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TRE STATE CAMPAIGN. THE BIG MEETiNC AT COLUMBIA. Speeches by Senator Ilampton, Captain Tillma2 and Other-i -A Horrible Accident Mars the Eay. The campaign meetingfor llichland eame off in Columbia on the 24thinst. The Greenville News gives the fol lowing report: When the parade arrived at the fair grounds the speakers were greeted with round after round of cheers. At first only about a thousand people were on the grounIds but steady ad ditions swelled the nauber to near 4,000. Before the hour had arrived the speakers' stand, which had been erected in the exhibition ring facing the main exposition building. as occupied by about fifty people, nearly all being representative men of the State. Chairman JoLin T. Sloan. Jr., called the meeting to order and announced that the proceedings would be opened with prayer by the Rev. Ellison Capers. That. reverend gentleman invoked most earnestly and eloquent-. ly the guidance and sanction of the Divine power on all the proceedings of the day. Chairman Sloan then ruse and made an appeal to the audi ence for order and for respectful at tention for each speaker. He then presented Senator Wade Hampton, the grand and great hero who in peace and war had had the prosperi ty of his State at heart and had trav elled four days to reach Columbia to discuss issues which have a tendency to the disintegration of the party and to soil the name of the grand old State. When Senator Hampton rose 1'e was cheered to the echo. Hats went off and handkerchiefs were waving., while from every throat went up some cry of applause. The band on the balcony of the main building struck up "Dixie" and a rebel yell rent the air, the soul stirring air and harmon izing cheers blending in a chorus of welcome to the State's great leader and patriot Senator Hampton stood erect while the cheering was going on and when it had sufficiently moderated to allow him to go ahead commenced his 4peech. He said: "3r. Chairman and Qellow Citizens of South Caroli nat: Your cordial greetinghas touched my heart so dearly thatI can scarcely find words with which to thank you. I have come here in obedience to the ca.l of the executive committee of my own county-the county whose peo rplhave given me every honor within their power and whom I have tried to serve-to speak on the gravest is sues which have touched the State since 76. I have come to consult what is best to promote the prosperi ty of the State. I have come to see what the survivors of 'Y6,whose cour age redeemed the State from the znost ruinous rule under which a civ ilized people ever existed, say we shall do." Senator Hampton said before he began to discuss the issues he wan ted to say he concurred heartily in what the c-hairman had said in open ing the meeting. He' was ashamed tobhear that ithad not been done in some of the meetings. He never ex peeted to see the day when a South diamacl& inault John Bratton, who had lea South Ctro -niazan'o th-e ja~s of death. Had -the people forgotten the services of ~such men to the State? Senator flampton urged against division in his most earnest mannor -He considered theihigh tariW the bane of the farmers and 4 sub -treasurv bill a humbug 'A said he >d~aded to hear of ~v ios now when on :the - Aarof Congress there wer already iniquitous elec 4ion * - which boded incalculable 7to the State. If the people had not 13ad self-government they .were themselves to blame for it. They -hail not done their duty to the party and State in electing delegates to the conventions. While Senator Hampton was speak .ing Colonel Earle arrived on the Sground and was greeted with a illd demonstration, interrupting -Hampton's remarks for some min utes. - General Bratton was presented amid wild chering and gave his warn <ingto the people in no uncertain terms. He was heard with earnest 4ttention and occasionally interrup ted with vociferous applause. When Tilinan was introduced there was a wild hnzzah from the cowd in front of the stand,- which was largely made up of the Edgefield contingcnt of Timmanites. fHisses mingled with the chieers indicated the ~opposition sentiment, which *Chairman Sloan soon quieted by de termined action. DaThring his speech all sorts of jeers -were thrown out air'the agitator, but his pluck seemed to make an inpres sion on the crowd, and such demon staonsew less frequent as he Captain Tifman spoke on the same questions which have been the body of his qther speeches and alluded to the defeats which farmers' conven tions had met for three suceessive ~years.: gis speech was interrupted by a~heavf shower which drove the pe'ople to the main building and most effectually dampened those on thi'e stand, where umbrellas were -raised. On resnmfing Captain Till eman went on with the charge of bam -boqzling and debauchery. Captain Tifllman was questionaed as tohis war - record. He was urged to give it by Col. A. C. Haskell. Tillman: "Iwas too young to be in the war." Haskell: "How old were you when the war ended?" I-Tillpnan: "I was seventeen years *old, but I was a paralyzed invalid~ during,. the last six months of the war." Before Captain Tillmsn made this explanation Colonel Haskell stepped near him to stop the vociferation of the crowd. TillIman put out his hand to call his attention. Haskell recoiled from him with the words, "Dont touch me.' Tillman said: "I was not aware that Col. Haskell's animosity could go sofarthat he would shrink fromt me as if I was a poisoned.arrow." C-olonel Haskell here pointed to his scarred face. Tifman said: '-Yes; you were shot and I honr you for it." Captain -Tmlman then called on General Caiirs to bear testimony as to the services of his brother in the war Geneneral Capers said that Jim Tilman was color bearer of his regzi men Here the people gre w quite boister ous and Hampton had to arise and ~beg attention. nCain Tillman's charges of ar-is tocracy were stronger and more bit ter than ever. He alludedto the word ing of the circular signed by Columbia men whic he read. "Caste against caste was his quotation. He closed by saying that allhe had charged had been explained. but as long as the other side ke>t up its clamor he would fight into Charleston on the same grounds. If he was Governor he would not be the Governor of a chss, eity or town but would d6 his duty regardless of whom he of fended. - Colonel Earle spoke from a buggy between the stand and building. As he stood there erect the sun falling on his elassic features and barea fore head tie adiration of the peoile Ishowed itself in a tremendous out burst of applause. He pursued his argument in the calm. masterly man ner which has marked his utterances from the beginning of the campaign. His speech was strong and met with general approval from all who heard it. When he had finished he was borne back to the stand on the shoul ders of some of 'he Sumter men who came here today. Colonel Jno. C. Haskell was the next speaker. His eloquence, so widely known, failed not of its calling. He had come to answer the charges of Tillman, and this he did in so ef fective a manner that any reasonable man should have been convinced. He presented ilgures in abundance to show the voice the f-rers had in the State government since 76. Tillman was not on the stand, notwithstanding the fact that Haskell had informed him of his intention to answer his charges. that he might make good or retnyt them. The meeting closed with a speech of E. B. Gary. who was guyed with the utmost good nature by the audi ence. He said he had charged no corruption against the State govern ment. The Meeting at Edgefield. -'pecial to the Greenviibe News.) ArmE, S. C., June 2.-The cam paign meeting at Edgefield is over without bloodshed or any violent oc currence, but it was marked by very rude and gross behavior on the part of the Tillmanites, who composed four-fifths of the meeting. About one thousand people were present, including women, children and negroes Tillman was borne upon the stage upon the shoulders of men and seated in an arm chair elab orately dressed. General Bratton spoke first, briefly. He was treated with signal dis courtesy by the young Tillmanites who clustered thick and close on the steps of the platform. Earle spoke second and very ably, keenly and boldly. The Tillmanites interrupted and jeered him incessant ly but he met them with the bravest, coldest dignity and finally conquered them. Tillman spoke third amid inde scribable demonstrations of enthusi asm from his followers. His speech was bold and bitter. He seemed to enjoy the situation. Gary spoke amid great cheers. Crawford was st-ong and was treated with some show of respect. Pope made the takig speech of the day. He was satirical and humor ous. He was borne from the stand upon the shoulders of frantic Till mamites. Graydon attemptedito speak and did speak, amid such gross and un paralelled rudeness as must forever be. a g upon the gentility of Edge~eld. Fadey ~iade a brighj - ygoriee speecn. onahnin's speech was very fine and ge received a very respectable hear ing. Chairman Norris presided. Ex Gvernor Sheppard was present on the stand but did not speak. Bampton, Butler and Marsha]l were not present nor were the Haskells. The meeting has been a wild and tumultuous Tillmnan demonstration. The crowd was not as large as was expected but all parts of the cou-nty were represented. ARMERS PRESSING THEIR QUESTIONS Some striking PointM in the Campaign in North Caroiina. RALEIGH, N. 0, June 26.-The Farmers' Alliance is unquestionably the greatest factor in North Carolina politics.. Its State secretary sent out, a few days ago, cards with certain pledges to be made by all Congressional can didates. This matter became very promiinent by reason of the fact that Colonel H C. Jones, a Democratic candidate for the Congressional nomirntion in the sixth district, refused to make the pledge. This caused rauch stir. The Pro gressive Farmer is the State organ of the Alliance, and it publishes an edi toial on Colonel Jones's refusal tc sign those pledges in which it says: "We believe that a farmer will gc from the sixth district to Congress. If the lawyer candidates are not bet ter than the methods now being used to secure their nomination, their elec tion would be a calamity. Farmers and all other people in the sixth dis trict, now is your time to show your hand. If you want a good farmer in Congress, you can, by united action, put him there. If you do not, you may expect totoil on and grow poorer every year. Take your choice. "The above will apply to every dis trict in'the United States. -'Now a worQ1 about Colonel Jones. He says that less than one-third of the farmers of that district belong tc the Alliance. That is incorrect. Nearly all of the intelligent farmers of the district are members of the order. The few intelligent ones who are not members ar-e in sympathy with it. Hence the Alliance repre sents the wishes of a majority of the gocd people of the district." This editorial shows that the Alli ance proposes to go actively into the campaign and make, an issue direct. A Double Tragedy. NEw xIu.Gts, June 26-A Picay une Groverton, Texas, special says: Great excitement was caused here last night by the suicide of a beauti ful young lady, Miss Anna Turner, daughter of Judge John B Turner, -and the excitement was intensified when th'e father took the pistol from the hands of his dying daughter and killed Professor Davis. Nothing is k.ssu as to the cause of the tragedy. hu.essor Davis came here last March from Wake Forest College, North Carolina, and took charge of the academy at this place. He was a good looking young man. -Ex-Secretary Whitney thinks there will be union on the Demo cratic ticket in New York this fall. He told a correspondent in London that the Democrats can win by unit ing on William Steinway. There arec may evidenjces that Steinway ex pcts the nominstion. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. -Brooklyn's population is 807,000. -John L. Sullivan pleaded guilty and was fined 45W0. --The House has resolved to' dis cuss the national election bill till July 2. -Lord Tennyson isi spending the summer at Blacksdowni near Haslo mere, and is in good health again. -Physicians sent to rep)rt on the character of the disease prevailing in Valencia, Spain, say it is a genuine cholera. -The Prussian Minister of Finance. Von Scholz. has tendered his resigna tion, and it has been accepted by the Empei or. --.The New York Court of Appeals has again affirmed the sentence against Kemmler, the man to die by electricity. -The international prison congress, which has been in session at St. Pe tersburg, has finished its business and adjourned. -Fire broke out in the King's county penitentiary, N. Y., Monday, causing a loss of $55,000 to the county and the contrators. -The Pennsylvania Republican Congress nominated Senator Delame ter for Governor on the second ballot. The body was bossed by Quay. -The entire business portion of Cerillos, N. M., fifty miles north of Albuquerque. was destroyed by fire on Monday night. Loss $100,000. -Sixty freight conductars on the Chicago division of the Illinois Cen tral have struck against some new rules, and paralyzed freight traffic. --One thousand operative in the John Capeutt and Tatroon silk mills, Yonkers, N. Y., went out on Monday against a reduction of 15 and 25 per cent. in wages. -A tug blew up at a dock at the foot of Van Brunt street, Brooklyn, on Monday. Captain Squires, the cook, a deck hand. the fireman and a watch man on a scow adjoining were killed. -A train on the Philadelphia & Reading railroad jumped the track at Tuckerton, Pa., on Monday, killing engineer Heller and his brother, his fireman, and injuring other train men. -Chicago's eensus returns give the city considerably over a million popu lation and make it a close thing with Philadelphia for rank as the country's second city. Chicago has more than doubled in ten years. -J. C. Gann, a prominent farmer of Stokes county. N. C., aged 60 years, was thrown from a wagon he was driving last week, and was dragged about a quarter of a mile. He was dead when picked up. -J. W. Delaplaine, of Hampton, Va., his son and a nephew were drowned-at Old Point Comfort while sailing Monday. The son was knocked overboard and the father and nephew went over to rescue him. -Parper Harris. Ed Carr and Hardy Ballard, colored, and Frank Brenish, white, werehanged at Mem phis, Tenn., Tuesday. The white man was hung alone, as he objected to being hung with negroes. -Sara Bernhardt took an overdose of chloral Tuesday morning, and it! took four hours hard work by the doctors to save her life. She is in the habit of using the drug a' an opiate, and accidentally took too much, --A severe electrical storm passed the Winston section of North Caro lina -on Monday. Lightning struck the residence of Mr-. JTames GrifBth, near Mt. Pleas ant church, killing him and two of his grandchildren. Making Democrats of Negroes. BIRMNxGEDI, Ala., June 26.-Charles H. J. Taylor, a negro lawyer of At lanta, who was minister to Liberia during the Cleveland administration, proposes to take the colored voters over to the Democratic party in a body. Taylor has perfected a plan for a convention to be held in Atlanta next month, to be composed of one: colored delegate from each State in the Union. The pm-pose of the con vention, as announced by Taylor, is to decide upon the best plan of pre paring figures to prove to the negr-oes that they have never received any favors irom the Republican'party and never will receive any. In an inter view with the Sun correspondent to day Taylor said that he has visited a number of States, North and South, in the interest of his plan, and ever-y where finds most of the educated and intelligent negr-oes in full sym pathy with the movement. They be gin to realize, he says. that they can never hope to be more than mere vot ing machines while they remain in the Republican party, and that their real friends are the Democrats. Tay lor thinks fully 1,000,000 negro voters will vote the Democratic ticket at the next national election. - Mr. Mc-Cormick at His Old Home. Mr. Leander J. McCormick, the millionaire agriculture implement manufacturer, has sold out his large plant at Chicago for over $3,000,000 and retired from business. He is a native of Rockbridge county, Va.. and has been on a visit to the old homestead, near Raphine, in that county, for several weeks. He is superintending the section of' nine shafts, which he is placiug over the graves of his ancestors, buried at the Old Providence Church. It is stated that some of the most valued and highly prized ornaments in his pala tial parlors at Chicago are cooking utensils used by his grandmother at the old home in Rockbridge. He believes in keeping :dive the memory of his departed relatives, and gathers around him everything that will serve that purpose and remind him of his boyhood days. The Smokestack Tumbled Down. AUGoTr, Ga.. June 24.--This even ing, during a rain and wind storm, the big iron smokestack at the new electric railr-oad companysipower house, toppled over, and crashed through the roof. Fortunately no one was caught under it, and the damage to the machinery was very slight. The chiney is thr-ee feet in diameter, eighty feet high and weighs over five thousand pounds. One of the anchors in the ground, to which a guy rope was attached, pull ed out, causing the accident. A Short Will. The following is the will of Judge Kimmell. of Chamnbersburg, Franklin county, Pa, It is the shotest ever placed on record in this coitry: "-I will. bequeath and devise to my wife. P. Jane Kimmell, who h-is been faithful atnd true, all my esta'te what ~oevr and wrheresoever, she to pay my debts and execute the will. She is iot to lile any inventory or settle an Iaccount.' A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT Mars the Campaian 31eetinCat Columbia Three Men Hurt. CoI~v,:.1A. June :.- : of the saddest and most horrible accidents that have ever happeued was caused by the premature explosion of a can non at the fair g-rouilds today just before the speaking began. The ar tillery had beei locat- I in the valley in the rear of the speakers' stand, and several s dvos had been fired. W. H. Casson had his fingers on the vent and a eharge was being rammed in when a messenger came with in structions to cease firing. Mr. Cas son's hand slipped from the touch hole. the air rushed in. and before thle men around COuld sthr, there was an explosion, and they were knocked aside like so many chis. Olin Barr of Barr's Landing, fifteen miles from Columbia, had been load ing. He was thrown forward as if by a catapult, and horribly mangled. Such a spectacle is rarely if ever be held. The puor fellow's arms were litterally shot to pieces and his hands hung by threads. Through the coagulated blood that disguised his face could be seen a deep hollow where an eye ought to have been. Down to the waist there were bloody wounds c:using a sick ening sight. After being strapped to the boards he was tenderly removed. and as they placed him ina carriage the brave fel low's mangled lips parted. and he stammered: -Did auyone else get hurt." After being carried down the street both arms were amputated just be low the elbow. Both eyes are going. Lieutenant John M. Stork, one of the most popular young men in the city, was also horribly wounded. Blood ran from his arms like water, and formed a crimson pool around him. His right hand was in shreds, and his face was blackened and bloody. He was removed to his home and his right arm was ampu tated. W. H. Casson was also painfully injured. Though his left hand was horribly mangled he thought not of himself until the other wounded men had been attended to. Barr died tonight at 11 o'clock, his father being present. Casson will lose the fingers of hs left hand. He says that he did not take his finger from the vent, but that they forgot to swab the cannon. A WONDER AMONG WOMEN. The Story of a Georgia W fe Who Did Not Speak to Her Husband La 30 Years. Writing from Americus, Ga., a cor respondent of the Philadelphia Times says: The death of Mrs. Susan E. Merrifield, which occurred here yes terday, revives interest in one of the most peculiar cases ever known of a vow of silence made and kept 30 years. In 1860 MIrs. Merrifield, who, it is said, was a little woman of a pecul iarly bright and cheery disposition, was telling her husband of some oo currence, when he requested her in a very surly manner to be silent, ad ding that the sound of her voice was hateful to him. It seems that Mr. Merrifield, while a good husband in every other way, was in the habit of venting his dis pleasure when aroused by outside matters by ill-humor with his wife whose good nature usually passed his testiness by, but on this occasion she replied that as it was hateful to him he should never hear her voice again. And he never' did, nor did any other person ever hear it, for in spite of her husband's remorse and remonstrances from friends and rel atives, Mrs Merrifield kept her room, though she continued to act the part of a good wife and mother, fulfillng every duty scrupulously. She even bore three children to her husband after this vow was taken. When communication was absolutely nec essary with those about her she used a slate, but reduced a language of signs to such perfection in govern ing her houshold and children that it was but seldom that this slate was resorted to. It was thought that whenher hus band died she would resume the use of her speech, but while she sat by his dying bed, devoted and loving to the last, in answer to his suppliea tions that that she spoke but a word to him, wrote on the slate with all of the evidences of grief: "I carnot, I cannot! God forgive and help me, I cannot!" But whether it was that she found it impossible to break her will and her vow, or that long disuse had af fected her organs so that she really could not use them, could not be ar rived at, but her family inclined to the latter belief, for it is said that while on her own deathbed she made distinct but ineffectual efforts to speak to her children, dying with the seal of silence unremoved from her lips. Rampant Radicals. CXaGO, June 26.-The Republi cans of the Third Illinois District to day renominated William E. Mason to Congress. After he had been nominated Mason was brought into the Convention and made a speech on national issues. Among other things he said: "We are not going to wave the bloody shirt, but when they stand in Richmond and decorate the statue of the Father of his Country with a rebel flag, I say that the man who does it is as much a traitor as any r ebel w as thirty years ago." Rattlesnakes in a Colt's Jaw MONTzUM, Iowa, June 26.--A mare belonging to Thomas Ballard, living near this city, gave birth to a colt that had a lump on its jaw which prevented it from sucking. The lump was cut off, and on being opened was found to contain a lot of small-sized rattlesnakes. -Mr. Ballard says the day after the mare was bred she was bitten by a rattlesnake, but suffered no serious effect. The question that puzzles local scientists is by what means the rattlesnakes were propa gatca in the colt's jaw. Transfixed by a Piece of Wood. NEW XORK, June 2.-J-ohn Hiller, 40 years old, met a strange death to day in the planing mill at 306-310 Eleventh avenue, where he was em ployed at work. He was near a cir cular saw which was in operation. A sliver of wood was whirled off the saw. Ithad a sharp point and the wood passed through Hiller's neck like an arrow,completely severing the jugular vein. Huller only lived a few minutes. --Mr. Stanley's wedding will, ac cording to present arrangements, take place at Westminster Abbey on July 32. The ofieiatinmg clergymen will be the Bishop of Ripon, the Mas ter of the Temple, and the Dean of EX-MAYOR COURTENAY'S VIEWS. His Letter Declining to be a Candidate for (flte-A Review of Plresentu Conditions. J. J. HULL, Es.-My Dear Sir: I recall with pleasure you'r friendly announcement, on behalf of the citi zens of Rock Hill, four years ago, and renewed in 1888, proposing my can didacy for Gove-nor ofSouthCarolina. While absent temporarilyin Alabama last spring I received a copy of your paper renewing the nomination for 1890. As the evidence of friendly re gard by the citizens of Rock Hill, these several mentions of my name for the executive office have been bighly appreciated and greatly valued be me, coming, as they do, from a comunity in the front rank of pro gressive South Carolina cities, mov ing forward on the correct lines of industrial and business development -a suggestive example, worthy of imitation. I looked forward to this campaign as presenting a favorable opportunity to discuss important party methods and matters of grave public concern to the State. Both call imperatively for reform. The canvass has been initiated, however, and the issues are seemingly made up on certain personal lines. What, in ny humble opinior, should have invited a temperate di; cussion by the best thought and ex perience of our State, has been un wisely forced into a purely personal issue, marked by misrepresentation and invective. Disguise it as we may, there are large questions in South Carolina to be wisely solved, pressing public mat ters evolved by the slow growth of many years, either originating in an tiquated precedent, or founded in an imported constitution. To such high plane this years canvass should have been raised and might have been ele vated, but has not been; only an en forced personal campaign is in pro gress. Nevertheless,its geaeral direc tion is toward reform, and the only proper course now, in my opinion, is to surround it with every conciliatory influence and wisest counsel. The ultimate result cann6t bring harm to South Carolina, if a prndent manage ment of the canvass is mutually agreed upon, with recognition of the fact that conciliatory language is bet ter than unmerited abuse. The excitement of the canvass will presumably run its course, and the September Convention will finally decide for the whole party. Then will come a season of quiet and rest. a time for calm reflection, which, wisely iised, can be utilized to the benefit of the party and the State. You are well aware that I have not at any time been aneactive candidate for Governor. My position, publicly stated, has been, that I would take no step to that end, and yet I have felt, and have frankly said, that ] would not decline a service-call whic1i I felt came from a majority of the party, in responding to which I migh be useful. Under the circumstances, and it the present condition of the campaigr in the State, I would ask that you discontinue the mention of my name for Governor in your valued journal With renewed thanks to my Rocl Hill friends, whose good wishes] value, and in the hope that unoff cilly I may be of use to our party and people, at all times I am youri respectfully, Wx. A. CoUaRTEr. Ch arleston, S. C., June 14. Caught a Wermaid. W. W. Stanton, mate of the schoon er Addie Spaeffer. while fishing fo: bass three miles of St. Augustine drew his line and found entanglei therein the strangest creature ever caught in the waters of this coast. I1 is about six feet long, pure white and scaleless. The head and face are wonderfully human in shape anc feature. The shoulders are well cut lined, and much resemble those of woman, and the breasts areiwell de nined and show considerable develop ment, while the hips and abdomei continue the human resemblance. Ii has four flippers, two of which are placed at the lower termination of the body, and give one the imnpressioi that nature made all effort to supply the strange creature with lowerlimibs When it was drawn on board the schooner it gave utterance to a low moaning cry (like the sobbing of child. M'r. Stanton will present his mermaid to the Smithsonian Institu tion.-- Chicago Tribune. Gen. Rosser's Suggetion. In a letter to the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser writes: "Gen. R. E. Lee, Virginia's greatest son, has been honored by the people of the South without re serve, and a majestic and beautiful monument has been erected by lov ing hands to his glorious memory. At the base of that grand structure are four reservations-one for Al bert Sydney Johnston, one for Stone wall Jackson. one for A. P. Hill, and one for J. E. B. Stuart. These great. good and heroic men should be pla ced at their post around General Lee at once. Three of them were his lieutenants, and are inseparably bound up with him in his military life, andhe looks lonely without them. Now, I wish to appeal through the columns of your paper (which reaches all Virginians) to the cavalry corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, asking that superb command to place our great general, J. E. B. Stuart, upon his post with General Lee. I want the cavalry to do this unaided by others, and I want every trooper to give at least a mite. I will start the subscription with $500." The Dispatch suggests that the proper way to carry out this scdheme would b)e to form an organization and elect officers, including treasurer to receive contributions. -A boy named Dews performed a dangerous feat in West Orange, N. J., the other day. The contractor for the drain that has been laid to carry offthe standing water in the lots on Valley road wanted to de termine whether or not the dr-ain was free from obstructions, and offered the lad a small sum to go through it. The pipe is 18 inches in diameter, is laid 8 feet underground, and is 1,200 feet long. The boy accepted the offer and entered the pipe. Ualf an hour later he emerged safely from the other end. Crops in the South. The Chattanooga Times publishes an exhaustive statement regarding the crops in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. It shows the wheat crop throughout the entire teriitorv can vassed to be almost a complete fail~ ure-. Corn. cotton and tobacco ar-e in splendid condition, the yield promising to exceed that of last year. Of fruits there is half a crop. Gras ses of all kinds are good. The busi ITEMS OF INTEREST. -New York city's population by the new census is on-r 1.00,000. -Se-cretkry Blaine ia~d to bitterly criticize and ridiCule i McKinley tariff bill. -The Duke of Orleans gained several pounds in weight during his imprisonment. -It is afact of inte?rest that Strauss the groat composer of vadtzes, does not waltz himself. --R-v-. Dr. Phillips Brooks will take no vacation, but will preach in his Boston church every Sunday this summer. -The population of the Ditrict of Columbia. by this census, is 228,160 aguist 177,624 in 1880. -In the Georgia race for Gover nor Hardeman has, so far. Houston's four votes. Northern has Lee, Han cock and Gwinnett-ten votes. -The wealthiest man in Alabama is probably Josiah Morris of Montgom ery. He has a fortune of $3,000,000 that was made for the most part from operations in real estate. -Pierre Lorillard, whose brief ca reer has been most remarkable, is in the prime of life, with a strong and robust figure, and a ruddy complex ion. The annual expenses of his stables have sometimes reached the sum of $250,000. -Some statistican has figured out that for the annual nourishment of 15,000,000 cows and 12,000,0c0 horses there are needed 30,000,000 tons of hay, 90,000,000 bushels of cornmeal, the same of oatmeal, 275.000,000 bushels of oats, 2,000,000 bushels of corn, at a cost of $450,000,000. - The exposition at Ottumwa, Ia., ir September next is to be held in an immense coal palace, as representa tive of the great mining industry ol this section of the State. It will have an average width of 130 feet, o length of 200 feet. It will be the fin est exhibit of black diamonds eve seen on the continent. -An English gentleman who diet recently left the bulk of his fortun to Rev. Mr. Spurgeon. He had sev eral relatives ill provided for, and th< trustee decided to put their case be fore the preacher. The result wa that Mr. Spurgeon put the propert: in their hands for distribution amon, the needy relatives of the testator. -An ear of corn on exhibition a1 San Louis Obispo, Cal., is describei as being in the exact form of a hu man hand; the wrigt, palm, thumi and fingers being all perfect. It ii covered with small grains tonex thi tips of the fingers, which are bar, prongs of cobs, giving the hani the appearance of being clad in I mit. -The population of New York i: 1,615,303, according to the estimat of the health department for las week. The population of Brookly3 is estimated at about. 850,000, s< that the two great towns have abou 2,500,000 inhabitants. The Smx thinks the actual enumeration no going on will probably show a resul only slightly different. -An Indiana Republican, writinj to the Cincinnati Commercial Ga zette, says a very uneasy feeling pre vails in that State, something simi lar to that in 1879, when the Demc crats scooped the deck and capture< eight Congressmen out of thirteer He says if something is not done o> the tariff question to placate the peo ple, it looks as if the old machin< wudgo to smash. -The prospectus of a now trans continental railroad, to start at Not folk, Va., and run in a straight lin across the country, has been issued a Washington. Virginia,;. Tenneese4 Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas. Ii dian Territory and Texas are to b traversed. According to the pro: pectus, a preliminary surveyhas beel made and elaborate calculations sho' that the whole project is to cos $70,000,000. -Women ball players are havin; troublous times tis season. Il Chicago the members of two fern nine nines were badly left in the lure] by their financial manager, who die appeared with the receipts at the en< of the first of a proposed series o games. In Danville an entire clul was swept away into cold cells b; the unfeeling members of the Civi Sabbath Observance Association wh< objected to the defeat of the Dan ville Browns on the Lord's Day. -A float bridge leading from th< steamer to the landing stage at Si Joan, in Brest, collapsed Wednesd: mornirg and hundreds of person were thrown into the sea. Seve: bodies have been recovered and man, persons are still missing. Divers are engaged in the search for othe: bodies. -For nine months past constan complaints have reached the chief c postoffice inspectors at Chicago of th< loss of checks, postal orders, money etc., while in transit between Counci Bluffs and Davenport, Iowa. Th< total face value of the mail matter i1 over $500,000. Two arrests havy been made. -A St. Paul, Minn., delegatio1 waited upon Superintendent of th< Census Porter, and complainei against the mannaer in which the cen sus was conducted in Minneapolis asserting that the population had been fraudulently swollen. The: asked for a recount. Superintendeni Porter's remarks were hardly satis factory to the visitors. -The South Carolirm Poultry and Pet Stock Association has adopted resolutions denouncing the action o: its Greenville members in applying for a State charter, petitioning the Secretary of State not to allow the ap plicants to steal the name, and expel. ling B. F. Perry, S. T. Lea, G. L. Conner and A. H. Kohn for conduct unbecoming officers and members. The offence of the Greenville mem bers appears to consist in the orga nization of an association on their own hook. TXobacco Culiure in Norm Carolina. As an evidence of how the culture of toba~co has increased in Nash county, N. C., where the culture was introduiced in 1884, a local paper states that one thousand tobacco barns have already been erected in that county, and that many more will be erected before the crop matures. Many of the f'armers of that section have cleared from $300 to $400 an acrE on their tobacco. figures which are rarely ever equaled anywhere. -There is a tie-up on the Illinois Central railroad in Chicago, on ac count of a strike of the conductors and switcbmen. The mecn say the strike will e-xtend over the whole system. The demand of the men is the dis missal of an obno ious superintendl ent. Laying by Cotton. When should cotton receive its last plowing? _N absolute rule can be hdd dovwu--L,,en l depends on the character of the seasun. much on the nature of the land. and something on the degree of maturity of the crop. We may say broadly that plowing promotes growth. If cotton has at tained size enough (two to three feet in height) and frequent rains encour age farther growth, it does not need the plow on that score. It may need it on account of weeds and grass, but at this late day it ought not. The crop ought by this time be so clean that it may safely be let alone, but if it is not, it is better to sweep it over lightly again. But Let it be borne in mind that plowing in the later stages of the crop may do harm as well as good. Cotton will not bear the cut ting of its rocts. In the latitude of middle Geoigia, it is rarely necessary to plow cotton after the last of July. The crop is then fruiting rapidly, and nothing should be done to promote growth; for fruiting and rapid growth are, to a great extent, inconsistent with each other. The character of the landis another factor in the matter. Damp bottom lands. where the conditions for growth are ever present, must be laid by sooner than uplands if planted as early. The objective point on such land is to moderate, not pro mote, growth, and finally to reduce it to a minimum, so that fruiting may be substituted for it. Such lands should be laid by as early as possible consistent with the crop being clean. Instead of loosening up the soil, let it alone that it may get compact and alsorb less rain water and dry of more rapidly after rain. This wil promote the ripening and opening o: the bolls. There is no trouble i3 making bolls on bottom land-th< trouble is getting them to open. II very rank cotton on such land it iE not only good policy to lay by early so as to promote maturity, but it ma be advisable sometimes to break-th< stalks half way down, and thus forci bly check their growth. Of course late planted cotton wil have to be laid by earlier than tha planted in advance of it. But in thii case it is often still more importan r to arrest growth promptly becaus< such cotton is more liable to be cu off by frost. No cotton will bea plowing with profit later than th 10th of August, except in regions fa south, were warn growing weathe runs into November. Upon th< whole it is better to lay by too earl: than too late, but to do this the crol must be wll. cultivated and entirel: clean. Now is the time to get it ix such condition that it may be laid b: early with safety and profit.-W. I Jones in Atlanta Constitution. Where the Rain Never Ceases. Mr. D. R. Parkman tells of a curi ous phenomenon in Chattahooche( county, Ga.. a place where rain fal perpetually. The spot -is located oz a little knoll in a thin wood on th( Shipp place, two miles from Thad M1r. Parkman says the discovery wa first made last Thursday, and tha rain has been falling steadily on th( knoll sinee that time. The downfal - covers a space of fifty feet square - The space is perfectly yet and th - leaves on the ground are full of ws l ter. Mr. Parkman says he visite< .the place with Mr. G. A. McBryde a a noon Tuesday. There was not - cloud to be seen in the sky, and th a leaves everywhere, -except on th square, were as dry as tinder. " ..Istood with the space between me an .the sun," said Mr. Parkmnn, "an esaw the raindrops coming steadil; tdown from the sky. I held out m; ~handk-erchief and it was soon sature ~- ted with water." Mr. Parkman say ethat everybody who hears about th phenomenon is skeptical, but tha Sthe many who have visited the plac Sin the last few days have gone awa tconvinced. No onie has offered a~ explanation of the mysterious rait fall. Mr. Parkman suggests tha some powerful unknown substanc 2attracts the moisture from the atmoi phere.-Macon Telegraph. Grady on Advertising. Years ago when Henry W. Grada was struggling to bring the Rom Commercial into the front rank, he 1called one day and asked the Rour Ssaville Brothers for an advertisement Mr. J. W. Rounsaville replied: "Why Grady nobody reads your paper, it i of no use to advertise in it." A hap Spy thought suggested itself to M2 Grady. ile went to his office and wrot, Sthe following 'advertisement, whi Sappeared next morning in the Coin 1mercial: ',Wanted fifty cats, libera Sprice for the same. Apply to Rouzn Ssaville Brothers." rWell, the picture that presente< itself at Rounsaville's corner nex' Smorning beggars description. Boyl Sof all ages and sizes, boys of all tint; from the faixr-harred youth to-the sa ble Ethiopian, bare-foot boys an< jragged boys, redheaded boys, freck led faced boys, town boys and coun try boys, boys from all parts o Floyd county, blocked up the side walk, doorways and street with bag: ful-of cats-cats of every descriptior name and order-house cats, yari cats, barn cats, church cats, fat cats lean'cats, honest cats and thievisi -cats. Well, to make a .long stor3 short, the Rounsavillest told Mr. Grady to reserve a column for theji advertisement as long as his papei continuedi. and that was just whal -Grady wanted.-Rome Tribune. She Knew. Mfrs. Winslaw WinthropBlueblood "Show me something in gloves, please. something suitable for evening wear.' Miss Mamec Chawgum (salesday at glove counter:) "Oh, something fo2 evening wear, did you say, lady? How would you like these?" Mfrs. Blueblood: "They seem hard. ly suitable for evening wear, and Miss Chawgum: "Beg pardon, ma'n, but I have a pair just like thema and I wear mine to parties and bails and receptions of all kinds andI can assure you that they are just the caper for evening wear."-Detroit Free Press. The Harrison Cottagre. Mrs. Harrison has received a deed to a cosy cottage on the sea and claims that she does not know who gave her the present. The very fact that the gift is covered up by secrecy is sufficient reason why she should decline to accept it. It would have weakened President Han ison much less if the donor had made to him a straight deed openly and above board. -Galveston (Texas) News. -President Mienendez, of San Sal vador, died suddenly Sunday night during a banquet given to commem orate his accession six years ago. In the ensuing excitement General Mar tial and several other officers were killed. Gen. Carlos Ezeta is now in ommand. Barnwell County Race Troubi NEW YoRx. June 28.-A special the Sun from Columbiq. S. C., there i:; troulei between the nea:r .lan berg. Blarn well county. Saturday five negroes went ilshing a boat owned by a wlite man, they had been ordered not to use When the negroes returned, th were set upon by the whites and beaten. In the fight. a white man was severely injured. On Tuesday night, Robt. Kearse and a number of fnends went to thehouse of the negro who appeared to be the leader of the party. The negroes were in ambush near the house, and fired on the whites, wounding eight of them, none dangerously, however. The negroes then fled. It is feared there will be more trouble over the mitter. An Important Engagement to Keep. The traik for Cleveland was pul ling out and had gained considera ble headway, when there came a whiz and the sound of splitting wind as a man with a tall silk hat crushed down on his ears dashed through tLe gates. He carried two big va lises, but they were apparently as light as feathers, for they did not interfere with his mad rush after that train. He fairly flew along the platform, and the brakeman on the car was so busy looking at a girl in, the window of the National Hotel, that he did not see him. The crowd yelled and whooped. "Get there," old man!" "Pul for it hard!" "You'll; make it if you don't fall dead!" and-a hundred such aggravating remark& The man made a heroic effort, but he didn't have the legs, and the bra man didn't see him; thus he missed the train. He came siewly back fo the gates, put down his grips, mop ped his face and remarked:. "Well, I' be blowed." He didn't say blowed, but let it go at that. "Had a lively run," suggested meek and lowly gateman. "Rather. Just my luck, tho to miss that train. Why, Iwot. have missed that train for $50.'. "Where were you going?" once more asked the gateman with the ginger colored whiskers. "Lafayette. And I have an im portant engagement there tonight. "Well, you can keep it." "Hey?" "The train you were chasing goes to Cleveland. The Lafayette train don't start for eight minutes yet. There it stands." The drummer didn't say a word. He gathered his grips and clibmed aboard the car, while the faintest bit of a smile hovered about the meek Iand lowly gateman's chops.-Iadian r apolis News. No Alternative. He: "Won't you marry me, dear? I have plenty of money." She: "Yes; if I married you peo ple would say it was just for your money." 7He: "Then, am I to believe that, if I was poor, you-" She: "No, decidedlynot. Because then they would call me a fool for marrying you."-Lawrence Ameri can. . one Thing he was Abe toRecalL. Lawyer (after persistent inquiry:) -"You say you cannot recall the I matter?" Witness: "I canft, sir." Lawyer: "Your recalling faculty isn't very good, ehi?" Witness: "Possibly not, sir." Lawyer. "Is there anythin you can recall?" ~Witness: "I can recall anoth oc casion on which I was questi ed a i great deal by a lawyer whokn very little."-Racket. Trains StoppedbyCaterp' . An aunyof caterpillars 8 ck the New Brunswick railroad W y r below Fredericton, N. B., co ring a i distance of half a mile and dering - the rails so slippery that the wheels L of the locomotives and cars evolved e without progressing. The Iappear e ance of these pests so earli in the season indicates, it is feared, an other such plague as that of twelve years ago. -On the afternoon of the 17th a valuable mule belonging to Mr. W. Lee Youngblood, who lives about four miles northeast of Yorkville, was struck and killed by lightning. Johzm Davis, a colored [man, was plowing Swith the mule at the time. The mule was killed instantly by the de 'scending bolt, and the cotored man ' was thro~wn about ten feet from the plow, but sustaindno injury. -That country editors are some times very busy men is evidenced by the following editorial paragraph from a recent issue of the Waitsburg (Wash.) Times: "When we returned from dmnner on Tuesday we found a piece of paper sticking into the key hole of our office door, on which were written these words: "Been here twice to subscribe for the Times, but failed to fid you in. Send it to me and I will hand you the $2 the next time I am in town." We very much regret being absent when the writer called, but, Great Scott! we can't take money all the time. We've got to take time to eat." -Warren Leland, of Chicago, makes startling accusations of cor ruption and fraud in the matter of the Lake Front Park in'that city, and involving the World's Fair site con iroversy. He declares that he was offered $1,000,000 to be silent, and says the matter involves corruption greater than that of the Tweed ring. -A cat may look at a king, but is is not safe for a Bavarian citizen to stare at a military officer. At Ingol stadt a prominent merchant looked so intently at a lieutenant of infan try as to attract the' attention of the latter, and he, fancying himself insulted, attacked the transgressor and beat him over the head with his sword. The lieutenant narrowly es-, caped being lynched at the hands of the irate citizens, and it seems a pity too, as a little rough handling might have been good for him in various ways. -Capt. R. F. Colb, the Allance man, who came near securing the Democratic nomination for Governor of Alabama, is now understood to be a candidate for the United States Senate to succeed Hon. Jarmes L. Pugh. He. will probably make the race a lively one. The Christian Union, alter a care ful study of the negro g' enion, has reached the conclusion taa~t "nowhere on the globe are there any other 7," 000,000 colored people so well off as the 7,000,004) colored people of the Southern States " Nobody would en dorse this sentiment wvith more em phasis than the 'verage negro who tries to "get along" in the Norther n