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j THE PEOPLE'! | Contributions From WVV\WN\\NS\\V\\%N%\\\W\' AN ENGLISHMAN ON IMMIGRATION HI* View* ?iii (lie >lctlio(l* Tbnt Must lie Employed .to Hrluu lunuiKruiits to South t'arollon. To the Killtor of The State: 1 have boon much interested in reading reports in the newspapers expressing public opinion on the question of .introducing into the State of South ] Carolina a class of European inuni-1 grants?farmers, who in some respects are less ambitious than American! farmers?a class of people who will be content with smalt farms, say 20. 30 or t>0 acres of ground. 1 am told that the south has enough even now of common laborers, and that the need is simply those who will enter the State and buy up the large tracts of lands and convert them into email farms. The peasantry of France have small I farms which they till with artistic skill and reap excellent harvests for their Industry. They are a thrifty people, save their money and at times of great financial depression have t-av d the government from impending Vibnkruptcy. These French peasants lire in rural villages and go daily to their little farms, which may be distant from one to three miles from the denies tic roof. Under prevailing cir-j eunislanccs it would hardly bo practicable to introduce such a system in this country. It would he better to follow out the American method, a farm for each fanner of say f?0 to U?U acres with the dwelling in which the family It to abide on the farm. But how will the better class of, European immigrants be attracted to | the south? It must not be forgotten that the farmers and Immigrants ft out Kurnpe have been attracted In vast numbers to the great northwest, where' millions of acres are yet unoccupied; that western Canada is attracting settlers by furnishing free farms and homes for all who will come. By railroad companies and local communities i thousands of dollars are being expended to get these settlers on those lands. Now. the south has no trie homesteads, but every one who enters the State and secures a farm must pay l'or 11. The western people reckon every healthy, laboring man who makes a permanent home in a community to be worth' to the place a sum not less than $2,000. That is. if 100 able-bodied. Industrious and enterprising men should settle in n farming \ community, thw add to the ocr'uan ?nt wealth or the locality $200,000. I should say such an estimate Is very conservative tor thev may bo nm?n^ the 100 half a dozen nion \vl o alone would add more than twice that sum to the taxable wealth ol' that -community. But liow shall the immigrants be obtained'' one man having a thousand j or more acres for sale cannot afford to e-iuip and maintain an immigration real estute oflioe for the purpose of finding purchasers for his lands. A town, county, Immigration association and the State, acting in conjunction with railroad ?ompanies, may advertise the agricultural. commercial and manufacturing advantages through . newspapers. circulars. fold. is. etc.. and distribute them through the mails all over the land. Tin y will do some good and In time will bring some people. But that Is not all which is need <1. I remember once spending a week on a cotton plantation a short distance out from Yazoo City, Miss. The planter] was a native Ainbainiin. lie had n benutiful place of many thousands of acres and one of the finest in tho Slat. . tine morning: his pood lady .-aid tl - y must send to j distant orchard fori l'ruit and to a garden for vegetables for the t..l le. 1 sr.id to my fi i< n.l "Why is this? Why do you not on yonder rising ground plant your orchard and cultivate your garden -vegetables; have your meadows for hay .and your own corn fields'!' By pi odueing these necessary supplies at home you will save money." He replied. "I only make cotton. If you want to kindle a tire with the sun's tays, use the run-glass t>> cone, ntratc all the rays of the sun at on?- spot and It will scorch it." I would apply this process of analogical reasoning' to m-euro people i.> become p-uunanent residents of tie J State of South ?"arollna. I tint k it . would be unwise to waste innpe\ in initiating a plan of wank and then suffer it to languish for want of sup-1 port. An agricultural commissioner with a secretary to begin the business r only i first si.-p. The department must be amp!', supported Thi work fa not only to g. r immigrants, hut they must n t them. 'I'Ji. v must ?.-? where tins' people nn1 t<? he !" >nml and must select just smli i .unities a: will bo most suitable. V >u don't v ant all that eome out of a ship. You watt' thoin floit'd. < M cmirso yotit couiltilupioner will hav< his principal otln it 1 It > capital < ! the State, hut ho ntttst have an otllec t:t the -ity >t New York. N matter what the cost . n y 1> even jtIin this worl; will he a profitable investment. Winn you gel ;>,!> to or 10,000 of these p< ople Into yotir State and tlw-.v. at<- content. 11. > will advertise ill- advantagi s . >; tp.. State all over Kuropo v ithont cost, lint the expense t the start n.ie-t In borne 1>> the State. Tla new. spapet of th'1 State, publishing prntuitnu-h communication.. ike this noil oth.-i descriptive of 11 \count rv, art doing their part most liberally. I'vejy l<> eality and i:Vvi\ individual should d> a part. A. the A than a in s id 'locus til. ' til's ra \ - " ??u i . i . of i t K' tr.?? i s of land, sop.- improv ed and sop. not imp: >v i I. w .m: to sell - > .is to I getting ..n income, 'i'he.v .. r? . * 11: nothing no". They better r.-r tie lands r> th* immigrant . If tie ? he 11 o li t kind L-vcii with a very mil1 payment down and in : mall yea.rlv payments and at a low 'ate of it iciest ft will tiki piity much all I lie t".id\ money the itt.migrant has to get a start with implements and sh'.-k for Its III i It fiint a ltd t ' btlv t < -dfttl mip: !iis until It- i-iii glow ami market a ('top. || I.I e he > dl WjiC'l the a Ivice. syn p ,thy. tml oft. u furli. .h tine i. wit it whom he i) d \V h a fair chattel he will lit* aide In a f c years to pay t >r all. I'.ut the intelligence lite kindtte'-s. ai d g uerosit.v of smithcm comiminitii s no ! no o. . stion in ih'.t ri I. The Stall ot South I 1 i ..I IS lit oa i I Hough iri it - a ml ample enough in tc-ouie. j,t undo v eloped, to tiffor ) iuniti - of w.- ihh and . < 11.1 ii' - .. I in nun i.i .1 ,,i an Itidu 11 ioiis .ml i i,|. i p. |v.. ,, nj.;,. ill tlii- '..'.'Iht'i; mil. Hi" [>t -. u |>ii|>llliltiilll of III,. S'.lli , : Ill" O|.|ioi! tin it it - ;i fi'm <|i (1 of t i . 11)1 i iUfllvi lii.il wealth iMi .ill.Ilii^ i .nil" 1" tli. ii native i iiiniuoiiv\ -.iIth * mi;, 1' i rnllua ' v. ort liy ?>i t In- a. 'foils ot Iter people. i n rni in im neyelopi ili.i ipi'i'M i out I. tin.- mi. tit .i "t'.e Moll IS lliglllv | hi ill IJi t i VI* it'll! i; : 'I' !i t-1;11111 s eottnii. Indigo ii. . lull KM.. II . 11 . ( . . tl ..I' lis llt'tll|>, M.iv. Imps, ami p any t ni. 'i." of fruits *i i mI v. get a hies a ml . 11 jo;. S I i i i i ii t .nun i 111 i . i in 11 ponding tvltli that it Paly and tin ftorth el Prance. Tit" mineral t ftoiiri'i". ot tliis st.it" at" on :id i i!>I". i omprising gold. Iron, loa-l oopp'-r rr.'ing.inf-coal l.ismti'h, pl.nnt..,.?o. fcont'S-'onr 1 ijn ' 11 , j-: mi . china j 5 EDITORIALS. ||: * gsj The State's Readers. J *N\\\\\N\V\WVWNWNSWWN ? i clays, etc.. etc." The heart of man can ' j ask for nothing more. Then recall the famous men whom the State has produced. Their very t names are an Inspiration and awaken ', the noblest aspirations of manhood. ,, In the roster of South Carolina's eminent sons In a past generation. I note , high in the list of immortal ones lion. John Caldwell Calhoun, an liicompai - ! j able statesman, scholar and philoso- L I pher; Henry Laurens, honored above I] 1 most men. an accomplished diplomatist i \ and the friend of Washington; then L there was Gen. Andrew Jnekson, the seventh nvi":l(l?nt ,,f tha I'l.lt...I ot.. t.... - - . - - - - ?*? ; 1 another honored name, an advocate j l and jurist of groat renown, likewise > statesman, rcholnr. diplomatist, Hugh | Swinton ki'^arc; the Hon. Francis \V. ; | i I'ickens and the Hon. William Aiken, 1 of the early governors of the State, i I mention with the highest re sard the i names of Gov. Robert Young llaj'he, jj tiie nio.it acconipllshed orator the ; | State ever produced, a match in furI ensic debate of the great Massachu- < setts Deinostlienes, Daniel Webster.;! And may I mention the names of I Generals Wade Hampton, tlie older and i tlie younger, both effulgent stars in , the diadem of the commonwealth, i < ! These are but a few names to conjure t by. Such a galaxy of honored ones [ < casts a halo of glory not only over ! < their native State and their own limes. 11 but they belong to all time and to the [ i 1 universal biotlierhood of man.- Strug- ' 1 gling men In this generation may look 1 < to those great ones and gather strength in their efforts to accomplish worthy ' undertakings?imitating such noble Uvea. Frederick A. Snlamnn. I I looms ir.0"-1. Vincent Cutldlng, New 1 York City. Tit RUSSIAN IX llhTOllY. Why Ameriean Syni|>atliy -lioulil !.!? Midi Japan In Present Conflict 1 To the K<11 tor of The State: It Is ditrteult to understand how anyone who is at all acquainted with Ku- 1 ropeun history, especially tin* part of it 1 that relates to Russia, can sympathize ' with that country In its struggle with Japan: for viewed from any stand- 1 point, except that of brute fore.p Japan ' is by far the more highly civilized nation of the two. From its very first 1 contact with civilization Japan has made a progress that is almost marvelous. while Russia has remained ' practically barbarous despite the fact that she has been in Intimate association with the clviizing influences of the other countries of Furore. The truth of the matter is that Russia has a pretty black record behind her, u record of tyranny, oppression tud duplicity that almost nmunajno ! ?.. li.-f. It is easily within tho memory of people now living when it was a not, uncommon occurrence for ladies of the Polish nobility to be strippo<l to the1 waist and whipped in public by otli:rials of the Russian government. When Sweden was ptwlicnlly forced to ced?? Finland to Russia, the latter country pledged itsolf that it would not Interfore with the language or local government of the peopl". This promise lias been most shamefully violated, and the virtuous, enlightened and patriotie Finns have 1 subjected to almost very Indignity that Hussion ingenuity ould devise. Put the darkest blot on Russia's record is found in Siberia, fount less thousands of its own ? i t i 2ens and from lis provinces like Poland and Finland h: ve been consigned, for no 0IY1 use whatever, at least nothing that would l?e considi red such In a civ- ; ' iliz?-d country, to a living death in the mines of Siberia, without the slightest hope of relief xcopt by death, held as'1 thry are by the ban hand of a despot-1 ' ism that would have hardly been ex-.' disable in the dark ages. There is something almost farcical in the attitude that Russia assumes ?s the champion of t ivill/.stinn and Chris-1 tianity, for sic stands in sore need of' civilization herself and. in act at least, is a stranger to the precepts of Christianity. What was the conduet of the Russian troops during the recent trouble in China? Looting l<y wholesale and the murder of thousands of help less and inoffensive Chinese, driving them into a deep river just as if they were wild beasts. While the Russians , Were acting like savages, the Japanese troops mnintaiuc I their splendid diseipPue. and returned to their own loountiy with clean hands and without a single blot upon their r--eord. Put ' , putting all other questions aside. Russia is til - nggn ssor and this being the , i-iiso deserves to lose. Japan clearly set > that flic time lias come when site , must make a supreme effort for national existence and site < an be counted : "ii pi struggle to the bitter "lid. Rusi.t has no need of additional territory .vl.de Japan, with its den-o population -tands in sore need of an extension oi its land area. 11 is very easy to tr-ikc comparisons,! luit the ; resent struggle is being waged under conditions thai have never hot' - ] lot .re existed. in the South African war F.imhmd had to n uiwport troops and munitions of war ti.euo miles. lor nn !? was not a hostile vessel to inter-' , 1 i-i'i wiih her 11-ansports. It will be im- , ! '. -il>lc Jul- ll'iSM.i ! Olid a sinjsie , ii .111 or Kim hy wat* r an.l her sub- ?! - j pendeni > is ?>n ..no fiiiKb line <T mil-! rnaii. anil this is a v? ry limy one. I-*xI lii-nrr lias laii'iiiisira'-'il that a sinnli lint-, i v n fur a < nuptial i vely short <listatiri'. is not nderpinte for the transportation < t latap* luitii'S of troops. , himat.% has |>- .>habl> about i iyht s?-p- j , ilia' lines hsi iitu; to the IChilie and ihoiit tii" same ntnnhi'i- in the direet ti of tin* 1rentier. : a in? Kussia. In , ease III' h ist I lit I - break in;; out Ii 't Wi-eil . Kt. tiia and <Snrman> they w ould each , have a trillion man on the fn?ntii*t in -s tilt, than it w iliid take Itu.-si.i to l put ot -'-ti'-nlh that t ainhei in Man i h'ltaa l*nloss sonietliitiK entirely tin- , t o< t happens Klt.-ria will If run- , in. ii'i d with very inm It tin- saute i-on- , Minis t! it pre-, ailed during tin* t'riii w ar. St < had plenty of troops ami i ' is . hut eottld not, owing to the 1 ! <*k of t ra ns|ior: a tion f a -ilit i* .-. not ' tlmni to tin* front quirk enough. Tins in n -4 th" i iiso, hallled nit not ernshfil, -hf had to a- opt tin li t ins offered hy ' I*' itiei- d I nu.nl.il. Jilp .11 l .il'.tli'I oi oourpo. exhaust tin resources ol Kit. ia hilt latiil a pood ehatu'n of ' xliaust ill." all the resotll tliit litis- ' s : I .. It lila I\| a V liable. To i all t! i- war i struggle hetwi n \ t'hti .'lite and h*-.i I In-ni an is tin* | veriest tiotis -use liit- ia today is more | i barrier to tin* propauati ti ot i 'litis- | t in ilit y th a n r- J apaj. I'm a lia lion, just , a - it with an In -11 \ i -1 ii I. that pro ft -si i i !.e iTii--ti.au iiml who. .it the same tine* doe- tlte irr- it. si vioh*nc* t Hp* 11 hm ei t he M , si i i -i4ii .iter ' eneii i I i i'ii'i 1 anil th -it an inowcil 1 it is I n lie\ : . 11 it ei.n|i I , aei i in!i shell 1 \\i'lnn;t l I .iv'l iJu i' ii i>iii 'ilp I: ii-ii [> i |>n> v mill !> .i 11 ii minus n i fm thi* ? .in ( < ivili/.otion. tnr ' tin "hi I Mir in |iin|ili . steeped in ' :> " moot iin? i' mil groin i! lii'iifii11| ' tl>. ' . 1 mi .in iron ii-.-imM in. v..mill 1 .h i r lit- 11 .iii of 1 r il tin i |>i J in- ;ii"l Im> given the n|i| urinnil'.' in ' i'ii run I rion .i |H>HiI|ini ll .it i toil l.i- ' l||- Ml|i. hi In 111:11 nl III. ! ".'litis n] i Ii' Ii' M w 'l'ln- people n| the sntilh at Ii-pm! ought f in iinM i, i \ i i In ling ti iiit'inhi'.itici' the til Hiii while I hey were oni'up'd in * I i ell' I i it M'lltrnie fin tl!i1i'|i<M|i|en' I Uii :i i -it her llill'lenee In the i utt'rnm'-ii in pi. enl Mie iei'op- s lll'joii I v 111' olle countries of Kli- s i'pi i i hi ' onfeih ii1' 1 n i This i t ? wan but in keeping' with her national | policy for oppression and against lib- j prty. Tlie people, however, who have tlie greatest cause to execrate the very j name of Russia are the Jews, that Is | If they care anything for the honor of the women of their race. \V. D. Woods. Darlington, Feb. 20. ? - I.OCAI.. OPTION VS. Tilt: DISPENSARY Some ttucnt loin* Concerning the Evil I'rnilM of I.utter SjNteni. To the Editor of The State: Allow me to submit a few pertinent questions to your readers and the re tiring general assembly: 1. Is It right and does It show a democratic citizenship, not to say a spirit of justice on the part of our lawmakers, not to allow n free (?) people to vote the whiskey evil from their midst, when in fact in many Instances j the people did not vote or petition its establishment? 2. Is it not an apparent fact that the ' whiskey element?ring if you choose?Is : .retting a flrmor and deeper hold on our State institutions and using it for political ends to the extent that ere long j it will dominate church, society, business. morals, politics and every institution in the land and throw around them the mantle of corruption that is j sure to lower us in the scale of state- ; liood? 3. Are the ministers of tlod's holy : writ doing their duty by their passivetiess in accepting prevailing conditions Instead of inveighing against litem on ' II occasions? I. fan any tnan, l?o he friend or foe ;?f the system, in truth lay his hand upon his heart nial In presence of his I God say he does not know that the dispensary as it is managed is a demoralizing agent to every legitimate business or institution in the State; debasing its manhood, making drunkards of its youth, yea, of its children even?) Doing this, does it not bring woe and misery, suffering and hardships, untold 1 to a helpless and Innocent class?the women and children? r>. If it for political and sinister gain that our wise men?masters, not Her rants?can shut their eyes to glaring 1 facts and refuse to trust those whose suffrage placed them In their exalted position, and force them to be unwilling particeps criminis to the t ruHic? C. Does the revenue derived offset !h evil it generates? lias it materially contributed to the State's . finances, or reduced tnxnth n? Is It not >110 of the potent factors calling l'<-r more judicial circuits to relieve thej congested dockets <>f those in existence? Is it right to apply any portion of the revenue (blood money) t?> the education of our children? lias it not created a stronger ring than that the great t ?> Tillman claims to have overthrown a decade of more ago? Is it not a little strange that, in the' light of after - vents, the palmetto tree was banished from the wis key tlask? Justice. St. George, Feb. IT, 1904. Ib'ttfiig oil Fights. To the Kditor of The Stat": In several sect ions of our fair commonwealth til" practice of cock lighting i llldlllee.l In lin.l , ?? < I i , ?... usual accompaniment ol' betting prevail' on iiui'li occasions. As ;i lover of my fcilowmen and s'-' ki >g always their bightst welfare. I voncliided it might prove helpful If the; general :.ss> mhly enact a law forb.diliii the custom, and accordingly 1 wrote one of the representatives about it. lie replied that a bill was Intro-: ilucod last session which would have given entire relief from litis evil, but sports in the senate kllb d it, though passed to its third reading. He adds that the senate has at the present session been polled touching the matter and that it cannot be passed. Disappointed In securing help from that quarter, I wished to secure advice of some wise, good man as to the lest way of getting tire matter on the con-' science hi individuals who indulge in the baneful pastime. A letter front Dr. Juntos 11. Carlisle of Woflford college contains information I bog to share with your renders. lie says: "The great subject of rrtioltv to animals is now attracting more attention than In-fore. Ii is verv important. This is one starting point. To take the beautiful, spirited bird, and make! him bin or be killed, to excite and amuse some coarse, hardened men. and to decide where Home piles of money must go this is snd! Itut tender appeals are not felt where there is no tenderness; still, these appeals, wisely urged, may in the end make some iinpios ion. \ lift up religiously. 01 course, will generally settle many of i these questions that cannot be met on ;i tow plane." Now. Mr. Kdltor. let me ask the kind aid of your own skilled pen in j > ! couraging the introduction and passage of a i.in affording relief In some i?egr>?e. Hut tlic enactment oi a law forbidding the sport is only nnvt of out duty; we must have an increasingly strong sentiment current, such as will he possible alot.e l?y intelligent agita-i linn of the subject. Yours very truly. Civis. | l'kdmont. S c. Till'! <11 tlU.I>l'(i\ HI IM.f.T. Damage Milt* Vgiilo-I tin' <<iti?tdiiln<t'tl It ail,, a > < til: I'll It., . Special to The St-ite. CI ii lesion. Feb. 20. -A number of damage suits were tiled today in the ourt t>f contmon pl-is against the ' insolid.it> 1 ll iilw;.'. cnniitaiiy. Titos. Smith wants $.>,000 damages for lowing been ?*Jt ted iititii a ear ami fore >1 to; walk two tiiib ' t>> the d-D immit of hisi he tilth. The same s un Is wnntcd by| Health .1 leteetiv* Nil >>n. u h>>s. buggy was run into t>'* a car. Frank Norh en is suing for $5,000 boon use ho was! run into while riding los bicycle nnd lornier Conductor lie. \ Ford, who was hurt in a <-ollislou l>et\v> n tw< , .irs. asks tor <",.t ai a toil damages ml $.*.,00'i punitive n.ng ". 1: aa> oughiey has enb red suit agaii t ih> meri mi I * i t oipai 1 for $1.for I'll. ;.!?]< i;i -liii: ; form - i ;! >i ; <>t j mir.i.u |> i.s w ill In i t 1 1 ii- th" iv.jiYibi r <>f Ii!.-' sir's > hii-li I: t\ 1 ? -li HI- I. Thr laying off of .i on nl f jjo! I IIV-n at fir ?>. I \ \ yarii has iiusoii ^ "l iiil is;i|i|ioi.ii mint .mil on linlo ilisini oil Inn ii is s.ii.l f I'. I f lir In;, .nt; ?ff of tlirso men furnish'; thr < ,;% rouini.itioli for tin i Minor of :i Koiiotnl - I i> Osloll of V III 1, \|I,1||I||||| III oolllil in i*o111 i from tlo loi.il o(li, ;.i|s of th?* n.ivy y.iMl hi ioo.h,| to 11.r in.nor that llr "Ti i.iry o Ho- navy li.i I onlorril Ii mi*-X'.i inlo I >i . I 111 to f.iriii ii In tlio a o \ . It w : ill oi 11 ivy v.iril ill.i' thr linn worn onlv si lil Ofl l.riMllSi tlli \ \v.To l.illii JiloMii , ii i heir work ami I ho rulrs of tho <lr artiir nl ai nu ilnst k""p mr in ii >n thr i..i\ i"ii u I . H" i ; io'tu.r y at iV?H U. A11 v ii i :? i oroiVis 1 horo ; ' to 11. ' tlo Ottrsr ol tho iii.|i.ilrl| 1'>.|I M'lVtToWn li \ Ii- oh 111:i I. ami in this . n i|l A'lnit.'l l?"'voy ni'ii i iff will not \i-ul 1 iilo.sion oi. tho j tvnj to tout tho "n ' ii A l.i lit i 11". 1 for !i itiaoo. iivi li t Ii" i 'a l ibl>' i m a. Tii" ! lapt'i i(uro t "r.li I i- Iy tlii noinjt .4 to i i a link of ' a all oi .;l i|oy;roos fiorn 111' liiiNiii 'ini uliii" ot v osti-i ].<-. Tho \ ii. I v. nuh t lol.iuc a volooity ot milt' ruin tlio iioi liio isi at I o'oloi K tO'laj ! llriiliiri Srlrrlul. i|" "i il to I'lti. St.it> Nmoty-Six, F#*h. :>>. \' tho 1" nrz I th" \'iiioty-Si\ hnili o.a in I... told .Tun" .. |{"\. s II /ninnvnonn if \i'W l.i'i i v ft ill lifrm ii tin .limn.i| | It'iinon. lti'l Main, a hnrlcs I" M. ; , n if Mm i*.t miii * j a 11 o, In: .tiii.n 11 i)']>Jr? * DAILY PEN SKETCHES |l OF CAROLINA LIFE. What People of the Middle and I Pee Dee Country Are Doing. TWO FIRES OCCUR AT DENMARK f The lltillrutiil Sluanl Sliitlmi Murucd. ^ Other New* from Ihe Town Where Itnilroml* C'ro?*. Special to The State. Denmark, Feb. "0.?The telegraph office at the Junction of the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern railroads. In ' this place, was destroyed by tire this ^ morning at 7:?0 o'clock. The structure , 1 was a two-story wooden building, generally known as the tower. All trains f1 over the two roads were signalled from j " this office and could pass only when 1 the tracks were thrown open by the ' operator in the tower. The tire started in the ceiling and ' owing to the fact that there is no ; water near, could not be extinguished. 1 The trains were delayed only for a * few minutes, and will stop nt that 1 point as they do at other junctions. 1 Another tire alarm was given yester- 1 day at about noon. In some way a i urtained closet in tin- residence of j l Mr. Fuller caught on tire. The room ( 1 was closed at the time and became I? tilled with smoke, causing every one to think that the house would necea- * snrlly burn. However, the fire was 1 I soon put out. there being considerable v loss from removal of furniture and 1 damage to the house l>> water. AT 1IKKCII ISLAND. o A Delightful Kntcrluliitm-iit for (tie i Item-Ill of Itie School. j i Special to The State. C Iteecli Island. Feb. 21.?On last Satur- t day night all the good people of Leech 1 J Island were assembled at Die Downer l hall to obtain some of the pleasures \ of a delightful Valentine party, given i by Miss Helen Lriee, for the benefit of < tlie Downer library. Ily the littl e sock I : urrangt ment and the serving of re- s freshnieiits the neat sum of $25 was | raised. With this and our pro rata 1 l share from the State the management d hopes to make some valuable addition ' t to the nlia-tidy well equipped library. There has been some discussion about <. establishing an agricultural experi- j ment station in each county. If this i is done we see no reason why the 1 Downer Institute should not be the c central station for Aiken county. We' < ate well equipped here, the school owns t enough land to start an excellent experimental station. We are interested t in 111 is anil trust that our hourd of 2 trustees will pull for it. t oti last Monday night Mrs. .Jnines 1 Hammond pave a delightful pit party i in honor of her sister. Miss Nitu Black < of Atlanta. Among those in attend- t unee were: Misses Helen Brice. Georgia Galphin, Helen Da vies, Harriet i Davies, Mr and Mis. Warren Fair, I Mr. and Mrs. Scth DitPuis. Messrs. Ji. it. and W. It. Dunlmr, Henry Lake. ,j M. K. Ilroeknian and Dr. 1'. H. Kve. Mrs. Kd. Atkinson gave a delightful oyster supper last Tuesday night in lienor of her cousin, .Miss Belle Bailey s of Kllcnlon. Miss Helen Brlee lias gone to her home in Blackstoek for a short \ isit. ' iniATiis i\ I'lipiil.'r Voting I'll \ .sh-lini'* Wife?\ 1 Child Clinked in Heath. Special to The State. I F.dgeiield, Feb. 21. ?News has Just been received here of the death at M< Cormi.-k of Mrs. Fuller, the youthful wife of Dr. K. M. Fuller, a lady well v know n and much beloved. a daughter >\ of M..\ I'M gar S. lb ynolds of Long- ? mire's and a sister of Mrs. A. K. Pail- . K?'tt of this town. 1 Dr. Fuller is also a young man of t Long mire's, hut moved to !! rorml' k 1 six or eight months ago as a wider , Held for iiis profession. The untimely1! death of this.jiopulur young woman , will bring deep sorrow to a very wide circle of relatives and friends. ! She will he buried at old Bethany , eliui'i h, near Longmire's, tomorrow. , Another sad death in our .section and very sudden was that of a little 2-year- , old son of Mr. and Mrs. Tandy Cnl-; , bnath of Itehohoth. This child was . hy s >me t< rrlhle mishap choked to , death. I.. \V. C. J PteiiNant Hill Notes. Special to The State. Pleasant Hill, Feb. 20.?Mr. Tom ' p. e n. a resident of the Russell place, ' died yesterday of pn< ttmonia after a short Illness. < >:i the 1Mb the liev. S. X. Watson pea-formed the icreinoiiv uniting Mr. 1 Lewi- Cole and Miss Alice; Beckham, daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W Bcekh in. Mr. r.dinuiid Tiller and wife of Til- ; lei's Ferry are visiting Mrs. Tiller's brother at this place. Mr. w. A Beckham and wife of Kershaw ar? here on < vis.t to Mr. Beckham's brother; Mr, M. L. Bcckh mi. of this pi ' | Owing to the very cold and rough w-atiter v iy littie faun work has lit .1 done us yet. it Is " neralty talk ?I i that there v.ill 1>. no increase in the nt ton itcrojiKO. As tt matter of fact the formers cannot nffonl to ?.i?> it. for tlv pre iini>(iott Is that labor Is tjoitig to l#e S'Mti'O. I II iijikl na II i|i|ii'iii(i.'^i<. Sji i! to Thi- Flute. Hopkins. l"i a. ?After several s Ia\ i f excess in "M I!.*' weather t ' n oii- fav rnbli- ttitiI t iriit n irk is pro- t irress n- ti.its ar? tinall, n to the bail weather. a l Italy Stipe' nil oil |ei t of Kilttt it ion 1 K ft. Wallaoe was In town Thursday n on i torn ot in ;p. tint, of '.lie ?oiintry ii Si hools. I lt;\ it. tints buvt Kit It is-no?| by the t piiir.-tiy fepa it nt<-tii of the llopkitr er.nii -1 : < ie-n] to Washington biitlnla\ 1 i-jii-fi-isi- Tin- in\ fit in as are ii the shape a small 1 ati-het tiecnr.rtoil s with I|| t |I-S. 'ii-.i lll'pntt Ii lent ; 111 - , der : he very cHlelenl ninnnffoment of I s \l i Whitlo.-k Tneiv have in i? .-v- t 1 aililitlonS to th< si-hr.-l, whi h is It in a ilottt i: hinjc ooiirtit ion. n .Mis I'.tatiili-nlnti li it inij. h linprov- Ii e-l. after h-r rei i t M-\oi" illness. 'I I'liu-ttiMirt'i ItmnlN. S|" i ' I I lO The St I te. I'll."' ..oil. |-'t'h. -.'it. Till plhli" tool' p III this vi- II11 > . te hi't: ; ri-MMi-il h\ p the eotttiiy < h iikui u. whh-h is \\ !I ti qtlipl'i'ii \\ It ft pto| implement a lot I the work Tie it ail.ent ha- been v. IlilJ.il With tlfilRitt. |i;( plo- t oil tile rliflWelil rouils I. I.lll.e inln ....... V iltiiisl f111] ;i^ i>i!11 i-ni'il i! hav- 1>-"!i < ?Tt ''\f|y \ n U i !>y the ii |.'it.li. Mi . I;. II. .1 nl' > "i, i fit: tti< r ! ' : near li?** w , n, 111 I <>:i Thursday >-\ !. t" M N'tiivt ! ,-'luK> "I ' I twill'-. Tht. fJe\. Mi. ttili- ' ' in led. 'llf- fitil imt"d "'.ii" \t 1111 i has t-- e itrtlfl I . i til lit i t"!i ; ati'.l I'ttr ? T -I'll" tut the ,i ill Riain i i"p I.- A eery hackv aid. j \t T.he Ml 'lie'r hili-'Mil III it f'li'ta.l h Issued y. ittir lar- had this ominous pp li Ih tioii f??r \ -.1' 11l?i v ' Kaln!" A?. J h' 'hi pretlf Ihiti v.. earthed front 't a It hi u 11 (11 ii i> in i illenil a Itreitk '<1 [HE HILL CODNTRY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Events of Greatest Interest in the Busy Pitdmont Section. i 1 FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS I'bc Slate K.vecutlve Committee Mrcta In hrrry?UrlrKiiIm lo tUc u- > tlumil li'ilhorlui; lu St. I.unit. ' Ipecial to The State. Newberry, Feb. 21.?Tlu- State execu- ; Ive committee of the Federation of' Yomen's Clubs of Soutli Carolina met icre Thursday night at the residence >f Mrs. It. D. Wright for the purpose j if arranging u programme for the < Itate federation, which will convene sere on Tuesday, June litis. The neetings will be held in the auditorium i ?1' Use new building of Newberry col- ; go. On Tuesday niglst the mectissg \ill be opened with ess informal i-ereptioii. Wednesday night will be' given over to the art, music and civic ' oinnsittees. Thursday isiglst the crown- , ng event t>f the session will be a very .arge and ?legant reception. The following delegates were sspsointed to represent South Carolina in Ise National Federation of Women's -tubs. which will convene in St. l,ouis. i do., in May: Mrs. Julius Visanska of , "linrleston; Miss Blanche Jones of Co-' utnbla: Mrs. M. F. Ansell of Orcenrllle; Mrs. Joseph Roddey of Rook! Illl ssnd Mis. 1,. T. Nichols of Chester. I si is. James Orr Piittepsnn of C.reenvllle. >resid?'nt of tlse State federation, ss a lelecate by virtue of lscr o.'lice. The alternates are: Miss Helen | slower. Newberry; Mrs. I,. M. Colenan. Charleston: Mrs. A. Robertson, "olumbiu; Mrs. Ira It. Jones. I,uncaser; Mrs. J. it. Viusdlvcr, Anderson; s.'rs. S. L. McLaughlin. Spartanburg, "our new clubs wei*e federated. They | \'?re the Fortnightly club of Newberry, : totary Book club of (Ireenvllle, the >1.1 Homestead of Darlington, the Uuniune association of Mr.-;. Smith's school. Charleston. After ih" buslistss <>f tlse committee lad been disposed of Mrs. It. D. Wright pave a delightful reception in honor of he visitors. At a joint meeting of the fedciaited lubs of the town, Mrs. S. B. Jones, sresident of Woman's club; Miss Berlin.' Martin, chairman of Bachelor daids; Mrs. B. W. Floyd, president >f Fortnightly club, were made a gen- ! ral committee to arrange for the enei '.sinment of tlie State federation i. ruul, >? . Jl. 11UIII, ?. It. Mayer. C I). Weeks. A. T. Drown, disscs Fannie McCaughrin, Latin Mnrin. Cora Doiiiinick. Nina Carlisle, leleti Mower, were appointed chairnen of the sub-committees. Their omniittees will lie appointed nearer he time for the meeting. HTERSTATEY.K.G. A. GATHERING I'tiere Are Two Hundred Delegates in Attendance :it Spartanburg?Hml Wen titer Prevails. Special to The State. Spartanburg, Feb. ill.?There are 200 | lelegates attending the interstate Y. d. C. A. North and South Carolina are j veil represented by an earnest, active j tody of workers, youn;; men \\ bo are lirecting their efforts to the advance* nent of moral and religious thought j ind life. Today's weather has been the very vorst of a season of unchangeable midvintt r time. The sleet fell first, ami he ground was frozen over in a slip>ery condition; an icy rain succeeded, irspite this inclemency, large congrepitlons were at the several leading 'rotes;ant < hureh this morning to hear nsmietive and helpiul addresses item he prominent workers of the Y. M. ". A. in ntendanco on the meetings. A mass-meet ing for men was held iiis ufternoon at the opera house. ? Michener was the speaker of tieiccasion. He is "from New York an.! i leader in Y. M. A. work. lie nad? a string aib!r? sr., emphusizing !> > adhcienee to Chilstianity along all lues ot bttslns;. .'lid . ss-wtoil that he man with the right kitul of < harae r has a decided advantage over othrs. tJatnbim.g. dritiking nttd impurty were touched upon and in ntt tarnst. r ff.-etiv.* manner Mr. Michener ?ii :our; < d for an hour or more to otic of he ljtgo-d mate audiences ever as ' Mil' "'I Ill l !Jf S . 1 T - tilt fully .. :?? ? T.riMians expressed t!??>.. mention of loading holier lives, and *,i? .|i .-i signified that they wished lie inuyi i - of the Christian people. In ; I ri' f iiU'< 'in:'. held after tin- address, t h ;ot of lie- latter professed < ?:?rsion. 1 >r. \ .111 t>vko, the l??ctui?t. addressed ho I'onvt". ion at 'or. vei college this venlhff. P. H. F. HE SEAR EASTERN TROUBLE iuliitirlii Tr>liiR t<? Ivri'P Out of a I i|;hl, \ < t im tlI ii n to "I'll ir Isrtil in Pari*. ('.in i, Fob "1.?M. Zol illovit/.. ih"' angaria n agent in I'.iio. inudo the "!h>uini; stateim-nt v ia> "1 <an give th fo>;ni| assurance . hot Kuignria has in< than or ? r 1 \1 ! > tin notliith: to eo npronuse 1 lie pojn It is villi giro' s li-f.io. : lot) that VS. h v. > I'll Ilea | oU ors I ;|lir. a |.la" i fnron- " M Ionia . ntl . v :sh. v ithout reservation, tin- 1 i liihis t o . 'w.otl Alio* . al!. wit It I his nonent wie-p tin pm. 's are follow- i ic v.ith Hl.mi t;. I no events 111 tile flit i <i. Ihllgirin \ i: 1 a'.o'il doing n>\-'l liiim that woiihi cnus> the helief tli.it lie | i i'ini >s to j'I "tit hy the oris -. Th" I hilgar in |n?iiji'o have unanimously i xpress ! warm sympathy with ItusII!. "It is nnforttniato iliat Tin !;' y p-rists In lief r? rottahio hostility'. l'e- i ales the annoying pnliee meass ios sin* is taken avail's! r p oph* o'ir i "inI * i ; sii.Y is .'-oi imis obstacles: ami nail-', tl iuiiei] < oia .nit raiioii < !' "urklsh troops along our frontier ami lie niohei/a i inn of troop, at strategic Diets .s men.u nig us." i M. Xoloilovit/. i nil t*itM i a v.ar i 11: in 'on:-1 Miltnnph! vlin*h 11:?- n i n in< iritlu ;ii)<l <|ti<>it i] ">in > >11 ul>r n'i "its to tin otf* ? tli.it I !n.> 'l in k ' f* n .1 tni 111; i > iipris'n< if ir villi Itulu.ii iri is mil il?- liinsl. "In tin' Iik'iI '>f IIiom1 I'm ft M. !?i|l?>viI? !i < >nHiuli"l. "n i- l .ituiiil I vit tin] ;.:a, tin. shmiltl 1m I'l'piij-I iiir Noii-itiir lilH'i v IiIum llruil. \\ ! i:.*i it.in ivh : mi - hiii. t:,f i . i v\ nt tlv* 1 i < S' li i'or I'i-ii H Hill I ! tj 'nt ^i.i, vim Ins In-fit ill li n? !>? i mr* 111 ii?". -1 'I 1 Imljiy t tin- i l?'ll<-ii >! In <1.i mhtiT, Mrs H. H limi-j <?n. iii tin- . u'i \i .ir nt h.-r .u** . 1 i In*r l> I i.l" v 1 i> tlif* mitt i .11111* also i 1*1-1* 1* i il.nir'it'T iiinl tun .*<>ii?- Hun ' I Hill .iifl I> ll'll An-iiini*mi*.I i tli* in tlif n'tiiji inn n ito tiikfii ' > AL- < llJtil. Mil* i" til- lllllfl.l' M.*rvf?*s will ' ln'1'1 nil \\ Ill* *1:1 ,*lf 1 1 .Xtl .1. Ill . i Ft. Murk's Mttlioiilnl Eplicoptl Mil i ll 0 St. Angela's Academy. ; Special to The State. Aiken, Feb. 20.?Thine annual enter- ' talnment of St. Angela's academy came , off on Friday afternoon and evening , before a large and appreciative audi once. | , That the numbers were varied, high- , classed and superbly rendered is as- [ ( sented to by all who were present. Es- 1 ( peelully is this praise well founded and j, nattering in view of the fact that In . the brief life of the academy there ' , have been no pupils as yet beyond the 1, tnird term in music, declamation and , , voice culture; indeed, the greet ma- , Jorlty are tirst and second term pu- i, piis. Thee olos and choruses were ex- | ( cellent. us the most fastidious could , . expect under the circumstances. i. The boys and girlsclusses made their j first bow to the publlo in pleasing , chorus. Before many years they will , figure successfully in person as they , did last Friday evening "in gobs." , For brevity sake, the special points ( of excellency of individual pupils, or;. numbers, cannot be emphasised in dc- ' tail. it is but lair to point out in puss- | i ing, however, the elecutlonary proflci- I ! cncy displayed in teh scene from \ \ Schiller's "Mary Stuart:" tltc beauty of j the arias and recitations In Longfel- |, low's "Wick of the Hesperus;" tlie , control til" voice unci breath in the "An- , gel's Serenade," "GraEB and Roses," ; , and the selected Terzetto; then the i general excellence of the instrumental'., numbers. St. Angela's is rapidly hi coming n stronghold of intellectual power among ) the youths of this ection. Judging . from the splendid exhibition of last | Friday it is safe to assume that, as the ' work progresses, the patrons and friends of the school will be welcomed again to still a better programme and ! a more excellent rendittion. A l-'utul V. reek, Kankake. 111., Feb. 21.- James Mar-! tin of Kankake. was killed, and five i other passengers were injured in a| wreck of a Knights of Columbus spe-I cial train today on the Kankake and J ( Seneca railway near AVa upon set, due to ) a spreading of a frog. One passenger I, couch containing 25 people turned com- ' pletely. Martin was hurled through ai window. The special was en route to >j Morris, where the Knights of Columbus were to participate In an installa-j tlon. A Government Victory. Sit n Domingo, Feb. 21.?Yesterday a French merchant steamer entered tlie? river, convoyed by a launch from the United States cruiser Columbia. The j rebels abtsulncd from tiring on the1 vessel. This morning the government troops , attacked the rebels outside the city! and severe bring ensued, lasting ninny hours. The rebels were rfoced to rc- J l.. \ le aving many killed and wounded j on the field. The action resulted in i complete victory for the government and the siege of the city is considered to have been raised. Suspicions Circumstance*. N'sV York. Feb. 21.?Follow ing the | death late tonight of Mrs. Florence) Myers, ! } years old, from morphine!' poisoning at a boarding house in West r orty-sixtn strwt, the woman's hus- ' band and a colored nurse were arrested. They arc said to have administered morphine tablets to Mrs. Myers. This they admit, according to the police, but allege that tlie woman was addicted to the use of morphine. The husband is Oil. Ft ederiek Myers, a veteran of theC <.'ivll war 71 years old, this being his I birthday. The dead woman,is said tor have been Col. Myers' fifth wife. ~ "i'lSt;All FOHKST" RESERVE. ~ A ' uxl I'rlmliil Wllil \ow nn Aitjuuet to Ulltmore letiilc, Chailotte Observer. Kaleigh, Feb. 6. No greater interest i hi.s ever been felt in any hunting pre*.' serve in the south than in the magnlfi- i cent one of flenrge' \V. VanderbSIt, 1'j which is know as "Pisgah Forest," and , which etnbtaces a latge set r >n nf tl*?> , county of Transylvania, in >ne of tiie | most requisite sections <>f all the noble1, mountain i mntry of which Western j r North Carolina affords. It is certain!, that this park or preserve has had , much to do with the now great movement for the national part to be known as the Appalat hian Forest Reserve. This originated in Yanderbllt's two J great developing ideas, shown first in i j his Hiltmore estate and next in his j I'tsgah Forest. The latter is a true , tcrest. Mr. Yanderbilt having been so , fortunate as to discover a place where J nature had almost unmolested cx- , pt by oct islonal fires, and then to . i itre this a ei gently aid iter in work- , ing her own sweot will. Everybody , knows ahor.t lilltmore, and i's bateau, . tit.- til's si t'l i\ .I ! resilience in nil Alltel - I e i, i>ui few know anything about I'is- . gab Fore t, and so this will be a story I \ about tlie latter, the writer having'; spent a fortnight there in the most delight fill manner in the world. ' I'iagah Forest is about {."> miles long , nn 1 embraces :*oin? thing over lOO.hOO (i tak'-s it n .mo front its dnmi- , nating peak M'<unt l'isgali. the most j Ih i I'eei mountain amid the hundred i uioui tains m \Y? stern North Cam lina. being a true tone, a landmark ! i amid till tlie peaks in the v ast, irregu-| j I <r and lot'ty plateau hetweeen the | I title Fridge and the gieat Smoky j ) Mountains. Thcio ate various way ol , getting into Ihsgah Forest: one by : AsIua ill" and Hiltmore and by a very i fine road constructed by Mr. Vand.r- I I i't to Hi gall l.oilc li e oilier !?? u->i >; )! lel-is>invill?* .ind 1 ividsons riv- | i. up ;i rather st-> p and rough road.ji bur in" full i > charms a ml surprises. ( ;iii>i ; th" I'lonon liroail. Davidson's t river and Avitj s crock. To tlie nn- i tivi-s l'tsgah F"' st !- I.now as Mr. J ? ^"underbill's place, and Its boundary is l i:i.11 K- i by ,i three-strand barbed-wlrc i iem . Tl best way to see I'isgali . < Forest :s on l'not ; horseback, prefer- < ibly th. form r. as in this way the full i l>< :uty of the plat Call best be seep, fin where one w i'| there is ever the j -loum) of falling waiei. the rush or the i lull < ! t! mountain sti.nn . v.hich i ou st of th.* '.:,ie .s invisible, high over- s 'lead < i i' a gor r<?, i>erhap a thousand ? reel be I i*. Going by the Davidson li river way, when the crest Of the "gap" i in the great mountain wall is reached. i tie re i- a glorious view to the south- t wartl. far into South Carolina, and <0,1 the northward over the Vanderbilt do-11 main. The heui t of this great forest' lias been known . -? tlie "i'ink IJeds" I tver since white settlers went into that ? mountain region. 'I lie origin of the '< ? name is in nouio dispute, hut very ? probably eoines tioin llio color of the | 1 1 up.iletiih >0. vvliii h lr so profuse as 1 Io 111 ike tl,,. whole r* - 11 look like a . 1 opscrv itorv durum t.. months 01 i May and June. The mountaineers call < Hie p!n> e the "I*i 1.u Hods," and under 1 Iho n.'.ini it appears in the geological 1 111., is. |i is a sort of t il.le lalld. lie- 1 1 ween high and nearly parallel ridges, i 111. eude-1 b\ mis as bright as n t looki' : sio '. all 1 inning in beds of j solid . In rally like flights of 1 ; ; -, and w bieh seem tike ?pib ksilver 1 1. they flash 01 fall Jrom utidci their lofty sources. I'isgah Kot est lost Mr. Vanderbilt >nie hii. ; like a puaider of a million loll I- :, or about $2.&o p' j' ncrtf. Most >f it lie -11 ted .,1 once, and the olh< i . .Minor . were bought ii large (?r small 1 ii is, ; o th. ' r.ov '. is rangers are the * >i.t\ d1 m/.eps of the wide ,i 1. 1. Th?i e ii-- hvc of these, all picked mountain-!'1 eis good i 'm"' ind dead shots to ^ honi the lnoii'i'.<iiis are like an open ... 'I lie ." M 1 ban- many duties f rip must see th it Hie boumhu y f-Mice. ;.in miles long, is ill light , must keep nit 1 1 du 1 look after the game, 1 hctber m t.n ! feather, and also , iftei the trout, and further keep an i. 1.a 1 initmr :>t";> lerr.. Pea*hers mil 1 roine from n .0 and far In y.t 1 the trout, with which the streams are superbly stocked, killing them by exploding dynamite in the dep pools, where the big fout lurk, or to kill the deer, the turkeys or the grouse, Evhlch lire known In the mountains as pheasants. The trained ears of these rangers hear the explosion of dynamite a great distance, und they track the offenders as u bloodhound would track them, into other counties, und :ven into Tennessee. Through this great Pisgah res?;rve, which now Is leased for use by one >f the most exclusive hunting and i hing clubs In this country, there ure 76 miles of wagon road and 275 miles of trails, the latter leading alongside each trout stream. These roads and trails ire always kept cut out and ready Tea- use. There are miles of what are known as "shooting paths" 15 feet ivide, which branch out right and left from certain of the roads, so that when :leer are driven by the dogs they must Lross these paths, and by means of the lutter alone can they be seen in time to ifford a shot. Deer can stand in the rhododendron thickets in 10 feet of a hunter, and yet be absolutely invisible, so dense and so perfect is this parndise of game in which there is so much of wild animal life. The foot prints of niv ucw ure constantly seen. ana once seven superb apeeimens were nulled In it gioup. drinking from Looking Glass creek. High overhead a goldfn eagle was soaring and later ori ttie ranger showed a mounted specimen of this noble bird, which he had killed with hlB revolver as he sat in a tree top bu yards away. Mr. Vanderbilt l?cgan to acquire Pisguh Forest 1- years ago. and he promptly began the work of restocking the streams with trout, in the simplest manner, that Is, by protection, without any artificial protection. In some of the streams rainbow trout have been placed, but tin so are not nearly so satisfactory as the native trout. The numb* r of trout in this particular region was years ago incredibly great. In the old days, before there was any protection, there were caught in two days by three llshermen 1,650 trout, ana most of this needles slaughter was absolute waste. Pisgnh Forest has largely been chosen us the place for the study of forestry, under the direction of the very talented I>r. Schenclt, who succeeded Clifford Pinchot, now the head forester of the United States. As all the world knows, Mr. Vanderbilt has at .Itmore, which adjoins and with its 10,000 acres forms in a way a part of I'i-.gah Forest, an arboretum of over 1100.000 trees and shrubs. Plsgah Forest Is the complement of this arboretum, and in these magnificent woods Dr. Schenck has a lodge, whore he spends much of the summer with his class, making a tree study under wonderfully favorable conditions. In th? sp classes arc youths of wealth ur.d high social position, who study forestry. a study sorely needed in this country. where there is so much destruction. Nowherf-e.tst of the Pacltlc slope are there nobler trees?tulip trees or poplars. Spanish and red oak. hemlocks, chestnuts, blink walnuts, cucumbers nnd pines of half a dozen kinds, rise In stately symmetry, this being one place where the lumberman has never injured the primeval forest. It is this gioat covering of woods which gives that tender blue to the mountains, whieli is the reason for the name of the Ltlue Itidge. There is a trail to the very peak of Pisgah. and on the mountain crest are found lovely meadows, lush with teriderest glass and studded with dwarf Lives, wind-blown nnd indescribably picturesque. The trail along this crest leads by Pnsgali lodge, the finest collection of log houses in this country, bui't iii Imitation of Swiss chalets, only .1- - i - - ? ? -._r- . me iini.'Bi Btivcitu logs oving uaeu, aii'i the furniture being all of native work mid of mountain woods. Sportsmen v\ ill be charmed with this lodge, with its stately dining hall, the walls of which are covered with dressed skins if the deer, fox, wild-cat, skunk, etc.. nrrrnty tnose nr the "wiJu-raf, all these mimals having been shot or trapped in I'isgah forest, while great eagles peer low n from the beams upon the vlsiors. The view of Biltmore house from Pisguh peak or front from this lodge is tearly like a vision of enchantment, rhe house seems to hang in the middle ilstunoe, like Aladdin's palace, snowy white and vast, and quite near it is Vsheville. Four counties corner on this peak. Southward there spreads the unbroken miss of I'isgah forest, to the eastward s the rich valley of the famous French Rroad river, bounded by the cloudouehing wall of the Blue Itidge, while o the wettward there is a wild and ugged view of mountain piled upon nountain, finally bordered by the Great smoky range, whi? h towers like the wall of .? world. Within the sweep of ilsion une sees the culmination of the treat Appalachian system with no less ban 4H peaks exceeding 6.000 feet in lltitude, thite being the Smoky, the ItaNani and the ]:!ack ranges. Mi. Mn Ih M in tlie liiai k dominating them ill with iis 0711 pet. In its entirety the riew is the very noblest which tin; astern part of America affords. Tin- i.iis'rvaiIon of game in tlie forest Mill be promoted still further, as ?i- at care is to be taken in limiting the "kills' whether of lisli or fowl. Tlie grouse have greatly increased, hardly any hunting having been done in the dozen years, and there are many turkeys. Squirrels are. of course, ihuuilant', both the gray and the small >r brown ones, tlv latter being unlvetsally known in the North ?'arolinn mountains as tlie "boomer." There is mother kind of game in litis region, ivhk li is not so mueh esteemed, this being the rattle-snake, which shares i\nli the general public the appreciation if tlie Pink Reds. The rattlers are of lie blank v.irb iy, anu while short are .inusitally large, ihrn - inches in diameter soinettines. One of the rangers k? c;v a tnlly-siick with a cut for each atil' r killed, and said that during one season lie killed J6 himscii. Ids three employes s.ivi they had killed as naio inoiv. A watchful eye i/t therefore. necc.'<ary w iien nno is out of a road or a vail. The rattlers. as a ralo. art- "very ,wnc?tlilt'," as the mountaineers fiy, mix h so that when tin y think persons <!o rot s> tl'.i'in they i,f quiet an t In not roil and rattle. That there is rally little danger from i'i ' snakes s shown by the fart that surprisingly 'e\v portions are bitten ami of those hut Yw site, whiskey being instantly taken i.s an antidote. Mr. Vandorbilt has other holdings of atuls, not eonne'led with l'lsg ih forest or with lilltnioro and its forest, -nino ,,f those holdings lying to tin lorih west ward. There is another game unserve in tlv.s State, th:s lying along l.inville river, vhirh is over in anlilier mount tin plateau, tin* owners bong perhaps .i ?r? t gontlomon. soma if whom are New Yorkers, others bong residents of tins State. The streams here have hern restoeked with trou". hie way into this preserve is by lilow g K.--K ar.fl along the Yonahiossee urnpike. w hieh is oonstdered hj g "> I lldgej; to hi one of tin- tiilOSt ll:nunltl ill 1'Uds in Auvriea and over which o'siiine tag s ran. Kred A. Olds. Troops handing In form Palis. I", h. H.' In :i di pitrli from Farhin tin: correspond"!'t oi tip- Matin iv: < I"ll. \'elkoff. who is oil guaid dong the Mongolian line, has arrived hero with timi. 1 >a il--\ ki. of the enjilteei corps. Half "I the hop f.-r:. Ill-' ensayn, i" envoi ing Ilio Inrplllg <>1 llOMp'. in ' >! .1 nvl I liv inlf io seeking tli- Vladivostok sijuatl XI