.
Battler. Comimisioner uf Agrical.
r, w bit h has just been handed to
ae ateI pinters, contains some in,
resting information.
Th report of the State chemist shows
ivt ,-s ;r cys of o licial samples
f feri-ers ::d 54 analyses of sam
'. e in by farmers have been
(e !during the pa-t year. The an
h* ..:w that. a smeller number of
fir below the guarantee the
resent season than last, and very few
f these deficiencies included any of
ae well-knowu brands, which have,
a nearly every case, been above th.
uarantiee of the manufacturers. The
naly as have been printed in pam
hiet form for distribution.
J:tri . e. year ending August 31,
212.101 tons of phosphate rock
:e removed from the navigable
trc ti:s of the State, against, 190,224
,.. lst year, an increase of 21,S27
:s. The royalty actualiy paid into
he sate treasury was $212,101 96,
gaiinst 1:d,9'. S7 last , ear, an in
rease of $25,108 09.
The veterinary surgeon of the do
ar:iment ha: done much to check the
pread of contagious diseases among
.e stock and by advising the farmers
2 regard to the treatment of their
nimals.
Since the last report of the depart
ient the United States fish :ommis
io has distributed through this de
artment 900,000 shad that were hatch
d in the commission car at Columbia
nd hasdistributed a number of carp
ud gold fih in the State.
During the last year the department
as disti ibated 132,500 miscellaneous
uhiieations containing valuable sta
istical and other information for the
ncouragement of immigration and
ie restering of the agricultural inter
sts of the State.
THE CROPS.
The season were generally favorable
:r cotton.
The estimated yield for 1888 was
53S.642 bales. For ISS9 the yield is
stirated at 639,998 bales; it is hardly
robable that the estimate for 1889
viii be reached, however.
The yield of corn in 1889 has proba
ly never been excelled in South Car
lino. The yield in 1889 is estimated
t 20,751,133 bushels, agairst 13,916,
83 bushels in 1888, an increase of
,831,501. bushels.
The yield of wheat in 1889 was 1,
75,595 bushels, against 836,061 in
888.
The yield of oats in 1889 was 3,571,
52 bushels, against 4,059,836 in
SSS.
Rice 'ield in 1889 was 93,134,508
ounds, against 57,752,374 pounds in
sss.
The yield of sweet potttoes was 3,
37.579 bnshels.
The yield of Irish potatoes for 1889
as 428,354 bushels.
The yield of tobacco was 377,897
,ounds.
The yield of sugarcane syrup was
55,740 gallons.
The yield of sorghum was 896,483
allons.
The yield of pens was 1,051,500 bush
Is.
The estimated value of the princi
al crops in South Carolina for 1889 is
;.,211,447, an increase over 1888 of
THE SPARTANB3URG STORY.
-i~ Truth Confirmed by observation Near
Saenr.r, Where Mr. Pinckney Found
Cotton Without Seed and Seed Without
Cot ton.
To the Editor of Tbe News and Co.ur
r: Last year Mr. J. C. Pinckney, who
lauts near Stateburg, discovered a cot
n plant in his field, well boiled, with
he li'nt hanging from the open boils
om which tll of the seed had fallen,
nd other stalks. also well boiled, with
oting but seed in the bolIs. He gath
red so'me of the seed from both kinds
nd plaintedl them by themselves, with
ac result of large well balled stalks
ith rothing but seed in tbe bolls, no
nt at all-like that described fromn Spat
aburg the otber day. I also know of a
olored man whbo has found stalks with
ntless boils full of ordinary looking
~ed. .So that if it be a valuable "find"
will not be a monopoly. The gin.
akers bad better look sharp that the
liance does not take them in hand by
iiing cotton lint and seed .separately.
erily, there is no knowing :he possi
lities of cottoni or'the Alliance.
The trial justice's office is still crowd
:, with the constables raking ;n ex
w e r, when nothing else can be gather
:: and many a farmer regrets his sum
c -lime biasts of those "first blooms"
ud "xell-growro bt'lls" when his lien
as lowv-boasts that, likeCchickens, are
hg home to roost, but in the shape
f a constable.
OAts are beginning to make a show,
ad I thiok more are being planted than
r several years past.
otbing to be wished for.
Cotton sted brings 18 cents at Clare
ount and Wedgetield, our two depots,
ad c.tton about the same price as at
umpter. Cotton sold to the factory,
owver, in Sumter still brings 10 cents
r hundred extra, if covered with cot
a bagging. _____
Ex-President Cleveland, on Thursday
.id the corn'r stone of "the Tbornas
-llersn,"' a1 han::ome new huilding to
Sput in Brooklyn and used as head
aarters by the Kings County Democ
Lev.
ODDS AND ENDS.
The p< pulation of Berlin has reach
I a il.on and a half.
In the past six mionths there were
h births in Norristown, and 163 of
ese were females.
After Oct. 1 the French soldier's pay
as 27 centimes a day, or a little over
cents.
It is reportedl that the Marquis Carlo
in, of Florence, has bought the
land of Monte Cristo, and will build
house worthy of its associations.
"An early winter:" exclaimed an
oldest inh'abitant" who was given to
>mancinlg. "Pooh! I've seen six
eeks of snow in the month of No
amber!"
Tec secret service officers of the
nted States treasury last year arrest.
1 47 persons, most of whom were in
me way connected with counterfeft
ior the passing of coun-terfeit
oney.
A fiock of wild geese became be
une bewildered by Morgantown's
zzling gaslights the other nih
>out 10 o'clock, and alighted iu the
e necar the suspension bridge,where
icy raised a great commotion for a
ort time.
The Pan-American delegates wit
ssed an Judian dance out on the
'ebraskia plains the other day. They
aturally desired to carry away bail
cornammes as souvenirs, but thie
[:uiketed Ompahas and Wiannebagos
adnt provided any programmes.
hat a a seriouts oversight on their
irt.--Chicago News.
Oliver Wendell 'Holmes calls trees
vast beings endowed with li-fe, but
ot withi soul-which outgrows us and
tlives us, but stand helpless--poor
tings!-whiile nature dresses a.ndI un
resses them, like so many full sized
t nderwittd childxen."
SOIE RECIPES
CLEAR SOUP.
Five pounds of beef c:it from the low
er part of the round, live quarts of cold
water; cut the beef into small pieces,
add the water, and let it come to a boil
gradually; skim it carefuily, and place
where it will keep at the boiling point
six or eight hours; then strain it and set
it away to cool; in the morning skim off
all the fat, pour the soup into a kettle,
using care to keep back all sediment;
add to this liquor one onion sliced, one
large stock of celery, two sprigs of pars
ley, half a teaspoonful of sage, six whole
cloves, one large tomato siced, a tea
spoonful of pepper, and .alt to suit
taste; boil gently for half an hour, then
strain through a napkin and serve with
toasted crackers.
FRIED CELERY.
Cut firm white celery into pieces two
inch. s long, put them in to boil in salted
water, and cook fifteen minutes; remove
tleu from the boiling water with a split
sp >oo, and drop into ice water; let them
rema:n there ten minutes, then take them
out en to a dish, and sprinkle with salt
arnd paper; dip each piece in beaten egg,
then in cracker crumbs, and fry in salted
lard; drain well and serve hot.
BREAKFAST DISII.
Core and slice tart apples, but do not
peel them; fry thin slices for breakfast
bacon until clear and ruffled, take them
up and keep them warm while fryiug
the sliced apples in the liacon fat to a
light brown; place the apples in the
center of r. warm platter, and garnish
with the slices of bacon; drain both ap
ples and meat in a hot colander before
dishing; serve with baked potatoes and
hot muffins.
COLLEGE CROQUETTES.
Put a large tablespoonful of butter
into a stew pan, add mushrooms and
parsley chapped very fine, two table
spoonfuls of flour,'salt, pepper and grat
ed nutmeg, and a little sage or summer
savory; let this boil until it thickens,
then add a third of a cupful of cream
and two tablespoonfuls of broth or
gravy; let this mixture be of the consist
ency of griddle eke batter, then take
cold fowl or veat, cut it into dice-like
pieces, and add to this sauce and let it
stand until cold; then pour into shapes
in the bowl of a spoon, roll them in
bread or cracker crumbs, and fry until
nicely browned; serve garnished with
fried parsley.
SAVORY EGGS.
Hard boil four eggs and cut them in
two; cut a bi, from the ends to allow
them to stand; remove the yolks and fill
the centre with a mixture cf chopped
tongue, olives, beet and capers; moisten
with salad oil or butter, season with salt
and pepper; after filling the cavities
grate over the top the yolks of the eggs;
serve on some crisp dry toast cut in tiny
squares or circles.
OLANGE CREAM SPONGE CAKE.
One and one-half cupfuls of sugar,
two cupfuls of flour, one-half a cupful
of cold water, yolks of five eggs, whites
of two, rind and juice of one orange,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder;
bake in thin sheets; whip o .c cupful of
thick cream to a stiff froth, and stir
into it gradually one half a cupful of
powdered sugar; grate into it the yellow
of one orange rind; spread this thickly
between the cakes.
BCACKBERRY SPONGE.
Cover an ounce of gelatine with half a
cupful of cold water, and soak for
twenty minutes; then pour over it a pint
of boiling water, add half a cupful of
sugar, and stir until dissolved; mash
half a gallon of ripe blackberries, strain
the juice, and add it to the gelatine; put
in a pan, and place on ice until thick;
then beat to a froth the whites of four
eggs, and stir in; mix all together until
smooth, and turn into a fancy mould,
and set on ice to harden; serve with
whipped cream flavored with vanilla.
TEA ICE CREAM.
Make a pint of vcdy strong green tea;
mix it with half a gallon of new milk
and a teaspoonful of exiract of cinna
mon; set over a fire, and let simmer,
sweeten with a pound of sugar; when
the sugar is dissolved, set aside to cool,
and then freeze.
TO CAN LIMA BEANs.
Shell them freshly gathered, cook u-n
til tender; put them into cans with scald
ing hot water to cover and a little salt,
and seal immediately. Tbe mixture for
the filling of chocolate cakes should be
stiff enough to be kept from running,
and is best when prepared with milk.
GENERAL RULE FOR JELLY MAKING.
Sufficient water to cover fruit; stew
until thoroughly softe a porous bag of
cheese cloth, or something equally thin
or strong; drain fruit through it without
squezing the pulp, so that the je~ly may
be clear; after all the juice has been ob
tamed th~at is possible, measure it; meas
ure also an equal quantity of sugar; boil
the juice fifteen minutes, then add su
gar, having previously warmed it; allow
all to boll ten minutes longer, and the
jelly is ready for the glasses.
THE ARIZONA KlCKER.
some~ Everv Dn1. IIa ppenings. In Ed.itorilaI
Life.
Detroit Free Press.
The last issue of the Arizona Kicker
<ontain the following:
GONE IHOME.--During the past week
Maj O'Cennor, Judge Peegram and the
Hon. Taeumy Jones, shining lights of
this neighborhood and leading members
of society, have bee.. c'd ed for by eas
tern detectives and returned to their
several homeq towards the sunrise to be
tried for various crimes While we are
sorry to see our population thus depleted
we know that justice must be done. The
only wonder is that so few are called
for. We are certain that at least twen
t-iv-e of our leading citizens break int~o
a cold sweat every time a stranger strikes
our town.
No REBATE.-We aesire to state in
the most eplicit manner that no rebate
will be allowed to any of our subscribers
who may lbe obliged to leave town for
the benefit of the community, or who
may be hung and b~uried for the same
reason. In several laTe instances friends
of such subscribers have called on us
and asked us to cash up for the unex
pired term, but we have invariably re
fused. Subscriptiomns to The Kicker run
for one year. We contract to deliver
the paper for that time. If the subscri
er is arrested, ariven off or hung, it is
to fault .uf ours.- Please bear ii in
mind and save yourself trouble.
HE MISsED.--Our esteemed c.ontempo
rary down the avenue didn't like the
way we showed him up last wtek, and
un'Monday he borowed a revolver from
Sam Adams as long as his leg and lay in
ambush for us at the corner of Apache
and Cactus avenues. As we appeared,
on our way to the postoflice, he opened
fire, and six shots were fired at us at a
distance of no more than ten feet. Not
one of them came within a foot of us,
but the shooter did manage to wound a
$200 mule belonging to Lew Baker, and
to kill a $50 dog belonging to Judge
Stoker. When he was through shooting
we knocked him down and hammered
him until he hollered. We understand
that he has settled with the others for
$150 and that he thinks of leaving town.
He'd better. If he ever b~.d any stand
ing here he's lost it now for sure. A
man who holds a gun in both hands and
sLuts his eyes to shoot is of no account
to this district. The coyotes wouldn't
een birk at him.
ME MORIES OF CALHOUN.
A Youn:: Abolitiouint Who Thought the A
saoutl. Carolininn a Devil but Learned to
Love hin.
Irom the, iharlotte Chronicle, og
Obver Dyer w:t; the official reporter by
of the United States Senate ;n 1845; and a,
recently, he has written a book, publish- '
ofl
ed by i)tle r JBouuer's Sons, entitled
"Geat Senato'rs of the United States." a
In this hook Mr. Dyer gives many new bt
fa::ts aii r:a iab!u .tories concerning 9
such "giants in those days" as Calhoun, i
Benton, Clay, Well-ter, Houston and th
Jefferson Davis. e:
The :u:bor dero:,4 c,,nid'rat''e psp*re Eh
to his reminiscences of John L. Calhoun. et
Mr. Dyer wan an A, lhtionist. and when tu
he went to Vashington to accept his no- w
sition as reporter of the Senate. he had, bi
as be frankly con:as-es, such a hatred u
di
aid violent prejudice against Mr. Cal- ti
houn, "as Southern neu who hated Abol- te
itionist with exual virulence, fel toward to
William Loyd Garrison."
'The ;mpression at first made upon the a
young atenographer by the great South
crm Senator was even more exaggerated at
than we in this day of mild opinions with a
"subdued tints" of thoughts, can imag
ine real; and yet Mr. Dyer's conversion d
to Calhoun if not to Calhounism, is com- f
pensation for his first violent conception
He says: i
"I was naturally eager to get a sight o
the great South Carclina nullifier and dis- a
unionist; and when he was poinied outf fr
to me, in the Senate Chamber, I gave u
a
him a searching scrutiny. His appear- a
ance satisfied moe completely. He seem- li
ed to be a perfect image and embodiment ti
of the devil. Had Icome across his like S
ness in a copy of Milton's Paradise Loat
I should at once have accepted it as a
picture of Satan, and as a master piece a'
of some great artist who had peculiar a
genius for Satanic portraiture. He was it
tall and gaunt. His complexion was w
dark and Indian like, and there seemed b
to be an inner complexion of a dark A
soul shining through the skin of the face. 0
[[is eyes were large, black, piercing, n
scintillant. His hair was irou gray, c
and rising nearly straight from his scalp, m
fell over on all sides, andhung down in
thick masos like a lion's mane. His ti
features were strongly marked, and their b
expression was firm, stern, aggressive, '
threatening," C
Mr. Dyer's frankness in this regard is C<
not surpassed by his subsequent and b
equally frank confession of conversion, B
The power of Mr. Calhoun in the foram' y
his mastery over men, his greatness as a et
polemic speaker, his power of sincerity, a
are seen in what Mr. Myer says after ti
having heard the great South Carolinian st
speak. He says:
"I was much impressed by the clear- rs
ness of Calnoun's views, by the bell-like Ic
sweetness and resonance of his voice, J
the elegance of his demeanor. Such a u
combination of attractive qualities was a
revelation to me, and I spontaneously a
wished that Calhoun was an Abolitionist rc
so we could have him talk on our side. e:
"At the beginiog of the contest my to
feelings were gainst Calhoun and I wan- ra
ted him to be worsted; but at the close di
although I was opposed to the principle te
which he advocated, my personal feel- bt
ings were in his favor, and his physiog- e
nomny seemed to have undergone a ia
change. Instead of looking like a devil, e
he impresei m-e as a high-toned, elegant i
entleman. with a brilliant intellect, a It
aw-et disposition, a sound heart, and a fa
cooncientious devotion to- what he he- ti
lieved to be right." i
That the authur should have come to '
esteem Mr. Calhoun personally highly
after such admissions as those quoted, P
will not surprise any one, but all will w
be interested in reading Mr. Dyer's al
careful summary of the-character of - the y3
great nullifier as he saw him daily in the t'
active field of his great intellect: r:
"He was by all odds the most fasci- d
nating man in private intercourse that I
ever met. is conversational powers at
were marvelous. His voice was clear, h:
sweet and mellow, with a musical, me. d
tallie ring in it which gave it strength
without diminishing its sweetness. His le
pronunciation and enuncIation were per '
fcct. His manner was simple and un- b:
pretending. e
"Calhoun's kindness of heart was in.
exhaustible. He impressed me as being
deeply but unobtrusively religious, and
was'so morally clear and spiritually pure
that it was a pleasure to have one's soul
get close to his soul-a feeling that I c0
never had for any other man," He adds: il
" admired Benton; I admired Clay still gi
more; I admired Webster, on the intel. h
lecual side, moat of all, but I loved Cal- tt
heun; and as I came to know him well, G
and saw his exquisitely beautiful nature Pl
mirrored in his face, his countenance es
no longer seemed satanic. b'ut angelic, di
and his benignau t greeting in the morn- di
in.? was like a benediction that lasted o
the whole day."
Elsew here in the book, the author tells o0
of the blunder he made in asking Mr. W
Calhoun what he thought of ,)ackson re
For the moment, the young reporter W
had forgotten the 'unfortunate contro- es
v:rsy or dIfference between Calhoun and
Jackson; but he says that "as soon as
the question was put, Calhoun sank into V
profound quitscence, seemed to be un-l
conscious of my presence and was ap
parently absorbed in introspective mem
o-ries. Soon he looked at me benignant
ly and said: '"General Jackson was a .
great man." The surprisingly beautifne
expression of Calhoun's luminous eyes W
and the sweet, gentle tone of his voice, t
a he thus answ ered my que:,tion arer
now present with me as I write, al
though that answer was given more than
forty years ago."
T~at the Senator must have possessed
marvelous magnetism, a magnet sm of
purity of purpose, sincerity of profession, ch
briliancy of conception and greatness of
ogic, to have so won an Abolitionist, as sai
the author says that he was, will be svy
conceded. ' h'e
As tempting as it is to dwell on theti
~ersolnal charcacteristics of the great son in
of the Palmetto State, is is more profit- bt
able to notice briefly 'what Mr. Dyer w,
ays abu t Calhoun and nullification. Mr. nc
Dver o,'It:- .ut that as a matter nf tact the
Massachusetts and not S->uth Carolina fe1
was the State that introduced the seces- loc
tun heresy, Josiah Quincy having, in yo
111, opposed the admission of Louisiana
(then called the Orleans Terrory) on
precisely the same grounds as irere af ter
wards taken by Calhoun. On that occa
sion Mr. Quine) said:
"If this biil passes, it is my deliberate
opinion that it is virtually a dissolution
of the Union; that it will free the States Sa
from their moral obligation, and as it pe
will be the right of all, so it will lhe the g
duyof somre, definitely to prepare for th
a separation, amicably if they can, vio- di
lently if they must."
A Woman on bsl I , a
In the vicinity of Fourth avenue and af
wenty-fifth street, Necw York, is a pe
womat, locksmith. She is a short, sturdy, tel
quick and nervous little worman, and she of
carries a lit'le kit of tools for doing the 'ui
small jobs for which locksmiths are call by
ed in. Hecr husband has a shop, and tim
they take turns in attending to the sta
calls. Any big piece of work is turned tel<
over to tile manl, but the wife is quite in
us expert as he in fitting keys, putting lea
new locks on trunks, 1,utting on window is
fastenigs, and attending to the count-go
lets other details of household manage ani
n ent. t 1
TERRACING BOILED DOWN.'
Succinct Presentation of a Very
portant Suljects.
To' -rH Err. us or -~r Ht Co-r-roN Pr.A i
indil ih t n :-e:' many of our fa
ark ..t! their se.i:,Ce lines, throw up a
,nk of tow,- ; i', then leave the wok
a inishe.1 jose, anu call it "terraced,"
bien in rc:lty they have merely marked
E a piece of work that ordinarily will
and ten or fifteen years before ti-e land
av be called ":erraced." There are
it two ways mainly of terracing landsj
te iv artfcily. bay plowing with hill
le plows or working the earth down te
level otherwise;-- and the other is to
row up a banK or other obsttuction to
'ch the earth as nature moves it down
e hill by heaving frosts, waslhiug tains,
c. For just as sure as rain falls upon
allow pl'w cd lia , where ct an cul
re is practiced, c.n sloping ground,
ashing will occur; and no one with a
g head and a small pocketbook need
idertake to plow ti.ese hard hill lands
ep enough to prevent washing at btuie
me. Therefore, the better 'plan in
rraciog. as well a- everything elec, is
wora with nature; tbat is, let tiatuie
ork while you while you plan or'd keep
good obatructiona below to catch the
nth as .he moves it down, and thus tp
ropriate her labor. Acd if your oh
ructions should brcak, why, juat,go
id build it up again atrung: than ever'
it same as you would your water-gyps
i your fence, or the b:eaks in your
itches that had washed away, or your
;nee that had blown down.
Many years before the war, I heard a
ery successlul farmer say that the most '
aportant and moat difficult problems of
i's life were to know how to make smart
e- of his boys and to prevent his land
-om washing away, and the way he hit
pon to prevent his land from washirng
way was very simple, viz.: On all
oping lands he wotwid mark off tectun
nes upon a level at intervals of about
tree feet fall between, much on the
tine plan as terraeieg now a-days; but
istead of cultivating the whole field in
ie same crop, he planted one land or,
ction between his marks.in small grain,
id the other in corn or cotton, alternat
ig them every year, which prevented
sahing in a way satisfactory tohim,.for
e had no dryiln j -rm.
,n idea occurs to me here, that if all
ir terraced lands were planted in alter.
te sections of small grain and hoed
ops, the terracing plan would work
ore satisfactory to many.
Loose stones placed in a line on top of
te ground make a first-class terrace
ank (notwithstanding the opinion of
me at the Pendleton meeting to the
)ntrary) for we can show banks in this
unty four or five feet high in places,
Hilt with loose stones taken off the land.
ut these banks were not made In one
tar; they were raised higher as the
irth filled in above, or the water washed
-ound the ends, with stones that con
nue to appear on the surface after each
:aon's plowing.
About twenty years ago I saw a ter
ice bank about three feet.high on the
ewer side of a garden that belonged to
idge Norton's mother, that was built
p by sowing a row of what she called
border grass," which caught the earth
it worked down, by catching new
>ots and climbing to the top of the
irth as fast as it accumulated. At in
rvals since then I have made good ter
ce banks by sowing rows. of this bor
er grass after the fashion of laying out
rrace baaks, which I found proved good
anks, and in addition gave fine crops of
~rly grass, which have been cut in the
tter part of Match, where fertized, for
lItes and colts. This plan of terrac
g is the only sy~tem that has no loss of
ted space, in trying to prevent land
om washing by either ditching or
rowing up banks of the richest earth
field growing noxious weed seeds that
ill infest the crops.
The best system of ditching uplands
revents a small amount of land from
ashing away at the rexpense of a large
mount of waste space of land, and a
early expenditure that is nearly equal
ythat which is required to keep up ter
ice banks, and at the same time these
itches do not entirely prevent the land
ashing. To prove this assertion, look
rthe accumulated sand in the streams,
ighways, and at the outlets of these
itches.
Until the land is washed. down to a
vel, washing may occur at times, but
hen the land is terraced-that is,
rought up to a level-it will not wash,
ran when half plowed.
F A'n's SoN.
W. H. Perry for Governo..
Sumter Watchman.
We have been informed from sources
msidered reliable that the above gen
eman will resign his office as Con
ressman from this State, will give-up
is law practice in Greenville, and re-'
re to his farm in the County of
reenville, only to come out more
rominently before the people as their
tdidate for Governor. This candi
cy on the part of Mr. Perry is tobe
stinctively and pronouncedly as that
~the Farmers' Alliance of this State.
r. Perry's resignation of the high
ice he now holds, might strike those
ho do not know the motive of his -
isignation, as not only a cause for
onder and surprise, but as well a
tse for conjecture and speculation.
e are in a position to explain,, and
doing so, we can't deem that we are
olating any confidence. Mr. Perry,
er consultation with those in au
Lority with the Alliance people, has
at his mantle upon the shoulders ot
r. Ball,. of his own County, and.
>pes, through his retirement to his
rm, to supply what the farmers have
anted-a leader, who, like Cincinna
s, can quit the plowshares for the
in of grovernment.
Electoral Reform tn vir gla.
Notwithstanding the large Democratie
ijoity, the Democratic leaders'in 'Vr
ia intend to have tho Legisle'uro
aige the election laws Senator John
. Daniel while in the city this week
id to me that he favored the Australian
stem, with certain modifications, but
declined to say what the moddfica
is were. Governor Lee says a change
the presenrt laws is doubtless needed
the is not prepared to say whether he
I recomimendI the Australian system set
t. -lHe is rather inclined to think
at ihe Australian plan, with., ia
w changes, might answer. Several
al managers express themselves in f::.
r o the South Carolina plan.
A GREAT GOLD FINNr
.rge vein. Located In Montgomery Cown.
mr, Northa Carolina.
lhe Carolina Watchman, published at
lisbtury N. C., has sent a mining ex
rt to Montgomery county to investi
e rumors of an important gold find
re, and he reports that all statements
out the fabulous wealth having been
covered there are true. The find Ia
d to be the richest ever discovered in
te. Therc parallel veins were found
>ut half an mn in thickness and orily
ew feet apart, The ore pans a large
rcent or pur gold. The Watch'man'sj
>resentativye ascertairned that' a bushel
solid gold had already been taken
tof the deposit. The place is owned
three Sanders brothers. Two Qf
mn have been living in Texas, but have
red for Salisbury in response to a
agram. Greal excitement is reported
the neighborhood and people are
ving their wotk to search for gold. It
tated that one man in two hours work
out 2,000 pennyweights of pure gold
I was then compelled by the owners
leave off wo:~