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aunitONS OBJKAT &BCO&D AHNUALBSPORT Qi* PRK9IDBNT. Vb« AlUDdMoe L*fc*r Th»n Kr«r BAfor*—Tb« Spltndkl Work Id tbs N«w Textile Department. annual report of President Harteop, of Clsmson College, was the flrel of the annual reports to reach the superintendent of education this year. The report is exbaustlse and makes a fine showing for the institution. The extracts given will be of interest to the people of South Carolina. . It is the eleventh annual report, embracing the period from July 1,1899 to July 1, WOO.' The report showi that from Septem ber, 1899, to June 1900, there were en rolled 461 students, 105 being sopho mores, and 141 freshmen. Here are t>)« extracts : "Though not properly a part of this report, we should state for the Infor mation of the public that ylnoe Sept. 1900, 509 applicants have reported to the president to nfitiiculate. Some of - these- failed to enter the classes that they applied for and returned hotm*. The actual attendance cow is 476. This enrollment is larger than that at any other agricultural and mechanical college in the Southern States, and is exceeded by only a few in other States. For lack of room we reluctantly re jected 900 applicants, although repeat ed statements were published in the newspapers that ail available space bad been engaged. A conservative es timate shows that bad we had adequate dormitory accommodations and other laboratory facilities, Clemson would have opened with 1,000 students this session. " Every county in South Carolina is represented at Clemson. "A great many applications hare come from other States, but we have declined to consider these applications, as oltlsses of South Carolina are ob viously entitled to flrst preference. " This gratifying Inc ream has come despite the feet that the lower pre paratory class was abolished last June. The percentage of old students who have returned is larger thee ever be fore la the history of the college. " The wonderful popularity of Clem- soa College is attributed to the liberal terms offered to students, to the demand of the times lor lades trial training, and ' to tha ooaeplcuuu* success of Ibo f red the military drill with the manual of arms and Held movements meet nil the requirement* of physical exercise. The drill often changes gw* ky, slouuhy boys into er«ot men, but the drilling is a sort of compulsion. The mind is uc dera strain. The drill does not de velop, one by all tue muscles of the body. Military drills are, impor- taol and helpful, but they owenot take taclaod helpful, but they qaenot taxe ne--i thelr lo?e| for L h , Te * farebod- cently preseo the place of athtetto elercties. West | a g It cannot last, ttfe 4» -tall of phis for their follows eoaslUerable about tbs bald daring nag of great advantage to i of the (Mote. That wn ask the author! Uns by all means to oout'uue Iho lu st! tutus hold from y unr to year at Ctsmeou Coilago ’ "The vnurlnarlao bus frequent and urgent calls to go to vertoes parts of ct outbreaks of dle ad hogs horaotor of the d isense ideml to^e of e grove Is eeal at the expense of the ed from April to November I tIOQ mllee le the werh. Meey sale lev ais eervlee have beeo made by basing aalmale snleriag from tea Urn he. distemper, oo. aad Ne rsepmase le given to eeeh rtqeeete. as the ebjset of to sge le tale wwrh Is to protect sltlseas of the hieto ngalnsi reetagtoes nad infsetloes diseases liable to resell la epieootle eetbreaki aad baasy pw Polpt recognises this, nod bns, there fore, esUblishsi n mngnlQcent gymnn- slum. " I would ngnln remind your honor able body of the need of n gymnasium and n competent instructor to conduct it. "I nm glad to report that a gentle manly athletic spirit prevails at Clem- soo. The various athletic teams have won many victories In tbelr intercol leglate contests, which have served to quicken enthusiasm. These teams are free from debt. Students with unsatis factory cla»s records are not allowed to play In Intercollegiate contests. " It is the universal testimony of col lege men that discipline ti’ better in colleges where athletic sports are in favor, because such exercises provide n natural outlet for surplus animal spirits. " * ▲uricuLtural department ‘To the casual observer is would seem that the agrfoultural department is the easiest to organixe and operate, but as a matter of fact it is one of the most difficult. The currieutum covers n wide field of learned subject# which must be co-ordinated and taught with special application to the business of farming. "Under present conditions it is dlffl cult to have a compact organization lo the agricultural department. Unlike | other departments the divisions are not gathered together in one building. There are separate buildings and equipments for the divisions of bortl culture, veterinary science nod animal husbandry. If practicable, It would benefit Inis department greatly to bavs all the division In one building. MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT. "The continually Increasing number of students taking the engineering course made it Imperative for us to remodel the mechanical ball. A new dynamo laboratory has beeo erected, a thirty fool addition to the foundry has been made, aad tbs machines have been so rearranged that ws can now provide for ail students taking the work. The effect of this rearrasga BIXrIr ARP AND CKQrDRRM. ALL or. THKat LOVE GRANDPA. likes to Nee tbs Little ones at Play, here are a Great Many Bsantllul Things In Lift. Thesu little chaps alarm me—alarm me with their Innocence, their happi ly window almost every day I little girls, only four and six son gave him a pair of peafowls aad be brought them home and from that pair every peafowl in Misstesippl has de scended. This pair was many years afterwards given to Oolonel Gordon’s uncle, Joslah Walton, and by him to his sister, Mrs. Doggett, and the male bird lived to be Sjeventy two years old. A pair of the same stock has been re cently presented to the city of Mem- boo. I had ao idea- that iaop.sooilc oetbreeCs aeu heavy pe- ooslary leas to the stock owners o’ the eei seasmraity The veeerteartae ie toted ( ini with an legal authority to seodsmoeod iwlrsy *r even qaaraetlas aelmais lor nay d I sense to the meet that he caa 4o le to ads lea pursues eeeeereed of the hast esnree to take ie order to avoid farther leas "It le a physical impoaelMllty for the vetorteanen to respond to the fa rtoee eel is lor hie services aad keep ep with hie eiMS work aad experiment deties. There le preseieg need rtese of ea essWteal vetoria- kXPOeiTloM eg of the oustrd lest the lollowleg reeoletioe ees red, That the aethortuee at CM lege eadorae the project of Maai Booth CAroilea expost lion of the Industries aad resources of the Btato to he held la Charles toe la 1101. Aad they hereby pledge what- of aid aad encouragement they . pan to Ut# tuooees of tbs seme Aad that this ooUegTwin make ¥a AXVTBXt at ■eld expoaltloe. "]a obedience to the resolution we have already bega* <o prepare oxhtblu for thlt expoeitloa. We have thought it better to pat aside from lime to time each products of the regular class room work ae wouul be worthy of exhibition, to toat tbs preparation of the exhtb'le would be Instructive in their nature and would sot laterfare with the regu lar clam room work. The students, therefore, of the meohaaloal.texllle aad agricultural departments will preserve from time to time specimens of routine work aad it lx hoped that the exhibit prepared in thlx way will present to the public a faithful plcturu of what Is being accomplished by our student body. MACADAM ROADN. " Your respectful attention is called to the condition of our macadam road from the college to Calhoun station. This road was built at considerable exv pease and by the best engineering skill obtainable. It la necessary to have a heavy roller v for the proper mainten anoeofthia road. Such a roller will cost about $900. Through the courtesy of the Federal government we b»d the use of a good roller when the road was building. A heavy roller U not only easeotlal to the preservation of the ma cadam road, but can be used to advan Uge on all other roada and walks about the college. * * * LIBRARY. 11 The site of our library is not com mensurate with the dignity and imoor taaoe of the college. It has only 3 eli ooaveeieet. If ws wish to keep abreast of the rvme'uabls development* mads along tocaaieai lines we must oeellees to provide from time to time such ma chinery aad models ae will lllaslrats iveat advances of scleece. At y of the targe eeivereittes they have complete sets of kinematic mod sts to 111 as train the science aad prie ciplesef BMchaaism At Cornell tao models asm bar 3uO and coot tl&.uuu Waite we ceeeot hope to bavs each a large ooilaettoa here, we might meh* e start la ttet direction. The demead tor ojr yoeag men graduating from thin department greatiy exceeds the supply. and oa account of tha marvel one I ad us trial movamaat throughout thu ttouth. It le quite likely that ovee the large ulauoea aod gwtag out will eat he ahie to supply the demand tor some time to corns le the dlvleiaa of electrical eagle- Vi eg the cieessw are becoming too ergo for the las tractor to do sBcleat work Nhoald there he eav furiner le creese la thu elxe of tha c asaus. a* prohabiu, aa nddiUoam kastrec her mill Be aeooosary "The mechaaioal departmuet eoetis eve to maiataia the high staadanf which has charactorlxed its work la thu pest years TXXTlLk DCPakTlXkNT. "A three story rxtea*l«M. X 7o, is erariug uompluiioa. Tha seoued aad third I airs aili hr us- d to* additional machinery, obtlo the first 9 a>r oil! he itsui for a dye hou«e. The preerat boiler will he leoutt.*luat to feraluh heat far the exvueuloe. The growlag pop ilerlty of thia dupartmeat will aeceeeitale aa early tecreaue la thu teaching force. The handsome gleg hams, toweiteg, murcerlxed goods, and other flue fabrics made by our student* have attracted ibo attention of many visitors Young man of the Statu base not the opportunity to study such iMrtflg XVkflU Ihfii sorrows and they will have their share. It it the common lot. One melancholy poet xayx: “Man wax made to mourn. Another aayx: “I would not live al ways,’’ but I like that one better who wrote “Toe world ix very lovely. Ob, my God, I thank Thee that I live ’’ From m ree two little girls, only years old, turning the corner and com ing up through the grove to see grandma and grandpa aud be petted-|-hb *x and of course, be feasted with bis cuit and jelly and apples and to nurse the cat and * play with tbelr little cousin's fine Pans doll. They always come hand in hand and with clean faces and ribboned hair and we meet them at the door, for they bring sunshine to our hearts and home. 1 love to have them'climb Into the back of my big chair and bother me while 1 write, and 1 have to stop and draw pictures for them and to hear the little one call .me her good old for nothing gan’pa. The other day I met them goiDK another way And they said they were going to see their other grandma. • Yet,’’ said I, "you have two grand mas, but you bavent got but one grandpa ’’ The little one looked up lovingly to me and said: “We don’t need any more.” I bought a fine tuikey for the boys who are coming and the little girt surveyed him and said: “Gan’pa, be is running at the nose and it’s bloody.” 11 was the older one who said the turkey was sick, I reckon for be keeps vomiting. Dean owlft was a cynic and had no love for children. He said tbat an author who talked about his own books was a* silly ae u mother who was ever telling eomothtng smart about her children. 1 reckon be would say that grand parents were more silly taao mutbere. 1 confess that it is e good part of my happiness now to mingle with aad to pet the little grand children and that is wey 1 feel alarmed (or fear something wilt happen to them before 1 die or tbat I will die before they gut old eaouga to love mu wtib a lovu tout will not forget, and I think of Tom Moo.-U and hie gasella tnat -A. i a..!a — ^Ifit Will he, bwt it seume tome mf thll 1 would like to have these Utila onus brteg 1 jwurs to my grave sumsUmeu •ed talk about mu. <V net would thu world be without children, for pf uuch ie the. kingdom o< hwavue. Jeet tmevtae for a moment the deeo.ektwa. tea despair that would pervade thu tad society aad Uuda aad Com roe awl a day school ia all thu •or • Muedey school. apt a iltttu or stoekleg eor a little hat eor a doll or toy ia aay •tors ae castor.a or southing syrup or other teles tha mudteiau*. so firewerka, ae Christmas eof Neats Claes, oo nothing hardily, for tt le s fact teat the world is wurhtag tor children The eyetes aay that marr.age ie a (ailura. (Suppose it ■e Ik many cases L’ot.dre# are not failures D.voreae may stifi * tau lose of mea aad wife, but they u|Hl love thu ehlldruu and noatoed tor p<nu«usloa of them* peafowls lived tQfpbh great age, but I do know that we have been breeding them for over jtwenty years aod have C lven away a great many and 1 never new one to die a natural death. But I am tired, travel worn, for no hours are mine, they are the railroad's by night as well as by day and my rest Is broken up and I begin to realize that I cannot stand It much longer. Ben Franklin’s definition of man was that bundle of habits” and the Older he grows the stronger his habits holji him. The verv word habits comes from the Latin "habeo,” to hold, to hind. BILL ARP. Tne Daughters of the Confederacy are wide awake In this town and are going to build a monument to their heroic dead of whom about 1,200 are burled here. They called me nere to help them. B. A. Fen (more Coopef.'wbO-bad Just died Washington Ii*vlng came forward to call the meeting to order. He was em barrassed aa I never before or since saw a speaker embarrassed. He b* 0 bis hat in one Land and his glovei li the other. Hlsohlef perplexity seemed to be how to change nis hat and gloves to the other hand. He hemmed am hawed and stuttered, and blushed adc bowed and half broke dqwn while pre sentlng Daniel Wooster as the chair man of the meeting. Daniel Webster in a speech introduced William Cullen 3ryant as the orator of Jhe evening, for more-khan an hour Mr. Bryant dis coursed of his friend, the auioor o! Wiog-and-Wing,” "Red Rover’’am the "Two Admirals.” What a night nTrlpler Hull tbat was! Was there ever tuch a group on one platform? Washington Irving calling to the chair | Daniel Webster to introduce Wi liam Cullen Bryant! ^ But which most affected me I cannot easily tell—Bryant, in 1851, applauded of the multitude in Tripit-r dali, t. Bryant In my parlors in 1870 Tm one was " Noontide "’ The other was Sunset!’’ T. De Witt Talmagr. FROM OUR NBW POSHKS8IONS. CHRISTMAS REMINISCENCES. — % Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage Re- .calls Memories of William Cullen Bryant, Fenlmore Cooper, Washing ton Irving and Daniel Webster. At Chrlstmastlde we all become meditative, aod are disposed to look back more than to look forward. Es pecially Is this so if we sit by a coun try fireplace, or a city grate where the kind of coal you burn allows the flames to gallop, and shake the shadows up aod down the wall. In nay bouse oa Oxford street, Brook lyn, In 1876. we had a memorable gath eriog, tbe memory of which I still cherish as among the most treasured of my Christmas lemlnlscenoes. Many ladles and gentlemen were present, but tbe most conspicuous—not because of any proteose oo bis part, but by sheer force of elevated character—was William Cullea Bryant. He did not much like to be helped out of tbe car nage wbea he came, nor to be helped ieto It again when he departed. Ha was tbe impereooatloa of simplicity He no doubt knew that he was admired of alt, but be gave no demonstration of that fact. Two hundred bushels of po tatoes remove eighty pounds of ‘ ‘actual ’ ’ Potash from the Xoil. Unless this quantity \s returned to the soil,, following crop will aterially decrease. We have books tellinc about composition, use and value of fertilizer* for varioa* crop*. They are aeot free. . GERMAN KALI WORKS. 93 Nassau St., Federal Sergeant ia tbe Phillip pines Finds a Bunch of Tkoable on Oar Western BurizrnT.** Sergeant Fred Huntoon, of Ann Arbor, Mich., is serving Uncle Sam in the PhillppijtoMmd he hrites the fol VOTING IN ’Sfc.VfcNTY-kI.ztAT. "The trouble, . 500 volumes. These books are well select ed, but the number ax compared with colleges of equal rank and opportunity ix Ten small. The disastrous fire of 1894 destroyed our library, and we had to start from tha beginning a second time. It lx hoped that more liberal appropriations will be made in the fu- tore to build up a library that will be had prof assort ATHKLETT08. " Athletics have become almost aa Integral part of mod era college work. The body saatains, the tr od guides, the heart impels. As edseetioa which te body is de toetlve. tfootaigae was right when he 'To brace the 'niod we mast textlls Instruction la order to get this know ledge. an illustration of the Industrial Importance of textile education we 8 resent the following figures: South •rolloa’s oottoo crop of 80U.U00 bales at 7 cents a pound is worth 928.000,(AM) In addition.to the usual inttructiyo in mechanics, mathematics, English, ma nlpulatlon of cotton machinery, de signing, dyeing, the textile students are taught to design and weave vari ous fancy fabrics. Among others may be mentioned twills, sateen weaves, mercerised checks and Imitation swivel silks. The value of a South Carolina crop of cotton if manufactured into these goods wou'd be as follows: Twills at 32c per pound 9128,000.000 8at**an weave* st 75c per pound, auu.mw.Ooo Mercen* d check* at |1 per fiound. 400,OiK),000 Imitation swivel ailks at )! per pound 800,000,0U) "Startling at these figures may ap pear they represent the worih of our cotton crop when converted into fancy weaves. One object of our textile de partment Is to fit students for such work. "We are now in need of more ma chinery for the textile department among other machines, one silver lap- per, one ribbon tapper, one comber, representing an expenditure of about 12 500. These machines will enable the students to study classes of fine work which we are not now able to teach. We should also have some looms for. weaving "ingrain carpets." The present value of our textile de partment Is about 145,000, at a cost to the State of not over 129 000. A con siderable part of this 129,000 was ex pended for freight supplies, insurance, etc. ** "The textile department is making admirable progress along all lines. CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT. - Gaud schools betid ep tow as and com ■settles and the children make the sehouM. Country neopie move to tows toeleceu thea Waat would bucoau of thu t.OuU uauburs ia the Nwatu of Usurgin' What would thu peel-uhur* do wan nil thutr schoo.book* and plcturu o»s*’ Who would go to e ptcale or a ■oekey •bow- Wbbt sa- . use woo d ■ee folks bare for goisg to tbe ciree*? Wouideet it be a tote «oau, so account world.* But ■arrlngu U not b fblldre. It could eat bu. for il ordalbed by God- One or two unhappy marriage* lo o com taueity sole bll tbu dogs bark lag. Divorces are multiply leg, but oeiy among thu vury rich or thu druakua poor. Moeuy or wbuky are tbe cause of moat of tnea aad la eiae cases out of Ms tbu mea Is tO blame There Is but osu Scriptural ground for divorce’ aed slue mra are guilty of tbal to oau woman, i’oor. loeg suffer ing women How slluatly, secret.y aod sadiy you have to eadure wbel you know, but caaoot tell, acd all.you caa • The oeaato^hadH tbe mayor of tbe city made aa address of appreciation both of Marti a Farqe* bar Tupper. tbe EsgiUh poet, Ibea pressoi aed oer Venerable American pout. Bryant aad Tupper, before other geests came, bad boaa seeta tha sofa qeotisg poetry aed revtvlag reminiscence* After tbs mayor, dreseas by Maseru. Uryaat. Tapper bad i'eler Cooper aad tbe Ksv. Dru 1. M. I’riaa. Do a, lag aad others But 1 had aiways beea daeirou* of bearing Mr Uryaat rum, oau of ble poems 1 bad I attended tbu Brvaat meeting a year or ] tao before ia Cbicsunag Hall. New York City—a mautiag at wbtob the 1 mweic was good aad tbu epeaktag good. ' bu* there was a great >ack la it of Wd-1 Ham Cu >ea Bryaat blaeetf. Hi*, speech of rwepoese was paly about three mtaetee. while be speet all the rant of tbe evening ia doing euthieg except keepteg nileeee bed kiokisg vnaerebie 1 thought. Why doe* sot somebody ihlak of asking the glorious eld men to come forward aad read bin ' Foreet Bym Of Moot lo o "Water fowi," pr tbe ** Death of tbe Flowers f“ Bat no each thing haupeaed Oi the evening at my bouse I resolved that no «pcb umie*loa eboaid bu repeated I sprung my stratagem oa him la the most unexpected moms at Mr. Tupper at our request, bad read a teacltoa from ble owe poem*, aed reed them well. Tereiag to our Amur lean pout 1 said : *’ Mr Bryeet. 1 have a way* ■anted to bare you read ‘Tu»natop*i*.‘ aed I base no doubt u would bu b gruet j >y to bll oer guueis to bear you read it- 1 have It bear ia Grie*o«d‘a com p.lbtloe. Will you grnrt as tbe groat favurof read.ng ill*'. lowing description of the Islands : Philippines are a bunch ot gathered together on th« western horizon of clviliznion. "They are bounded on tbe west bj hoodooism and smugglers: on tb north by rocks and destruction : on ib east by typhoons and moontdons : >Of on the south by cannibals, and earth quak 2s. | The eiimate is a combination o electrical changes, especially adapts to raising caln. The toil It extraord narliy fertile in producing large crop of imurrectlons aod trickery. Tbe in habitants are ve p y Industrious, th chief oocupetloo being treocb'buUj leg, tbe making of bolus and knlve nad the reloading of Rimiogton cart ridgen. Tbelr amu*eaieoU arocuc* fighting, monte, theft and cbefftUg Tbelr diet oooaitu of boiled rloe stewed rice, fried rice aod rtce | " Tbe Filipino marriage service 1* very Impressive, especially tbe ciaus wherein tbe wife is given tbe privr of WorMlinr n« m.i.-fr bead desire* " Toe baimal of burden boe Ui a tbree-mtte . >urney oal days’ ration# seed be cb*vied, bet tl tbe j mroey be for luO miles the drive usually dies of old egs before reach la* bit destleatloe "Tee rivers are serouatlav la that oourset. tbe water ruaelag ie a mas known iawa of aa Uryaa blushed like wbea b*ko4 to play Tn»ra was evidently tween bit modesty and • • a ha*hful M oa tbe piano a struggle be bis desire to tM upon uo ri to f>5g y : ’. - r. xTIBilHn lo your bosom aod trust iitAiod 1 •a* ruminating about children be cause 1 am away off from mine aad my way here I passed e-country house just as tbe children were piling out for recess aod they came like b -ee oat of a hive. As long as thu train stopped at tbat station I watched them at tbelr merry plays and sports In the pretty gruvo near by and 1 almost wished tbat I was a boy again so that I might join them. Good gracious, how 1 couid run and jump and climb and sh ut: how long and happy was the day. "Tbe sun ne’er rosea wink too soon, Nor brought too lobg a day, But uow 1 often wish the night Had borne my breath away.” Tom Hood wrote that, poor fellow. I do net say it, for I love to live and have few regrets to distress me. I am here In Okolona. a pretty town with a pretty name. This good old State, a daughter of Georgia, is full of Indian names of towns and counties and rivers. These names are all that is left of tbe iribes—tbe Chickasaws and Choctaws and Creeks and Natches. They were a proud and happy p^ple, but had to vanish when the pale faces came and coveted their lands. Colonel Gordon, a Confederate veteran,-lives here and interested me greatly in the history of Mississippi, for be and his father before him codld say "magna para full’’—"a good part of it I wqs He gave me tbe origin and meaning of these Indian names, such as Pontotoc and Tupelo and Okolona, and also of Aberdeen, which his father,, who was a Scotchman, had named Dundee, but got mad because our people would call it Dundy and so changed It to a name they could not mispronounce. Hi* father was very wealthy, owning thousands of acres Of rich prairie land that he bad bought from the Chicka saws before they signed the treaty that ceded their lands to the United obliging After a * than my own of aoy •ay." °* to the imUAxuito m writrngv: puseol’t peuse, he •'■jt :? Ts wuvu •u»,, „ tales —Via.order,,to..gtoeL.U^gr9wlafc^e-,, mandt of the chemical department a j «idthat bts7illier wam natlrrof new building is now m process nf erec lion, which we hope to have completed oe or before tbe first of January. With the completion of this addition our chemical department will be large enough to meet all present demand* This department is thoroughly organ ised aad is doing the most rB.lent work la every respect HEALTH AND ORDER. Scotland. Of course he was or he could never have’ bought those lands. Tbe Indian tribes all liked the Scotch men, for they treated them fairly and kinuly la trading and taught them tbe use of tbe cross bow and tong bow. These Scotchmen frequently ma-ried ndiaa maldeae, the daughters of the chiefs, aad la course of time their half- ShUdrea.beeame tbe chiefs. Such was it ms aad Kidge aad McIntosh aad Osoeeea. Major Colbert, another half ladtaa names was Ilia of the Chieka- a great (avoriie with Mra. Doily Mad I tea, the Frs> lifts wtla. lor he wee a leeuure to you I win do ae ywu eking tbe book, he advanced iddie of tbe room, looked up at the chaodefisr Rod then looked at tbe book. " Take my spectacles,** said Mr. Tupper. “ No, do,’* said Mr. Bryant, "I do not need spectacles’' The type )f tte book wa» rather small, but he made oo hesitation. There he stood, at 82 years of age, about to read without spectacles a poem be had pub llsbea la the North American Rtvlew In 1816, when be was 18 years of age ! He turuec round and said : *’ You wli! understand that I do not recite this from memory, for I am not familiar with it. I only re d it.” With calm, slow accent he mad on. • « • It was a scene never to ba forgotten. It wa* 1816 reading to 1876 He did not hold the book away off as octoge narians are wont to do when they read without glasses, but just as a man of SO would hold a book. His long white beard snowed upon the page. As he came to the last nine lines his voice became - feeble, not with physictai weakness, but with suppressed emo tion. I had read it, and reread It, as everybody else has, until I thought there was no more to get out of the closing lines of ’’ Thanatopsls,” but he gave il a new translation that memor able night. Could it be that I had ever heard it before? The white, over hanging eyebrows, the deep-sunken eyes, the great dome of a forehead above a thin body, the realization that it must be the closing hours of the strong winter winds tbat swept round the house while he was reading, were a commentary upon the immortal pass age, until I write them here under the half-delusion that no one has ever seen or heard them before : " So live that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm where each t»lr« — His chamber in the silent Halli of ear coelrary to tore. * Maaila, tbe capita, aad prlactpe •tty, is situated oe Msalle bey, a larg lead looked body of water, full of fiilt suark* aod Npaaub tub-euris* boot* Cos its, tbu oust is Importooou. te soto for Its Ml era- fact.tltee for a sav* •totloe oad its lorgu aumier of voloou aod eOoooe. "Tbe prtaelpol export* of the isloed are rice. bemp. sice soldiers oau oa beilutlM- / '* Toe principal Import* are Amur cm soldiers, arm*, emmeaitioa. bee aed tobeooo. " Malaria la so prevaleat that oa ae o»»roua tMcasiee* tha Uloads hove beet ink >o with e ehUl. " Lex m, the •ergeet Ulead of th group, reeembiee see of oid Gy Greee* cost off boot*. Commaslootioo be bees evtebiUhed but ■see the aumer >ea Isloodt by sabetltutlsg the mo* qulto for the corcier pigeon, tha mo* qulto being mucb larger eed butt* ebie to •teed thu fatigue of thu "J " Thu Mtiv* costume consist* of s fiuer sock tied around the wal«l and eeylhteg eoder 12 years of eg* walk until auit year for lie oiothue. " Tbe town* am an aggrugatloa o' •hacks full of filth, flsas, enr dog* as disorder. Tne dogs, cats, ctickuas pigs, horses, fleas, bedbugs, lien aac family all sleep together oe tarns o> rqueaty. “Th* Philipp.ar, *a appropriate pruspal to a deadly *oeiDy. ha native—A (need at the pjin' How tbe Neg roe# Were Fooled at the Edgefield Box A. M. Garpente r in The State. Those who 1 are familiar with the hit tcry of the State tloce the civil war wil recall tbat there was an election In 1876, at w blch considerable voting wn done. A goodly number of the batots tbat were polled on this oc casion were caft at Edgefield court hove: Indeed, it ia conceded tbat Ejgefield saved tbe day for tbe Demo cracy find the White Man’s govera- msot r Tbe election two years later, lo 1878, was also an important and exciting af fair, aad was aa fiercely, contested by tbe contending political parties as tbt election of ’76 : Indeed, tnls was tbt crucial lest, as tbe oegrots made e last desperates (fort to get hack into power, aod It was only after another euperhu mao struggle od tbe part of tbe whites that they were pruvooted from ddlny so. la this electioa, as la 16, Edge- field did her whole duty. Many stories hats oecn told of scenes aod lacldeaU during this cob test, but this correspondent recealj heard a new one, or. at least, one tbat ha* never appeared ta print. Mr -es- a* her has Uutb, who now five* ta Grven is tbe can [ Rush j* now about 65 yeara nM* grit tied aed gray, aad ia all ■ comes up to all tbat cm be the term, "ace*e Kdgclvid ia 1978, and was, probably, •umeebat more of " a cans ' lhaa he i* now. Os tux mornlag of Ue electioa. so th* Story goes, the eegrues coegrugai ed eerfy and massed ihemsu.te* aronad tbe ballot bos fher* wert hundred of them, aad they mled. Gea. M7 C. butler, Ex Gov. Iheppard, aad a boat of others bow Urifif, will vouch for He accuracy. One reason why It has sever been B blisbed ia that not until recently ve the white people, oared to talk' about their methods of carrying elec tions in the ’70’a. And thus did It oome to pans that a piece of shaving soap in the hands, or, rather, the mouth of a man who knew how to use it, wax an Important factor n the redemption of South Carolina rom negro mlxrule aad the restore- ion of the white man'* government. INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL —The city of Downs, Kan., has more that 1 000 inhabitants, among whom there is not a single lawyer. —There are 20,000 consumptive* in New Yoik city. ' A physician says tbat a majority of the people living in tenements have tuberculosis in tome form. —A Missouri weather prophet who reads the future in the leaves of trees, says this will be one of the mildest winters ever known on the continent. —Census figures show that Dea Moines, with a population of 62,139, has sixty-eight saloons, while Daven port, with but 35,254 inhabitant*, has wet goods establishments to the num- oer of 155.. —The town of Eatonville, Fla., has 1,200 Inhabitants, with not a single white among them. It has its full quo- ta of public officials, a bank and other business establishments requisite in a* town of its size. —A smart piece of work was recent ly accomplished on the railway at Streetvllle, near Toronto, where an old bridge was replaced by a new steel lattice girder bridge of 130 feet span, the traffic being interrupted for 40 minutes only —Bishop Peterkln, of West Vir ginia, has been selected to oversee tbe work of the Episcopal church in Porto R co, aod will make an official tour of tnat island next January. —Virginia It experimenting with the dispensary system of telling liquor <>o account of the State Md town, PrMkiio nevlog been selected for the uxpertmeot. The Commoe wealth gat* ooe-fourth of tbe profit* Md the town tbe remainder. Under this system tbe liquor I* told lu original package* end must aot bu consumed on the pre in lees —A roeffrmed toper of Fraekite. ‘ vti ^i’ reT ‘ oa * ^ lb ’- ne would •ubuiet entirely oe whisky • NT * r were pecked ee elaeely eroued the polls that the ■ nitre were oomplrteiy shut i out—ia fact, tnat we* the sc teas of I the eegruee, to hold the po.l* to toe. i as phastMe aad thereby prevMt the j while* frem voUag. Th* •bit** sous saw that someth.eg . Bad to be doM or they would lose the i rlectioa, m 1 some of the leader* w*r* discewteg the advisability of aa armed . attecs un*a Mr Ks*b stated IMl be | believtd he eoeld res every negro esaet *’ The el egwm — ■ ——— " "The climate—Pit easaol Md healthy for rotMhe*. tarantula*, scorpions, con tipedas, snake* Md alligators - " Tbe toil—Adapted to ralslog foul odors and breeding of disease. "The Islands—A Godforsaken, can nibalized, Agulnaldo iufoaied blot on the face of God’s green earth.” —The South Carolina College proposes to celebrate lu oenlenolal Ducembtr 18, 1901, and then start out on the second century’s work. aegr ft dMth, Thou go not, like the quarry-eiave at night, . Scourged to hie dungeon, but sustained and toothed By m unfaltering trust, approach thy grave I Like ooe that draws the drapery of hit couch About him, Md lies down to pleasaat W# mover mw him agaia. We said I "Good light 1 * till aider other skies we ehalleey "Go^ff morale# " foouldaot ’ that etght help think lag at the final ume I new Mr. R-yML It wee la day# at py bay hand, at Trtpiar Dr. Hstfcsway ’Treats All Diseases. FTI* Method Invariably Cure* All Catarrhal, tin>n«-hial, Lung, Stom- at h, Liver, Kidney and Other Com plaints as.0elf as AH Disease;- , mid 1> f atnesses of IVomeu. In Dr. Hathaway's m«>s* extensive practice, coy erinu a period of mor*- t. i.iu 2f i > eitrs.lie h as been railed ujxin to treat all iirinnrr- nf diseases of iiicq and women and siioiiu the w hole lino of humau ailments he ha- -heen uniforiuly sue i-es»iuL Dr. Hathaway's me Untd of -treatment get> — directly at the seat of Purifies th* trouble, purifier the blood •h (ii a tones np the whole system and tne uiood. {ho poisons which reduce the diseased conditions. O II OlseaMS u Ar.’f rl ' . he res tores to petteet Trunted. health thousands of suVeren from Tatarrh. Rrcochltls. As hma. Hay Fever. Lung romplalitv. Stomnch iver and Kidney Diseases. Piles. Tumors. Cah er». Eczema and all manuer <>! skin a fictions _« Dr. Hathaway also treat* wltli issascsof t( sfi--c«s all lltos. women many dlstresrlmr weaknesses and JlSMfilgr wnicn s<> main women are afflicted Elaelr'a*! ^' r l**ti , a lr ay‘s offices are fitted .. W!,ll “ll the latest eler trtcal and pp ianc*s. ota< , r apf llawes. in the use of Jiloli. a* we!] a»i iho .iiicrCKdMfM*. im* ha* world n!e fame-a. an exp»-rt. All of the medicine* -*-d by Dr. Hathaw ay are compound^d In his srn loboratortes, under his petNon.tl direction >d -1-■vial remedies are prepared for euch In Ividual e*** aeoordfoc to reomrements. aanlnatiM ha* |-mared t . »erl,-» ^»eif cYA^ninatliiii bUnk> ■isnKA. aprUYlnu to llie'di fferent disease- Meh he send, free os bppte-arioa No. 1. to. -w No 2. l<-r u ,p*,»o No >. for frXtn f>i—ew« A lor { aterrtLAi Ilnmeas. NV A tar Bkinry. f*r. H-ufiatray-- 11 -— ^ Fwee- nmee or b* matT A MCMTOA HATHAWAY. Bastewa* S C*. At i nw saru i away 'rum th* poll* without flnag • •but Hu was toughed at at first, hut after te es plat eed hie plM it we* agreed to let him try. Mr Rush sc,acted a few dlocruet ■ce aed told them hi* piM la detail | Md .extracted them a* to wb»t he seated them to do. Ue thee west t> e drug •tore Md percheaed d stick o» •hav.bg soap, being particular to specify a klad that would " .otbvr freu-y ' 1 '-^‘‘“g the piece of soap la two. bu pfit ha-( of it la bu mou*a Md oomaieaoud efiewtag vigoroealy. U< •ooe hod o copious froth, or tothur, eroued hi* lips, to which he added a plecb of dye stuff to give It the color of b.oud, aod was ibea rood/ for be*! new !o th* otMalime tho** who bad bees posted had beeo cl real Bilag among the white* Md telling them wbat«e* XHolog, so they ware lea moosure prepared for what followed. Ia a few mloatee Mr. Itzeb cam* ruan.og wildly down tfia street, froth- uagteb-*auumu'b hsv. log a cuavulsloe at every jump. Some of those who w*r* oa to the *rha«* ba E xo (boutleg, " Modmao ' Madman ' ydrupaobla! G*t out of his way?'* >blch other* closed lo with him aod • seemingly terrific struggle foiinuud, but Mr Rush threw them off and ooo- tlnueu Li* will career, •till foaming at the mouth Md •napping at every one be passed. He hooded straight for the roes. be .amented Dr. Bill Jennings, ia his day one of the leading citizens of Edgefield, was one of the arch con ■plralore, and was dancing about In the crowd brandishing a colossal horse pistol ltd shouting at the top of his voice. " Tbat man has been bitten by a middog and has hydrophla. Get out if the way and let me shoot bun be >re he b.tes somebody. It’s the best bin? to do; get out of the way and let me shoot him before he bites some body.” Tbe remainder of the story is best told in Mr. Rush’s own words : “ The negrdes didn’t seem to realize what was up till I got right on them, and I put my, hands on one's shoulders and gave a jump and landed on top of the pile. They were packed so closely that I couldn’t get to the ground, so I just crawled around on the heads and shoulders of the negroes and chewed my soap find spit red suds and iathler all over,the whole shooting match, all the time howling and screeching to beat the band. After I got started I thought I would play the. game to the limit, so I picked out the cleanest look ing ear I could find, and reached down and took hold with my teeth and stay ed there. I,figured that the soap In my mouth would keep me from suffer ing anv harm, and I didn’t much care what became of the negro. It wasn’t long before the negroes stampeded and began to scatter, and pretty soon the only one left on the hill wax the one who had his ear clamped In my teeth. I pulled him around a little, same as you’ve seen a dog- pull a sow by tbe ear, snd then gave him a final shake fibd let him go. He wect Aff like a •hot, snd then the white people came •ip aod we started to voting, and—and —well, we voted enough to carry the election, and I reckon we would hsve been voting till yet if Mart Gary hadn’t stopped us. u The negro that struck his Mr in my moutb went borne and went to bed Md swore he bad been bitten by a mod- dog. Md it took all the doctors ia Edge- field to save his Ufa I got comfort ably dnii-x tbat alght, Md dlda’t suf ter My had effects Md I'm bare yet** aad Mr Rush .aughed as he walked off. _ This te a teas story la even detail toeerrad at Edgefield u ir*. respecu , ,1, moeth*. He essayed to (aifiii a*Mt b) ai* obligetioa*, bet after a few day* He wo* using ei j tn, # u>«Ach revolted aod be foe ad • l physically lmpo**ibie to oectlaoe drtektoff. Hw ho* sow baeom* q strict teetotaler. —A wei -knows Chicago clergymM, , he lt«v Dr. I'arksr, of ti e CMteaetei Baptist cburch. bo* written e novel , of tee chapters, aed I* readies a chapter eocO oeedey at vesper *er ! vice* The them* 1* th* evil of ctoe* dlstlacUoa*, Md ha brings this out le a •erias of character sketches bated oe j u Wrvstioe of the widely varied types I of de size as of th* street la which he Ufa*. Th* idM tele Uiealrate seme sociological facte Is popular style, apd | the esperlmeet of reeding hie owe *0*11 •tr«ih him a* th< I form le which be eoeld —It ts m sou need that oa* el I leedis eedlsg Ituuapartlste will shortly publish e work of flctlM dealt*# with tb* career of tbe Prise* Imperial, so* of Nopoieje 111 aed Kmpruee Eugoeie This eovi, founded ue feet, i* lo be celled "Fite e’Emporesr.** I* It te traced to* Ilf* of th* Prises from th* time •bee he rooeleed h'e nap item at first at Saar brack, o* Aeva*t t, I97u, uatil th* fetal Jee* I, 1676 when he fell le tb* raeto* of Uleedt. pierced by tbe aa**fale of th* Z«le*. The author of the vole mu te sold to be a writer of acKoo«l*df*d reputation. (OnSUMPTION Do sot think for a fiiDffle moment that cookumptloo will ever strike iyou a sudden I blow. It does nor come that w$y. Jt creeps its way along. , First you think it is a little cold, nothing but a little hacking cough; then a little loss in weight; then a harder cough; then the fever snd the night sweats. Better stop the disease while it is yet creeping. Better cure your cough today. You can do it with • The pressure on the Chest is lifted, that feel ing of suffpeation is re moved, and you are cur ed. you can stop that little cold with a 2S cent bottle; harder coughs will need a 50 cent size; if it’s on the lungs the one dollar size will be most economical. * ’’ l confidently recommend AVer’s CVirrry Sectoral to ell my petrous. I *m using tt now tn my own frunllv '’’qi'J'**™ “go 1 feeltnre it sevte *7 "tv-;.. A A. KibeoB, B.D., J*n. 4,1896. Fort tUdlaon, Iowa.. . Write the Dorter et eor time Ad. Dm. J. C. ATCk, UweSTuhii MONEY TO LOAN