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HUMAN BLOOD STAIN. It Ca2 Never Be Washed Out in This World. SOME TIMELY OBSERVATIONS On the Horrors That Attend a Slayer of His Fellow Man. Some Famous South Carolina Killings. This thing of taking the life of a human being except in self-defence, during excitement or on the til cf battle, is a terrible thing and unless a man be hardened into brutality and is utterly devoid of cunscieiee it will haunt him to his dying day. Three times during my career I have deliberately made up my mnd to kill, but determined to make my antagonists first the assailants and to give them a fair showing, and thus put my own life in jeopardy. But. when the necessity for any such en counter had passed the feeliug of re lief was indescribable. Thousan.is upon thousands of use ful and brilliant lives have been blighted and rendered miserable by the taking of human life; and even when the killing was justitied in the sight of both man and by the laws of the land, the curse of Cain followec the slayer his entire days. My father, I think, was with the Hon. Wm. L Yancey, the great Se cession leader, when he kiiled Dr Earle, of Greenville. They were boys together, were warm friends, and I have often heard my father speak of the circumstance. Yancey killei Earle as the latter was advancing up on him with an upraised walking cane, and when the fital shot was tired. Just before the beginniug of the late war between- the States my father and Mr. Yancey met in Mont gomery, Ala. Mr. Yancey, in discus sing the tragedy, stated that he had no intention of shooting Dr. Earle. but the encounter took place in the piazza of the postotiice, an old wooded building opposite the Mansion House in Greenville, and which piazza had no railing, being several feet from the ground. Dr. Earle attacked 31r. Yan cey because he had slapped the face or hisfittle son, Elias, there being no very kind feelings between the two men. Dr. Earle raised his cane and advanced on Mr. Yancey, who drew his pistol, presented it and retreated backward. Mr. Yancey stated that he had no intention of shooting the Doc tor, but wanted- to intimidate him. In stepping backward he felt that he had reached the exteeme end - of the piazza and, in ord ti vtnt falling off, had in ently pressed the Sbut, this great Suojmhern statesman told my father, he would freely give fame. fortune and all he possessed and again start life a poor, ignorant and obscure man, could he, by so doing, only wipe that olond from his hands; that often, in the midst oi his most brilliant orations, would see the figure of Dr. Earle, as be appeared with that upraised cane, and when the tragedy was enacted, rise before him. It haunted him day and night, ano while he was justitied itn the killing -and the sentence imposed by the law was light, his lire was unending re. morse and self-reproach. Years after the killing, when Mr. Yancey returned to visit his mother-in-law, Mrs. Earle, in Greenville and Elias had grown to manhood, the young man, who had in nocently caused the death of his father appeared before the gate with shot gun in hand and asked to Col. Yan cey. Yancey from behind the closed door, told Elias to go away and be would return to Alabama and not visit Greenville again; that be had more of the Earle blooci then upon his hands than he could ever wash away and did not want any more. This visit would probably have resulted fatally bad not the old lady, who like all of the Earles, was as brave as a lion, seized a shotgun and told Elias that he must go away and not further molest her guest, and that if lhe attempted any ~violence towards Yancey he must first fire through her. The next day Mr. Yancey left for Alabama and did not return again, I think, to South Caro - lina until as a delegate to the Charles ta.n Convention. If the killing of a human being can be made justitiable it was'that of by num by Perry. Bynum was a noted duelist and had been employed to pro voke Perry into a fight and take his life. The two men represented ex treme factions in South Carolina poli tics, and which were as bitter as in the days of Tillmnanism and conservat ism. Bynum was an expert with the pistol, and had killed, so I am told, more than one man. On the other hand, Perry had but little if any prac tice with that weapon, being a man of peace, but undoubted courage. But .Perry's steady nerve and cool head proved superior to the skill of his an tagonist, who was killed at the iirst fire, and his grave is still pointed out at the old historic Rock Church, near Clemson College. But even the1 knowledge that this duel had been forced upon him, and that his money was given an equal, if not better, showing for his life, could never wipe the red stain from the tender con science of Governor Perry. One of his sons told me he never heard the subject mentioned but once in his father's presence, when his face grew deathly pale, he raised his hand. and stated that he never again wanted to hear that duel spoken of by any mem ber of his family. That the horrow of that tragedy, committed on a little island in the Savannah River, haunted this great and good man all his days. is not doubted, and it cast a dark cloud over a brilliant and useful life. *I have known a great many men who had taken human life, under all manner of circumstances, and with out a single exception they were tne brand of Cain upon their brows. There was no pleasure or happiness in life for him. Their existence was one: long reign of remorse and self-re proach, and if they dia not manifest the same by word of mouth, it could be seen in the restless eye, and ner vous starting at every unusual noise. Many turned for consolation to drink, and which only added fuel to the in ternal fires that ever burned within them. Others prospered, but during those intervals wheu the mind was pei-mitted to wander back to' the past. a look of haggard misery o'erspread their faces. The brand of Cain was fixed upon the brows of those shed ders of human blood by Divine venge ance, and only death could erase it. I remember, while living in O)i.le thrope county, Gia.. talking with a young friend of mine wbo had gone wih a party to chastise a negro for a reported insult to a white womau. This young man was stationed at a window, through which the negro en deavored to escape. lie tired on the man and shot him dead, his body aning oner tae sill. This young man. and who was a successful me: chiut. statcd t( '' I :''.:. i discovered tlin he had killed an in II Ce'nt and sli1.v . .- ao "! party w o h:i im: l ul t'aI s l" was enr atrii ag'a inst in : De riit caude he inonded i r 1;t my ' ,1vou p r t' id :':-d to me ti---t his \\ie l! life \1':i i)I: t t 1 . and his ent ire exist nce (f n-sre and re mr: hat the siglt of pLoor the negro haanted ima all, day lon_, was a cou stant ilhtmare. r1ieely would he ive tp a:i lie Jssessd, aid becomie a e nviet in stripes, to have that stain washed from his conscience.-He oftetn felt thiat did he possess the we'alth ,f the world he woTuld freel give it for even one day's relief fiom the aaony of mind that pursued him. and that he migrht experiene ; e feeling of innoc-nce he knew before that wretched night. Were this (tobe of ours coined into gold, and placed at my disposal to take the life or the im(st debased and miserable human being that walks te earth, even urder the most justitia l circumstances. I would scorn thex bride. Unless a man. as I have stated. h:s a heart seared with sin, and is incap able of fecline remieorc., sometimes think it would be an act l f mercy an I kindness for the laws of lis conutry to put him to def Ih. alter w;ilfully and deiiherately takieg the lice of a fel low man. A jury may acquit hai. and he ruay live a long, appliauded and honored by the world, but trere eats in his b:. at an inner monitor. and which v.i.1 ever keep him remind ed of that nark deed. his entre ex istence will be one prolionged aoory ar there will ever waik by his side iu dy and repose lip.!n his pillow at night. an unseen spectre of the dead man. and from wnich terrible and constant visitor there is no escape. The murderer is reminded of the fate that awaits him by tl:e ibleaud which commands that ''le who sheds man's blood by man shall his blood be shed. I admit that there are occisions when it becomes imperatively aecs ary to take human life, but my great est hope and desire is that no such dread alternative shall ever be forced upon myself. I had sooner go to the grave the victim of another, than spend my days on earth with hands dripping with the life blood of anyone created in Go-l's own image. Life is sweet., but it is anything but sweet to the red-handed murderer. In pennimg this article I had'no in dividual case in mind, but give it as the ehberva ion of my life and a warn -r-T. Larry Gantt. in Spartanburg erald. MANY DAMAGE SUITS. Sum of $135.000 Already Sued for Because of Fishing Creek Wreck. Within the last few days damage uits aggregating the total amount of 135,000 have been tiled in Yorkvile against the Southern Railway, as -a result of the Fishing Creek disaster of a few weeks ago.. The tirst suit filed was by the widow of Engineer H1. 0. Brickmnan for the sum of $75,000. This is (one of the largest damage suits ever tiled in this State. Conductor Ed. Turner, wflo escaped with serious injuries, has brought suit for $20.000. The conductor is still conined to his home by his injuries. J. W. Rhyne, the father di Fred Rhyne, the fireman who was killed. has brought the third suit. he suing for $40,000 for the loss of his son. So far as can be learned none of the assengers who were hurt hav'e filed suit. 3Marvin Morrow. the l]acksburg banker who was hurt, has to be wheel ed about in an invalid chair. lHe will probably sue for a very large amount. Young Johnson. the former Wolord student who was so hadly hurt that they thought for several weeks he would die, has not yet been heard from in a damnage suit, but, will lhkely ask for a handsome amount. Itis be lieved that all those who were injure d or who had near relatives killed will bring suits. The total amount sued for will be about half a million do.ilars. r nearly as much as the line on which the accident occurred is worth. Was Net Dead. W. S. Love of Savannah, Ga., who has been missing from his home for several months, and who was reported' to have been drownued. has been locat ed in Deuver, Col., where he has beetn working as a bookkeeper. An eastern insurance company, in which he held policies, dielayed p-ayiment upou them until an infestigation into his report ed death could be mad:-. .John W. Garrson was detailed to make the in vestigation -and whi.e in Denver on ther business accidently met Love 'in the street and recognized him. Mr. Garrison says that he does not believe that there was an attempt to derraud the company in Mr. Love-'s disappear ance. Mr. Love says he made ino ef fort to conceal his identity since comn ing here, but used his real name. an in seeking employment gave the names of Savannah business meu as refer nces. ems1 ori ThiouIkt. The best cure for a man's conceit is womans laughter. Man regzards human nature as a pack mule on which to pile his sins. Fearfullness burns the bridge be hind: fear, the bridge before. No man was ever discontented with the world if he did his duty in it. Man thinks more of the cigar thrown in than of the box he pays for Some things that are received as gifts are really intended as invest-I meits. When you conquer your enemy by force. his better part remains unconl qlured. Every wise man has a parachnte of prudence attached to his baloon of en thu siasm. The foundation of self respect is work. Work is the parent of enter prise: idleness is the parent of vice. Shot b>S a Corastabt. Jon D~endy a noted negro desperado of Grenviile county, was shot last week and seriously wunded by Con stble D~avenport, '.f the constabiulary force, in a hand-to- hand encunterr. Constable Davenport, who was in ser of an illegal distillery. hazd en tered the negroe's house after being atistld from looking in the window and observing the negro handling hi ur that he was connected with til. distillery he was seeking. Ihad mi the Hld. After reaching the navy yard at lIro klvin the lifele-ss body of -J. Mc Toomer of Eliimbeth. N. J1.. a men ciai, was found in the hold of the Ciaanr"ga, where lie iaad evidently fallen from a platform near the cruls TEN CENT COTTON Benefit Southern Cotton Mill Own ers, Says Mr. Edmonds. BY PLAIN FACES AND FIGURES He Shows that Cotton is too Cheap When it Falls Below the Average of Ten Cents Pe-r Pound. Since the days of S lomon it has ever been true that the buyer is a "bear." for today, as then, "naught., naught. saith the buyer," has been the cry of the man who seeks to force down the price of that which he de sires to purchase: but it would seem that it has been left for this day an d generation to produce a seller who joinS in with the buyer and seeks to depress the value or his own goods. The south is the great seller cf cotton to the wo:rld. and in these days i; sems to take delight in letting the buyer of its cotton not only !ix the price, but even .joins in with the buyer in helping to create the im pression that the "bull'' on cotton is a dangerous animal, while the "bear" is the only truly good animal in the menagene. It is t:" be expected that the great cotton manufacturers or Europe and New England should unite their forces in beating down the price of cottor.; -e are n.t surprised at their efforts to create the impre:ssionthat he oan who seeks to advance the price of cotton is a conscienceless gambler who deserves to be executed by all right-thinking people: we are not surprised that they hold him up as tne enemy of man kind in forcing the closing of mills :md the stopping nf employment for thousands of hands. But it is a little surprising that the sOuth so complac ently accepts these teachings, and that southern people give heed to them as though they were the houest con v ietions of sincere men. On the oth er hand, the "hear," the man who lives on the sufferings entailed upon the millions of cotton nroducers by frrcing down the price of cotton, is held up as a great benefactor. Even let it be granted that both be gam bers, yet the bull is a power helping to secure for the~ producers a fairer price than he has had for many years. and to that extent at least he is doing ,reat god to the south: while the hear's work results in keeping the .otton grower p1r b r the oenelit of tie manufacturers of Europe and the north. At the recent meeting of the New England Cotton Manufacturer's Asso ciation, the president and a number of other speakers bitterly denounced the efforts of the bull leaders which brought about the higher prices of cotton. and the president expressed the hope that the time would soon come when other countries would grow enough cotton to make the world more indenendent of the south as its chief source of supply. Here was the president of a great American business body expressing the hopr that the south might lose its monop oly on cotton by the development of cotton growing elsewhere, and against such unpatriotic sentiment. prompted only by bis desire t.hat in this way the oice of raw cotton might 'oe forced down to a lower level. I have not seen a single word of protest in northern papers and very little in southern. Wat cared he whether the cotton producer, be he black or white, get a air return on his cotton? His only concern was that he and his fellow manufacturers might buy cotton at a low tigure, since the margin' of prat to the mill is always much larger on low ;'rice than on high price cotton. Nobod.y cau blame these people for ighting for their own interests, but the south has a right to ask that they make an honest tight, and that they do not seek to convince the world that the man who leaas in breaking down cotton prices is a saint, wilile the one who works for higher prices is the greatest of sinners. COTrON NOT TOO DIGH. As I said, the strangest thing about the matter is that witnout studying the subj- et many southern people adopt these views and think that ft is a misfortune to the south for cotton to command high prices. Only yes terday a pro)minent southern banker aid to me: 'I hope these high prices of cotton will not last longer than this year. for if they do the southern mills will not make so much money. It is doubtless true that with high prices the mills wouldn't make such arge profits and no one more highly appreciates than 1 do the magnitizent work of the mill interests of the south in the development of this section in the creation of employment for hith erto idle people and in every good work that tends to the upbuilding of the whole south. But suppose highI price cotton should cause a net de cline of 6i per cent in the earnings of all cotton ih capital in the south the aggregate decrease would he say, 10.00.000 to 812.000,00), as there is nw about $ 175.000.000 to $200,000. out0 invested in southern mills though~ even thuis might not comn, true, as the mills might be able to so adjust their operations as to avoid any decrease. in the other hand an advance of even 1 cent, a gound in the raw staple wuldI mean an additional proft to the urowers and thus to the south of $50. o000.000 to .i0,0~00,00 which would several times over offset the decline in amiil earnings. For the last ten years we have be come so accustomed to low prices for cottOn that we are apt to forget that fr nearly a hundred years the wor'ld took our cotton at an average of near ly i10 cents a pound. From 1800 to 140 cotton prices ranged from 44e a pound down to 13c, the latter being the lowest New York average for any year in that period. About 1842 prices declined and in 1841-4:3 the av rage New York price was 5.fi cents a pound. the lowest average on recor. Prices con unue~d low for several years ut grad ually advanced and from 18 : to 1860t they averaged about 11 to 12 cents a pound. The cro.p of 1859~ , 4.800.00 1)ales brounht an average S11 cents and yet after nearly halt a century, with the enormous advance in population, wealth and consuming power, crops of only a little more than double that have sold as low as 6i and cents a pound; and from that gradu lly advancing to something over 8 cents. And this year a tremendous effort is being made to beat down the pice to 0 eents- or less. Judged by the i:;creas-e in the worlr's consumfp tve requirements. cotton should not this vear' only but in all yea.rs, unles there should be somne temporary great over-prod uction. sell as high as the general average of the last hundred years and that would be over 10 cents a pond. GREAT P'ROsPERFITY WILL FOLLOW. Let the south for five or six years get 10 cents for its cotton and on farm and in factory, in village and in city,' there would be unbounded prosperity. The farmer and the farm laborer would no longer he forced to econo iu ze as during the last ten years of low prices. The manufacturer of cot ton goods as well as of all other goods would find a better market for his wares: the banker and the merchant would be more prosperous, the tide of immigration which always, by some natural law, seeks a country which is prospering, would be turned this way and new population and new cap ital would be poured into th6 south as they were into the great west twen ty-five years ago when that section become the center of activity for the surplus energy and capital of Europe and America. Then let the south cease to join hands with those whose interests make them selfishly cry down the price of cotton, who seek to raise a great bugaboo of the few bales of cotton which the English and twe continental spinners succeed in pro ducing in their futile efforts to force cotton growing in other countries, a:d let the south, by proper handling and marketing, compel the buyer to .seek the cotton at a fair price rather thau that we should beg him to take our great staple at any price which suits his good pleasure. This is not visionary. It is plain. common sense and eventually the south Vill cease to be frightened at the cry of over-production when there is no over-production, and at the el aborate press dispatches and govern ment reports put out every time some foreign organization resolves to try to raise more cotton in the heart of Af rica. After a while it may cease to pay attention even to the utterances of a member of the cabinet who, in an entirely unjustified interview, at tempts, as Secretary Wilson lately id, to break down the pride of cot ton it was possible to give even a forecast of the chances of the new crop. I have never bought, sold or raised a bale of cotton in my life except once, and that was many years ago, and so I have no personal interest to serve, as have many of the so-called authorities who constantly put forth their predictions as to the future of prices. My own business interests bring me in touch with manufacturers more than with the farmers, but that does not make me believe, as many manu facturers do, that low prices are bene ticial to the south. --By Richard H. Edmonds, Editor Manufacturer's Re cord, Baltimore. HOW ROADS ARE WORKED. Extracts from an Essay by the Late Bill Nye. Did the reader ever see a group of rustic road builders working out its road tax? When a community desires a church built, it secures an architect and builder, who may have had ex perience. When a road is wanted the community builds it itself. As the merciful man is merciful to his beast, a good way to serve God, do good to the dumb brute and molify the terrors of profanity would be to make roads with some sort of system, instead of makng mudpies at a dollar a day, annually pulling back the same old dirt in the same old hole. Why should a self-made road master, with a whisk-broom beard and pataloons gallused up so tight that his breastbone bores a bole in th e rad every time he sits down to think ever imagine that that he can build a permanent highway? When 1 was a youth and bad to work on the farm, working out my father's road tax was the only relaxation I had. It is the only green spot in my agricultural memory. It was tbere I met, each year, other bright young minds, and learned for the first time that the earth is round like a ball and that it is composed of land and water, hich, when united, make the av erage American road. A good highway leading to town is )f more value to the farmer than a -oodless and heartless railroad operat ed by non-residents, who make fun of the farmer from a safe distance, run over his milch cow and set fire to his crop. Fellow farmers, let ais think of these things, and no .onger haul our produce over the paths laid for us by the racoon and the Indian. Let us rise and throw off the fetters that ark the years of barbarism, and no longer seek- to patch up an old war path with fleeting clay. Why should we whi-ttle up a whole ry goods box in the discussIon of the silver question, when it will not make twenty cents difference with us one way or the other, while every fence orner contains the bleaching bones of a descrepit and permaturely broken down wagon or a delibitated horse. There is no quicker way to get at the surplus and spread it among the work ing classes than to put it into good roads. Let some of these old, tired statesmen, who have become anaemic and sporadic from breathing the vitiated air of legislation, go home and rub the inflamed gums of their grand children, while younger men, with ambition for themselves and their fellows, introduce a few modern methods among a long suffering peo ple. We have got war vessels enough, now let us encourage the arts of peace. POSSE IN A FIGHT. Three Negroes Killed in Ugly Clasb Near New Orleans. In an encounter between a band of negroes, led by bad white men and a constable's posse, three negroes have been killed and seven or eight wound ed in the rear of the Pecan Grove plantation in St. Charles parish near New Orleans. None of the posse were hurt. The surviving negroes and their white leader, Pat McGee, are in the swamps and are betng searched for. Further trouble is feared. McGee and the negroes have been working for the Mississippi Valley railway. Several days ago complaint was lodged against some of them that they had contracted debts and refused to pay. Charges were made and (Jon stable Songy went out to see the ne groes. On his way he met John Hinds, the negro assistant of McGee, who covered him with a shot gun and comn m2andd him to keep away from the Songy returned to St. Rose and or ganized a posse. Near the camp the posse encountered eighteen of the ne groes and McGee, all heavily armed. ~oth parties concealed themselves in high weeds and a battle of twenty minutes resulted. The negroes and McGee finally lost nerve and fied. The bodies of three of the negroes were picked up when the smoke had cleared away. Seven of the negroes are airl to have been wounded. The Present Atone is Ours. There's but one word upon the face of Time That word is "Now." Heed it before you hear Life's evening chime. Your head to bow; And, with a gemless crown, at Fail ure's shrine. Ask God to raise The curtain 'twixt the hope that seems divine And misspent days. "Now" is the crisis of man's circum stance His life, his all: The trial of his fortitude-his chance To rise or fall. The column waits, the old flag floats on high But soon the sun. Will count a day lost, and in sadness sigh. "No battle won." The potter's clay is in thy hands to mould An angel's face Why leave it, idly, to turn crude and cold, And lose its grace? The mountain beckons from its wooded sides. "Come unto me." The river whispers, "Ah, my strug gling tides Roll uselessly." The desert calls for water, that a flower May raise its head; And science pleads her resurrection hour, To leave the dead. Great Now, while yet we sing, you glide away In mystic air, Out from the sunshine of the glad to day. On, on to where. Tomorrow, youth's bright harbinger, still thrives 'T will never be; If man should have a hundred thous and lives. He'll find in thee The power that made the lilly first disclose Her wealth of white. HOW ZACH CAME TO COLLEGE A Little Book That Every Boy Should Read and Study. The Spartanburg Journal says: "A prophet is not without honor save in his own country." And it is some what against the human bent to give to the efforts of those we know, whose personalities and individuality have become familiar from everyday asso ciation, whom we know to be men or women of flesh and blood, perfectly human like ourselves, that favorable convderation we are inclined to give to t:,e efforts of those who are (inly knowu to us by those efforts, those products of their higher self and purer skill. Despite this we cannot but commend. praise and endorse the re sult of Prof. John G. Clinkscales' re cent literary efforts entitled "How Zach Came to College," the perusal of which has proven a pleasure indeed, and a source of edification, the real ex tent of which was not full' expected. The story is by a Spartanburg man, and it deals with people whom we see every day with a time many of us can remember; is is redolent with local coloring; and above all it is true to facts and nature and yet contains that effusion and poetic construction that is the story teller's art. It tells of a big, gruff, rough moun taineer, catching inspiration from a chance glance at a Wofford commence ment and determining on a college ca reer. He declared tbat he would "speak up thar one o' these days," and true enough he did, though to breach the chasm between him and tbe com mencement rostrum, he was compell ed to perform most arduous agricultu ral tasks by day, and by the light of the moon to search for the cunning "'possuem" the evasive coon and the honeyed "bee tree." Above all he bad to forego his marriage; and as he climbed tae intellectual summit, he had to take his untutored bethrothed along wita hiin so that she would be capaole of understanding and enjoy ing with him his mental advance ment. He persued his course despite the fact that enlightenment caused him to see more clearly the faults of his neighbors; and having that rugged honesty bred into him by his good old mother and his beloved Bible, he opposed some of these faults and had troubles. The local evil be combatted most was the clandestine manufacture of spirits away from the guiding hand of Uncle Sam. In intellect and physi que he reigned among his mountain companions. He dethroned by his eloquence the demagogic politician and during his last year at college "pulled down" the strongest~ man of the county, and wound up by thrash ing the recognized "bully" of Ruther fordton County. He at last spoke from "up tbar" and was loudly ap plauded for his eloquence. He mar ried his first love and settled down and became a Baptist minister It is a good story well told. 'is you read it you can see the towering mountain with the patch of corn by its side, hear the bark of "Towser" as he pursues his object in the distant wood, see the mountain schooner" wend its way, drawn by stalwart ox en, along the rugged road in the val ley. It is a good book, inspiring, helpful and interesting and no Spar tan who reveres the days of old, and no one who loves character sketching true to life, and no one who believes that a college education is not in the reach of all, should fail to read it. Studying Otir Methods. iozo Abe of Osaka, Japan spent Wednesday in Charleston studying tbe methods of handling cotton and the classification of the staple. Mr. Abe is engaged in the manufacture of cloth in Japan and he is in the United States for the purpose of informing himself on matters, connected with the industry. He spent some time in New York and is now traveling through the south, visiting the cotton fields and the ports. He Is much in terested in the niarvesting and ginning of cotton and in fact in the entire handling of the crop from the time tat it is taken from the boll until it is woven into yarn and cloth. Japan manufactures considerable cloth, he stated and also imports sutficient cot ton to be able to export it in turn to China. His investigations of the 'ethods of shipping cotton and hand ling it generally will be put to use upon his return to Japan. Five Men Drowned. A skiff, containing five Hungarian laborers, was swept over the Spring dale dam near Colfax Station Pa., during early morning fog and four of the occupants were drowned. A heavy fog prevented them seeing the proximity to the dam until the swirl auht t~e bat and carried it over. Rebuking the President. President Roosevelt has doubtless learned by this time that there are many people in the United States who have not forgot ten General M1c Clellan if he has. Some of the speeches delivered at the Antietam celebration by New York veterans. held at Brooklyn, may be interpreted as a somewhat bitter rebuke to Mr. Roosevelt. Gen. Horatio C. King, speaking on that occasion, said: "The Union armies had met with defeat. After the battle of Bull Run they were thoroughly disorganized, and came to Washington hatless, shoeless and w'th their guns thrown aside. The people had lost confi dence in the generals. After re peated disasters there was only one man to whom the people looked for the preservation of the Union, and he was in Washington when the whipped armies came there. The great president, Abraham Lincoln, realized this, and went from the White house to the residence of General McClellan to ask him to take command of the armies. He was never really relieved of command. In twenty-four hours the disorder in the armies was over, and McClellan took that previously demoralized army, equipping them on the way, and in six weeks fought one of the greatest battles in the great struggle, sending back across the Maryland line General Robert E. Lee and his confederate army. Such a battle between other nations would have ended a war, but the contesa.ants were of the same blood, equally heroic and convinced of the cause for which they were fighting." Gen. King's speech was roundly cheered by the veterans who heard it. We agree with him that Gen. McClellan was a great general, one of the best developed on either side during the civil war. He will live in history when the men who try to belittle him are forgotten. Hanna is Worried. The Ohio campaign is becoming more interesting every day. A New York paper attributes to Senator Hanna the admission that the Re publican nominee for governor is to have "no such" in his contest against Tom L. Johnson, the Democratic nominee. The Johnstown, Pa., Democrat describes the situation in an interesting way when it says: "The Republican and the reorganizer papers are full of Ohio political stuff antagonistic to Tom L. Johnson, the Chicago Chronicle leading with lurid tales of Democratic revolt and of Republican jubilation. Perhaps the wish is father to the thought. But then it is remembered that when he was running for congress the first time it was aonfidently claimed that the workingmen wouldn't touch him with a 40-foot pole and-that there fore he would never come in sight of the wire. The same representations were made when he came out for mayor. All the Republican papers and all the pluto-democratic organs declared.him to be impossible. But somehow he won out all right and he won out again and again each time by a more sweeping majority. May he not fool his enemies again? May he not prove as potent in the state as he has shown himself to be in Cleve land and in Cuyahoga? Of course Bernard is against him in Hamilton county. But he was against him be fore. He has always been against anybody who was a real Demormnt and if he can combine with Republi can Boss Cox so as to throw Hamil ton county over to Herrick the iRe publican candidate there isn't .the slightest doubt that he will do it." Tom Johnson may be defeated, but he is certainly giving Mark Hanna a great deal of uneasiness. In fact the old boss boodler seems to have a tired feeling. Redeem lIndiana. Republican papers have had much to say concerning lawlessness in Breathitt county, Kentucky. Not long ago Curtis Jett was tried and convict eon the charge of assassinating At torney Marcum. Jett was sentenced to life imp~risonmnent. Later Jett was placed on trial on the charge >f killing Thomas Cockrill, whose ssassination occurredl several years ago and long prior to the killing of Marumn. In the- CockrilR case Jett was found guilty and sentenced to leath. The Commoner says "accept ing then, the verdict in both of these ases as having been rendered in ac ordance with the law and the evi :lence, it seems that Kentucky, to this xtent, at least, has redeemed itself. Would it not be well now for some of these republican papers to devote :heir attentio-n to the state of Indiana, which state, because of the conduct f its republican authorities, is in eed of a little wholesome 'wor~k along the redemption line? William S. Taylor, former governor of Kentucky, is now given protection by the re publican officials in the state of In diana. Taylor is charged with hav ing taken part in the assassination of the late Governor Goeble, and al though the governor of Kentucky has repeadly called upon the repub ican governor of Indiana to surrend er Taylor of the Kentucky authorities, the Indiana governor has refused to do so." A New Slander. "Summer vacations and winter trips to the South," says Secretary tuart of the New York State Health Board, are fruitful sources of typhoid ever epidemic." Followving out this theory, he intimates that condition in the South during mid witer are such that every tourist takes in the germ, cultivates it for a good long period, and then scatters it after re turning home. Naturally, the health uthorities are inclined to take issue with Secretary Stuart. His statement is characterized as a wild fancy, to which there is not the least founda tion, and indeed, several eminent iedical men have said it was due to sectional feeling. We doubt that, however. It requires too much strain ing to believe anything like that, for the charge was evidently made by a aan who was ignorant. Dr. Brunner, :f Georgia, believes that in evey com mnity where typhoid fever is epi lemic the trouble is due to local con itions, and not to germs gathered GRASS AND FORAGE. Sheep Fescue In Arid Regions and Mountainous Districts. In arid regions sheep fescue is more highly prized for pasturage than any other grass whatever, says an authori ty on grasses. It is said that the Tar tars always hunt for those spots where this fescue grass abounds, and there they pitch their tents for the summer. It is a hardy perennial and will fill a want in those regions ofrthe south that are destitute of good grass lands. In the arid plains of Texas and in some of the elevated regions of the gulf states sheep fescue would prove a great ac cession to the grazing capabilities of the country. On the sandstone soils of the mountainous districts this grass would flourish. The gravelly ridges in many portions of Tennessee, North Carolina. Virginia and Kentucky could be made good sheep walks by the intro duction of this lowly grass. Sheep are very fond of it, and hence its name Festuca ovina, or sheep fescue. Its panicles are narrow. Its leaves are short, bristlelike and tufted and have a grayish color tinged with red. It forms a profuse foliage In bunches and makes excellent pastures for sheep and cattle where other grasses will not grow. This grass constitutes the great bulk of the grazing grasses in the sheep pastures of the highlands of Scotland. It is believed by the shepherds in that region to be more nutritious for sheep than any other. In the arid plains of Asia it is often the only grass upon which the wandering tribes can sub sist their cattle and sheep. Linnmus asserts that sheep have no fondness for hills without it. Where all other vegetation parches up it will grow. Its short and dense turf when sown thick makes It well suited for lawns. The aftermath in a lawn can not be surpassed. Many varieties of this grass are found in the Rocky mountain districts. Some of these grow to the height of two or three feet. The usual height of this grass on thin soils rarely exceeds eight inches. The weight of a bushel of seed is fourteen pounds. Two or three bushels to the acre is not too much to secure a sufficient density of turf for lawns or pastures. The seed sells for about $2 per bushel. A Good Small Corncrib. This corncrib is built of 2 by 6 boards, 2 by 4 studding and 6 by 6 sills, says Orange Judd Farmer. It serves its purpose admirably In that It is covered at all times and there is no danger of corn spoiling by exposure to weather. It is especially useful in a ZsnaT co~nsom 0o1 5Ton PILrAS.n feed lot on a small farm. As soon as the corn begins to ripen two or three loads can be husked and thrown in this crib 'and fed out as desired. This crib is placed on stone pillars and is practically rat proof. It is cov ered w*ith ordinary boards eight to ten inches wide. Cracks are covered with battens. It is not expensive, can be built by any farmer at all handy with tools and can be made any desired length. It is usually about ten feet wide. . Harvesting Sorghum. In selecting sorghum seed three things should be considered-choose a kind that produces the greatest amount of follage and the strongest steml, one containing the greatest per cent of sugar, one that matures not earlier than Sept. 1 and not later than Sept. 0. I plan to economize in labor as much as possible, so In cutting I use mowing machines and self dumping rakes as in harvesting hay. Instead, however, of putting the sorghum into windrows It is bunched by means of the horse rake. Each bunch will con tain from 600 to 1,200 pounds. When It Is bunched 'I go over the bunches and make them into shocks which will turn rain and withstand storms. This Is the cheapest plan, and when carefully fol lowed the fodder will remain green and bright until needed for feed. Just as the seeds are becoming hard is the best time to cut sorghum. as It Is then in its highest state of perfection. Put into shocks as soon as possible, leaving It in the windrow only long enough to wilt. Of course harvesting Is diffcult unless the weather Is dry.-Oklahoma Farmer. Advantages of a Soiling System. Some of the advantages of a system of soiling as set forth by the New Jer sey station are: Three crops can be grown upon the same acre In one season, as, for exam ple, rye. oats and peas and corn, yield ing a total of twenty tons or more. With the perennial plant, alfalfa, five crops have been secured, with a yield of 26.6 tons of green forage per acre. Yearly records have shown that from three to four cows may be kept upon an acre for six months, beginning May 1, the number depending upon the character of the season. Records for five years show the av erage yield of milk and butter per cow during the six months when forage crops were fed to be 3A423 pounds and 172.7 pounds respectively. The average percentage of fat in the milk was 4.32. The same cows yielded an average of 3.00 pounds of milk and 157.4 pounds of butter during the other six months of the year when silage was fed. The average percentage of fat from the si lage ration was 4.42. may be, as the Greenville News says, fron which paper we clip the above, that Secretary Stuart is running a press bureau for some other winter resort as a side line. Latter Day Proverbs. The man of real force doesn's have to resort to loud talking. Gossip often finds listeners among the most refined. The man who runs and reads, re ects little and digests less. We generally pay for the interest we have in this life. Some people who can't do anything else amuse themselves and disgust, others by kicking. Many a bright man has put out his own light. When we begin to look behind us we are prone to go backward. Few make light of the deeds they do in darkness.* If you would advance, look well ahead. A n idl worrl ha cost many a penny. CARE OF REFRIGERATORS. How to Keep Them Clean and Eeen omize on Ice. Once a week is often enough to wash the refrigerator if ordinary care is giv en to the articles stored in it, says the New York Herald. Take everything from the interior, put the shelves in a large dishpan and wash in hot soap suds in which a pinch of soda has been dissolved. Rinse with cold water, wipe perfectly dry and put outdoors in the sun to dry for an hour. Wash the sides of the refrigerator in the same way, using a flexible wire for the drain pipe and skewers for the corners and grooves; also pour warm water In the waste pipe to remove the slime that ac cumulates from the' ice. In getting ice it is a matter of econ omy to put in as large a piece as possi ble at first in order that the refrigera tor may become thoroughly cooled; then keep full, or nearly so, as a small quantity of ice will melt much faster. In a small icebox twenty-five pounds put In three times a week will last bet ter than a smaller piece put in daily. In taking ice from the refrigerator for table use no more should be picked -off than is needed on account of its melt ing so much more rapidly. Covers and doors should always be kept tightly closed. Food must- never be placed in the refrigerator until thoroughly cooled, as it occasions moisture. Neither should food be kept In the refrigerator with out ice and with cover and doors closed. Chemicals of every kind must be kept out cf the icebox, and all hooks should be heavily tinned. Ice should always be washed and laid carefully in the icebox, not thrown In. Most housekeepers contend from their own experience that ice wrapped in a thick coating of newspapers lasts Ion-. ger than when left uncovered, but the. manufacturers say that prevents the free circulation of cold air' The infer ence Is plain. If the saving -In the ice bill is the main object to be achieved wrap the ice. If, as in extremely hot weather, there is danger of the food spoiling, uncover. One woman thinks she has simplified matters by covering, the outside and top of her icebox with a heavy blanket lined with newspapers. Ho-v to Cook Sheqp's Heart. Sheep's heart with tomatoes makes a very delicious dish. Clean the heart In the usual way; make a stuffing for it of equal parts of tomato pulp and bread crumbs seasoned with a little chopped onion, pepper and salt; then fill in the cavity with the stuffing, sew It up and stew till tender. Serve with thick brown gravy. Scatter chopped^ parsley over and garnish with two or three whole baked tomatoes. How to Clean and Polish Shells. - To prepare shells for a collection first wash clean of mud, etc., says St Nich olas. An old. toothbrush will be an efficient aid. The soft parts are easily removed after soaking a day. In weak alcohol, or the specimen may be placed' in a small kettle or other receptacle suitable for the purpose and covered. with cold water. Bring to a boiling' point Shells should not be put into, water already boiling, as thesudn change of temperature may..crack te, or at least Injure their polish andge eral appearance. After removing te soft parts by the aid of pin, crooked. wire or small tweezers polish with brush or cloth. Shells that have a skinlike covering may have a- very small quantity of vaseline rpbbed in to prevent them from cracking when dry. Rub off all extra vaseline with a piece of ilannel. How to Make Grape 1Wine. Stem. wash and strain very ripe grapes; measure the juice and to a cup- , ful of this add a quart .of water and three-quarters of a pound of granulated sugar. Turn into a demijohn or jug and leave out the cork, covering the opening with a bit of cheese cloth. Let It stand until fermentation ceases, then rack off and bottle. How to Cure Stings. All sorts of stings, whether from wasps, bees, hornets 'or bumblebees, should be sucked to remove-as much poison as possible; then have a slice of - acid fruit, apple, tomato or peach, or a crushed berry or grape, either ripe or green, bound lightly to the wound. 'If the pain Is very severe after a minute take off the fruit, wash the sting In warm water and bathe it well In aleo hol; then wet a folded linen rag in ei ther alcohol or vinegar and bind on the sting. If neither alcohol, vinegar, nor fruit of any sort Is at hand try a bruis ed plantain leaf. Change the applica tion, whatever It Is. every ten minutes. n'ntil the pain subsides. How to Remove Stains From Hands. A little lemon juice will remove near ly all stains. For whitening the bands . the very best thing is the plain glycerin and rosewoter sold at all drug stores Rub It in after washing, but before entirely drying, the hands. Glycerin alone is too drying. How to Make Cheese Fondue. Savarin's famous recipe for cheee fondue Is worth preserving. "Take first as many eggs as there are guests. and then about a third as much byl weight of the best gruyere. cheese and. half of that of butter. Break and ba up the eggs well in a saucepan,ten add the butter and cheese, grated o cut into small pieces.. Place the sauce pan dn the fire and stir with a woodem spoon until It Is of a soft consistence,. put in salt according to the age of the cheese and a strong dose of pepper that being a special attribute of this: ancient dish-and, finally, let it be brought to the table on a hot dish." How to Keep Parsley Instead of keeping parsley In water, which often turns it yellow, put It In an air tight jar In a cool place. This will keep It fresh for some time. Beauties of Divorces. A sensational shooting affair c currred near Kirnston, N. C., on Mon day. Mrs. Richard Ward wenb to Cook E. Strond, from whom she was divorced two years ago, and demanded possession of her children. Stroud refused to give them up and a quarrel ensued, in which several sbots were: exchanged, both parties being injured,. but neither seriously. Garnblers Must Go. The State says several houses i Chicago have tacked up printed; notices warning their employees; against visiting gambling houses: whether through curiosity or desire. to play. They also drew the line om~ betting upon horse races, ball games or anything of the kind. These notices have been posted because the gambling habii is said to be greasly on the increase. This increase of the betting habit is not confined to Chicago. The introduction of slob machines, pool rooms, athletic sports. and glove contests have all tended to break down a former public sentiment, against betting, and even small boys. are found laying wagers with all the aplomb that characterizes professional