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iDiffiERim1 His Method Differs F:rom Those of Old Prospectors. DRILL USED IN THE WORK Great CoBt Sometimes Incurred In ' Projects Preliminary to Opening Mine?Chem'cal Laboratory Car' ried by Pack Animals?Maps Drawn on the Spot. The yield from the gold mines has Increased 00 per cent in less than a tlecado. in seeking the reasons for this truly demarkifble development one is especially prominent?the great advance which has oeen made in the methods followed by the modern gold ?eeker. The prospectors, says the Scientific American, have taken advantage of progress in geology, chemistry and otner sciences and have provided themselves with mechanical aids which are far superior to the crude implements employed by the metal hunters of the past. j In the examination of rock for metal hearing ore, the urrastra of the Mexicans and Spaniards has been used extensively, especially in California and Oregon. This contrivance consists of a vertical shaft or axis, which supports several wooden bars fastened at right angles to it. To the ends of the bars are attached heavy Hat stones, which, by the movement of the axis, revolve in a circular pit, a stream of water is turned upon them and the arrastra placed in motion by animal or water power. The ore is resolved Into a slimy sediment by being ground in the water and passes off through the sluiceway, which is provided with riffles for catching the gold. The modern methods for searching for desposits of precious metal are ?o ranjcany uirreroni rrom those described that It may be said a revolution has taken placo in prospecting in the United States. In the Rocky MountStH region the formation has been pierced as far us 2,000 feet in the effort to ascertain the existence of a vein. A.niong the mechanical appliances which have been of great assistance to the modern prospector is the drill. "With it he can make borings in a week where, if ^ shaft were sunk, a year would be needed. If the formation is to be oxaminod by a shaft, however, the cost of sinking it is reduced to a minimum by means of oxplosive cartridges, which are now manufactured especially for such service. Few expeditions of any size are sent out without an experienced geologist, who is usually provided with maps and other data giving the best information available regarding tho region to bo explored. Besides the geologist, the services of an expert chemist are also of great importance and a laboratory in miniature is contained in tho packs carried by the animals. So complete is this portion of the equipmont that a fairly correct field analysis can be made of the specimens secured by the use of the drill or by the other prospecting tools. If the outcropping of a quartz vein is discovered, enough la broken off to allow its character to be studied both from a geological and a chemical standpoint. After examining it in connection with the formation in the vicinity, the gssloglet la often able to Indicate Where the surface can be bored with the possibility of reaching the nrs nrmiuui nv uutv. The value of the ore fro? the owtcrofftaf and tkat fro? the Interior can be approclmately determined by the ekeiaitt. To oreeh the ore U a Mghrt tiadertehtng, and w*h the lead which he haa brought nln the ea terkal can he readily fueed ht a portable famaee. la flhc*. he haa the eeeentteda for making a "dry aeeay" am a hiaHed aeale, for oapela are tow made of inch light weight that they can readily he carried en ntaleheek. In the ou'jfit of the medern proepec tor quicksilver has heeotae praetically indlspensible. Its affinity for gold makes it a most raluakle agent. Where the existence of planer gold is Imagined, the introduction of mer cury into the test washer soon solves the problem and avoids the use of riffles and other crude appliances which "were formerly dependent upon almost entirely. After crushing the specimens of test oro, the quicksilver can also be used to ascertain the quantity of free gold among the particles. As the mercury can be eliminated by 'heating the composition to a sufficiently high temperaturo, it is now utilized In largo quantities by the modern prospector. Taking the ingot of lead and of previous meta^-he can easily oxidize the lead by placing it in his cupel and heating the latter to the required temperature in an oven constructed of material which he can obtain in the vicinity. With his nitric acid ne separates the silver which may remain,, leaving the gold only to be tested for its value. Tho proportion of the gold to a given quantity of ore can bo do?.1 V, 1 M U..i 1 1 lunuiueu i>y ma Huaiea, uui uy using Ills touchstone or black basalt he can detect tho quality of the gold by the color which this substance makes when drawn over the surface of tho metal. Herd of Buffalo In Oklahoma. Ranch 101 In the Ponca reservation has purchased from a lialfbreed Indian at Missoula, Mon., a herd of twenty fullblood buffaloes and will maintain them for breeding purposes. Probably the largest fullblood buffalo in thd United States is now on the ranclV. It was purchased from "Pawnee Bill," and when In good flosh last summer weighed 2,200 pounds.? Kansas City Journal. ^ 0 THS BOOL WBBVIL Damaged Oetton Co ?n 10 * ton t of $."?(> 000,000 in a Year. The extent to which the crops of the United States are ravaged by Inserts is scarcely realized by the public. The subj M5t Is thus referred to by G. Arthur Williams in the Success Magazine: MTae proceed* from the wheat crop, the average annual farm value of which miy be roughly put at $100,000.000, have in more than one year been cut down as much as 50 per cent as a result of the chinch bug and the hesslan il/. King cotton alone was damaged to the extent of nearly $50,000,000 by the so-called Mexican boll weevil In the single state of Texas in 1903, according to a carefully compiled rep >rt Issued by the census bureau. The apple crop has been reduced as much as 25 percmt in many instances through the operations of the codling moth and other insects. S > one might go t.trough the entire j list. Tne burden is distressingly heavy, but it is safe to assert that farmers themselves?who, obvlouily, ought to know as much of this phase of the matter as anybody?will agree that their losse*, in practically every instance, would be far greater were the seienfcitic knowledge of the depart ment of agriculture's stall rot put to account. A careful survey of the facts leads to the conclusion that the total damage each year would be from two to f ur times as large were it not for the department of agriculture's unremitting warfare against the pests, and that amaimum destruction of $2,000,000 000, or nearly one-half the whole yearly value of the country's crops, at present, would be possible." The Uo?m1 ota auri. The woman that rode horse hick toe lurch with a black silk reticule haugiug to the horn of her saddle. The man that would always mike a cross mark and spit in it when he had to turn back after starting. The soap maker who would never touch a pot of soap until the m ton was right. The woman that could spoDl, warp and put in a web of cloth in one clay. The spinner that could card, spin and reel six cuts In a day. Thft nlrl aanMfiman wh()8e COat DOC^ kets were crammed fall of blsouits by his wife when he started clT se^' eral miles to church Sunday. The saving old fellow who could wear his Sunday shoes ten years without half soling. The man who poured his steaming c iffee Into his saucer and after blowing on it sipped loud enough to be heard by his.nearest neighbors* The thrifty wife who c >uld knit two pairs of wool socks In a week, wo k ng only at night by the light of pine knots or in the dark. The well dressed man who had a blue broadcloth spike tailed coat made about 1830 and when going to meeting al vays put his coat tails into his breeches pocket to keep them from getting soiled on his horse.? Carolina Spartan. Hufforocl Heavy Lou. We regret to learn that Nr. A. A. Daotzler who is a most prosperous and enterprising farmer, of the Elloree section, had the misfortune last week to lose bis gin house and all contents by fire. Inalde the glo house there were between thirty-five and forty bales of unglnned ootton. In addition all of the machinery was destroyed lnoludlng engine boiler, saw mill, grist mill etc. Altogether the loss will amount to something like 5,000 and Mr. Dantzler had no Insurance on any of the property desroy-J VXT ull* ?III OU. YY U11D VUO IUSO Will i?u igi; heavily on Mr. Dantzler he is a man of energy and determinatlLn and he will build himself up again. Mr Dantzler Is a good citizen and Is well kaownover the oountry and his friends sympathize with him In his great loss Too Many Bullet Holes. Jake Scott, oolored shot and mortally wounded John Walls, foreman of the tunnel gang on the Southern railway extension work between Jasper, Ind., and French L'ok, Wednes day evealng. A posse, composed of the workmin associated with Walls, pursued Scott and early Tnursday re turned to town with the Imformation that tin b >dy of the negro had been found In the woods and that he had committed suicide. Liter the bjdy was found at the place described by the workman. Tnere were thirtyeight bullet holes In the body. C mtrolH trio irtao. Alb9rt Frederlocl, at one tlms a famous oparatic baritone, now practioallv c intro's tbe roast chestnut trade In It jw York city, having in his employ an average of 100 attendants on his roasters. He lost his voice through brynoaial trouble years ago. He began in a Sixths avenue basement. Now ue is a man of substance and every summer visits Italy. VaIuo of ? KIhh. Miss Ella Hamilton thinks the kiss she alleges 11 ay den Marqiis, a a wealthy young mm, stole from her la worth $10,000. At least that is the amount of damages she demands in a suit filed in the district court or Des Moines, Iowa. The suit will come to trial at the January term Marquis is the son of U. W. Marquis, reputed to be a millionare. EARLY *LKTn;5 LOCOMOTIVE First Really Built 75 Years Ago?Inventor Died Without Reward. It is generally supposed that the electric locomotive is of recent Invention. Comparatively young men can remember the llrat electric cars which were operated for public use, and it will surprise many to learn that the invention, which has led up to the splendid developments of today is three-quarters of a century old. There lived in lirandon, Vt., in the year 1S31, a blacksmith of the name of Thomas Davenport, lie was not only a good smith, but a man of advanced thought, and possessed of a remarkable genius for experimenting on various lines; and in this year he constructed a model electric motor car which ran upon a few feet of circular track and was actuated by a galvanic battery. This was the llrst electric locomotive ever built. At that time Stevenson's lirst steam locomotive had been in operation only about ten years. This model was exhibited at SpringHeld, Mass., and later at Boston, and its priority is umpieslioneu. There was a vast difference in the conditions under which these two tractors one of steam and the other of electric?were born, a difference which delayed the development of the electric locomotive for half a century and gave the steam locomotive a start toward a magnificent development which has only just been overtaken ujr us 11 Veil. When Stevenson built his engine his ' power (steam) was readily available, i Its capacities were understoond and ' its production was comparatively i easy. His locomotive was invented ' when the power was ripe for ft. Davenport, on the other hand, was far ahead of his time and died without notice or reward. His memory has been 1 unhonored up to this day, but the de- 1 velopment of his ldoa made seventy- five miles an hour two weeks ago His locomotive was invented when his ' power (electricity) was little understood and was obtainable only from ' a few suihII battery cells, useful : ole- ' ly for laboratory experiments No method of obtaining electrical energy. 1 force, or power from any source but those batteries was thought of uutil thirty years later. I In 180L an Italian hamod Pacinotti, 1 invented the dynamo?the machine which, connected to a steam engine i or other power producer, generates an electric current without the use of batteries, the machine which has made possible electric lighting, electrict traction and electric power for all mechanical purposes. When the dynamo was first introduced only one-half of its capabilities were understood. The inventor had produced a machine more powerful and more magical than he himself sua pected it. It was known that It could be installed in nil engine room and its current used for electric lighting; but the fact that its current could be car ried over wlrea and used to operate cars miles away was not known or acted upon for nearly twenty yoars. The minds of men during this period were engrossed in the perfection of the dynamo and the problem* of aro and incandescent lighting and the railway motor was utterly neglected In 1879 Meaura. Siemens and ffalske of Germany butlt at the Bert to llxhl bitlon an electric railway about onethird of a mile in length with a le eomotive drawing three oar* earrytag twenty people. This was the first practical motor ever shown. It wae followed the nent year by anetber from the same works, which wae put in operation at the Zankerode mines. Thie wae the first electric locomotive in the hfcrtorr of the world te "earn lie awn Jiving." fHUl. a yesur lacier, the same firm equipped a rail read free Berlin to L.khteafelde, a dletaaee ef one mad a half miles. Thie was the first eiectrte railway far public eervtoe assd It wee aa aperitive teen rtal euoeeae from the start. Ami then the world awoke te the poesfttiilttiea of the sew system. Very few engineers are bold eneagh to eay that they hasw the llxattations of the electric current; very many ad mit their own llasltatioan ae to the central of the giant. The question as to its availability for locomotive power Is settled. No steam locomotive has ever been built to develop three thousand horsepower. The questions of conducting the current over long distance trunk lines and the economy of operation are yet to be settled. Slaughter of Squirrels in Scotland. The slaughter of 3,988 squirrels by the Ross-shire Squirrel Club during the past year is part of the war thai has long been waged in various parts of Scotland. At one time the squirrel bade fair to become extinct in that country, but the afforestation of the latter part of the eighteenth century saved It, and helped it to develop to the proportions of a plaguo. The L'/Ill I *?/?! l>n n a ????.!/?- d. 1 - nvjuiiivi una n i>ivstiiuu lOI UnO yOUIlg shoots of troog, and Its nibbling is apt to stunt the tree's growth, Mr buds and bark suffering particularly. And so hearts are hardenod against the squirrel, in spite of its pretty ways and name?which, literally, means "little shady tail," being a diminutive of the Latin "sciurus," which is sipiply Creek latinized. The Greeks called the squirrel "shady tail" just as they called the cat "wavy tail"?ailouros.?New York Olobo. Devils Were Plentiful. In ancient and modiaoval times it was supposed that devils were countless in number. According to a writer the Talmudists used to assert that there were 7,405,92C devils. One old authority on tho subject affirmed that every human being has 1,000 devils on his right hand and 10,000 on his left. _ ' ... - * , /W?.VrV ' i** **/ *?.'V* I,} WORi J and near In J Some Figure* To ThoV ^*1a?ItPA)o niOHtlc Animal*. Secetary Wilson with his usual loyalty to all that pretalns to the farm and farmer, calls attention In his an ciual report to the valm of domestic animals and diary and poultry proiucts. He declares that the faithful horse was tlrst threatened by the bycicle, ihen by the suburban trolley and the lutomobtle, but none of these things lave been able to diminish his num )ors cr decrease his value. There were the secetary says, 17,000,000 lorses and mules at work upon Amer can farms at the close of the crop fear and their value was $1.2000 000 )00 nearly as much as the corn of the rear. The prices of the animals have iteadlly risen. Milch cows are likewise advancing n numbers and value, tbere being 17 500,000, valued at $482,000,000. i)ther cattle, however have declined n number and value, last winter lumbering 43,009,000, and being worth $00,000,000. Sheep are among die losers but hogs are holding their positions in numbers and value. And there's the faithful old hen of die farmer and the suburbanite Secetary Wilson does not fail to hand ner a bouquet lu passing. He says die Is a worthy companion to the cow In the favors she .showers up ?n the American people. The annual pro luctlon of eggs Is not a score of billions and the products are valued at Half a billion dollars. K:gs are doing substitute duty for high priced meats the secetary says. Tho U) ..... - .. A UV M\M\m ttVH WV ?? */??! Mil t The time has come when the educated woman can no longer regarded as a freak. If according to dredlctIons, domestlo happiness is to fall a victim to the mouscer, "higher edu cation," it is time to prepaae for the funeral: Tae old fallacy that girls are not abld to mentally cope with boys in the qursuit of classic studies has received its death blow. Of honor credentials issued through the year thp larger number has been received by girls and more women are seeking admission to the colleges than the colleges have room for. The old c-iy that women have no use for the high: or branches, because she will get married does not disprove the fact that her trained Intellect renders her cue more capable of carrying on to v satisfactory te'mlhus the manifold lutles allotted her in 'vr capacity of vlfe mother and h(u<ekeeper. For he 1 uft rmatlon of men who are con: Idersng the talking of lllerate women vs wives for the sole purpose of insur; big domestic peace, we ctll attention o the fact that the div jrce courts do ot.sei m to be crowded with educated v( man. Mixud in Ijaiiu f raud. Rev. George Ware, rector of the Episcopal CJhurch of Lead, S. D , has been indicted by a federal granu jury, charged with complicity in defrauding the government of 125,000 acres of land in Hooker and Thomas coun wen, iNenrahKa. i<ranK Liimuer, and Harry Welch are made joint defendants with Ware. Each of the men are held in $5,000 bond. Cases are also pendlDg against Rev. Ware for alleged Illegal otfences. He Is one oi the wealthiest men in Lead, and has been general manager of the I. B. U. Ranch, which has several thousand head of cattle on the range of West esn Nebraska. Killed bj Om. Charles F. Doughlass, a farmer, his wife and two children were instant ly killed Thursday night by an explo slon of a gas main running past theii home, three miles from Weston, W. Va. Their home was wrecked anc later caught tire, almost consuming the bodies. The explosion was felt for a distance of five miles and causec much excitement. It is supposec the main sprung a leak and the gat was In some way Ignited. Ltong Trip. Fred Oitofy, the young son of s Chicago dentist now practicing in Ma ilia, just started from San Francisco on his second trip around the vorld. He is still in his early teens, He Is not the ordinary runaway bo> ayle, but just a keen, wide-awake Chicago lad, whose father knows he it very well able to take care of himseil vnd is letting him have his 1111 oi travel for a yrar or so. Muhi ilaiig. At Valdosa, Ga., the death sentence was again imposed Friday upon J. G. Rawlings, his sons, Milton and Jessie, and the negro, Alf Moore, all convicted of the murder of the Carter children last June. The 6oh of January, next, waf fixed as tne day for the execution oi the four. Len Rawllngs, anothei son was sentenced to imprisonment for life. l>o*(liy Football. Carl Osborne. aged 18, was Instantly killed on Saturday at Rock vale, Ind., In a football game bit ween Marshall and B ill more high schools, and Wm. M'>ore of Union college died In New York on Saturday night from lDj aries rpceived lu Saturday's game between Union college and the University of N jw York. I'etrtllttCl Turtle. While at work In the Green Valley mine near .lasonvllle, Indiana, William Houston, found a perfect specimen of a petrified turtle imbedded in a six feet vein of coal, 40 feet under ground. When the block of coal was broken Its Imprint was left entire and uninjured. / STEAMER WRECKED. Thousands on Shore Lock Cn Power less to Help Crew. Many of Whom Freeze in tlio Wreck lit lore the Storm Abated and Help ltoaofi Thorn. A dispatch from Du'uth says twenty-six men are belleveci to have frozen to death aboard the United States Steel Corporation's ore steamer Mataafa. which broke in half in the sight of thousands In the harbor Thursday the height of the worst storm that has swept the western end of Lake Superior In twenty live years. The M itaafa, which left her barge behind half a mile out of the harbor attempted to run the canal locks. She was caught in the waves and dashed against the pier heads. In att( mpting to go about to get back into the lake, the great sea lifted her bodily, poised the ship like a toy and then dashed It with crushing force upon the lock of concrete mas onary. Thousands looked on from the docks helpless and the men on deck in their distress appealed for aid through megaphones. Their vjlces were drowned In the roar of the sea, but although those on shore understood they could not help. Not even a tug , could be sent to aid the unfortuhate men. i The ship tinally broke in half aud the ore was washed out by the angry sea. For hours the men clung to the wreck untill after dark. Then all nl,.nn I I ..I ..1 J I. U-ll 1 si^no ui nit vttumucu, m in uuiiOYeti all have frozen to (loath. Tne steamer Elwood of the Steel Corporation Meet, collided with the North pier and stove a hole below her i water line. She was towed to shallow water where she settled. It Is reported the Steel Corporation steamer Mariposa Is ashore north of Two Harbors. The steamer 10. C. Pope turned back and made the harbor, coming through the ship canal under full head of steam. The protec ion piers at Superior were swept away for the second time this season. The main street of Du luth are filled with wrekage of the i storm. Two Steel Corporation boats are wrecked and another is sunk in i the harbor. The steamar It. W. 10 inland of the England Tr&nsporta tion Company Is asnore on Minnesota Point. The steamer Crescent City of the Steel Corporation went ashore In the I blinding snow driven by a 05 mile i an hour gale. She Is in bad shape i and the sea Is pounding her to I pieces on the rocks. Tne crew of twenty-two men escaped on life rafts in the lee of the stranded ship. The Crescent City is valued at a quarter of ! a million dollars. 1 A dispatch from Milwaukee says the Government lighthouse at the end of the Milwaukee breakwater 1 pier was battered by the high seas and the assistant light house keeper, ' William Foster, was rescued with difficulty by the life savers. 5 In all mv exnarifinee nn the lakos? 1 fifteen years?I never saw the like ; before. About 5 o'clook the sea be gan breaking over the house. About * 1:30 1 saw a particular large wave | ooming. Involuntary 1 grabbed 1 the stanoblon. That act saved my ' life. The wave broke In the entire east wall earring away with It all the windows and doors. I was carried , along, and It was only the beam 1 olung to that stayed my progress and thus saved me from being swept r away. The big steamer Appomattox, coal j laden which went ashore several weeks ago, was battered to pieces. : The steamer D. C. Whitnop, coali laden, ran ashore during the gale i at Port Washington. The life savertj i rescued the crew. LAST NEWS. The steamer Matafa which went ashore at Superior, Wis., and whose i crow was forced to remain on board, . went to pieces Wednesday morning , and nine of crew were drowned, i Life-savers made desperate but futile efforts to get a line to the boat Tuesr day night, In the presence of thousi ands of spectators a line was fired j over the ship from the cannon three t times. Once It was caught and thoss f on the forward end of the boat, where It landed, began to haul In but the rocks on the bottom of the canal cut the rope In two. When the storm died out somewhat this morning the | life saving crew were able to begin .the work of bringing the crew ashore. 1 In the forward end of the boat all were safe but in the stern it was ' found that all had succumbed to ' cold and wr?ra rtrnwnnH lOiff con were rescued. j IVlyHterloUH StiuoOiiK* A disdatob from Sumter to The State says S. Yeaclon Delgar, former division chief State constable, and a prominent cltl/.jn, was shot d' wo In the street in front of the court house at 8 45 o'clock tonight by a negro. David Jenkins of Meohanicsville lias i been arrested on suspicion. lie was i caught picking up the pistol that the t man dropped who did the shooting. The man who did the shooting ran around the sonth side cf the court nouse and disappeared in the crowd. Mr. Delgar was sent to the Sumter hospital. Tne ball penetrated the right leg somewhere above the knee joint. The surgeons have not I made examination at this iiour. () ie of them says that it may be very ser1 lous, owing t> tue extrenn heavy . weight of Mr. Delgar. Serious complications may set in. BATTLE WACED In the Harbor of Sebastopol Between Mutineers and Troops. THE LATTER GIVE UP Several of the Insurgent Ships Were Sunk and the Others Surrendered to the Russian Authorities. (ireat Damage Was Done the_City by Shells. A dispatch from St. Petersburg, Russia, says Sebastopol was on Wednesday the scene of a desperate battle between the mutluous sailors and the troops lu the forts on shore. During the battle the town and the forts were bombarded by the guns of the cruiser (JochakitT, which npw lies a burning wreck otf Admiralty Point, lis hull riddled with shells audMts lU.mH..,. -wl ' - 1 " ? nauiiuiiiK icu ni^ii VM lUVUMHlUll 1181111' ed down. Many of tho crew of the OiChakotT were killed or wounded. According to one report the barracks of the mutineers was carried by storm after the mutinous 11 jet, which is said to have numbered 10 vessels, had surrendered and the whole position is now in the hands of the troops under the command of Geu. KepluetT. The Associated Press, however, is unable to guarantee the correctness of this report. Owing to the interruption of the telegraph, details of the battle are dltllcult to obtain, but as the Associated Press is authoritatively informed by the naval general statT Thusday night, tho battle was begun by the troops on shore, who opened tiro on the OtchakolT, whloh was defiantly displaying the red ll&g. Tne commander of the OtchakolT, Lieut. Schmidt, immediately accepted the challenge, replying with both batteries, cue trained on the town aud other on the Fort Alexander batteries on the north shore. Captain Z.llotti, aide de-camp to Admiral Wlrenlus, chief of the naval general stall', Informed the Ahs.elated Press that the latest despatches received from Sabastopol showed that the OtchakolT was on tire and badly riddled, with its revolutionary colors hauled down, but he was uuable to give more definite information. According to a more detailed report from another source and purporting to come from the admiralty, the battle began at 3 o'clock Thursday af trrnoon, when Lieut. Schmidt, not receiving a reply to the demands of tiie mutineers, opened lire from a Meet of 10 ships, to which the northern batteries at Fort Alexauder, artillery posted on the shore and hovcral vessels which remained loyal replied. Luring the naval battle the sailors on the shore entrenched in the bar.. ,1 ...1 *1... i ' * < - - ?' - ? loonautiuiiiiou bUOir pOMIlilOll W10I1 III(ichine guns aud rillas against the attacking Infantry. During an engagement lasting two and a half hours, with the OtchakolT riddled and on tire and the cruiser Dnieper and another vessel bunk, Lieut. Schmidt, who had been badly wounded, surrendered the entire squadron. The mutinous s&lljrs on snore surrendered to the Brest i and Bleloatok regiments, i According to this report the Pantelelmon, formerly the Kniaz Potemkln, was Injured below the water line and a torpedo boat Is ashore on the > rocks. No details of the casualties or of i the damage suffered by the town are obtainable at this time by the admiralty, but owing to tne oontined space In which the action was fought, i it is improbable that the town escape i ed without heavy damage. The demands of the mutineers are said to have included, besides the tif, teen proposals dealing with service i conditions, the convocation of a constituent assembly and the complete I realization of the liberties promised by the imperial manifesto. 1 Hult Against CJIemoon. Three Oconee farmers?two Lowry brothers and a Mr. Hopkins?have brought suit against Clemsorr college 1 for damages aggregating $56,000, al1 leged to have been done to the plaln1 tiff's farming lands by the dyke which 1 the college authorities erected ten 1 years ago for the protection of the college farms against the oveilhws of 1 the Seneca river. The three suits 1 were tiled In Oconee, and are due for trial at the March term of couru. though it is not thought they will be 1 reached by that time. In the mean1 time it is thought that the matter will be brought up lu some shape before the approaching session of the legislature. The main defense of the college people is that the college property being state property the college cannot be sued without tie state's consent, on the prlnol pie that th 3 state may not be sued by a resident without its consent. it is a new point in which the friends of all other state colleges are equally Interested with Clemson. From lUril Study A double tragedy, lu which two " olose frier ds and noigbbors, both of prominent families lost tueir lives occurred near Rally liill in Maury county, Teuu. The dead men are Fred Early and Henry 'Jolbum, the former having first murdered his friend and then killjd hlui^elf. Botn men were studying to become preaouers, and Early's mind is known to have been dethrone.!. Early used a shotgun In his deadly work.