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HOME CIRCLE. Borne Helpful Thoughts for the] Young; Folks CULLED FJP.OM OUR IXCHANGE8 All tho YOUUK People Wno Read ? Thia Paper Aro Particularly Invited to Bead Thia . Column, In Ufe--not death Haarta aced fond wc rds to help them on their j way; _. ?.?ocd t*n*Jr thoughts and gontlo sympathy, Carosue*, pleasant looks, to cheer each passing day. Then hoard them not nut i 1 they useless be; In lifo-not death, Speak kindly, living hearts need sympathy. . * * TITS OLD CO KN BONO. Ob, what hos become of the old com song hat used to float along As to thu quai ter, ut closo of day, Tho morry Hold hands took their way, k glad and happy throng? Twas tho national song of tho rund place, In tho good old days or grace; And tho fellowship end the common joys Wore shared by the master and tho boys, *"d beamod from every fnco. M) blight of freodoui has done away j? In tho flue old day, . / And tho mutual lives that were brave and UI strong (.{" f t3 down in dust like tho glad old song, . -??s tho darkles used to stay. )h, when shall tho corn song como again 'vcr hill and plain? jIGUUKI an eolio falls from tho silent land. r ^-'Nevermore, while tho world slmll stand, or,ll wo hear tho swec*. old strain." BU' . . Dixie's subsoil, calm a.'d deep, 5f>,' M boys sloop; ifilrop er and men in a common lot; thc McLeod of08 ",l? ?lDner" and Revs E * * B. Buker, ot A OHILU AGAIN. Dunlap of Clio tl oking back toan Yorkville, ami T. E.entb year, when the elation Inside ihbim to a school handsome vases of chfl< writes: ' Oa and hot house plants ' intimated to purity and innocence, ending nae to 1 , c A thrilled my ? rho order of exercn,e tncn llvei1 ?it-Kev. E. P. Tay if 1 would do ^ Jjvnin, Rev. J. would do .Rev. Bur I-remember imo. and my ' "^lOp ullin. Morris MD Rev. tell ild t re thc .aliments" tn schools and col ero girl can have all bf action, all the learning naries teach, and be free from Bony of the former restrictions thrown around them, without in any way losing the charm of sweet maid enly ways, or forgetting the plain rule observed by well-bred people. The young ladies of the present have all kinds of clubs-literary, social and athletic. They should form one more whose basic principle should be to eat their elders with respect, and at times and at all places exercise ose old time and lovely traits of character which spring from unsel fishness, refinement and gentleness of manner, and restore to thc modern soolety world what now seems to be one pf the lost arts. - I''--* * # R?TUKN TO TUE KAUM. The Augusta Chroniole says it would be a good thlnf if many young men who left the farms, in hard times, would return to them, lu this era of prosperity, when the farmer has us all in his power, to a considerable degree. An Intelligent youngman with in dustry and thr: ft, can do much better farming, especially when his family hold landed estates lu the country, than by clerking in cities, with their demoralizing tendencies. Col. Bob Ingersoll was a sad Infidel and said many ugly things and helped under mine many a weak brothers faith, hut now and theu, ne, uttered true and beautiful and wise sentiments Among the latter, he once said: "Young men, 1 would rather have forty acres of land and a log cabin oti it, and a woman I love In the cabin, with a grassy path leading down to the spring where the water gurgles from the lips ol tho earth whistling day and night to the white pebbles a perpetual bonji-with holly hocks growing at the corner of the house and morning glories blooming over the lbw locked door - with lattice work over the window so that the sunlight would fall checked over ?he babe In tho cradle, and the birds, like songs with wings, hovering In the summer air-than to be clerk of any govern ment on earth." THE FASHIONING OK EVE. According to a Hindoo legend this ls the proper origin of woman: Twashtrl, the god Vulcan of thc Hin doo mythology, created the world. But on bis commencing to create wo man he discovered that with man he had exhausted all his creative materi als, and that not one solid element had been left. Tnls, of course, great ly perplexed Twashtrl and caused him to fall in a profound meditation When he arose from lt he proceeded as follows: Ile took The roundness of the moon, The undulating curves of the ser pent, The graceful twist of the creeph g plant, The light shivering of the grass blade and thc slenderness of the willow, The velvety softness of the flowers, The lightness of the feather, The gentlcgaze of the doo, The frolics >mness of the dancing sunbeam, Thc tears of the cloud, The Inconsistency of the wind, The timidness of the hare, The vanity of tho peacock, Tho hardness of tho diamond, The swectnef-sof honey, ' The cruelty of the tiger, The heat of the fire, Tho chill of the snow, Tho cackling of the parrot, The cooing of the turtle dove All these ho mixed together and formed woman. Then ho presented her to the man. ? a * COUNT YOUK ULE?3INOS. Thanksgiving Day invariably brings about a season of reflection and ret rospection which is wholesome and years right. After the years busy tull, when the harvest has been gathered, the holiday timo li Just ahead, and new ventures are In prospect, lt ls well to pause and take ah inventory of all that we dare call our own; to measure our gains and to mark our failures; to bow before the Irreparable past and to face the future with cheer ful hope; to forget the small annoy ances and to richly enumerate the joys; to give thanks unbounded for all. O, count your blessings! You will be surprised at their number and their beauty and their sweetness. Count them again, name them one by one, and ycu will find yourself sing ing aloud your song of thanksgiving. Do not let that day of enforced drud gery, that hour of disappointment, or tbat night of anxiety check the count. Perhaps the?' were blessings too, we have no right to say -they were not. When the counting nags, think of the glories of a sunshiny day, the breath of the wi ads, the drip of the rain, tbe pulse of the heart, the Joy of love, the touch of a hand, the voices of little children. Remcmb r tbe throb of expectation, the satisfied wish, the real'zcd desire, the rainbow of promise. Recall the summer past, the round of happy days, sleep with out fear, fuod and raiment and homo. Open your eyes and your heart to the knowledge of "Heavenly bleisings without number, greatly falling on thy head." Think on these thirgs and sec what God bath done. * * ? DEFEKBNCE TO THE AGED. Why is lt that so many girls and young women of tbe present are not poli e to older people? Up to a few years ago, one of the distinctive traits of refinement and good breeding among young ladies was the notice able deference they always showed their tdders, and to neg'ect to do KO was to write oneself down in tue so cial scale as an underbred person, and one who;e people were either snobs or igncrint of social etiquette. Tbe deference and almost reveren tial manner of young peop'e toward older persons they met was one of the attractive traits they possessed. Girls vied with each other lu paying the proper attention to the hostess of an entertainment, on keeing that older ladles had the best seats, and were properly looked after wherever they met them. For some unaccountable reason has all been changed of late :inttl now young ladies treat Insure opie very much as they do SatisfaOV namely, use them when after your "ed of them, and Igrore L Cltb)Lat other times. T .ej "Tho i! 01 j 'y t?e hospltall _"he fullest, without Scft word lo her ex gt Throbbing ?enteco whcn ??iv bd nlgtr..;' forgetfulness\of what "he done and ;-aid hasHuvaded ^ thorne cicle. Many girls "allow ti.eir mothers to do all kinds of ser vices for them, and permit them to deny themselves for their daughter's comfort without so much as saying "thank you," In recognition of her services. Of course, this is inexcus ably rude and very unkind. Put who is to blame m re than che parents who submit to such rudeness, and who have allowed this condition of I affairs to become chronic and almost general? There ought to be a mos'; radical reform in this respect, and It cannot come too promptly. * * TI1K DANOER OK DISCOURTESY. I think that it was Rev. Stopford A. Brooke who once uttered these wise and true words: "Toe power of being able to keep a household from fretting and complaining aud from violent tempers, the power of being able to encourage, nourish aud stimu late tue freedom and growth of others, ls gained from there having been built up in thc minds of all in the house, as the tirst motive of life, the great Christian law-Christian because en tirely human-'Think of others more than of yourself and of others' hap piness moro than of your own inhap piness. Of this law tic best, definition to remember ls a word of St. Paul's In honor preferring one another.' This s true courtesy. It ls its very flower; 't is the essence of Christ's teaching set to music In dally 1 fe. It will hiing out all the good in others; it will bring out what ls best in yourself; lt will make your boms like very heaven." Of all the mischief making elements that creep Into many Souses, discour tesy is one of tho most common and most fatal in Its results. When a wife begins to speak sharply and rudely bo her husband, .and when she ti nally descends to the low estate of "nag ging" him, she ls In a fair way to lose both his love and his respect; and when a husband begins to be less courteous to his wife he ls in danger of losing both her respect and love. The rock of discourtesy is the ri ck on which many a matrimonial bark has stranded. If the father and motlier are discourteous to each other, it is not to be expected that the children of the home will be gentle and polite. There Is no greater imitator than a child, and there ls no oue more alert. Tlie child takes note of everything, and lt ls susceptible to the general at mosphere of the home. If the father is fault (hiding and generally irritable tho child ls likely to be of the same disposition. If the children arc not taught coutcsy In the homo, it is not tn be expected that I hey will be cour teous outside of the home. What lu the lurference? In the recent meeting of the 9eorgla State Baptist Convention Ex-Governor Northern, who was president of the body, made a clarion call on the Georgia Baptists to turn their backs on worldly amusements. He very truly said that whatever evil Lends to the spread of lutemperance In Georgia linds Its origin in the home. Mo said In a ringing voice: "What is the difference, whl you tell mo, be tween the mau behind the counter dealing out liquid damnation, as lt is called, for pay, and the woman beau tifully gowned ab the r?ception stand itg behind the beautiful punch bowl (landing out in fancy glasses Intoxi cating beverages without pay? What s the difference, will you tell me, be Lwecn tho men who meet In the bick room of a saloon and put out the watchman while they play for sllvei n tho shape of coin and gaudily "'owned women gathered In the draw ing room to play for silver moulded nto the shape of a cup? In God's lames, brethren, let's get our v.omeu o dedicate their homes to God." What Gov. Northern said to Georgia i'.aptlsts applies with equal force to South Carolina Baptists, Methodists, cr thc niembor8 of any other ( burch. He indulges in very plain language ind asks a pointed quest!) n. Like ^lov. Northern we can't see any differ mee In the cases he cites, and if there s any difference In the principle we ,vould Uko to have them pointed out x> us. I . m I . ???? THE SOLID SOUTH Will Never be Broken M Long aa the Fifteenth AMENDMENT.STANDS A8 A LAW. So S.-ivH Senator Tillman in an In? tervh w with ? Correapoudent of the A UK tint a Ch ronlo lu in Columbia, When I 0Q6t bim here by appoint ment as be was passing through Co lumbia on tis was to Trenton, Sena tor Tillman was In particularly good spirits, and obatted pleasantly and entertainingly concerning the lessons taught by the results of the national election and the political future of the South, Though when he touched on certain phases of the negro question tho corners of his mouth went down promptly and with marked energy, his eyes flashed and bis voice deepened Into that tone of intense earnestness for which he ls so famous, says a cor respondent of tho Augusta Chronicle. Asked what he thought ot the "solid South," and whether he saw any immediate hope of breaking lt, Sanator Tillman declared with em phasis that the solid South would never be broken as long as the Fif teenth amendment is allowed to stand. "Thc Soi:th ls solidly Democratic not ir the broader sense that the term democracy ls understood In the politics of thc whole couutry," he said, "butin the narrow sense that the Anglo-Saxou intelligence of the South solidly and always unyieldingly stands for white supremacy. Of course, this situation is unfortunate, inasmuch as the results are intellectu ally stifling in the discussion of and contention for the broader principles of government and of civilized life. But there is no immediate hope of changing these conditions. Every ef fort put forth by the m'sguided philanthropists and vicious politicians of the North with their impracticable uotions about the equality of man. ic break the solid South, only seals that bond of union as with hoops of steel, aud the problem will rever he solver! until the North lets t.ie South alone to solve it. ' If ihess dreamers of the North working In conjunction with theil greedy political brethren d n't std] m dilling in this matter there win. b; lace war and terrible massacre. Foi political equality mcaus soolal cquall ty, and sooial (quality means misce geuation and the ruougrePzIng of th< people of the South, with the rcsul that the white ln'elllgcnce of bbl South will degenerate to the level o those S. uth American republics whos history has shown them to be wholl; and invariably incapable rot only o self-government, tut of acquirlnj property, the distinguishing chirac teristic of the white man, and un willingness to respect law and live ii a quiet and orderly manner. "Once let the wedge be driven li just the least blt, once recognize th political equality of the negro am social equality will Inevitably follow and the races will merge by marriag between the better claas of negroe and lower olass of whites. Thos scoundrelly, trifling white men wh have lost all self-respect will sc; upi to marry the daughters of negro me who have a quired property. The will the sluicegates be opened, an there will be no stopping the mor grelizlng of the white intelligence o the South. This In au UDthinkabl condition, an impossible consumma tion. "Taere is only one solution of th negro problem," he continued, "onl one way of eliminating the crime c rape and freeing the land of the re sultant crime of lynching-the conj plebe subjection of thc negro unde stringent laws and police regulations As long as 'ie ls allowed by law to vot and run a lout the country wlthou restraint there ls no checking th crime which he commlta. And th North is gradually coming to tha view of the matter." In this c mnection Senator Till ma told of his cxperleuce In campaignlr in the West, and mentioned a numbt of Illinois and Indiana towns wblc will not allow the negro to live 1 them. "The North is gradually gettln educated on the negro question; ttl little taste these people have had c Cully has made thom less tolerant c his weaknesses than the people of th South even. The patriotic lntell gence of the North recognizes tba the South has a great problem on it bands and is willing lo let the Sout solve lt." Tht: overwhelming defeat of th national Democracy docs not In th slightest decree, in Senator Tillman' "phd n, rt (li ct the North's agreemen with President Roosevelt's negr policy. He attributes the Republ ian success to the general prosperlt of the country and the personal popt larlty of Mr. Roosevelt. Senator Tillman ls not feeling blu ibout nductlon of Southern repn lentatlon. Ile said: "I have talked to many of th irlghtest and most capable newspi ocr correspondents at Washings md they all pooh-pooh the idea, an 'rom many of the leaders of the R publican party I learn that lt ls nc die intention to attempt any sue ibing. Those groedy Yankees wh vant to reduce the Sooth's represor allon In order to deere? s s our powe ind influence and increase their owr 'orget, In their seltishress, In arguln br representation in proportion t roting strength and tho number t icople participating on governmenl hat their own representation ls ba.e argely on herds of foreigners who ai instantly pouring Inoo the Nortl: vho know nothing of our history c nstltutlons, and who are less capable n a sense, of voting lr telligently an ;no.v less about tho needs of lb! ountry and aro less patriotic tba he negroes themselves. They forge ho history of the world In content1 ng for their idea of the (quality c oan. They forget that not half th fhlte men of Europe today, leavln lussia out of the count, arc allowc o vote, not oven thos? of the so calle knited or constitutional monarchie* Jnlversal suffrage ls an Idle dream nd lt is dangerous and deadly polso o free government. " "Whatof the immediate future c he Democratic part>?" "The darkest hour ls always jus eforo day. Those sort of defeats nc ^frequently presage great vlctorle or tho party. Tilings looked blacke ti 1874 and again In 1892, the perloc f greatest Democratic succesaei .Mie Republicans arc drunk with stu ess and a long hold on power. The viii be certain to misinterpret tl eal cause of tho recent viotory an our time will come.If we' al true to j ourselves and to American ifials. "Anyhow, the South can Ether be seduced nor bullied into change of at titude. Democracy with ?: means white man's rulo. It has mgvnt that and al rc Cit nothing else irv almost thirty years or more. Repuflloahlsm has just as surely meant neg?b equali ty with all that that iinplfee. But those who think the recent? election indicates that the North is solidly It '.publican on this issue will have a rudo awakening if tbey attempt to carry out the idea. I may be mis taken, bu-j I shall walt equanimity to see the test made. The South mean time will stand by and maintain Its Anglo-Saxon civilization. To para phrase the language of Martin Luther at Worms: 'There we take our stand; we can do no otherwise, so help us Ood?'" _ r A NLW PENSION FRA CD. Anoi hor Hebe mo Gotten Up to De fraud tho Colored 1'eoplo, It ls evident from letters received by several negroes in this country ai d other places that another efl ?rt is be ing made by sumo (.harper In tho North to swindle them out of some money in the hope of securing a pen sion. These frauds, which are as old as the war itself, are not only being worked here io civil war oases, but there are also efforts being made to catch them on the Spanish war fake, lt will be remembered that a number of negro38 from Columbia enlisted and a mud larger number were turned down at the enlisting office for failure to pass he examination. Letters are being received from someone not only by those who were turned down, but also by those who never even applied, hinting that money can be obtained from the government for them by an agency lu Wasbingt n. The Columbia Record says Assistaut District At torney Melton is now on the loookut for some oases of this character, and it any evidence is secured there will be some prompt arrests. "We had a case of pension fraud in Greenville at the last term of court." he said. "A sharper had represented to a number of negroes that the gov ernment Intended sending a train load of provisions to former slaves and ! veterans of the Spanish war In the South, lie also hinted that a share I of these provisions could be obtained j by those who were neither veterans or 'slaves, if everything were left to him. I Ail he required was the money to pay I the f reight, and he gol enough ot" that to ship a train clear across the conti nent. We seut him up for eighteen months. I would be very glad to se cure some further evidence lu these new frauds that aro cropping up, and If there ls much of it I will prob ably have some arres'.s to make." Making A Ncwspaoor. Cut his newspaper out of the life of tho average man and you will cr?ate a gap for which the combined con veniences and luxuries of modern civ ilization will hardly compensate. Hs looks forward to a quiet hour with bis favorite paper with the same avidity which marks the approach of hlsvdln irg hours; in his mind's eye ono ' ks suming almost as much importance as the other. Yet how many people of whcs? dally existence the newspaper is such an indispensable adjunct, think once a year of the men who make itv Wlj t do they know of the sleepless viv lance of the men who keep a trained linger on the pulse of public events, whose miuds are educated to the deli cate task of discriminating the re spective values of the day's develop ments, or who hold themselves ready at a moment's notice to brave fatigue rebuffs and failue in the collection of the new? to be served to the public in ! coherent; accurate form? Many of those who even come in contaot with the ii'ws-gatherer io his regular rounds, do not regard him with un mixed feelings of respect and esteerr. So long ashia cross-examination ls directed at other folk aad things, lt ls well. But when the exigencies of his duty (ind duty and fate in the newspaper man's vocabulary are synonymous terms,) compel him to turn his investigations in their direc tion, his enterprise sometimes seems to take on thc nature of Impertinence and they are ready to label his lrsls tenc.i intrusion. The men who keep you In touch with the history of the tl aies, whether it be history making In Asia or this State, are Just as .human, just as sen sitivo to the little and big things of life, jU't as fallible as yourself. If you followed what was said in the foregoing paragraphs you will admit their c diing ls one of vast dlgoity and Jr, portance to themselves and the p opie that} they serve, even though the relotions be disguised and impers nal. They are public servants In the most Intense application of the phrase and their activity is a check on largo and potty evil and Injustice such ES ls furnished by no other hu man agency.-Exchange. Hay? Wlfo Talk? Too Much. Dr. George W. Currier, president of the Nashua, N. H., Trust Com pany, has instituted div? ree proceed lng:, against his wife, who was Annie Walch of Boston, alleging extreme cruelty. Nell h r will talk about the specifications but lt is understood that the chief alligation against her is garrulity. Mrs. Currier ls Dr. Cur rier's second wife and was married to him twelve years ago. Slnoe that time she has resided loone of the doc tor's houses In Manchester street. Ah hough Dr. Currier lias not lived there, for nine years, he has been a frequent caller. Mrs. Currier declares she does not care for alimony but still loves her husban.i. She says he will marry again while ehe lives. Dr. Cur ried is dO years of ago Nomination of Cruin. The president has again sent lo the senate the nomination of Crum as col lector of the port of Charleston and ihc outlook is that the nomination will be confirmed. It was to be et peet ?d that the president would do what no has, becaupo to be consistent with ills position as to political equality of dtizens regardless of color he could lot do otherwise. Not to have reno minated Crum would have been to icknowledgc that he had stood oy bim oefore the election only for political purposes, and while that most probab y had a great deal to do with the itaod he took, lt could not be expcot ul that he would make an open con 'esslon of the fact. A Mleuodoratandlnjc. A Missouri paper wound up a com pliment to a young sohoolma'arn with i good ?ord about "tho reputation tor teaching she boars." The next day Hbo young sohoolma'arn met the edi tor and ohased him down the street with an umbrella, and at every Jump In thc road she screamed that she had never tauget a she bear In her life. A GREAT CHARITY, fe "1 ? Tho Connie Maxwell Orphanage and i What it Fa? Done ; - I DURING THE PAST FISCAL YEAR. / - ? j An Article that Will Interest All , Who Are Interested in ta? Work of Caring for I tlie Cfphans. Perhaps the Institution which is : dearest to South Carolina Baptists ls the Connie Maxwell Orphanage, lo cated at Greenwood. The Rev. Atha ! T. Jamison ls superintendent of the , orphanage, and his board of trustees was able to make a glowing report of bis work this year. * The following extracts are from the thirteenth annual report of the board: This has been an annus mirabilis at Connie Maxwell Orphanage. The like has not been seen there before, nor ls it likely that another year shall soon eollpse the one now brought to a close. NEW BUILDINGS. Since our last report to this Con vention a new cottage for the furo a an of the mechanical department has been erected near the Woods building. A two-room store house 20x40 feet has been built near the superintend ent's home. A new barn has boen erected for the cows.- lt accommo dates our eighteen milch cows and there is room for as many as twenty six. A small barn bas been built at the Maxwell farm, the need being Im perative. The Maxwell building, provided for in the will of Dr. and Mrs. Maxwell, ls nearly completed. Its cost will be about 912,000. Tue funds are Bup plkd from the Maxwell estate. The Maxwell building, two stories In height, of red brtok, contains eight school rooms 22x32 feet each, and also a parlor In which will barg paintings of Dr. Maxwell, Mrs. Maxwell and lit tle Connie Maxwell. The handsome Library building In the centre of the grounds is the reali zation of the proposed plan of Mrs. McKls-lck, as outlined lu our last re port. The house Is 20x48 feet, very ornate in appearance, conta'.nlug an entry way, reading room and book room. It is of red brick and granite, beautiful within and without. It is known as the E. P. P. McKlsslck me morial library. A splendid brick omeo was built last spring and paid for by Mr. John E. Durst a member of our board if trus tees. This handsome gift is In keep lng with his steady devotion to don nie Maxwell Orphanage. The build ing contains a general jfflce 20x20 feet, a private office for the superin tendent, a store room for school sup plies, medioine and a vault with wall 20 Inches thick, with steel door and bank combination lock. FINANCIAL. The Convention at Sumter a year ago resolved to raise $15.000 for the Orphanage during the present year. We have received 312,082.20 in con tributions. We are unable to ac count for the backward step thus taken, unless it be that the people have an idea that the orphanage has now come into possession of the Maxwell estate, and is not greatly in need cf money. We tako occasion to s ta to clearly that the money that bas been put into bouses with the Max well legacy has greatly increased our expenses and in no wise diminished them. Gifts of merchandise have come to the orphanage from maoy Individuals, churches, Sunday schools and socie ties. It ls estimated that ?1,663.15 was sent in clothing and dry goods, and 81,345 05 In provisions, making a total of 82,918.10 In gifts of this character. The Maxwell farm has yielded good profit this year. It furnished the or phanage wkh 400 cords of wood, 450 bushels ot corn, 500 bales clover and pt a vine hay, 500 bushels of wheat, 75 bushels of peas; melons, potatoes, beef, pork and turnips. WOllK DAV. Following the Instruction of the Convention last year our superintend ent appointed another work day this fall. It has been a very great sue cess. The amount realized In cash bas been $1,493.99, as against about 8700 last year. P II ICS KN T ntBSSINQ NEED. We have had considerable anxiety on account of the scarcity of water and the low depth of some of the wells, some of which have gone dry. The scourge of typhoid fever In the or phanage of our North Carolina breth ren, the months of nursing, care and expense, and the number of deaths among the children should warn us in time. We should bo wise and fore still filth trouble. There ls one method, and evidently only one that will bring permanent relief. That method though costly may prove the cheaper in the end. A deep well of, say 350 feet, sunk through granite, would give an abundant and unfailing supply for all time, the water would be absolutely pure and safe and there would bi no annual expense Involved. The large family now resident at the orphanage makes lt a questionable matter as to whet her we can afford to risk tho uso of a surface supply of water. In order that all the people may see lust how much property we now pos sess we present tho following exhibit: 3tx homes for children.$24,000 Four cottages fur officers . 4,ooo Jhapcl. 1,800 Hams. 1,800 Store room. 300 Jftlce. 1,300 Library. 2,730 Dining room. 800 Woods building and equipment 3,500 Seven small houses.. 1,000 Minor buildings. 1,200 Hooks. 300 Sine horses and mules. 1,200 18 Crus and several yearlings and calves. 900 logs and pigs. 140 .mplements, fencing, etc. 1,000 10 acres land at 8100. 11,900 100 acres land at 830. 12,000 3lty B ?"nk stook. 600 31ytho note . 1,000 J. L. Sc, Mfg Co note. 600 f. P. Kir g stock. 1,000 }. h. Sc Mfg Co stock. 300 Jroenwood Mill stock. 3,000 3rendel Mill stock. 300 T. Si M. Bank slock. 1,000 Hank of Greenwood stock. 800 Cnoree stock. 500 leiibourd stook. 200 Jurckhalter note. 1,205 Seel note. 1,000 Dew note. 1,100 IN OENKIIAL. There are at present 165 children at ho orphanago, tho capacity being . 100. Their ages vary from 3 to 10 /oars. Several have gone out during tho'year, having secured approved po iitloha. There has not been a death tmdng tho children since January, 18?0, nearly nine years. Surely this [a^a remarkable record. ( The reaper has spared all the chil dren this year, bot he came very near them and took one of their fond and Je vu tod teachers. On January 24th Mrs. Nannie Wroe Carpenter fell a victim to disease and went home in heaven. G. B. Bv~~i>, President. The'report created favorable com? anent by many members. DEATHS OF BENEFICIARIES. J. G. Carter, S. B. Sawyer, M. N. Thomason and Hrs. Jane Hutchins, bone Helarles of the relief board, have died during the year. - When the veteran secretary of State missions arose to present his annual report the Convention was visibly' moved. Dr. Balley is now an old man, but still retains his vigor and alertness. Under his leadership the State mission work bas been carried forward as with ten.league boots. The Connie Maxwell Orphanage showed a most remarkable condition of affairs, very gratifying to the con- j ventlon. '.Would BATO Killed Him " According to the Boston Traveller this ls what the Yale boys would have done to the negro student that pre sumed to play foot ball with them on the Harvard team had he stayed in the Rame. It seems that when Har vard and Yale played their annual match game of foot ball recently the former institution put a negro boy forward as one of Its players. Selected by his Alma Mater as a fitting repre sentative of her sporting interests, he dared to meet on terms of foot ball equality the white yc.uthof New Eng land. They did nob do as young gen* tlemen of other sections of tbe coun try might have done, refuse to. go on with the game. Outwardly they ac cepted the darky as a proper and worthy opponent, but secretly they made up their minds to maim or kill him. Here ls the heart-rending account of the incident as we find lt recorded in the Boston Traveller: "There ls not the slightest question but that Yale's players tried to disable Matthews. They hammered an i Blunged him so bard that be was knocked out and had to retire from the game. There ls but little doubt that they would have killed bim If be bad stayr.-i <n. One player grabbed the negro around the n ok and twisted it so bard that Mat thew6's life was in danger. Y-?le took it as an Insult because Harvard offer ed an alleged affront by lr.slsting on playing a negro." The Traveller goes on to say that "Princeton took the same attitude against Dartmouth a year ago and plugged and kicked the negro Dartmouth player co bard that they fractured his ribs within five minutes and forced him out. Prlnoton and Yale's positions are tbat they are white men's colleges and tbat Harvard can lind plenty of good white men to play without insulting them by play ing m groes." Tn other words," says The News and Courier, "we are told that the students of Yale went to work to lynch a student of Harvard in the presence of 35,000 spectators and In one of the most clvlllz :d, intelligent and law abiding communities of New England_The crime committed by the negro was merely one ot pre ump tlon." That is true, but, as The New? and Courier goes on to say, "all in all the incident 1B a most Instructive and edifying one, and we recommend it tc the thoughtful attention of our ne grophile neighbors. It ls unfortunate ly true that certain pr opie in tbe South mane up their minds to lynch negroes on occasl m, but they nevei go about lt in the underhanded and peculiarly reprehensible way employed by tbe students of Yale. When in the hands of a Southern mob there IE never an} doubt in tho mind of a ne gro culprit as to what to expect, but this little Harvard darky, it would ap pear, did not get what President Roosevelt might term a "square deal." He thought he was goirg to partici pate in foot ball contest, while in re ality he offered himself vicariously for the star part in a lynching bee." Lived Cheap O ed Kiele There is $159,000 In special public bequests In tho will of Charles E French, a retired drug merchant, whose death occurred In Boston wi thin a week. There ls abo a gift of the residue of his estate, after satisfying those bequests and several persona! bequests, to the Boston Piovidenl Association and the Associated Charl ties, the Income toba used for Individ' uals worthy of charity. The city o: Boston ls to get 898,000 all told, tin purpose being to promote good soho larsblp in tbe public schools and tc take care of the Colonial Bu-la Grounds, tho old state house and th oldest and largest trees on the Com mon. The testator's home was ii Commonwealth avenue, bat he wa found dead in au office building hi owned In Boylston street. Mr. Frond i ctcd as j inttor and elevator man be sides scrubbing the floors. He boaste< of living on 21 cento a day. USO to Timm. About 1,400 earthquake shocks ar recorded yearly in Japan, thc land o earthquakes, says Baron Dairoki Kikucbl In an exhaustive trealla "Recent Seismological Investigation In Japan," Just published for privat circulation. The number ls not as for mldable as it would appear, however is muoh less than fifty are sensible Since 1875 fi'teen earthquakes havi occurred sufficiently severe to cam;? oas of ll vn or sortons damage to prop srty. In October, 1891, took place bbl ?reat Nuno Owari earbhquak, h vhioh 7,000 people were killed, ove 17,000 Injured and nearly 20,000 build ngs destroyed. In 1875 the lmperla (overnmont commenced the spstcma dc observation of eathquakes. Of tin 123 large shooks recorded since tin .ar)lest times, 47 had their origin it he. Pacific 17 in thc. Japan Sea, 2 h Joe Inland Sea. 114 in'and and X\ an )bscure._ Gives Up Hope. Senator Latlmer has given up hopi >f the pissage of his good roads bil it the present session of congress I ian been said that economy ls to b die slogan of the session, and in ever piartrr where effort has been mado t ?btsln support for the measure th mest lon of legislative extravagant ias been raised. The bill will die a ,he end of the session._ Killed His Trainer. Charles Hendrloks, a lion tareel acerated by a huge Hon during ai exhibition at San Francisco, died Fri lay. The accident happened durlni be performance of a trick in whlcl be Hon was made to jump through i >a per houp. Tbe trainer slipped am vas attacked by the hugh beast whlcl ore his leg frightfully and caused i hock from whloh he did not recover: Sewing D d household furnishings of every description in all grades from the least expensive to the highest quality of goods. Everett, Stultz and Bauer, Packard, Harvard Sterling And other makes of Pianos. 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