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THE WEEKLY LEDGER, FCBLIMHKU KVKKY KKIDAY BY The LimeMerte Priatisg and Publishing Co. Incorporated. $1.50 per Year. R. O. SAMS. . . Editor. FRIDAY. MARCH $!. 18114. t b 2f BE COURTEOUS. It is ^«mm! to In> coMrt«H>us; it is »**<- tor to Ih- fru«*. evoii though tin* truth is tin t-dj'otl tool; it is still Is'ttor to to hloiitl «*ourtosv with truth, if l»oiii<; oourlotms wo run still Is* tmo. Soiuitorial ooiirtosy is ^<mmI, hut it is yissl only so Ion*; ns it Loops with in tho Ismiwlsof truth anil of justioo, ami ili»os not infrin^o u|s>u tho rights of irf hors. Whon I’rosiilont t’lovolaml wislioil to honor Now York hy raisinj' to tho Kupromo Court of tho nation 0110 of Now York’s sons, ho failoil to con sult with oithor of tho sonators from that oroul Slato, hut si nt ilirootly to tho ^;-%alrTin r ronfinnaliomlio nauio an honoroil oitixou whom ho foil to Is* truo. Rut. Is-holil! a tiinohoii- oml oiistoin has l*oon violatisl. ami with ini*;ht ami main must si nators lalstr that tho utthoanrof laok of ooitr- t«*sy Ik* oonilomnoil. anil tin* ili^nity ofu I". S. Sonator Ik* upholil ami maintainoil. Tho noiirhiatiou Juoks continual ion : S«*iiators aro juhilaut. A^iiin a nomination is inailo. Now York is still tho honoroil state. Tho oontost is ronowoil; tho n-.stilt is tho same. Then with almost lij'hteiiiii}? s|K*i*ii is plaoisl Is'foro tho senate the namo of Senator White of Ismisiana for tho vacant seat on tho Supreme Bench; ami almost as ijuiekly is tho confir mation made. Wo ilo not know any thing against Kx-Senator White. As a Southern man wo jirosumo ho is a a fair exponent of .’southern hloas. as th«*s<‘ideas have Ik*«*ii orystali/.i*il into character; anil we of the Smith are far from object in*: to lie thus ropro- sont«*d. Tho time was whon to Ik* a I’. S. Sonator was to roooive tho highest honor. Jf. however, truth and jus tice and rij'ht aro to Ik* sacrificed to whims or offended dignity, tho time will come, jK-rhaps now is. whon oven Senators will learn that they are public sorvantsafter all with duties to |M*rform outside of the circumserihed circle of self. GOOD ROADS. The prosperity of a city de|M*uds largely upon tho condition of the roaijU that centre then* fnmi her >i>un*es of supply. It is easy to lose (trade, it js difficult to regain it. Two Toads lead from the same section to two different towns. It matters not if the la-ttor road is a little Jonj'er. it will Ik* traveled in preference to the ahorter. even though the city at the end is not a bettor purchasing cen tre. Gaffney has a territory all her own. Rut she will not keep it unless ahe is wise in her day. From April to DcccinlK*r our mads an* firm, and although sometimes hilly, a giMMlIoad can Ik* hauled over them, or on them a giKsl minister can make giMsI time. Hut lot tho frost king assert his reign. Let snow succeed snow, or January and February show' their usual rainfall, and woe ladide the loaded wagons, the unhappy |K*des- triun. or the belated traveler, as he picks his way along. This should not Ik*. Then* should Ik*, leading through Gaffney from Finckney’s Kerry to Island Ford; /nnu Clifton to Gaffney Ferry, gumj road bed* as firm in winter us in suntnter. Those would Ik* standing invitatioha to come to Gaffney. What g«Ksl harbors are to our cities by the sea. gissl mads are tc. our in land towns. While government aid is extended in dee|M‘iiing the chan nels of commerce, we must l<M>k to ourselves to improve the roads which are to brio# us life and trade. BRAZIL.’ The war ?s «Y«r, Then*, in Brazil. was something new t/wlrr the sun. rie« against land. jtuvy a«/ni»st army. The sea is ipiict once i<v/£c. the navy has surrendered. Admiral MaGrima is under Fort ugese protec- 44on, and president Fcixoto has not the pleasure of bringing the insur gent Admiral before 9 court Martial. Tis said tiiat vast improvements (have been made in the lustrp 11,0nfs ofattaok and defense, Imth on sea 0ii4 on land.. The worhl hsikod to 4lra/it f/j s<*tth* the effi«*ienoy or ^wortlilessness of some of the appli ances, but the springrtpb* of op|M>rtu- nity has passed, and the world has been disappointed. ^Brazil is tin* slow. Her forces are as unwieldy as her territory is ex- 4ensive. The attempted revolution •failed to develop a lender, and Rrazil is as apathetic as ever. Home little stimulus bus Wp given U> the navies of the nations. The bay Rjo Janeiro lias been a rallying point; a dross-parade ground, for ships in martial army. Rut ‘ Her lights an* fled. Her garlands dead And all buf she departed.” yards. What prettier front yard than .neatly shaven lawn, with a leg roses scattered hen* and then* as if hy chance? Mr. Nathan Lipscomb and Mrs. K. A. Brown are preparing for just such lawns. Dr. J. F. Garntt led the van last year and was well repaid in the pleasure he received from a well kept lawn and in the pleasun he gave others who frequently passed that way. Somehow we have a fancy fora front yard thus kept. It adds cheerfulness and life to the home. Locksley Hall. Nashvim-k. Tkxx.. March. 14.— Raync remarks: ‘‘It is. I fancy, to Lm ksley Hall, more than to any other of his |SK*ms. Ihnt Tennyson owes his hold ii|K>n the heart of the world.” Fossibly this may Ik* due to its U*ing |K*culiarJy fascinating and pi<|iuint, a variation from his usual manner, Isdug written in the trachaic, tiie Is-at coming on the lirst syllalde in the metrical f<M*t instead of. as in the iambus, on the second. “Tennyson generally uses iambus, audit is indeed, the organic stanza, rhymed and iinrhymcd, as employed in all the monumental works of Eng lish p<H*try. In L«h ksi.ky Ham., how ever. he gives voice to one of those high tides of emotion in which the full heart sometimes relieves itself, and on such an iwcusion it was more im|K>rtant to render the force ami billowy splendor of tin waves, to ex press sympathy with their glorious freedom, their magniffeent Isildness and wildness, and tumult, their, clap ping <»f hands and infinite laughter, or passionate sobbing of grief, than to mould their particular form* or to time their march upon tin* Ih-mcIi, J} is against the fickleness of wom an tbal the sjsaker in Lm-ksley Hall finds a resource, bm limn* no cyni cism in the fine “curses:' 1 they urc not tin* jsdsonoiis exhalations of a cor rupted nature, hut the thunder and lightning that cle»r Hie air of what is foul, the forces hy which a loving and |KK*ljeal mind, not yet calmed and strengthened by experience and gen eral principles. rc|H*ls unaccustomed outrage and wrong. With what a rich emotion lie recalls his early recollec tions J Sea, sandy shore, and sky have linen for him a perpetual fountain of beauty trn/i joy, his youth a perpetual feast of imaginative know ledge and pictorial glory. With what a touching air of tender ness and prot» ction he watch*** the young girl whom he loves in secret. and whose paleness ami thinness ex cite hj* pity a* well as his hope* How rapturously, when she avows her love, lie sours up In his joy witli a flight that would Ik* tumultuous hut for the swiftness of the motion—un steady but for the substantial mas siveness of thought and tin* grand jstising sweep of the lyric power that sitsf/iip it ! Then howi jsilpHif-’;."n! sudden the full, the modulation hv whirl; he passes from the slate of rupture to that of despair! And lien* ami there, through all that storm of anger, sarcasm, con tempt, denunciation, that follows, there sound* a note of limit tcrahh* ten derness which gives to the whole movement 11 prevailing character of pain and anguish, of moral desola tion, rather than of wrath ami ven geance. Not till this iiuhmI exhausts itself, and the mind of the speaker turns to action as a resource against despair, dm** he realize all that lie has lost. Not only is his love uprool- od,«—Jij* hope, hi* faith in the world, have pcrhijicd j/i that lighting Hash; and he turn* again fo his glorious youth, but now only lo soumj Jhe gulf that seperates him front jf, The noble aspirations, the anient Iio|k*s, the sanguine prophecies of earlier years ndl in rich pomp of music and of picture before us; hut it is the dosed pageantry of the laiy’s day-dream which breaks up to reveal the world as it appear* now to the “palsied heart” and the "jaundiced eye” of the man. Yet in the midst of this distemp- en-d vision an* seen glimpse* of a dee|K*r truth. Tin* eternal law of ny/igres* is not broken because the in dividual ipon isshipw rccked.lt is hut a momentary glunpa/-' ipid offers no firm footing. His |M‘rsoual Luppjness js. after all,.what concerns each person. Here a picture of the tropics rises 1k*- fon* his imagination, hut it is dashed //ff by a few strokes of marvelous rich ness. Rut the deep nature jf/y man controls the delusion of the fancy f his heart, his reason, ami his con science revert against the escape into a mere savage freedom; they will not gijow ftfiji to drop out of the van of the udvunctng boaf ; if manly courage comes with the great thought of BOOr cietythat is rapidly fultiHing tiie idea of humanity; the personal un‘ ness,the private wrong,the bitterness rtf outraged affection, give way before the uuawjiJMnU sympathy with the triumph of» race ffjjleh fie belong.*;. The passion lias passed in tMi ru#l; of words that gives it expression ami life shines clear again, no longer on the teqi4*-r'j|curtcd, imaginative hoy, hut on tiie man, ‘•‘Mtttk weak hy ttuu- htle, hut ' strong To atrixMfH m fj,;A t\n<l n<A to From Etta Jane. Etta Jank, March, lo.—Our farmers are making good use of this fine spell of weather, and the fuwailiar “gee, haw” of the plowman is heard in every direct ion. The oat crop is now sown, and the acreage in this neighborhood is above the average of former years, I think. The untimely death of t'upt. Charles <’. Culp, of the Cnion bar. has cast a glooom over this entire county. He was a promising young man and hid fair to rise high in his profession. He represented this county in the State Legislature one lerin and Ins every act in that capacity.so far as I know, was of the highest order of states manship. He was true to his friends and open and frank with his foes. We have some model farmers in this county, among whom I will point you J. H. Littlejohn, Esq. I had the pleasure of passing over a jKirtion of his farm with him a few days ago. and if I were to estimate the amount of homemade fertilizers in and ulxmt Id* barn-yard at 300 four-horse wagon loads, it would not lie extravagant, ileuses some com t mercial fertilizers. He has an abun dance of forage for Ids st<K*k. which was housed or penned every night, His plantation is one of tin* best I know of on Fueolet river, in tins county, ami he literally lives at home ami boards at the same place, Mr. Editor: lam glad to sec* the course your city council has taken in regard to the dispensay law. I am not. amt never have been a zealous advocate of tin* law. yet it is Jgw. and the lM*st and wisest way for us to do is to carry it out to the letter, and it will *|i.o\y both its good and evil features in 11 few mouth* Your city fathers have the honor and tiie 10411.- hood to sec that the law is enforced without the assistance of an imported constabulary forpo. f/.‘i the law abid ing jK-ople of every commonhy si.’;.* to it that the law is carried out to lju* letter for the next few months, and when it.;* time comes for choosing representatives they *.*1} intelligently instruct them whether to revoke^ amend or repeal the law. This is the only fair way to solve the problem. We have, all over Gil* county, a lot of chronic grumblers, w ho are dls* contented themselves and try to rnake everybody and everything else show th».-*r misery. For instance: It has been reported to i;;** that a crow had been flying around the prejniaes of one of my neighbor farmers for a week or so listening to hjs wailings and fault-finding with his condition, and thinking, perhaps, that the farmer would take pity on it and give it a few grains of corn to satisfy its hunger. But hope at Inst resolved itself into despair and it look its flight and went in a northerly direc tion and lighted on the promises of farmer No. who was in about the same mood as was No. 1 who it hud just left. He told it there was noth ing there for it audit might as well pass on, so it took its departure and smut arrived at the home of farmer No. 3, who promptly told it that the mer chants at Gaffney' and other towns ho*I got everthing he and hi* neigh bor* had made and lie hud nothing left to give it. Hearing that the merchants ut Gaffney had plenty, the |*H»r crow, now almost |K*ri*hcd, “struck out” for that city thinking it would med with success and friends there. Rut unfortunate on its way it stopped with funner No. 4, (who is a well to do man, and fre quently hits cotton on hand from one crop to another). It thought it might find a benefactor who would cheer fully supply its wants. Rut not *0, when jt told him of its needs and des- (iluRoiy. he began relating his mis fortunes, and complainings, which so far exceeded anything it had ever yet heard, that the jKKir thing gave up in despair, “keeled” over and died without a flutter. The Wukki.y Lkixikk is a welcome visitor and highly appreciated in this neighborhood. Success to it and its management, Mr. Editor. I. K. H. Seminary Scintilations. Mortimer Griffin Jms been sick for nearly a week hut we are glad to re- jiori that he is well enough to lx* at school again. Mr. \V. Fletcher Smith, has gone to lialtiujore to clerk for tho hard ware house of Henry S, King Jr Sons. We hype that he may have success. Mr. Sidney Snrrutt, has chosen the profession of the M. D. and is now readi.ig medicine. We had the pleasure of meeting Mr. John Inman of Finkney’s Ferry, lust week. He was once a student here and has been teaching school near his home during the winter. My, Tho*. L. Shippey of the class of ’al is now principal of a large school at Clifton S. C. and is getting along well. Mr. Shippey stood well In his class and hi*teachers and fellow stu dents exijected much good from him, and they have not been disappointed. If jb a very important matter to se cure a collegial e education in this great age. ^>nce In time il did not matter so much, as tiie great mass of people were not educated enough to ^y^ijire so high a standard us Is now required. 4 cqilfgiate education is rg'JWlri’d in almost eyery pursuit of life. It is said that in the voting ; population of the Culled States only a sma!' part of one per cent are col lege graduates but they hold 58 per j cent, of all the paying offices, that is, they stand sixteen hundred times us • g<M*d a chance to get a paying office as the non-college graduate. So it is seen that it pays to Ik* a college gradu ate. DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES. STATE NEWS. Thr Plea of Edwrin Walter* for a Va riety of Products Continued. Then* is no geological and no ap parent climatic reason why South Car olina can not produce as finely flav ored peaches as doe* Delaware. We an* farther fnun market, it is true, hut if California can enter the field i afforded by the Central and Northern States ip competition with 4he pro* ; ducts of the world elsewhere. South Carolina should nut hesitate, Good, budded peaches, at any place east of thcOhioand Mississippi rivers, ought tola* a paying product. If pared and evaporated, they could Ik* sliip|K*d to the most remote |K»int* ► j for p market. Small, farm evapora tors do i|o| cost mud;, uipj tlmy are useful for evaporating any and u|l kinds of frujt, Farmers who an* some distance from a cunning factory or local market could probably make the most clear money off of their various fruits by employing 411 eva|8tP«F»r Mild dry? ing everything from wild bhu kher; rics to iH-uchcs uml nppl«>«, Fears would certainty afford a pro- fit able crop in this port ion of t he State. Wlp.j*!* there is plenty of sand in the bin last Monday. Mr. Wallace is a soil, pears usually do Where reformer and the appointment is con- set in clayey soil, blight sometimes Item* of Interest Culled From Our Exchange*. Tin* Camden Journal has resumed publieution. Newbery is making a move for waterworks. Capt John M. Cuntey, of Camden, died last Thursday night. Miss Barton’s Red Cross has again taken charge of the sea Island suffer ers. Col. H. D. Floyd was the success ful candidate for post master at Spar tanburg last Friday. iuist Sunday the Fresbyterian* of Lauren’* dedicated their new church with appropriate ceremonies. The city council of Aiken has sup pressed the “nicklc in the slot” machine, as it i*u gambling trick. The tr|al of the Wudfluth Bruihers. at Greenville, for the munler of “Goob” Henderson, resulted in u mistrial, 'din F. Howell, a former resident ol Columbia, died in Clu.rieston last Friday morning. His remains were taken to Columbia for interment. Sometime ago the dispensary ut Bunburg was robbed. The eulnrit got Jwo crates of hoi tic*, hut up liquor, as the bottle* were empty. The cow house, barn and a large supply of provender belonging to Mr. C. F. Berry, pegf B‘ hlvijle. wa* der stroved by lire last Thursday night. . S. E. Strickland, of Anderson, died last Sunday night. Jfu was a pmm: her pf the Order of t|u* Golden Chain and a communicant of Shiloh Church. Hit Jif« wqs insured for $2,U06. The Fresident appointed l ui. Win Wallace to Ik* post-master at Coloni al tucks the leaves and small branches. This is, fjuite often, a disease of the nitrogen in soldi ion. This disease may Ik sjqeced M s|aj» in the face hy the Con servatives of‘that place. J. 11. Dukes, a student at Clemson College died Thursday night a week sap, which is bomghj hy )»n excess „£<> of lici|iofl|iig}e fever. He was a of water carrying carbonic acid or j haitve qf (jFipi^ojjufg and a son of 1 Sheriff Dukesof that county, jijs js prevented hy t * K ‘ death reported from that in- dratnau*.-; Jf jg if gmsl pjun when * ,itu t' ,on * ! plaining a nfcligrd iq put 4 ; jp: | \ press dispatch from \\ushington dra.i, from live to clffll. feat hi f.call, J^eVs Jf lhc<o»Vcr, ( ocinlrhy the surface under each row «>f trees. The tile should not Ik* larger than four umlmt j/i diameter and should lutv off it» Think of (h« Him gFajK ii fhat »njgt»t Ik* produced in this country ! In most of the territory between the Alleghany and Rm-ky Mountains ami I North of the month of the Ohio River, hut (jifu ynriety of gm|K* is success fully growi^. Tips is the Concord. j Western South Carol)u# need not Ik* confined to one vartety-atiior pyiq; to one dozen. There is little doubt hut that this country is adapted to tl|»* successful growth of many tine varieties that would find a market in less favored localities West and North of us. Tiiere should In* an effort made to cultivate raisin grape* in South Car olina. It is highly probable that niulugus and mescals have been tried in soin<* portions of the Slate at some time during the past, hut all the hard ier varieties; isbould Ik* thoroughly tested. Where the thermometer dws not go lower than eight degrees there is generally no difficulty on the score of ; cold weal her.in growing raisin gra|K*s. i I have seen the Fuchlo Indians culti vating these gra|M** in New Mexico where the thermometer some times registers from six to ten de grees ladow Zero. They cover the vines with earth during the winler, It is not difficult to cover these vines. On raisin plantations, the rule is to keep the vines pruned down to a height of from t wo to three feet. This being the rule, it is com paratively easy to cover the vines witii cornstalks, straw or other litter. But the Fueldo*. as observed above, mound earth around each viuu, It is a matter of regret tli.it there is no experimental station in this por tion of the country. The time is near at hand when cotton must go. It is hard to compete with cotton growers who can produce from two to three times as much per acre as can be produced here. The struggle will, no doubt, be maintained for a few more years, but it dm** not re quire a prophet to foretell the re sult. An experimental station should Ik* gradually and surely determining t In capabilities of teh country in the way of products. Even if prices of cot ton should make It a profitable crop, we need a much greater diversity of pro ducts, and an experimental station would enable us to determine tin* best oije* that can Ik* made availa ble. j|jqess of Ihe Govcrqoc iq jrlq 5 cunj: mil tee room, which was supposed jo Ik* a slight attack of upoph'ky, Later advises declare that it wa*8en- ... , . ator Irhv who fainted, ami not the re a uniform slope «p ,opl,.r jpcarrv no ' tin* water that may iKTfi'olaje Into ^ .... Win. Me Burney oioB'i jlMS P<H?n chosen us the Democratierandi<|idute for Mayor of Coluinhja. Tins means he will ho the Iie*t mayor. The corjr test at the priniar^ WAS elhS** Ihe successful man having only a majority of 84 votes. Mr Sloan is a good, live man and with the new. “Progressive' board of alderman just elected Colum bia may Ik* expected “get” a move on herself. 1 *<. . . Jerr) Uorjhe^k vas haugep in JK'rkcJy county jaH yalfij lasi'PVhhty fl*r tiio ruiipi))^ of BohHazej. u c<;nstah!e, lust spring. Early this tflOffijifg. Ih>-* prisoner attempted to commit suicide, a.id succeeded in gashing his neck ipuj wrist with a piece of tin, hut was diaeovured in tiiu 4 * Mild in : quickly revived and iiMUged, lie died protesting that he luid killed tin* constable in self-defense. A report lias been sent out from Honea Filth of the killing of a negro ulioiit five miles below that place on Saturday, hy a crowd of rowdies. It seems the negro was living ut the house of a white woman of rather JHlfdy character, and a crowd of men without any provoi-ation fft all. Tht- killing is eondemnd hy the go**! citi zens of tin* ut " ’ ukkI, The Lancaster Review of a recent date prints an article on a very dis gusting subject to tin* effect that State Constable Elliot had entered the office of Mr. Carter, one of the editors of the Lancaster Ledger and cursed and abusis! him for the pub lication of an article which was cop ied from the Columbia 4«iinml. The Review g<K*s 011 to ■ay that Major Riddle, uncle of Mr. Carter, de manded an apology of constable Ell iott for his ungcntlemanly conduct and Elloitt apologized. A negro name Byek has been arrest ed in Orangeburg for burning the resi dence of Mrs. Wumanuker. The follow ing is an interview with Deputy Sheriff Bukea jn the Columbia State in regunl thereto s On the night of thv tiro Huvck stole a mule and rode him up to Mrs. Wannumnker’ts house, the tracks of the mule appearing in the yard where he had been tied to a tree, The ne gro has been crazy a long time about owning a bicycle. There was u bi cycle under the house that night. Tho next morning the track of the missing bicycle was traced to where the mule was tied. After the negro was arrested and In jail his pants .were examined and some of the hair of the mule was found worn off where the bicycle had swung against the side of the animal. Buyck confessed to the stealing of the bicycle and told where it was. He won’t say anything about the burning, hut looks very guilt)'. Last January Mr. Wanna- inaker ordered him to stay off his place. He has lieen heard to say that Mr. \Van 11 amakcrwould catch h—I for it. — « *••► - Church Calendar. The Gaffney Bapt ist Church—Rev. B. F. Robertson - , Pastor; services every Sunday ut II a. in. and 8:00 p. m.; Sunday School 9:4o a. in.; Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening at 8.00; kervicea Factory second Sunday at 3 p. in. The Methodist Cliurch^-Rey. Mr Boyd. Pastor; 1st Mahhalh. Gaffney. 11h. m.; Beulah, 3 p. m; Gaffney, 7:90 p.m.; 2d Sabbath, Wilson's Chapel, 11 a. in.; Gaffney. 7:30p. 111; 3d Suhhuth. Gcthsemunc. II a. in.; Factory 7:90p.m.: 4th Sabbath, Akbyf/, II a m.; Gaffney, 7:80p. in. Episcopal' Church—Services every fourth Sunday at 11 o’clock a. in. and afternoon at 5 o’clock. Remember that reflnemet is sup erior to beauty. Rather say, Refine ment is beauty. A Quarter Century Test. Fora quarter of a pei)|up’ I>r. King’s New Discovery ha* been jesjed, and the millions w - ho have rereived ••enetit fr*>in Its use testify to its won derful curative (Movers in all dlsousi*s of Throat, Chest and Lungs. A rem edy that has stood the test so long and that has given so universal satis faction is no experiment. Each bot tle is positively guaranteed to give | relief, or the money wlTf tie’ roiumicq. j It is uilmitted to Ik* the most r«*liuhle * for Coughs and Cold*. Trial bottle* Free* at W. B. DuFre’s Drug Htore. Large size uOc. aiidll.MU The Young Poole’s Unrein. America's Metropolis. Nkw Yokk, . Dpak Yoritu Fix)i*u;’s Bcrkac : Here we are in America’s great me tropolis! More of this miniature world in my next. The weather when we arrived was so spring-like that we uvulh-d ourselves of bright circum stances and concluded forthwith to take our trip on the Rhine of Amerca. We were Indeed more impatient to see the beautiful and picturesque Hudson than to Indulge curiosity in this cos mopolitan city with its hum and whirl of busy life, its dazzling torn*nt of pleasing and (tainful interests. The day was lovely, and the waters like a sea of glass. Our steamer, the with gay pendants and our proud flag flying in the breeze, and her deck crowded with living beings, all intent on pleasure, ttiraud grace fully tier mighty wheels, and away we sailed! She was verily “a thing of beauty,” and so fleet and noiseless that well she deserved her pretty name. The shades t*( lh07 o’er shadow4*d u* when wi* recalled Robert Fulton trying his sucessful experiment in steamboat navigation on this very river. AH honor to fllltuuHe has )•-.(< I|l< naiqe nut only on the fathom less waters, hut on the shore.* of the present day. and subseijneut age*. w|R nation* crowp him for their des tiny of jmwer that he, in embryo so underfill])' achieved! Sheltered fa lilt’ h'HJ «n<J * ; Vt ! r Hupping awning w»‘ used our leiftH'upe* ill surveying the far and near fujry-like views that captivate the lover of Nature, the con templation of which an* steps leading us up IfjGqfJ j The river was dotted with sleepy barges lazily moving with <*arg«K*s of coal, some with ice; steam yacht* of the uiijljunuirc making fFUIltjc speed with their opulent and ftyst-r^tgc owners; tugs ami ferry-boats playing between ]Kiiut* of business;sail-boat* trying to compete with swift stcum- ItujUiTSj rq*' Jjqitf* qfip*?d hi the yoipii; luarjiiep and tip: girl of his choice, ail enhanced lit" vjvj ] life of the panoramic scene. Commencing a short distance from New York ilu* Falisadcs. a straight and almost per- pcndicujar wajj of P8‘k rises from the river's hrj'fk of Ml fwf hjgn. Tljgse east tljclr sombre sjiudow's M|toi( U*. giving UgM and shad® to Ihe pretfy pudurc*- that ever and anon were unfolded to us. Entering the Highlands, for mile*, we emerged into nook* and corners, playing hide and seek among nK*ky fortresses, sometimes hopeless of ever gaining ugrpn*, only to come pui t'rjifm'filia.ilj Ti.iid''Ifiid ourselves ^qrnupided hy higher wiills and more narrow auq ‘ulpji^to i.'haimels. On either side of the river arc bcau ; tiful and progressive towns wjth i‘‘«Plll)g popuhR|o|i«. bofiw of lh*M» imniortulixed, Falulial residences of unique architecture and naltire's iwlorniiieiits peep at us graceful with lovely foliage, welcoming surprises and wdUJirtiUvM. Sunny Side, the holm* of our distinguished Irving; Idle wild the retreat of America’s (kk*| N F Willis, and many artistic iMMljfS Oi Ihu wealthy, with large , •' institutions and cosy cottages stud the shore and nestle in coverts and crown the lofty hanks. Rich valleys dressed with bright cereals and the white (lowing buck wheat, and tilled with thriving farms remind us of a huge kaleidoscope bringing to view endless varieties for praise and won der! Now we arc introduced to the C'atfiklll range, Ho\j grand in their prominence and altitude, the highest point 4.20.j feet alsive tide water! We stopped at the Mountain House and bathed our hand* in the clouds that rolled Ik*Iow us; also witnessed a terrific thunder storm fur away in the valley. The cannonading rever berating among the lofty cliffs and vivid flashes pf Hghinpi’' iyerp sp pulling, hut we were ut peace! On the summit we were enthroned in sunlight and serenity. The pious members of our party preached us a pretty little object sermon. “How often storms and tempest rage around the ('hrislian. God’s anger apparently i* unlocked; those who are living far from him even in the low valley of sin. trembling ut the loud tumult cause*? hy threatening ruin, are cowered and dismayed, hut the child of God stands on the mount cnjpying the sweet peace, and I'lniles while the overpowing glory of Him who in our troubles whi*|x‘rs, “Be not afraid.” On our descent we paid • respect s to" 8 leepy ’ HolIoW” ami dran k of the fount that made Rip Van Winkle famous as a long and pro found sleeper. Mokk Axon. — ->•**■--- — “ Gleanings. Women out-number men in the churches two to one. In the 8tate- prison men out-numlier women fifty to one. There is a free Medical Di*jM-;:s: , . r y connected with Ilf. JiifiMiu'i, church in New York, I{ doc* gu»*l uml win- favor with flu* sick In body, after conics the diagnosis and treatment of the poor sin-sick soul. Missionaries And the way to heathen hearts us a physician. Mail npiUvr is sent from 1'uris to Berlin in thlrty-flve minutes by pneu- Co-Educatufi at Ann Arbor. [PuUish When Michigan Univer started, it had “branches” ati places—colleges where prepared for entering, or fori standing at Ann Arbor, branches was Kalamurx Kalamazoo. Mich, the College was^ whose wife. Mrs. charge of th ladies. A mong t lie was Miss previously College, young la ladies’ SfconeJ lievej Stool ical could Could Michigan? the regents, hut favorahU* n piles. ThtT had no room for women. But Mr. and Mrs. Stone were not satisfied. They had looked up law on the subject, and the •male” did not oueur in describing who miglii enter, hut only the word “person.” Then Mrs. Stone said: “Miss Stockwcll, make this a test ease. \\ rite to t he regents and say, ’If i can pass the same examination re-„ quired of men, can I‘enter?’ ” Miss' Stockwcll did so, and the Hon. George Willard, of BattleCreek. went before the Ik,ar<l of regents lo her behalf, and willed their attention to the law. They decided (hut they could not keep her out. although Professor Moses Coil f\ ler (now of Cornell I'nj, versity. and author of “,\ii,erh*i Literature.” ami numerous othei works), was the only profess favor of permitting women to ej Mis* Stockwcll entered the more year. She was a very brij Greek student; and in her examinations, a Grvck seim- ^ j given her to translate, wlyeh.given w free rendering into English, is as fob lows: “Seeing then that we are women, let us hcarourselves humbly, and not attempf to compete with iucm; for these things must we lM*ar, and things more liiu«*r. liecausi* we are women." Three years later, at flic end of her course, the same professor gave her to translate, from the same, Greek author, this sentence: “It js if shamt, for u<). iit iiigiiieu to Lu hy women.” The professor declares, however. tha{ l lure was uq premedb* tation in t he choice of these examina* thin sentences. However, the last sentence was particularly applicable, since she graduated at the head ^ ail lier classes. Jt is greatly to the honor of, manhood that, in tju face of tl uity’s disappmvul of iier. the men of t he l ui versify always her with courtesy, But the ' wi of Ann Arlsir, often k*d by tiie fessor's wives and daughters, iy her ; and ut the receptioa given graduates, no woman recognizee _ tiie whole evening, except tlie hostes and lier daughter. It was even di,! eusscil among the regents whether nr[ not Miss tit«K*jv welt should he alJewed to'sit with the grmluafe’s. qf cqmc qn to the front to receive her diphnqa. Blie was finully allowed to do so, h<*W- ever. And yet Miss Stockwcll, qsi<|t> from her liriliiant^inteHeetual gift?!; (Professor Tyh r said it was I to cluiiu that there had ever sjjlcndid a (ir»‘ek thesis, the I’niversily), was first of lady; and whit could he appreci j by those who c«nild not app ! her inenial inn-—*••***' — - ..... »«ia poi of an indepeiideiit fortuiiC, and | exee«*dingly nice in all the lift tails of dress, that mark the lady. This was twenty-two or three years ago. Two years gentlemen who graduated witli told Mrs. Stockwcll-Turner that the young men had determine, make an onset upon her when first came to recitation, hut that perfection of her maimers shat them out of it. The world lias certainly mo along educational lines in twodeen and Michigan I’niversity has f<] Ven its 4uiutQ«tJy pivyutti won, now not alone in its literary dci ments areVomen hut in the mt departments, in tiie dental and in the law school. Mykta B. 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Fine slippers and shoes with butt«J or strings Just suited for Summer or gen{ Spring. Hosiery for big and tiny ittle feet f'Ocks so running, and tie* for j»v eet , Ribitonw jdns.nnd lots Of things. Youeunnot count them on Til fleeting wings, Ladies, eome, admire to y uur heij content. Demands will meet your full andl conoent. Gome with me, and see for yoi dear self The pretty things In windows i shelf.