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VOL. X. THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. SOME SUOOESTIONS OK A VEKV POKTANT StBJE'T. A of the Argument* l'«ed Agalntt t Oar PreMatSyRtcm of Public Education. To the Editor of' the News and Corni er: The question how we can best edu cate young men in order to fit them for U;e, and for its two-fold struggle, partly Against the adverse forces of nature; partly against the ever increasing intel- the farmers do not lectual and industrial competition of other trained communities, should most deeply engage every thoughtful and patriotic citizen of the State. As this 1 duty to the rising generation is one of the gravest that can possibly arise in the whole category of individual,'social and civic responsibilities, it should be ap proached seriously, gravely, earnestly, reverently, with an entire freedom from prejudice and passion, and an oye single to the ascertainment of truth. Unfortu nately the question of education ban not heretofore been considered in this < urn eet, patriotic spirit. „ The prt sent controversy (it can scorce- Jy he called a dincmadou i over the l»*t methods «i education of youth in the v stn lies "pertaining to agriculture the mechanic arts" bids fair to go way of all others of ha kind, ■ annex to Cornell University, has just by Act of tho Legislature given the appro- riation to Cornell. The Hatch Act is fore removed from the arena of clolb&to . j Mr. H. R. Thomas, of Wedgefield, in a letter to the News and Courier, dated April 23, 1877, said: "Now if this oouur ty is an average, then out of the 840,000 appropriated [to the College and Citadel] the farmers pay $30,000 a year to edu cate lawyers, doctors, preachers and sol diers, while nowhere in the State can a farmer’s Ixjy get a practical agricultural and mechanical education.” Sumter county ia not an average.'; and r throe-fourths of the State taxes. I! they did no one would grudge them the hard-earned wealth that these taxes represent; and, besides, it makes little difference what class pays the most taxes so long as cash individual bean hiTjust burden, for the State is an aggregation of individuals, not of classes. But when such a state ment forms the justification of the charge that the farmers are swindled, it shomd not be made unless known to be true. The report ofvthe comptroller general for last year (page 100) gives a statement of the State taxes, the only source from which cornea the appropriations for the College and the Citadel. From this re port is taken the following summary . Total State funds f An ' taxation, royalty, 11- • Censes, Ac. . $7flr,3H Taxes paid by railroa la, real estate in cities and towns, personalty in Charleston and Co lumbia S20N,*.iuh Phosphate ruvattaes . ■ ■. 4,1*10 \VUITE SLAVEgv lH COEOKIAETIMES. Ue<le nipt loners or x«nn Slaves-Frce- Wlllers and Indented Servant*. (From the Eew Tork Poet.) . Many persons who oonaidf.r themselves familiar with the history of this country are not aware that A the last century white meif, woman and children were held in bondage; that the colonial laws in favor of such servitude were as ex plicit and severe as were those in sup port negro t lavery. Bach White persons owing a personal service to individual generally known as "term New Jersey’s oolonial day, it is curioos to note how the well-to-do —' who brought with them BaL frem other and the and to be decided not on iU merit* hot in aer< rd- anoe with the wny in which it aft eU conflicting indrridual or local interests Now if this diaeoasion were ununjmet- Luieiim fees ant^ao that no great hann would result from a decadou hi any duecitoa, the pnhlie could sifort to have s few die putauU to light it oat Bet inewnoch m South Carolina baa always been, and moat probably nl*»y eill be, an sgri- culturj 14»lab in spite of booms iml tariffs and other allrgad "diversify mg” intlueore-*, mi that her chief wisdth will he derived Otrectly from the ami by the tod and aweat of a Urge pruportt. n ol ij, ^ her peooir, itiaa mAial«ataeeis«ty that ^ ^ therefore-, paid by . thitf jirouh m of the improvi-tnent of ker ^,^^^ ^ by foeuge exteaeted indiutiifs be wdved with our flue statement u a refltixss ami aolml with du{*tch. , a j |nv u la the Brim- competition of the .lay t tA ^ the Stem baa no Uaie to tore- hut a. There are an many latbr l lu-J* r may be w. rv tluu. aeti uiar Step mar .,«t her masters were gflm dares,” though their legal status was represented by the jprd "redemp^ot- 0Ts Isaac Weld, Jr., in his book of travels in America, published in the last cen tury, asserts that itMas the custom of shipmasters at Itottra^u and the Ha use towns to inveigle the people on to Uigir vessels, under promise of free passage to America. On reaching the ooloniee an- qpunoement of the amral of mechanics and laborers would be made, and per sons in want of such would flock to the shops, and the poor Germans would be sold to the highest bidden, the captains pocketing the proceeds. Redempturner* constituted in the early part of the eighteenth century a peculiar feature of oolonial anxiety, rhey were recruited from among all manner of people in the old world, and | through this channel Europe emptied upA America not only the virtoona poor and oppressed of her population, but the vagrants, felons and drags of after arrival redemption servants,* often lost the prestige of their affluence; being unable in the new country to maintain their rank and inflnenee. Their humble servitors, however, Inured, by hardship and labor to the stern jteoeasitiee of oolonial existence, prospered and throve. The bond people, after serving their time, acquired land and homes by dili ce and saving; it was not uncommon, he second generation, to find them taking precedence yf the children of the muster Who had owned their time daring the first years in the country. The affluent immigrant, having been accus tomed to ease, proved unequal to the struggle, and his children, through faulty and ignorant education, rapidly datviorated. The Cotton Meveaieat. Tailor* Charge ter Good Clothes. N»w York, August 18.—I have heard a half dozen men say recently that they found they could mve money by going to London to buy their clothing. It ts evident amonglees extensive purchaser*. Herbert.Keller went to England this sole purpose of replenishing The New York Financial Chronicle, in its review of the movement of the ootton crop for the week ending on the night of August 12, says Uiat the total receipts have reached 7,270 bales, against 1,499 bales last week, 2,. r >81 bales the pr» vions week, and 3,'2V6 bake three weeks since; making the total receipts since the 1st Beptemlier, 18H6, 5,213,448 against 5,314,557 hales for the 0118*5-4 showing a decrease anoe bur 1, 1888, of4oi,lUb bales, exports for the week reach a total of 12.5S1 hake, of which 11,055 were to her) (ireat Britaio, 41 to Fraaee, sad 1,415 communities. There waa thus esUbliab u> the rest of the cotUineat. ed among the aettlen a society that, in Tbe t >Ul visible supply of Cotton, as many places, was almost imbued with a made up by cable and telegraph, for the moral pestilence. Among the redetnp week was ae follow*: tionera, however, were a %ir proportion Total of Great Britain stock OJn.uu) of study aorta, strong is purpose and 1 balsa, total of nnuttaiatat stocks tM, who appraetated the great 1104 making * total of Knropeaa stocks year I nis wardrobe. "One can get good elothes on this side of the watir, undoubtedly,” he said, '"but the trouble is they oost triple what they do in London. A crack tailor here charges $20 (Or a pair of trousers, and that sum will buy three pair in Eng land.” Tb* tailors of New York are constant ly growing more exborbitant in their prices. There are of course huge em- periums or bazars where clothes are Millcdge I loMe, Columbia lying at his home the rh-pot, bruised .cideot while coml morning. x He waa on to() of Ridgeway, and as t approached, about 4. put on (he brakes. ■ Sia to the bridire and was unconscious •the forward brain ledge’.” was unhea neck was carriad f ture, knocking him where be became fi ging on the mile be was rakeman on the Char- Aiiguta Railroad, it settlement tieyond " from an sc Charlotte this they passed his side whs attempted to his back wheel, he A cry from utch out, Mil id the back of ids against the strffc ‘ «n two cam, _ hla feet drag track. For a quitter of a carried in fblsVar, when he ^ _ y, WSH Middenl> l-x v-nag and fed upon die tra -k. fourtevn cars passinf ovar Mp. At intervals he was 'irueE on tte MM and chpped out like shoe pegs and sold like I back by tbe brake )«• am* as the ears railed hot muffins, but it goea without aaying on, exre-iencing the meal agonizing pain that well dressed men do not patronize I at each blow. U<£waa coMctoui enough there. I *” t — to know w hst was gr.lng oa, and Piffcnd a living death in the constaM fear ofhelng rrusli<-t to a pulp It was wooderfftthst be i M-apid whh life. 1t ws* to the formal ion of the track. Darn has tssm connected ffffik the rail road fur the last fourU-ea yert*. and has kl . alwaya bsva a satwhle workman, t sptal late in numerous articles that are gotUgi A ,)^, ^ ^ pUccd In the o*b eoDCt-rniag| brought to t ofiunlda where Dl Rowe A man to curb the distinction of being , pronounced well" drrtaed in New York must exercise great care not to dreaa too much or too highly.» He must spend oouHidereble sums upon his attire, but ! ii<-tiling like the amonuta set down of This bai*raw, about 4»> per cent, of the total revl-nuev includea not only taxes pud by fanuen, tmt all country prop- [ I erty. and all ponoualty in tuyus and cities outasd*- of Golnibiiia, owneil by I i.tlu-r^ban farmer*. Three would oflret the taxes paid by tanm-rs nmbv other • hreda Soarm ly a pound of nvrr r»«*k opportunity by this of HI* nod noun try. expiiatwo *f their (era of ser any, by thrift and industry, tie to wtiaelabls pu ‘ Tbe ia tamer* i i ll; ai> ,i Ulen . re. grtei I i skouhi have full they can well affwsd rt gvr-, , . ’-..oat iw sore afte i# tigLl atel ah-uL i aoreiviy mo|-,< tuat thy dia ewassun of this question will Max/O* gcuriai. Foil and free debait is Us refev-ard "f a repuldie. The sow gi people* may be thieled arlku they ULdei stand, but a peotde mislrd ia U S a* tysanl l fire erexlil for nuicrnty and beoeetv of pwrpuae So all who kstr thus far tuAanyllnng to mj npi-o the tstq.WC A Uk** it for giuuted that they it) Ereir# p> propugratw error ot f!l« ir cause in any other way than ad reasc-o bur l oat andi»i tied fact* h* vertueiesa tbr ptiUn' demao U ia da own u aterret that Uiow; who assun - to um*t first thoraufuly uei|ii*inl i writii ibetr sulqaot, or U at it they fell in this, then mistakes mu-*’. In* K ted oat by some one clea. In the wat of truth, and ot a anrn-am oan did, rtirpm *~ dfcuiion of luis ua portent Eiresurv. I desire tooorreet some I colwre bc'iannol secure in a low of the error* of fare, iTpremcr implied. mbool.T prendre for bu. Uiat haveertpt udo the ■■■ill ■ |*afMrate J.qwrtmec.l. in which he It has recently been seated by several 1 ^ I art of l ha laagatu ia viegv bur the mat depart meat ia u esaart ’ Vtarate* | r< aobfA-Ui. 1 -Uw- tons” unUaa the wnUr mren- that a gvaerwl fit* nary, scranttfin nod p iste culture is tntaudfd for prreeiwra, dam tun aad lavywea aloms aisd that lamwe* nann» t or unght not denvw nay ad- vnatagi ■ therefrom. He IMlUl Ooi OOP- ■ciou ly take any sueh poaiu. n so ua- jnet to the farmer aad hie aoo. Krea were- th* re no technical agncoltaral ta- ttrart-oa ia the GoBegc, the sons of I faruMi* would still enjoy la e^njon uoeve that pvterwl fr*u..i g E rtHJf of th* atmuat impurtaaoe m its pc nwnur to enter into this dlertaal ncuapchtoc-a now raging tlirevugboat the eivtUaed World, the want of Which traiaiag compels the lanuer's ■on oj anybody rise's son to take a bank •rat or be run over. I>rt the Bute does much morn. Not only giving tho (aimer's son that broad grade urtl nret53*>a not pey Of 1,IIU4,1W ■apply for the world h l. llt.l'JO halea, lows of this number 72H..M) are Amcnoan ; Twi imrk flULltk) Font Indian, etc. Itwouwnn The Mporto into rusitiasmtal porta for the week hev<- bswo l\i«JU bales. Three flgurre indioale an in r re sec ia the cotton la Sight of 51,1(1$ bales as compared with the same data of INM, an incrnasi of ll,«;?2 Iwlea as c* with the eumapuodiag dote of 1885. Tho reeeapts at latariot towns foe the Week trere 7,'i7\i tales Old interior | re— deeeeagrt U^WwIWkiM about in the daily the cost of a weU-dreaasd New wardrobe. Tbe i -twenty thousand men hers thousand dollar* a yaar on l tag causes an aching void ooa’a heart, rat aot M cloihaa, bat renliie the aheareMy of that report Muppoeeamanbuia tagWMitiof elothea a year, which a aa < bar, the coal wortd.be lar Wm (ra»- ermuig nut Twob Three Thta would oall for lam than $81 the $5,000 a year, leaving tha $2 tu liU Whleh Is Oaasded by 1 * OM Bit.sr M A Foot Thick"—A Tl Tara. Cluttok, lad., August Clinton, Ind., and the Illinois Hm It • hilly bill • little stream called Ooalsff hills are vuhusbie coal beds,' ally only a few feet below tha suifaoe of the ground and eroppfng out many places Tha fog cabins of miamo aad poor formers with hare aad there a stony field of eon and oats, an tha only signs of ririhaatfoa in ths wild noigh- borhood. Th* psopfo hare a ble story to foil to aayi ehanoe to prestialt They firmly bolisve that than is a vein of pure rent "a fool thkk" la a certain hffl at the dda of Hk* aredh This rich rein of metal, they my, *U- ) ureter ths bod of tha aresk aad isloat benearta high hiU <m tha Mo white man. aow aUre. alU-iMted film No buom are limMRa snii hi* injurim are not conaidtrivl (vtaL, Ills heart IS covered with hrdam. ktaredy Marreit. aad kts kaers swollre to mous rise He suffer* mu- k pain sad i« u sabir to more —CWwasise ItmMf Ampul ft BMB DIKII fomred ia I milks had II WM tae a*.oo" a year, leavi *sss tu aom* wvatd have from for they re with la unwa trapped iuto i by ourrupt apeata at I afi af tea dr r aad aad aaaurmnoee of it al th* cxpirstMei of i would f tahmh would insure a eumisrteiit pruvia- iou for the raamtnder of thru day*. The maigraul I often discovered oa arrival that the adreatogM to be obtaiaed la Amcrtaa had been pamtel by the The reempto from the the actual — »ru.»ai, nut —‘n ’lag I wilaad rvev ipte aor Hoatheru eoa- •tion, of oottoa that reached the* at through the oat porta for the h were t,1i5 I ales Th* total receipts since let heplamber, iwrt, were < foUMM krtos Tit, actual ■nvao* | the ptaofohous waa ooiy 5,11* m '* XM ** the la lance Umg tahL* from lh* - at tha tataeiue luwaa. Istha-I^y wLo Sgncrtrtrtl c^pe ? trslly ■m-ns aud ncwsuituoi pile a a rpuc: oelkwa aha caucot secure 4hr beaef hiof (ongnaapart "Hatch Act,’’ whioh uppro|wiatre $15,tiU) a year-for a^rw-i, turul and soieutific Mperimeuta:km. l Wbvther this is true or aot can be seen ! by refereor* to tbe following aectiut.* of tho Hatch Act as passed . "Section !. JV it ensicted, Ac., That t in ordti to aid m acquiring aud diffusing rmong the people of the United Stab* n*eful and practical.information on sub jecU connected with ugrioulture, there ■hall be established under direction < >f ' the college or colleges or agiicu turai departments of colleges in each State or * Territoiy established, or which may Jiereafter be established in aooonla:.ct- *ith the provisions of an Act approved July 2, 18412, a dcp4rtmsct to be known « and designated as an mgricultural experi ment station: Provided that in any Mate or Territory In winch two such colleges # have been or may be so established, the f iropriation hereinafter made to snob te or Territory shall be equally divkl- between such colleges, unless the i of such State or Territory i otherrtse direct.” -—- "Section 8. That in States having i entitled under this section to i benefita of this Act and having also . Itural experiment stations estab- led by law separate from said col- such States shall be authorized to S ly sooh benefits to experifhenta at fonsso established by such States; and in case any State shall have estab- ny i S ied under the provhdoas of said Aot July 2, aforesaid, an agrii J partment or experimtmtal sk ■‘[)n with any university, nection with any university, colli mdtitution not distinctly an agric college oa school, and unch Btat de in con college or cultural- tate shall eetablished or shall hereafter estab » separate agricultural college or aehsol, which shall have connected an experimental farm or sfo ^agi slate re of sooh State maj rhole or" in part the appro pria thiz Act made to such separsU oral college or school, and no til by contract, e: ,Legislature shall by contract, express dr disahfoitesU from so doing.” - 0 1 directs the appropriatioa^b to "any eoUeg# ot oollegua^r ti departments Of colleges,*’ >n 8 adds that in case .sbsll be a agricultural ex; i is autl lib agricultural 1 retabltahsd tfo to tool •Imj UOUUJU ■q» pracbort Stndenti who desire to bs- iwyers are shrewd enough gen erally to take a thorough aeadrmic coarse and finish off in the law depart ment, sad farmers' sons should at bast receive the same kind of piviarmtorr training in order to fit them to cope witn the**) glided "enemies of their race.” AgV. |* military trailing is one of the fcaturr* in all separate agricultural oolkges, the Citadel should not J>e re viled for training "soldiers.” As it is still a mooted question what constitutes s practical agricultural edu cation, it can only be argued, not proven, whether this State gives such or not Bat the fset is that The plan of edkrartpn provided by South Carolina ia in tfo^ame line as that given by twenty- four htates in the Union, audits legality is recognized by Congress, by Legi&la- » ** of States, aud by a largo majority the people of tbe Union. Tha charge that the farmer's son -can, not obtain a practical mechanical educa- tiou can bo aircctly disproved. Thirty or forty stufienfe during the oaet year haveheen engaged in the wemshope of the Muth Carolina College, and when they shall have completed their course they will-know more about ordinary wood and iron work than many of the carpenters and blacksmiths in the State, besides being thoroughly trained in me chanical drawing and in the theory of machinery, kinematics, mechanical technology, Ac. It is a question of taste whether it is better for the farmer’s son, or lawyer’s, or doctor’s, or preacher’s son tef pay money in college te learn how to fork manure, cut wood and chop ootton, without knowing how to handle tools, or to permit him to acquire the details or unskilled labor at home, and learn, at college how to frame buildings, weli tiros, sharpen ploughs, rig up ma- ohiwry and do other skilled operations which wou^d otherwise entail a loss o: time and mot^y. Ihu Miasiesipi'i (Liioge pursues the farmer course; the Bouth Carolina the latter. Manual labor ia required in both the only difference being that the [btrqjtna College gives that train- tng which cannot be riven at home, while the Mississippi College, during iti seven years of existence, bar taken no stops to give instruction in tbe use ot tools, of other skilled mechanical labor. As already said there are 'and forty students inr the wilier* caffi-rad it at the hands ot »od agonu. Titsy were tad to thal on ail IT si in Amrnca tbrer would >e eaguriy solicited by 1 gladly pay Uw costs of which iMung only fi, would soon be able to rep*; tbe tret grants would soon be able repay, aad thus be able to ■ htieny and all the i myjtaenl penty that the new eouatry offkred to ativcBtoier*. Agrementa were sntcred into whereby these deluded oaea bound ' at h, on arrival, they did not saoaaad with* a certain n day* in seeunng employment own teoas, they eoold be sold for a of yean te drfaay the charges lor ■ Alas! the "free wiUera,"wi) rare exceptions, had a rude awakening on reaching the ooloniee. Under their agreements the captain had a legal hen on tbe persons of the emigrants until the ship chargn were paid: consequent- y they were not allowed to go on shore, but were exposed te view on deck to the oamo on MJOUO hales at k Tha Chrwaialo rays, ia ■peculatioB to futarea ,1 "The spaouiatiM drbiaiy at this market t what inset ire tor the week aad the prfueipal feature la options for this month. hare beaa at work, irayawwed, owtag te poriaat Crop sc tbe tall of needed ram over a able portion of Texas, aad a clearing up ia Georgia aad naa, where tbe downfall bad rin-. Liverpool r. i-ort* rtflr, )..! a vary unsettled market there. Tha bureau report, made public on Wednes day, WM rather better than was generally ed. On (Saturday tha ■tightly dearer, but the t was lost on Monday. In the of Tueaday and Wednesday there a decline of (t) points in August options, while the next crop gwe way only 5 to 7 points. There were unac countably full receipts of old Ootton at ; New Orleans, whioh bad an unfavorable effect upon values far - prompt delivery. On Thtuaday an early decline, under weak Liverpool advices, was fully recov ered on a demand to cover contracts. ■ hoard in search of > To-day an early decline was followed bv servante. Eacept in cases of extraordi- j variable unsettled values. Cotton oi yrar. 11 Tbs younger of tuned frera a au | raid to iii other "What did you ■uitr ••it -WO), pay fos thal white people who That’s the reason it pays to go to buy your elothea. a rnmmm nary qualification?, vexy few of them: the spot, under freer offering* and de- happy enough to make their own dining prioua, has been fairly active, stipulations, and they found themselves both for export and home consumption, for several'years of tedious labor 1 '' is n- i* a and servitude. The terms of conditions of service differed in the different oolonies. Among tho archives of tbe Pennsylvania His torical Society are some original bonds, or agreements, between ship, captains and redemptioners. From them we learn that the usual price paid in that colony for three years’ service was £24 Ia and 6d. .When his time had expired a man was entitled to receive two suits of dothea, a grubbing hi e, a weeding hoe and a new u;e, Children sold for from £8 to £10, and their masters were required to see that they were taught to read and write, and had at least one quarter’s schooling. In New, rersey—according to 1 ‘Learn ing and Spicer—no white servant, if sold or bound after seventeen years of age, could serve above four years. If under that age, they were to be free on reaching their majority. At the expira tion of service their master were obliged to supply them with two good spite of clothing, suitable for a servant, one good felling a^e, one good hoe, and seven bushels of Indian corn. A servant wm te be imiuodiatdy freed in case of being so abused by master or mistress as to result in the low of an eye or a tooth. Tbe laws against aiding redemptionists *0 Escape were very severe. A flqe of £5 wm imposed for offering in snob oases, qnd the aider and abettor « obliged to make full satisfaction to master or mistress for all loss, damage or cost sustained by the absence of ov search for the runaway. Any one who concealed or entertained au absconding redemptioner could be fined at the dis oration of the court, and be made to nav te tbe owner for pacli (Quotations were reduced 1-lGc. on Mon day and. io. on Wednesday. Friday, at a further decline of 1-lGo., there was a very large business for export, and home spinners bought f^rly.” Eet the Hoy* Hi Ip. Why is it that the boys aft affoEpd to sit around a house doing nothing, while their overvforhed mother is College acquiring *his practical i ieafo training. The chazgs, tb the farmer'* son cannot seiare ti ing must be charitably ascribed to ahoer ignorance, but to ignorance hardly ax- i half hour's visit to tbr i or fire nunc I ttDrtd ha of * for thrifty Oer- anough d fode straggling against nature and fate to do the workr’ Only the other day we saw three large, able-txxlied boys lounring about the house, not knowing what to do with themselves, while their mother, tired and pale, waa trying tq do the work for a large family and company slope. Not a boy’s work to help about the house? Why not? Is there anything about _ dishes that will injure him or which he cannot learn to do well, or about making^beds, or sweeping, or set ting the table, or washing, or ironing, or cooking a plain ipeal? On the con* trary, there is much to benefit him in such work, 4he most important of which is the idea that it isn’t manlytojet the "weaker vessel" carry all when it is possible for strong, y hands to help. Moat boys would house if they w^ro we* WhVho* ‘ ■■ ly. htaay a smart boy wants to heln nis tired mother, but doesn’t know how beyond bringing in the wood and tbe water, and shoveling a path through the snow. This done, she teHa him to go and play while she plods wi * Not a boy’s woik?. For rtsmel It ia a positive hann 16 % boy'* moral ohar- wtor ip allow him to tfortrtt right to be idle whifo fos moths? is ' Let LUie bore ilfora who oan’t grt help "for tef* or lnoDej,”M they often write While tWsteamer Flora Temple wm craisfog near the snapper banks, yester- da.', about fifteen tfrilos off shore, Capk Moutcahn Broward observed an im mense block object floating on the sur face of the water. Upon approaching it he discovered that it wm an immense turtle of some sort, whioh was lazily sleeping on the surface of the water. The captain secured a harpoon, and when near enough he dexterously threw the weapon and succeeded in fixing it firmly in the back of the monster. It was found impossible to raise this moun tain of flesh to the boat, so that the captain attached a hawser to the har poon, mid taking it in tow, brought it up to the city, arriving at Deco tie’s wood yard about fiv$ o’clock, when the huge object was hauled out upon the site] where it* great size soon attracted a large crowd who gazed with wonder at the strange-visitor. The weight of the captain’s catch was variously estimated to be from T,000 to I.fiOO pounds; it measured acrora the anterior fully sight feet two inches, wm seven feet two inches- Irom the.and of the nose to the tip of the tail, and pechaps eight feet In circumference. The captain called his catch a tortoise, bat the News-Herald man identified it as a peculiarly splendid A Boston s|*ecijtl ray* bsmrariy Utils reora at lh* rear of No ifqLi 1 Albany Arret, ia that city. Mss. Mar] M TTttouth was raanm*! te th* City Hiwattel * tfotarday urate, .Ure shs ‘ ■MPftttttK» flrw obi, ai- 1 without ifootfi lira odly drereral rrretwso la ail reora *re isinrebly-Jllttiy, cfothre wot* imfo !■ iter,than kow* t ure to t by atetagi Mr*. HraWk ww a pre a*>l it wre whtfo hretu doily roaara ta •» or do* Ural *ho was run ore* by a tart tare butetw a— of Roottvl and Hadraa tuoi»-!i reBK/red Urr fo brr boras aad aotifiod tho p-djee aa-l hod Ure takoa to tho City Urepttel. Mho was aot badly hart, but bar adtaared aafootdod Soaditbu yoan of privatioo a tho shoA. Ifolusu oreolliiiif about bre raoooy aad Ural Irawyre Cbarlo* Colbota Tho bra poor er raiad Tha teonuag, boworer. ward wm sreti to tho lawrer, wbsa thsy ww* ■arpriood to bare that th* old aoraaa baa reoreitiy mats a will aad ore worth revere! tboiiauad ff0itan> Tbe raihra wre* aotiAud aad aa offtore dstailod to reareb tbs taWfly Uxlgings. Opuorta te* door of the oal womaa’i i foul -dor grreUd boa aad a rate dirapprared leiaare’y info their boiaa. Tbs officer lowuo bis aaarab by ripptag open lira first of tbs two old whoa, to gold aad ail' tbs floor. Th* re with whish Mfouraffout rid* fos bed. was a hatful of I Franks polked over tbs ptfo and raw that iy of Um bills were rolled * tato ‘ tied with greasy strings. H* with his She. and the wealth fotfhd $630. Ofl over tbe bed hung an old Mechanically thrusting his hand into the pockets he drew out a hard rag. Opening this $70 ia bills lay ia his hand. On a pag near ny was another petticoat As the ofitoelgrasped it to replace it on the hook he felt a Laid bunch of something inside the lining. Chitting the threads with his knife, a little bag dropped oat and $G in small silver coons rolled off on the floor. Inside the door another dirty article of apparel hong. It searched, and in the lining wm found foaodhtes ahMt Jra aratorrek-Hi^^ 1 won fat r aarabre of rare*, htf sari It is IhJ^bt that b* is Arari. *y« by tha 'Ti « *bs drad rira real »htrti IS Area la Ati abroad aedwr Mrs. Hoekst, tbe lion ild Siadly Mjt te ro to do so, 1 to do the work pro] specimen of the trunk or leathery turtle (Sphargis Oariaoea.) This great sea denizen inhabits the gulf stream along the Atlantic shores and elsewhere. It does not have a shell, tratis covered with a leathery skin, with seven longitudinal ridges. It i* the largest of top trite, and is of no v^lgp as food. - ,—Jack- Thst Wreterttal CMMer. an Item .concerning a taken ler, who bad of a mother, ap- , and we promised to Some renttrksbie tui qpeta himself the pearad in this paper, Kive tbe result of bis perforuwmees. On Saturday we met CtpUiu J. V. George, the owner tJ rae aow famous gobbler, and bo raid that be put him to eet on ssvao tur key. nine guinea and aiae bed eggs, that the turkey sgg* bvoke during oUncubatfon, but that at tbs be came off lining secreted a Urge pocket book. Sewed into this were bills of various denomina tions amounting to $70. On the floor lay a mattress black with duffNmd filth, and rolled up and tied with a piece of elothea line. Inside this, and wrapped carefully in a dozen news papers, waa a package of Untied States Government tends of the iaaoe of 1887. tearing four per cent interest, and amounting in value to six hundred dollars. • Down in the corner of tho bar were o bank books of the Franklin Saving* each showing a deposit of one thousand dallan. Continuing the search, a black drees was found, and in various parts of tho lining were discovered, sewed in lately, fifteen dollars in bills aud silver. In a bureau was found pi* bundled and money am sen six am seven thousand dollars, which wm kmsd over to the police author tie*. Ha role Worae* From the itoriM of eya conduct of the women in tha railway accident at Ghateworth wm extremely creditable. Those who .died mat death with heroic bravery, and those who were fortunate < after rend aid pdariUtt nJe strong i bravery, nought©) did jo only ta* two MS afraid of a out down the i re later Mxa. mai "likeah. down a hill by hi w itwMauoni Abreriten yearn lat her hatband, and one i sons, while going afoni night, heard an ani thicket a lew fori had time to grt te heard the animal riasl the young into the 1 away. A few moM of terra I leaps took it out of hearing, not doubt but that it waa tha 1 The speeteal i ing Mark ia eol the body of a man. Thai that the-oterm by whioh i are held wSU become i and never vetioa. ine will te found, who formerly vltitod vssJ otMbaikf of tteOorti