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Dr. Montague's Remarks. The only matter in connect! with the Baptist convention t! occasioned any unpleasantm whatever was a reference to t State colleges made by Preside Montague of Furman Fuiversi which was understood to he most ungracious slap at Winthr College, which only a few hoi before had complimented thecc volition with a most pieasing i cuptiou, to which Dr. Moutag was invited but faile i t > utter rT> 1 .. i* ... it iiiiTc \v"iu iew oiuer visit*rs ;i sent, however. In the course o very brilliant address Dr. Mc tague. who I>i:r. recently came this State .Y?.a Washington fake the preddeucy c:t :! * V vet :.y drew u o:..4 art- on J tweeti t?io great institution which ho is tn<* ..cm! and I State eo lieges, saying that it t i'nivcrsii; wore tlie heneficia of Ir.r.'o appropriations from t State treasury it too could gi banquets rivaUhiit that of Luc lus. Ilo was understood to rel t<? the dinner spread for the cr vention at Winthrop and it v surmised that he declined to present at the spread because had treasured an intention slap tho girl's college in the fa 11 is remarks gave offence the eollocre faenltv and the r.. pie of the town who were prese and many members of the cr vention expressed regret tl Furman's president should ha hoon so lacking in appreciati and assured our people that th were not in sympathy with J Montague and felt that his thri was altogether out of place a unwarranted. Some of the criticisms of t distinguished stranger have be any thing else but compliments It is only fair to state, hower that Mr. Montague declares tl ho <1 id not refer i<? Winthro dinner given complimentary me convention, ami citizens our town with whom he convert say that he wag grieved that should havo boon nusunderstot Dr. Montague in a gentleman unquestioned intellectual atta nients, dignified anil courteous all tinioB, and it iH iuconceival that ho should in the presence so much hospitality and soc pleasure havo committed so gra a breach of good manners, a for pftit wo are disposed to acce his declaimer and acquit him any intention to olTend the p? plo who were the entertainers the great body of which ho i< prominent member.? Kock 11 Herald. <?!t MOVPll'l I'll! lWkL'ffl'Kl .iKf.l I .MM I'i n I ??."?! i I?J \ Correspondent Mikes if Cle If our eon temporary vnii!ii re the following and then publisl for its subscribers to read, would feel <-<rta'n that in inj th't I'njoii done Hr Mot ? and his readers would cerfair agree with him. Uero is his j sition, as outlined by the ( itim ville < Jorr ^-pondent of J he Sta The gifted correspondent of I Charleston Sunday News, in special from Kuck Hill, char terizes the utterane.es of i'residi A. !'. Montaguo of Pnrman u versity at t.ho educational ru meeting us "inopportune and i fortunate," and goes on to sti that "prominent citizen* of lie Hill think there wan no exet for the remarks." It is evid< that the unfortunate part of I affair i? that the remarks of F man's new president should made to apply to something which he had no reference. 1 Corn ?at ?pp responds readily to proper fe he nit tflization. *V;l' Larger crops, fuller ears an larger grain are sure to resu ?n- from a liberal use of fertilizer roUl, containing at least actual id. Potash Our hooks arc free to farmers. u GERMAN KAI.l WORKS. ' 1 ^ 93 Nassau St., New York. u\ authorities of Winthrop < ollc;. he g.ive .tii excellent reception to ti tie delegates to the baptist. roiivei ry tion, which was a most conr'"in he thing to >lo and which was high vc appreciated. Dr. Montague t!i ul- not attend this reception and it fer hardly necessary to any that i in the speech referred to he had t as reference to Winthrop or the r he motion. Unfortunately, as he seems to many of Dr. Montague to friends, his remarks were n< C6. Dublishod in full, and the Snnilu to No7F8 correspondent loft the pill ?o- lie no way to judge of their pr< :it, priety except from his own ptah ?n- merit. lat I)r. Montague is a man of d> ive cided convictions and he is a on ways ready to fearlessly exprei ey his opinions when it is at all iie< dr. essary. ist la order, however that he ma nd aot he misunderstood and mi judged it ia well that his wore ;he should be made public. An a en most verbatim report of the r< ry. marks spoken of as inopportun er, and unfortunate is as follows: iat "Secondly, give something t pV Furmati university. If you ar to poor and can give no money, pn of scut at least a book to tho librar ied or write tho faculty that tho ii he stitution has your sympathy an od. your prayers. of 'If God has blessed you wit in moans, great or small, give > hI proportion to j oiir pecuniar ">le ability. Every dollar which yo of givo ifi a pledge of loyalty to th ial ^cnuis of Christian civili/atioi vo Kurman and WolFord and Krskin nd and Clinton and Newberry ri pi eeive no thousands from the Stat ot treasury. They must depend upo o- the gifts of those who love thei and who love Christian educutioi ^ j'l 1 believe m our grand public syi tem. Let us foster the publi i schools and build them up, bt with limitations. 1 believe i ! a * ! 1 State education, but with limiti tioti. My own alma mater, t>i I' fiiversify of Vir^ini:' iv? from the State M)'t. I wmi! ,;u^ not have one cent t uten fr' 1 ' amount; I wouhl not hav > on cent added to it. ujn , -iii i "< ?ur denominational collet 'I Iiavo no palatial structures ; the 1 j v I can furnish no banquets t.Jiat r.v ,,0";in luxury and delicacy the feus! n ot l.uculiuB in old Rome. i.e^n ' j iatiiTd who spend Willi lavish an 1 . wasteful hands the nionoy of th 71 ' ;St.?te must some day receiv (^ i storn judgment at tho bar of th people, the n*014* people, who* nl*! u- ' / - j f twii o *n tun VU1UO <)i \ l()U . 1 li) tiS8 emphatically that I am no 1,1 npeuking in genera) fc?ran with particular allnnion to n "k State." J. If. jnt (ireenrille, 8. C., Dec. <5, 1K9 U r- ? ? he OA/wi-oniA. ho Stock Peas For Swine. The Alabama experim< station has been testing the va r_ of stock peas as a food for fatt ing hogs. The results are s prising to all corn men. C< alone, corn and peas in uunion d combinations and peas ale I were carefully tested and the suits published. The result. c< s cl?pivoly shows that peas were better food than corn, and evt additon of com reduced the va of the ration. Cowpeas ah produced gain at a cost of 01 one-eighth cent per pound. T estimate is based on the folk ing fact*: C'owpeas wore w<> 50 cent1 per bushel. The pr for gathering the peas was ? cents per bushel, (.1 on.' half 1 /r? peas gathered. Therefore wl. .? peas ore worth of) cents per bu ii- el in the market they are 01 is worth Lh*> cents in the field. 'I ly pigs gather the peas free of char id and the exercise is good for the is Therefore when the piss gatl in i the peas they should he charp lo'up to thorn at 25 cents per bush b- When it is considered that 1 it [ pens are prnwn chiefly for t 's value of Mic vines as a fertiliz :it it is plain that the actual cost ly the pork is very near the z< a- mark. In the Atlantic eo a- states farmers are learning I 0- value of peas. We had hotter imbibing the same lesson, s: e- the Texas Farm and Ranch. ss McLaurln's Condition. cTho following from the Atlai ^ Constitution's Washington corr B_ pondent indicates that Sena Is McLaurin's condition is quite 1- rious : 5- Senator McLnurin ot South C ie olina is down with typhoid fei at his Washington rosidonce, a ? it is feared the young Carolini ? is a very sick man. 1 lie wuh not at all well when y 1 came to Washington, but not t ^Itil to-day did the physicians p nounce the case typhoid. ^ MeLanrinV severe illness n last summer has left him wei v and it is feared lie may have u hard time of it. e , m Tlion'u luon- Catarrh lit thin hoc lion of rountrr than nil other tllm-a*!'* put lii|(ntl ami until tlic lunl few yi urn wan nui>i>oie- 1 t< 1n?nirnhl#? Vor n crrnt voir* <1ortorn i nounci-o lift local dlvn?c, and prescribed li treatment, pronounced li Incurable. Nclr I ii.im |iruvi ii citutrrii to r>c it cuiiMiiuHiiinkl I run', and therefore ri'iiulrcH onatMuik Iri .miHiit. liuii n '.tlitrrit < ure, iiiuiiiii.trlti 1 by F .1 Chonny A Co .Toledo, Ohio, Is the. I I < ills t tin l :i>li >1 cuff nil tl.e 11, it 1 K t* I It Is tit ! Intornnlly In <l moh from 10 dropx in a tennis | tui Ii .n is i'.in-ci.j <>ii Hit* (.mini nnil inuc I urfncen of the - yntbm They offer ono bund dollars for nuy > ??' It fnlle to vum Sond . i r'ul.irs .irr. ic-tninul,. > \ii.lre**, ' I.J ( 111 N I. >'t Cn, Toloilo, < c Sold by lirirvNU. 7Sr Hull's Pitiiitlv I'ii'.s itrc the lu'sL (1 \ * Y<M Nti V\ i IMIWS. 10 ikiw They i*?i 11 I In* Leg of I ti Sam. \t acli.iijjtoil, lJeo.S.? I'lltt hoi commitU't iimt, to-day ami tu ,M action rh .* is intended to corr the allege 1 rapidly growing a'oi of young women marrying < 11 . soldiers and hailois for the f? In pose of becoming their wide s , and drawing a pension from 1 ,j government This subject I been iii'ieh disowned in view I the comparatively large mi ml ? I of widow claimants on iprannt \o | the Revolutionary war of il ie | and Mexican war service of li v bands. Tim committo autliori; w Chairman Iiay to obtain from 1 committee on rules an order rulo permitting an amendment '? too ponHion appropriation prov iiig that no ponHion fdiall hernal lie granted to the widow of a t _ dier or other pornon ih mntriod ' Hiich Holdien or porHon after I pannage of this act,excepting,h( ever, all noldierR, nailorn, ofTic< etc., now in or who may hereaf enter the military or naval n * vice of the United Statoa. 1 mmy^J ** ' - 'V 1 ' % * ;ed ox ever known in the world, and ,,,]_ would have made its owner a for j tune had it lived. As a mounted specimen it will attract great, at tentiou. Mr. Payne will have it on exhibition when completed of prohahly in the east.?Gonzales ?ro Inquirer, Tex. die (Quaint Wedding Custom. A quuint wedding custom still l" 8 prevails in many of the little country towns and mining villages in Scotland. When a wedding is held, the contracting parties make their guests pay in full for OR- the eating, drinking and dancing tor facilities which are usually pro vided on such occasions. The practice seems to survive, even in ar Glascow. Lately a correspondior ent observed a notico posted up ,1(1 in the Cowcaddens?a low-class ian Glascow thoroughfare?informing the public that a soldier would shortly enter the bonds of holy wedlock,and that twopence would r?- ho charged for admission to the ceremony, and ati additional six ?' ponco for attendance at the wedding feast. The practice seems to i a t?r> j)ooiili:?ri!y Scotch, hut six pence certainly seems moderate for a marriage supper.-?Home Ihf? Jo lrnal. her, proci%\ x,,w England Manufacturers Ap,1U, nreheiisivo About Future. >n;il * ?nly .... ' Fall River, Dec. it.? The ArkI wright Club, the New England f"r; cotton manufact urors' organiza i tion. has appointed a committee to in\e-tigate the cotton manu fact uring business of t he -=ont h ni states for the purpos of s< curi / . <1 -finite mikI relidde inform ,i ion r"' . > , , . oil the subject 111 ;iM nituli I 41:. I: I as possible. It is recognized that ine , southern nnii j>t*l it ion is largely ><?. Responsible lor the demoralized 1 condition of the lociil print cloth me 1 nKt market. >ir The object of appointing :icom inittee is to learn ollicinllv just th.? . * lllH! what the situation in tlie smith is. of' and how large a share of the gen',0^ j crnl market the southern mills en ?lp> joy. It has heen suggested here us-1 that the northern and southern '?d nulls link their interests, or, in Lli ? other words, form a trust ; but or 1 _ ' to one great obstacle in the way of id- thus relieving the situation is the *'jr difference between the ?ost of t0 manufacture in the south and the New England. >w* . M r ^ OASTORIA. i tt /<4ccjuk A GIANT STEER. e?nt Eight Feet Tall, Twelve Feet lue Long and Weighed 5000 on- Pounds. ur jrn Wichita, Kan.. June 21.?The jus famous steer "Jumbo," which had me attained the enormous weight of re- 5,000 pounds and was still growrm ing, was killed this morning. The ? a giant steer had been suffering for ry weeks from a peculiar disease iuo, caused by its rapid and abnormejinal growth, and became bo stillnly j ened in the joints that it was un his table to move nbout. "Jumbo" f.v- was 1 years old, and measured rtli i eight feet tall and twelve feet long. He had massive hornlifteen inches in circumference ho and six feet across with perfect ien curves. Mr. 1'ayno decided t<> kill sli- !ntti and have hitr. mounted while alt? Ilia liifln u*no in ... ii T in mimv ?i ?n an ^uuii l UiKlltiiMI, 'ji0 Ho in hn export, iti handling lar^e (ro specimens for mountinir. Among: ' the animals he 1ms skinned and "n* skeletonized are two elephants, lor htifTalo. I'fc TIiij umo f'>.> ! > .?. c-i Tutt's Pills Cure AH ; Liver His. < ' Doctors Sayr : Bilious and Intermittent Fevers ! which prevail in miasmatic disi tricts are invariably accompanied by derangements ol tlic? Stomach Fiver end Bowels. The Secret of Health.. I The liver is the great "driving I wheel " in the mechanism of ' man, and when it is out ofordcr, ! the whole system becomes der: nged and disease is the result. 1 K.S J .. * * " 1! S1 i A Uli & ILlWi FHtJ) O.reaM Liver Troubles.. 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