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" / "''y I ; r ' I~ l I . f'a. t J' !' r : f, f e !" 1 i c'n .'+ti J r. 1 I I S 1 .xl I + I, 1 rc:.,! ' %i J \ o" f ,}N VOL. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SOUTH CAROLINA'S LAW-MAKEiS EEIy IN ANNUAL SESSION. Both lloum. (o to Work., Without Delay. On Luse Year's Calenders---New Mea nures Introduced, &c.---The Day's Pro .-eedings in De:ail. At 1' 'c:cki yesterday wxhen Coh:1el w h veterani Clerk cf the Io.use, rapped-c to orer and proceeded to eali the roil, there was ro: quite as large a number of visitors present as is usual at' the opening of the session, and only a few ladies occupied seatsin the galleries. At the members' desks there were a nut. ber of vacant setts, but stil! considerably more than a quotum were present to an swer to their names. The day's proceedings were opened with a f-r it and eloquent prayer by the Rev. Dr. Eilison Capers. Speaker Simons, in a short speech of congratulation to the members upon re assembling for the discharge of their duties, commended them to the transac tion ef the business before them, and then with accustomed dispatch proceeded if, take up the reggiar order of business. He announced that during the recess tro of the members, viz.: Mr. A. M. ^^'-in of Chesterfield and Mr. R. E. lill of Abbeville, had tendered their re signation and writs of election had been issued by him to fill these vacan- c cies; their successors, Mr. W. S. Jackson t of Chesterfield and Mr. E. B. Gary of I Abbeville, were later on in the proceed- f ings announced as present by their colleagues and appeared before the bar ( of the House to take the usual oath of r office. t The Speaker also announce that he had appointed Master Robert Moorman, as a t House page to fill out the unexpired r term of his brother, Wardlaw Moor- 1 man, who had gone to the Citadel Academy. t On motion of Mi. Brawley, the usual ( message was sent to the Senate informing t that body that the House was in session, and on motion of Mr. Hutson, a simi a lar message was sent to the Governor, a who replied that the he would deliver his message to the General Assembly to day. The call by Counties was dispensed with and a number of bills and resolu tions were then introduced, the greater l number being merely of local interest. s Among the more important are the fol lowing: By Mr. McCrady-Joint resolution a proposing an increase of the public debt v of South Carolina for the purpose of 1 founding, establishing and maintaining I an agricultural mecha-ical and industrial t school or college. Joint resolution to amend Art. IV of t the Constitution, by repealing section 19, I which provides a board of county com- t missioners. ( By Mr. Raysor-Bill to charter the v Hampton and Branchville railroad. 0 By Mr. Childs-Bill to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors. By Mr. Guess -Bill to authorize towns i to substitute hard labor on the streets t for fine and imprisonment in case of mis- 1 demeanor; bill to give trial justices juris- s diction in cases of carrying concealed c weapons, and bill to amend the law In 0 relation to the provisions of certain stat. a utory liens. c The last named bill was, by the re-t quest of. the author, Mr. Guess, referred 3 to the committee on agriculture.4 A slight breeze of debate was raised s over a motion authorizing the Secretary n of State to expend a thousand dollars, if s so much should be found necessary, to t purchase new chairs for the tise of the legislative hall and the committee rooms, t Mr. Graydon, who introducid the reso- C lution, explained its necessity, showi ng a that the sum appropriated at the close .b of the last session for the purchase of desks and chairs had been expended by r the purchase of the desks. c Messrs. Mc~issick of Union, Bean az Edgefield, Linsler, Davis and Purifov t opposed the bill, while Mr. Ficken of i Charleston joined with Mr. Graydon in s urging its passage. P The resolution was tabled by a vote of 59 to 38. The calendar was then taken up and ~ some twenty-three or twenty-four bills C called. Most of them were passed over t or the debate adjourned to a future day. Mr. Edens's bill (with an unfavorable P report) to provide for the regulation of S marriages in this State, was passed over, i to be considered in conjunction with e several other bills of a similar tenor.~ o The bill to protect the interests of3 underwriters in cargoes of vessels load ing at the ports in this State for foreign ports, was indefinitely postponed; as was also the joint resolution authorizing and requiring the respective county treasurers in this- State t-> repay to tax payers all taxes or assessments for town ship bonds -or subscriptions which have been paid t'nder protest. The following bills passed to a third reading: Bill to protect the interests of under -writers in cargoes of vesseb~ loading at the ports in this State for foreign ports. Bill to charter a ferry in Fairfieldi and Lancaster counties at a point formerly known as "Peay's Ferry."I Bill to provide for the .survey of a~ portion of the boundary line between the counties of Charleston and Berkte ley. .iThe bilU to prohibit the imposition by mmaicipal corporations of licenses as a tax upon business, with substitute by comnmittee. to-wit: Bill to provide that no mnnicipal corporation shall have the right to imnpose the oenalty of imprison me-nt for :.he non payment of any tax oc br:siness or for the exercise or carrying ;: , any business without license fromn suc-1 utunicipal authority--was also taken up andi the substitute accepted for the original bii. Au etlort was made to strike out the enacting clause, but it failed, and the bi!l passed to a third reading. nt. The Senate was calied to order by Lie-itenant Governor Mauldin, and l the Senators responded to the call of their names by Acting Clerk Evans. ex cept five-Messrs. Bell of Aiken, Byrd of Williatnsburg, Donaldson of Green vie, Rhame of Clarendon and J? :.. Smnith of Spartanburg. Cierk GaillandI was also absent, being crdined to his bed by an attack of rheumatic fever. Prayer was offered by the Rev. A. L. Stepp, of Greenville. Tne President antnounced to the S~a ate that since the last session a vacan:cy had been caused by the resignation of Senator Alexander, of Kershaw, and that a.. election had been 'held to till tihe vacancy, and the clerk proceeed to read the returns of the managers of election, by which it appeared that J. RI. Magil had beabelected to fill the vacancy. Mr. Magill was then presented at the bar of the Seate and the usual constitutional oath wa n:fll'a ciita .h. Preide: and the netv Senator took air seat. E1 is a man of ftine presene. , his dignitde and i ate llicnt -cw ceivned with luxuriant head of :;ir and adorncd wit a flowing 'a'r(l of sn'wy witeneS Imporessing vue ts the conc:ourit:.nn, a Ca'rollia gelm.:i the ol'd sch) On motion the clerk was instructed t bear the usual meagc 1 the IU.ce, it foringin that a dv th:: the S nate ha oranized. "nd .: emmtt e nsisting (. S-tor Smythe Pepe and Moise wer l'e'. w:r': the" Z'une: m..emue.i t-> the Gov Afte- an .bser)ce o . few :omniits commuittee reported that the Governo would communicate his annual messag to the Senate at 12.30 on Wednesday. A resolution by Mr. Murray wa adopted authorizing the Preidcnt t< iopoint an assistant clerk during thi emporarv disabili:y of C'erk G illard who shall receive :he s-us per diiem a .he committee clerks during the time ht nay serve. Mr. T. E. HMorton was ap >ointed by President Mauhldin. Senator Buist intrdtceri the fo!!owing )ills: Bill to amend Article 4 of the Consti ution by repealing Section 19, whict >rovides for boards of county commis ioners. Bill to amend Section 356 of the Code >f Procedure relating 'o proceedings it he Supreme Court. Senator McMaster introduced a bili tc egulate trials by jury, the main ourpose >f which is to msake the greomets of tee urors sufficient to fied "1 verdict. The calendar brought over from last estion about twenty' five bills, which, on notion of Senator Murray, with the ex eption of three bills, were referred to he comnittees from which they came. he three exceptions were :e following rom the House: Bill to amend Sectiou 572 of the xeneral Statutes, providing for triplicate eceipts for moneys received by the S:ate reasurer. Bill to amend Sections 574 and 575 of he General Statutes of Sudh Carolina, elating to deposits of public funds in anks. Bill to regulate the payment of interest >y the treasurer of the State of South ,arolina on the recognized valid debt of he State. Upon Ser.ator 3urray's motion, the hove bills werecoutinuea on the caien ar and made special orders for Wednes :ay of next week. THE GOVERNoR's ME5SAGE. The annual message of Governor llich rdson is quite a Iong docum nt--any are synopsis of which would scarcely be atisfactory. The following arc the most nportant points covered: The State debt, funded and fundable, mounts to *6.595,924.02. Of this, 5,973,22G.9.: matures in July, 1893. be Governor recommends that the ,egislature take steps to fund in new onds bearing 4 per cent interest. The law providing for the collection of axes due on forfeited lands is shown to e so cumbeisome as to have been prac ically inoperative. The Sinking Fund ommission suggest certain chances, to Thigh the Governor invites the attention f the Legislature. The public schools show.itnprovenents all respects. The report of the supe: tendent of education shows that dur.ng be scholastic year ending August 31, 876, there were enrolled in the public chools S9,761 white pupils and 101,503 olored pupils, making a total enrollment f 194,264. During the same period the verage attendance was: White, 59,357; olored, 69,S92; not classifled, 7,109; otal, 136.358. Techcbrs employed: 'hite, 2,528: colored, 1,632; total, 250. The average length of the public chooi term throughout the State was 3.4 tonths. The Governor recommends ame action by the Legislature looking :a lengthening of the school term. The University, the Milhtary Academy, be Winthrop Training School, Claflin ellege and the institution for the 'dedf nd dumb and the blind, are reported to e doing, each in its sphere, excellent ork for tike State. The Governor corn inds these institutions to the fostering are of the General Assembly. The department of agriculture con nue. to do a good work for the farming iterests of the State. The experimental tatious are in successful operation, and romise most excellent reruits. The penitentiary coctains S25 colored onvicts, and 50 white. The prisoners e employed within the penitentiary 'or n the Columbia canal, or on farms near he eity. The ~tunatic asylum contains 722 atients. The Governor recommends a cparate and distinct asylum for colored atients. The institutiot> has been most conomically managed, the maintenance f patients costing ::an average only 7{ cents a day. The Governor calls attention to the ondition of the railroads. as shown in he report of the comnmission. I~e specially urges a law providing separate .nd equal accommodations for colored assengers. The militia has fallen off sli;,htly it umbers, owing to more rigid inspections, >ut is in excellent condition. The Gov ror recommends s. me provision tor the >ay of militia called out for speci ser For paasion's the State has expended. luring the past fiscal year $40,G00.20, listributed amaog 1,919 peasioners . h ppicatios rejected number37 .The Gonimnor on Wednesdav sent nessage to the Ileuse', embra.cing~ hap proval of the act to catbis the sep rate agricultural callege *t 1'ort 11. he Governor gives tht e ' -wingr esi the General Assem'bly --!'nder the provis ion o: sectiomn .,, artcl .. - f the C 0 1 tut;ina of this S:ate I retaie thic witout ac-: n. to '-'wait tn (icet-n c te courts us to the righ, of Mr Cek son to bequeah the proper in ques~ion the Act vin bee deneed ore *t: op its. ratit .5 e -tio C 1-:: I idc e to l t .utche n iewo y3:o oj iifeuty erxstoe..'*.d befoe l pCpl o. this TSoe and e'Is '~ -sgatgaeuiy its obe, to h ele 'It a~e e tds etae bel-t: ut valieii of tb.s Csratesman. bkir iDths cit Chaletn, dung tan they hpr aken tinhs man :! revin Ahm er. his iaci avg troubles. lT o h d aPAC~iSt AiBOUli TlE .l : >\ h|ITS lISfo : . .- htle Blrin1:S r t Co:l ei -' : . C - Tile E'mi'iO 1!ero-1' m r ( -- i.j Ia::: n- - Thelt re olution tha h. ..1...: :. : So l e arely (n the: _,:h Amerca 1u a re bpie: i: !.. - . r Q'I *ietly and without .nr* c tion i ew republic has -- .: r m out of an Emire. \C"t ?:".w :Le outside world kep n::t fte;:a trans foruation u;til it w s c -ap( . effete~d uu: eve:i t~zo nnN : zil, reprcsning :anr nt'1ni imn courts, expressed surprise that tiy t, a. longer rsented a nonat e su republic. AREA OF 1:I1.i.. ' , Brazil is an mmens county ny the United t:ates :,dilt in tie a niicence of its possibilities, but lac , the diversified climate and soi!, and me essaril-v the advantages frr di'e:&rs:i :: dustries to the extent the hm in this countr v : Occupying alaeost 'ine-h'af of-u ' A merica, Brazil sprean over ansm ted area of 3,252.)00 sq is comprised of the f''Vown'' t'., under the old reg'ien ,i c R i:,-r :i Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Cath:::-ir.. it Parana, Rio Gran:de de Sul, ..ii:~ ' tin Santo, Bana, Pvarhiba do No:-c er. nambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Rui k.:::.. , do Norie, Ceara,- PIhtuh, M3ran':, t e Pare, Minas Geroes, Garz i,tto Gros so, Alto Amlazo nas. S Brazil may be divided into th:ee dif fereut regions-the iow c:as:, a 1i-e land with tan elevation of from 2.:.!O0 L 2,500 feet, and a large plain, water'i by the Amazon and its triuies, :i'd ing very little decinaton. .raioei :>b big rivers and marked by many i n au: n ranges, the country c15:!r an in'it field for immigr-ation. TL',uah a:e two hundred years, it has :et : ; :I,-r ,- . auce of a new countrv. T"re ae official statistics of products under ..:er of the heads of Agrieu':ure. lrt Fisheries or Mines. Con~ul General Aul' drews, in his report of March, 1863. says mue on the larger coffee and sugar yar tioas agriculture is in an a .Ced 'ti'. c ua Sn far as it can be nder 'v, .u'" nothing except working the hoe, !,i-, and, very exceptioeally wih the plut,1 and is done for the imorovement of tLe sil At ti The latter is never mauured, ;ts .ura tion richness on these larcr and wvidey a - tered plantations being alone 'dpe ded eIn upon. The so:l on t: best pl anta'-o a is apurple clay of consi.:rau de~ bL', 5700. and its areas here and the: c:: tli islands in a wide sea of ora:-y : and sometimes worthless 'i:d. T be soil, also, is usually c tie v'e. it tions covered ints Vir "iew mammoth trces, and beingt thi1 safer from frost, is all the tte: far the cof fee tree. Coffee, thouyh grl iici pally in the three larg-er p'roCvince! r Rio, is raised successful v :n cvery pro ince except perhans the two most south erly ones. Sugarcane, cotton, omze, tok::.co uplarcd rice atre readiiy grown in eve'ry province. The crops are raised prob-di"~ ably wvith less than half the labor that is l used in the United States, and ordinari agricult ure presentse a1 shfs appear ance. - , Among the other products of the :m. to - are manico, beans, bananas .pec..enanha, that. ginger, yams, lemons, oranges, ig:, 'tc 881, Except on the loftiest mounain and 1F' the wide scrtaos, the vegeta 'on is lu o 1: riant beyond description. In the :nou- the s tain passes in the neighb"orhoo of th"' >, sea shore, the conjoint eie~c of he"ucam and moisture produce ~a'upril -y o s vegzetable life which :n::a's utmot ecra :I cannot restrain. Treces spi fr prvn T in the neighborhood of I->.1anio sed :1 forth shoots and branchesi~:d~ey la In the extent and Ius~uria::ca' of r :- n ests Brazil is unexchled. 0.1tb 135 of the Amazon the loftice; trees destro '10I each other by their proximiit.T~.: cse forests are a rich source of revenae pr A ducing many valuable wo ds fr eponrt. p MINERALa. - The me:aliic and mi::eral -'rode whien occur im. the ge-.magia -"r~sf' of Brazil are very numnerous. P::e.~p among these is the diamond. Emer ld sapphires, rubies, tepao~s be- l. 1 malines, (black, blue anai greer ) amethysts ar found, cee !!5 h provinces of M'inas Geas G : Ie e cur in great proIu'mi, inoa -n'rl' t quality. Opals, chu eoiear carneliins are *foun nea l h um the country. Gold, siver, mercur,e per, maugaucze galeain occur. With th exeio diamonds the mines ofB.-1 cupy an inIii ''n p!-e good~ ron (oretat is." *redb ce:sule ore for'. - Soo a - it sumedth e Pede, foe the- tor-n:',r icoed Jui118 l/ d.~. ofhs e.. wsu~a e nuret-1.a:,aw. n A (e. n180DnPdr eone-h a .ermer ndW -rtu:.l th T rvueed arino :n_ , " t -i: : i ta mi 1, I* n ,.' n ~('tation, ttoa' . e migh e ~q~hri~n..ad - cx .. e exerei~ud ti. _ awn regardJ ." the L..gislatu:< . ba :npoIreel t,3 choose tile Sena t > convoke (r a.jtnuru the Genera yo dissolve the Chamber of i. d S setoU the decrees oa :L6!"; ; rc ards the executiv, .-a a baor d mi i at will tut( Ster= o st::e; a. d over the judicia; b supc::ding the magistrates, : r iu:ng )enalties and :":; mnesa cs. Tae person of the -ro:- va:: :1e:Ld and iuviolable and E Te :.r~ hea! begun to gaith ir co..e andthe freedmen. With e'is.s:'emed t" have con in Ieir I; bt r, either on the plan 1 their lton ner mas:er or on those S::nter. It is generally admit m;":l: -r, that their werk w:.much L: eior." wvere made by the gov .i:It:n Parlianeut fo)r the relief e som:'1 wh) l:S. most heavily '.y hi of slaverv and to allay the : I t r .)V Coccasiored. , A bill Sythe Chamber of Deputies l.:h b:::ks to lead money on e.-n ':..: it reached the Senate too I Ietio::. A bill for the repression i': . :au :dlo introduced in the .cr of I) pties. but its discussion : 1t- cocluded. A bill for compensa the owners of the emancipated Srejected by the Senate. ATI"o 'Ds. the 1a: few years Brazil has made 1. pogrtes. At the close of the is t ar_ was in operation in the S.522 m.il s of railroad, of which b ll;e to the general govern 30! t !i,! provincial government, o13 Co ompaties and individuals. I :uue time there were in construc 0 mles of railway, of which about it lestimated, have since c"::isi:ed, maktig the total length inIyvs in operation in Brazil nearly miles. IN DI'riEs OF IUItAZIL. .zil is not sp-.eially a umaufactur untrv, a1 its natittnal industries colle:ting and palaiong us stoes. and salt-matking, with ,ei~ id working, have the r.. The most important man "i indu-try, ihowever, is tha! of f .rics, there beint. it is said, one hundrted factorices of these s in the emire. Beer breweries b, und there :are manufactures of ~ar grap wines, candles, lard, r anmi hee and chocolate. There r-'e estabishmentts for preparing oeef, and also coffee and flour : fogeign trade of Baazil anmaunted 1,1:1,250 in the year 188G-87, and f the por'. of Rio die Janeiro to $93, 14. t'he year 1833S the exports from C Jaceiro amtounted, according to atistic3 of the custom house, to 17,43, of which $33,70O3,G01,72 tote Un .ite,. States. Of this the imuottanti item was coffee, the ci imports of the United Sta~ets hprtof Rio fer iSSS v:ere: 2Ut,058 bairels; kerosene.5~40.215 iucae; lard, 35,833. kegs and r arrels, ad turpentmne 0807 s a atural in a ountry so thiily 4.tedm~mu~cturm maOustries are 16.::i Mac . vrtheless, those .: ege in t:.; work had suml irtlenc e to obtain from Parliament dotionf of'asiiding sec~dein certain r. dutie foIr the protection of Bra m ..u.faceturcs, in addi'ion to the * t: proeci afforded by the im TEEFF.;cTS. *a t.e re.-ui s of this change will be -od 1. r.!rd-- begun to see. .:si:rs!e fort~ard t, the time th~r':d il be ideal reputblics, :e ::vis otdistant when there Uc (0e- republics in the world. The .d-* e!c~ are partly expressed ec N\-.: York Trbn.wen it says: rauto in razi, lbv completing ien.ineatty republics un a : mpu::eto the work of thet unre~ ntress re-assembling' in 0im. 1 emves th-:last remnrtt ''2r'mn y5i~c system from e::ins. ai ateri~uiy st rengtheis C. : f:r urpe (If mutua help a w ritlc 2eu abat the pr~ssi Iitbe culmtre in this State, f,:r a d w:: : l a :i the restult -;f a s3.eforp~le::for specirnn of .w.o :bott vo yea'rs ago cau. - i: m:S n ForeeeCounty andI I *. l~ itarroi bl cr . -. F.M. R:ge:, Jr, N loriee c . , 1;) : 9i a i p i e ; t * *i~ *i" ai s o ac e- ls~ 1.00 cre of t1 -hr :gmecuny sas s flm well: cue~ugh to start fo: ae this afternoon.'--ouisvil4 A SAZILE cGiVEN MV Di(:-WEA YO3UN;7 :SrCOESSOR. A Leer Wh Ci,(:1::: to wor1. .Mirall .Cn ' :, De"ad--i.. ) ib rta n ;A1 - meut of i)'vilis to ii. Fellow Men. New Yo:; :'a. Ifhe chilren of t al beliee t. teachi-:L <' Wyilie:-i \'oolruii. tl sueusa~~~r toI -rga on and Jol: Taylor in the pre-,idency of the Mo mon church, iife must present a gloom outlook to their youthful eyes. wit small hope of salvaltion aO. the en for it is the deliberate calculation 1 this aged teacher thbat each person no upon the earth is individually best by 100 devil- whose mission it is 1 betray him into torment. It is a mat teriof simple arithmetic; 100,000,000. 000 devils fell to the earth ti ith Luci fer; there are 1,000,000,000 peop] uoon the earth, which gives 100 imp to every man, woman and child. "Now, I want all our boys an girls," said President Woodruff re cently to the Mormon children, 't refleet upon this and see what dange they are in and the warfare they, hav to pass through." President Woodruff has abiding be lief that the agents of satan have a actual form and can appear in th body, before ti:e eyes of men, for h has sen them au'l battled with then more than case in his eventful career When in Liverpool, in 1840, engage in missionary work for the Mormoi church, he was called upon to labo over a woman who was in a terribl rage, tearing her clothes, and requir ing the strength of three men to hely her in her bed. He laid hands unoi her and commanded the devil to de part, which it did, and the woman fel into a sleep and awoke restored. Bu the devil who had lost lodging re mained about the neighborhood an< soon took up his quarters in the bod; of a little child. The missionary wa again appealed to. "I found it," he relates, "in grea distress, writhing in its mother's arms laid hands upon it and cast the devi out of it, and the evil spirits had n< power over the household afterward. The same dark agents attempted t< break un the first Mormon mission it London, which Elders Woodruff Heber C. Kimball and George A Smith established in the winter of tha year. They had no sooner begut ' woik than they found "the devil wa manifest." The evil spirits gatherei about the:: in great numi ers, and a times exhibited great power. On one cecasion Elders Smith ani Woodruff had retired to rest upon tw< cots about three feet apart: They hat hardly st.rdtched out when a legion c devils made war upon them, seekinf their dtes:ruction-with venom and fury until, as Mr. Woodruff says, "we wer< nearly choked to death." But sud denly three angelic visitors, dresses in white and encircelel by light, enter ed the room, and at that instant the imps disappeared and were seen b3 them in London no more. According to President Woodruff's own declarations, his life in the earl: days of eldership and apostleship was onec continual round of miracle work ing and supernatural deliverance. H< was baptized in the Mormon cherch it 13;>, went straight up to Kirkland met Joseph Smith, and was ordered ti join the Mormon army that was pre paring to march to the ielief of th< persecuted saints in Missouri. His frst le:son was that of obedience; h< gave the prophet a sword he hac brought with him, and received fron Brigham Young a' butcher's knife ii its stead. Overpowered by a desia to preaci the new gospecl, he was .ordained priest and sent upon a mission witl another into the wilds of. Arkansas and Tenriessee. He had experiences that proved his mettle and showed the church auth~orities that he was a will ing servant of the church. His firs sermon was preached in a tavern, anm in the midst of his discourse the land lord opened the door and the storn blew the snow into the room. "'I in quired the object of having the doe: opened in a snow storm," Mr. Wood r~iff confesses, "and he informed mi that he wanted some light on the suk Iject. I found that it was the custon of the country." Mdanv adventures befell them upo: this niitin. A black bear came ou of the for'est, sat upon his haunche! looked at them, and then ran awvay Woives followe:1 them by night bu did them no harm. When Woodru; was sent by spiritu~al guidance to wari a certain scoffer to repent, he was or dered cut of the house, and as th scotier tollowed to the road he fel dead. The mis-sionary remained an< preached the faneral sermon. When, u.>oa a long journey. his le; u w. inmeditel made whole On his ireturn to Kirkland he we made an eldir, and afterward one c bhe twelve apostie-, aad finally, i ths me~er U1iitah days, )riden~~lt C We iv the :.bosof his first mih sin yer suue pin these wcra frmr his ow-n pen:P "A.ri).m- 1. ilme I had) travele .: mi'c:. el 170 mneetings, bal and 1 deaconi . rcured 20*. subscriber for' th :'sge ad deeo , 1~c of .'"ssuri to:--is "i wrongs don th.ainsin I.*o county, h~id 'o0' r"..: ogis, e ut w"s nc( ?'nd Iin. . 'ed-h labor' of th yea in by 1in Johnny cake, bu ter and jml a rother A. C Sm'.ioot' .JJt the-b*: and hi'ey wvere oni an ass n te 0::.Hard work iv beor W'im~i'i 'iuth, on the Foc ad1 in th e' an finallyi .gI. Mcle::.mI spirituail pox Ie of theh etore were scatteie i jlou-n c tde track. Drean: ,.i'. * ie hen mobs we: v ee :-k y te Eingon of hlandis; mir~ IeuI t ppared upon tU coat f 3aie. d y i~swouderft poescau'sed W doubte to b, on: conered ad icll p ower carn upn \ oung mi.An.ary to ran I~ wi. :; l'i, .1wearyv handfail ee'nvemI frmeno Illinois in t11 dead f iner, iwig ii rude wa, ns throu'h mud I nd snow, traveii: b dayaId catmpring by night whe: e-.,, e (asee5 overtoo then I Many were sick, some died, others halted by the way, but young Wood ruff and a faithful few kept on. His T wife-he had only one then, for the polygamous revelation had not yet been given-was taken with brain fever, and while delirious was jolted onward in the rude cart that was her only home. He was finally compelled to halt and claim the hospitality of a rude tavern by the wayside, but the noise there was such that he again took her up and carried her two miles further, where shelter was obtained in u a private house. She sank gradually, and Elder Woodruff declares that she was dead. But faith came upon him; h he prayed over her and anointed her with oil that had been consecrated at 1; Kirkland, laid hands upon ner, and re )f buking the power of death, bade life again to come to her. "Her spirit re turned to her body," he declares, "and from that hour she was made whole." 0 The wife confirmed her husband's story, and declared that while within _ the portals of the grave she was given her choice whether to go on or return, and that upon seeing the lonely con e dition of her husband and child, she s concluded once more to assume the burden of the flesh. o GILT-EDGE BUi'TER. r An Intterestinr Talk with ('apt. Stribling, of Pendleton. And.:r-on I !,tciigencer. nFr some tie past the question of estab lishing a cremnery at Pendleton has been e agitated by a number of the progressive e farmers and stock breeders in and a around that section. It was proposed to organize a company to operate the enterprise, but the effort was not a suc cess. Amgong the most prominent agita. a tots of the enterprise was Capt. J. C. r Stribling, the energetic proprietor of e "Hampshire Farm." A few 'lays ago Capt. Stribling was in th city and visit ed the Inteiligencer office. 1 During an interesting conversation we a learned that he had decided to establish a creamery on his own account, and in I the future to give more attention than t ever before to his dairy and stock farm. - He has purchased a creamery outfit in I Vermont of a capacity of forty gallons per day, and it is now being placed in s position. Within the next sixty days he will have it in operation. t Is als told us of a new arranger ment of his own invention which he ha's 1 completed. IHe terms it a "milking par-. Sfor." It is a small building, 10 by 22 feet, is conveniently located between > the cow barns and is used for milking purposes eseusively, In this "parlor" are two milking stanchions where two cows can be milked -at the same time. These stanchions are provided with ante voiding attachment, a sort of clasp that is drooped down across the spine and flank of the cows and effectually prevents from dropping filth upon the door while in the building, which is kept as clean and neat, comparatively speaking, as a pailor, and is entirely free from the foul odor that polutes the milk f when milking is done in a filthy place. In speaking of the best food for pro ducina gilt edged butter, the Captain said the food that gives the quick, aromatic flavor at this season is equal portions of corn and peas ground to gether, gnd just enough of wheat bran mixed id to open up this meal. He does not feed cotton seed in any form for making butter. As to the artificial coloring of butter, Capt. Stribling is bitterly opposed to it. Ue says that. everything else being equal, color in butter is indicative of fine quality as much so in butter as in is in ripe, mnellow fruit. Therefore artificial col oring is a deception, and to that ex tent a 0fraud. Artificial coloring was not practiced until the advent of gilt edged Jersey and Guernsey butter upon the market, when it becam e necessary to color poor or common but ter in order to compete with gilt-edged butter. Capt. Stribling has for years been shipping his butter to distant markets, where he receives a fancy price for it. Hie has a standing order for every pound of it, and cannot supply the demand. The establishment of his creamery will enable him to increase his supply, and even then we do not believe he will be able to supply- the dceiand. This cream gry will be the first establishment in the State', and we predict a big success or it. SCALED LIKE A SERPENT. 3 A Phi ladelpjhia Policeman's Strange Mat - ady from a Snake Bite. Policeman Edward Dawson of the Fourth district on Friday visited the Zoological GardenA not to see the an imals, but to seek medical advice, says the Philadelphia Press. On Officer -Dawson's hand between the second t and third fingers. is a little open Iwound no larger than a pinhead, that 2 has remained so since 1866, when he was bitten by a black snake in Austra Sa. He wanted to find out whether he keepers of the Zoo had any par ticular specific for the bite of a snake, and told a remarkable story. Dawson passed his boyhood in Ber' wick township, Gibb's Land, Province of Victoria. When a boy of fifteen s years playing in the brush, hse was itten. He ran home and his mother sucked the wound toextract the yen om. His father, who was high police olicial, sens for Professor Halford, of ~the Melbourne hospital, who injected Sammonia into the lad's wrist and no ill eff'ecte immediately followed from the )ite -But for years Dawson has sutfered from a most perplexing malady which he canno: but attribute to the snake's bite. As soon as spring weather comes the palms of his hands develop rasealy eruptionahc looks like the under part gf a snake's body, and a like trouble appears in streaks on the legs below the knees and on the foot. The very puncture in the wrist, where e Professor Hialford injected the ammon --ia always shows a dark circle around -it. Thee eruption is very painful, and~ policeman1 Dawson has dithiculty mn piping his club when it is necessary Sto have itready in discharge of his X duty. n - notr D)efends Conlederate. s Ataruinof the survivors of the -ATet Senon Carolina Confederate o Re'iment., Senator Butler delivered an a orction~ which is atiracting c-onsidIera .e ble attention, onl acbout of the vigor 1 with which the Senator r-esented the .e aspersions still cast in certain guarters e upon the men who were in the Con e edrt Army. He defended the ~motives and principles of the Confed f jerates. and denounced the partisan ebitterness shown by the G. A. R. - jSoutherners wvere willing to accept g the si uation with good grace, and he r- thought the Northerners should do THE DE.'ADENCE OF FARIING. An Ab!e Article on a nbicc: A1ecting the in:ere-t% of ti Entire Country. Under the above caption a very able article is written by Joel Benton, for the Popular Science Monthly. He shows first as a substantiative fact that the depreciation in the actual and marketable value of land within the last twenty years isa statement applicable to New England ,s well as to the Southeastern States, which are the distinctive agricultural States of thms country., In New England, "where the sup posed benign effect of the National Government's attempt to diversify in dustry, so that farming need not be overdone," * where the land was originally fertile, where every social and industrial advantages are afford ed, the farms are, however, advertised for sale, and sold, too, at an exceed ingly low figure. This is true, al though every conceivable surrounding exists to enhance the value of land; there are all the necessary elementsin the protectionists' theory to increase the value of land. Upon the lands were improvements in the way of good buildings, railroads numerous, large factories and populous towns were e near, schools and churches. It seems, then, that if there is one section of the United States which enjoyed all of the t best facilities for making farming a paying business, it was in New En gland. But still we are told that the farms there are advertised for sale 1 under orders of foreclosure, just as t they are right here in Fairfield, year 1 after year. The actual experience of c farming in New England then argues t conclusively the falsity of the theory of protection. 1 Says Mr. Benton: It is now twenty a years, at least, that farming has been n going rapidly downward. * Farms S in New England, and some in the r Middle States, sold for less than the c buildings cost which are upon them. ' * * Very recently the New York V State assessors have issued a report b * * in respect to the assessed valu- t ation of farm lands in various coun- c ties. And this is their story: "In v fourteen counties visited, they found r that farm lands had depreciated in g value, while city propeity had in- a creased in value." 1 The Bureau of Labor Statistics for b Illinois have given a report in refer- 'I ence to farm mortgage indebtedness b in 1870, 1SSO and lSS7. The purely c agricultural debt is as follows: o Year. Debt. ft 1S70. $ 95,721,003 g 1880, 103,225,237 b 1SS7. 123,733,098 ir This is anything but an encouraging q renort. . The interest-on those mortgages is a estimated at from 7 to 9 per cent.; the b profit of the farmer is rated from 4 to $1 5 per cent. These figures indeed tell c a sad story, not only for Illinois, but tl for every other State in the Union. tl What a drain upon the farmer to meet si the interest! Yet it is a fact., year by e: year increases the amount of farm ai mortgage indebtedness. b Now money is seeking investment, o and, al-. t. Isr4e value of land is depreciating every ai year, yet we find in the Manufactur- m ers' Record a statement, with definite re facts to corroborate it, that more and w more money is for loan on real estate. ai It is generally conceded that taxes s< fall upon what can' be seen. The ic acres of land of the farmer "cannot be $ hidden or sworn- away,-' hence they ba never escape taxation, but as to per- w sonalty it can by evasion be avoided. st This is one of the reasons for the de- r< cline of farming. But perha.ps one of ni the most potent reasons is the relation is of the tax on farms to the national s< tax-the tariff-which beguiles the v farmer with the declaration that it is u protection, a worse misnomer never ti existed-that it is for his benefit, a c< system which forbids him from buying al amost every utensil used on the farm ti as cheaply as he might, and forces him si to sell the products of his own labor at tl a low price. How can he prosper a under a system of taxation which in.- tI creases his necessary grticles for car rying on his farm, and at the same time decreases the value of the pro-d duets of his own labor?. The time is ripe for him to know J and feel the baneful effects of this un,- c just tax. It is high time for every C farmer in this country to stir with one' I tremendous effort to abolish these 'V taxes. Experience demands it. We ti can't afford to make one class of peo. n pe rich at the expense of the majority. 0 Hoycotting~ a Postmaster. a The people in the neighborhood of v Deits, a small viliage on the Atlantic, h Tennessee and Ohio railroad, near c Charlotte, N. 0.,- are boycotting the a postoffice now. The Republican post- p master ia very obnoxious to the peo- c pe. All mail is left at R. W. McCon- t1 nell's store, and is placed on the traim o without going through the postoffice- a McConnell also sells stamps and post als, and all mail comes directed in his j care, so tha.t nobody finds it necessary II to call at the postoffice for any pur- ,j pose. The boycott is said to be comn- n, olete.a Ihnncock'.., Neglected Graye.t Philadelphia Record. The pilgrim whbo journeys to the Mont omery Cemetary at Norristown to do eve':ce to the tomb of General Hancock i not apt to bear away with him thet motagreeable impressions, If he be a stianger he enters 2.he little city of the dead with exalted ideas of a towering or imposing manoleum erected over the dead soldier's remains, lHe will carryt away ai pitr of a deserted and neg~ lced vault in a solitary corner of the rav-;ard, with not a word or a token[ Oa bit of manrble to tell that a national bero lies entombed withis. Only a fewC months b~efore hi.s death Genera! Han ccit eOuse ::is oe.- resting place. It was i the eastern corner of. the cemectary,C fa removedL.. from all other grav.es and dirctly beeide the grim and gloomy re cevig vault. When he died he was lid to rest amid great pompo aud cere mony. A monumeni was immediately, prOoeJ, and the scription list started the rounds. The mound surrounding he vault was welt sodded and the eur ronng made neat and attractive. Now, hiowev'er, the place0 preserats a slrbby appearance. Tne grassy mound that was once smooth amnd even is pune tured' with deep) holes. The grass has ceased to grow within a f.>ot of the road bed, thus exposing a long atrip of bare earth, above which the mod is ragged nd unkempt. The general air of neglect makes the hero's grav-e a picture of deso. lation. The Appeiate Court of Illinois has gvna decision upholdi ng the right of municipalities to suppress the Salvation Army a thn- nuisances. MADE NO FUSS ABOUT IT TWO TRAIN ROBBERS LIGHTLY LIFT A MODERATE FORTUNE. Plans Well Laid and Neatly Executed The Train Boarded at a Prper Place and Cut In Two-Getting Away With the iIonev. OswEoo, KAN., Nov. 27.-A train robbery of extraordinary boldness was accompiished in Choctaw Nation, Indian.' rerritory, last night. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas express train, north >ound for St. Louis, was held up on Pryor Creek, near Perry station, and the xpress car was robbed of about $50,000. 'he rcbbers displayed great coolness Lmd went about their work in s'uch a amiliar manner as to convince the train nen that they were old time profession pls. The road agents were only two in umber. They bad concealed themselves n a clump of bushes near the water tank n Pryor Creek, and when the train topped for water they boarded the agine, one on either side, and covered be astonished engineer and fireman with their revolvers and explained to hem their design of robbing the train. One of the robbers climbed into the ender and from that point of vantage raj master of the engine. The men in t were at his mercy and were compelled o obey his command. The other robber a the meantime had gone back to the xpress car and had uncoupled it from he rest of the train. Entering the car, e intimidated the messenger by present g a brace of revolvers at.his head and rdering him to disarm himself. The essenger obeyed and the robber pos ssed himself of the messenger's. reapons, and then, through the window, ailed to his confederate in the tender: AiLrigbt 1 let her go1" The latter re eated the command, and the engineer ad nothing to do but obey. He opened ae throttle and the engine and express ar sped away from the train. Mean hile the robber in the express car had ot been i-le. He compelled the messen er to open the safe by threat of death, ad to transfer the safe's contents to a rge gunny sack which the robber had rought along to convey the booty in. he mc3senger ag'in obeyed. The rob - er then made a hasty examination of the r to see that nothing valuable was rerlooked, gave the signal to his con ;deratc and the latter ordered the en ineer to slack up. This done, the fob ers disembarked and made their escape t the darkness. All this was done so aickly that the engine had proceeded. Lly a mile and a half from Pryor Creek id the robbers had completed the rob sry and effected their escape before the irprised trainmen knew what had oc irred. No attempt was made to pursue ie agcts, and the engineer ran back to le creek, picked up his train and pur led his trip. The train was the regular tprces, which ,always carries a large nount of express matter, and the rob era czuiu badily have selected a better e tor the rvk. Atwas re r e - h beefTBM id the passengers relieved of their. oney and va!usbles, but when the train ached here at 2 A. M., that report as found to be untrue. When the train rived here Express Messenger John in had just completed footing up his sees. The total figures were between t5,000 and $50,000, This loss must be >rne by the Pacific Expiess Company, hich operates on the line of the Mis ui, Kansas and Texas. An attempt to >b the Santa Fe train was made at tary the same' point in the Territory. t week, but the officers of the road smehow got wind of the plan and~ pre- -- :ntei its execution, although they were 2able to capture the robbers. It is. zought they are the same men who >mmhited the robbery last night, though nothing definite is known as to, eir identity. The train's stop was so zort at this point that ro description of ie robbers could be obtained. The train ill not arrive at St. Louis until late uis afternoon. JoIHiSON TELLs ANOTHER sTORY. ST. Louis, Mo.-A special from Se lia, Mo., gives interview with Oscar >hson, the express messenger whose ur was held up and robbed at Pryor reek, twenty-fiT-: miles south of Vanita. d., last night. His story isas follows: Then the traiu stopped at the water nk near that station a gang of men of at less than .five boarded the train. Two fthem took possession of the engine 'hile another cut the mail, baggage and. ipress cars off from the engine. A shot armed Johnso.:, who was secreting aluable packages. By the time the... ighwaymen were- ready to to enter his a he had all but about $1,Q9t+ tored. - ray in various pasts of tea, gthe, ont of the pistol Johnson opened t'f~ ampany's safe and the robbers secured 2e $1,000 found there. They then pened his train box and seeing a'small mount of money asked whose it was. That's part of my salary," replied ohnson. The robbers left it, telling im that they were not robbing trainmen. ohsor told them that. was all the oney and the left the car. Johnson, gea.up-mied by the express company tiieils, leit for Sr. Louis this afternoon, se former practically under arrest. Mala' irompt "ettlemients. Thbe Cotton Plant, the official organ of at Farmers' Alliance of this State says: We are informed that there are mem ers of the Alliance who are holding seir cotton and allowing their accounts. ith merchants to remain unsettled after aey have become due, without making rangements for extension of time for ayment. If this is being done we are are it is not with a view of injuring erchants, but rather to carry out the liv ef the order not to rush cotton. pn'the masrket too rapidly and thereby ause a decline in price. But where embers of the order have incurred obli i': s, to be discharged by a certain y, they ought either to make prompt eteme.nt or go to their merchants and ecure t~n extension of time. This is only air and just, and is in accordance with he instructions of- the National Cotton ommitec and the principles and teach ugs f the order. However much a man 2ay want to holI his cotton., he ought ot to do it, if it causes men to suffer rho have sold him goods with the ex ectation of a settlement at s certain The will of Mrs. Charles Crocker, of an Francisco, bequeaths he.r whole ~state, valued at $11,000,000), to her our children. But the children hay ug found among her papers memos a. showing a purpose to give about a muili ion to charity and education, they ecare that they will carry out her irih.