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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. TIMELY TOPICS VOW l'A H M EUS. I HO IV TO no PA VI NO IVOItK AT lins MASON. Hiig?ot>lioiiH of Interest, from un Author! I :il I \ ?. Sim r.e. (Vf. h. Jones Iii Bout horn Cultiva tor* ) COTTON PICKINO. i l v. characteristic form work of thia tho llrtt full month is cotton barvcittiug. ! The fruition of tho cotton planter's hope 1 of a successful, practical machine for tin. gathering of cotton ia yet in annynnco, and tho work munt still h?: done by MI. bio human liugers. Inventor), however, are earnestly at work seeking to .soho thia great problem, aa will bo seen by tho illustrations ami deccriptionu in ?his number of thc Cnluvntor. Cotton pick ing hy hand in by far the mos! exp: , iv operation in the production of raw u l ton. Moreover, the cost of nearly i very operation, except lacking, may bo re- ? ducod in proportion as thc yield per' acre m greater. Tin re ?; practically hut I little dillcrCUCC in V. 0 Cost per poll Uti of gathering by hand tho crop from an acre producing ono thousand poonda of aced cotton (iud another acre yielding i no half as muoh. [lonee tho supremo im portance and universal dcsiro for n> practical machine to supersede tho work ! of the hand. Such a machine munt necessarily bo so constructed to bel eflioiont -that its daily capacity will bc almost iu direct proportion lo tho ; ?old 1 per acre. Much has been said and written of lato years about tho importance of ; nth- 1 ering cotton from trash, to u: < tho humor's vernacular; and some ?.i tho' writers, although right in tho main, are evidently but little familiar with tin rt - quiremcnts and conditions tlial mu I ho practically met on a cotton farm during the harvesting of tho crop. Borne ugo un apparently otherwise int? I!-.- ul English writer undertook to show ll I them was no excuse whatever foi the pr?sence of sand or soil in hales ol el ton; that the cotton crop opened i of it, was his idea) in September, a month ill Willoi] there WUfl little or IK) t lin full, He eoueluded, and ri prov? d and lectured ; tho farmer accordingly, Um! the mud was fraudulently addi tl by ibu farm* r a ; a make weight. While it is dcairnblo to hon tho cot ton as freo from l> af uud huh ;.s may bo, it is o? iirst impon e.c.i that thc ci .p bo "gone over".au often tc tho quantity open at one limo is H iii oil ni to oi al lo the bauds to do u fair dav's work, fn I tho interest ot economy, und with u; limited picking force, celerity of move ment, nimbleness of lingi rs, and tho weight of eotlou gathered per hand per day aro tho points to bo observed, rho pickers should not hu embarrassed and retarded in their work by too rigid re-1 qtiirements lu Un ?nat ter of trash '', luvt should go willi ii rush ir. m Hu ; lort, IKU every proper encouiugetnonl should bo offered them to bri u g heavy hankel ti the bteoiyorda. A little trash ?mri i \ ry little; u good dial dots not nih ct Ibo selliug prieo seriously, if tho sample is bright and free from wculLien-taiiiH and dirt, tirent care in u nloving or avoid ing trash may add Indi ft cent, or even more, lb tho soiling price of a w< . k's work oi' six hnh's harvested, leaving three bales in the Hold to ho storm-beaten and do?! tOJ Oil *o the extent of one-third its original value, before tho hands got to work again. Past work and a little moro tr?. night have saved the nine heles , bufort: tho storm. The same idea applies lo picking the cotton clean from the hull?, tin mis] should he (aught to make one well- j dircoted grab at nn open boll, und then grab tho next. Thornlie that may be left ut many of the hulla will remain until tho Inst picking, winn the Hold | may he closely gleaned, lt should bo ; considered that flirt. Stains, loss of C. ! r and brightness of sample, and loss of cotton from falling to tho ground, ure far more damaging than thc presence of .lean trash. it was one of the OXCOllenoics ot 11 ivid liokson's farm management that ho ttldlcd tho Manual opeliittons of the atm in dt t.ul and taught birt laborers] lung to do everything to tho bes! ? issi hi, advantage. He not only studied to dincovor Um shortest and ba st waj of performing S given operation, hut also SOtlght to determine which are the mOSl important details. Ile taught Ina lahm ors as a shoemaker or a machinist t< ach es his apprentice Ho stressed tho im portance of dexterity ?nd ?kill in p^orj detail of thc apparently ."-imple opera tions of chopping OOttOU and picking colton. His attention to the details of performing tho various farm operations contributed larg? ly to his snOOCSS its a farmer and planter, Aftor tho cotton is picked, it wet ii ni hoavy dow or rain it will pay to OXort iso i,oi,ie caro tn drying it, l?y spreading on scaffolds or hy distributing it oVof Q largo surface in tho cotton house, ei'po cially thu!, flem tho bottom O? tho Im-Ld when heavy dcWti are prevailing, I Wit li tho pr?tent labor, however, not muoh cotton is gathered before tho dew (lil appears. I With the larger purl of the crop now ginned and baled at custom giunorioK, there should bo a mindi great* ec improvement in tho quality of the work OM r that of tito old plantation gin-house th.m ts vi t manifest. Careful handling, proper ginning und lulling should l>c insisttd upon. oATIIKIUNO Cons. Corn (Hight to I.e. cribbed lust tu> hoot, a* dry enough to Keep in hulk. Om almost Invariable practice during twi nty years of imtiv? faun hie in lower Ooi rgi i was to gather the entire crop durmglhis month. If the weidher is line, how? v? r, and a large amor nt of cotton !>.. opon for picking, corn may stand until lil vt month without serious loss. Attention should bo given to the cribs und barns that aro to contain lh< harvo-t, a.. I no vantage should bo taken of weather un anited for ootton-pic king to got in a Heel of eora. O RASH, As noted ir last month's "Thoughts, ' September J tho favoied t?mo for low? iug all kinds of t(ft?M Mads ami hardy forage plant*. Vt/?J trust that Miggi Btipna and exhortations made in previous umnboia have linen, favorably receivod, Sod that many farmer? who nave never bown a grofifl seed r'nii purpose") in their lives, hilt have alway i made war I upon il, will lay asi?le pr? jtldicc and up 1 vela UK?on of failure und start a meadow and a pasturo, if only a few mu s. In scot ions whore tho culturo of (pass han uot yet hoon established and Dm liest species discovered, largo operations should not be nt tem pb d. In snob cases a b u nores, web prepared ami fertilised, will he moro likely to succeed, and the loss will be oompamtivoly small if fail uro results. Hat w hy should a failure to got a geed start Die first time ?Mer the farmer from trying again? Itt countries whore grass itiituro is tho very basis of all agrioultnro, it is no uncommon thing for i' finnier to bid of a "catch" oil tdover or frasa. J ii it Knowing from previous ( xperienco that tia natura! and permanent, conditions are adapted to gross, u< li occasional fuibircH do not '. ?Ul Igo him, muoh loss prove that ..DUN i' uot a gross country." Not at all, lie rightly lays tho blame on himself, or linds Dint the peed were not good, or tho temporary weather conditions wore ; not favorable, and be simply renews Iiis' cIVort. Weall I.now that even in the casu of our ordinary crops, corn, cobon, i to., our lind ami chief anxiety nt plant htg-timo, and thereafter, is m regard to securing and preserving the "stand." If we {?lant a field in corn and fail from any cause to pet a reasonably poid stand, w e immediately plow up and plant over, or "replant" with boes. Wo know from long oxporh nee that corn, cotton, j peas, potatoes, etc., are perfcotly adapt ed to oar soil and climate, and au occa sional failure to seouro a stand does not, lan e a doubt. The mme is true as lo grasses in the North and West. In those Sections of the Som li where gross cull ure j lias received little or no attention it is; r ot nt ail Mirprtoiug that failure often results from first attempts, livery fann er ought to try a few acres tirst, and per-1 sist in tho experiment until satisfied in regard to tho policy and expediency of' en ..ung more largely in grass Line-1 I mud ry. 'I he dairy and stock growing industry aro based on grass und foi agu I crops, and we confidently believe 'lat' I ho redemption of Southern agriculture depends hugely upon the adoption of a' system Dirt embru?es both There is no question as to tho value of btu ley n nd ry e winn sown ami tn d ns winn r grasses. Uarloy is bi tier than rye every way, excepting its di mund for a rieh soil in order to give satisfnclory ri suits. i.ATv In order lo escape danger of winb r killing, onls hhoulo bo sown carly iu tho fall, throughout tho uorthorn pail or tho cotton belt Sept i taber is the bul month. South of the middle line, < loto, ber and November sowings will oiihwcr. Tho idea is to gt t u strong rodi do\ < lop. n.e.tt before cold weather sets in, p^ mg thu plauti a linn bold on tho soil. Not withstanding Komowhut disoourupiug failures of luto years, wo still think it j good ]Hilicy to sow a large area m tho fall. If kilted hy cohl tho sud BHWUI will bo tho principal loss, as the land may be rc-seedod in Jauuary or Februa ry, or can hi pluntcd in other crops in tho spring. Tho old wintor-gra/.iug oat' i hould lu- brought ugnin intooultivnlion. : lt lias often proven a good practice to sow oats ia the present uottou-llelds. This muy bo dice without serious injury lo thu cotton, plowing in willi a cull va tor, harrow or sweep, jutd as if cultivat ing the cot! ?u, the operation to ho lire ceded by tho cotton-pickers if there is, any o|>eU open c ItoU. On our owu tarin wo have had (lue results from this pian. Tho idiiidiiig cot ton-stalks can bo easily "knocked down" cold mornings in January i r February, and prove.small obstacles in tho way of harvesting, ll \Y, The seasons at Dds writing indicate a good crop of native grasses which may be converted into bay ol'tb- best quali ty, ii cut before tho seeds lorin, und nicely cured. Where rains have l cen ubuudoul throughout July and August, this n source may Oftou bo made to ex ceed in value di thv- fodder (com-Iliados saved from the corn erop, and at a com punitively nominal cost of labor, coi n noos. We have often si ress? .1 tho impoi lauco of constant attention to hogs. From now on is tho tune lo push thc fattening process. The weather is now mild, and i but little food is necean ry to keep upi tho animal heat and carry dh the vital processes ?ti tho animal economy. Atter, u whiie win i, tho weather grows cooler, aud especially in November und Doci ni llir, a very largo part of thu food con sumai by animals will bc utiliioil for the purpose ot keeping tho body win ni. An eur of corn, or its equivalent of oDier food, fed during tho pleasant fall weather will go further than two curs fed in De- ' Combi r or January. A Sharp llookktscpor. The people of (Hons Falls, N. V., never before wero io shocked ns w hen lim news of theembop.sdemonl of 818,100 by ('hurles li. Ide, a bookkeeper of the 1 int National Dunk, was announced. The method oinployoo by ide was w in n a draft amounting to gi,ooo or there? abouts was givoo by some laigo custom er id thc bank to make adtiphculc entry on the stub and make tho draft payable to his brokers. ile would charge the amount of the draft to thc customer on tho dav book and make a posting nuuk, hut would never post thc amount in tho ledg. r. In tins manner and by forcing balances he covered bis work for year?. 1 ie, in ins confession, said that the ?.hole amount bad bei n lol I in Wall street, ll is t-t itod on good taithoiity that no effort- will bo mods ko prosecute ldc, and that I? partial restitution will bo made by his relatives.- -Times. i n- Morning lire??. Il is .??lid that ll lady's Standing in society caa easily IHJ determined by her dress al lim brsskfssl-tablei au expensive, showy costume indicating that the Wearer has not yet learned the proprieties. Ibu no uni need b? afraid of being called "shoddy' ii her loveliness is HS apparent by daj light as .it the hopi. 1'erfcct beauly is nevoi tho itloudant nf disease; above all, of those dltCft*0S peculiar towt men, and which lind i ready cnn In Dr. I'ii ree's "Favorite Prc tcriptlon/' Pi ice reduced to one dollar, fly druggists. "It is I ive thal, makes the world gi round," we me Informed by thc poota. li .an w hut notable fact that 0 very lim ?tod quantity of poor whisky will product the sai ne effect. TWO ni 11.0 lt KN OF I (tun Nli, Ttiouius unit Inula Dlltnrtl, ul I .nu rc lin County, Snililonly lloooini'M Holm lo it fortuno of Sixteen iliouiroil TIIOIIHIIIHI Dollarn. ?BBBVILIIB, N. C., September i<?. A largo fortune hos just been left l\v will to tho obilclren of ti oitizon of this place. To Thornie* Dillard aiid Mis? Lanra Dillard, aged respectively fointei n niul eleven years, hos been given tl io sum of | eight Lnndred thousand dollars each. These munificent legacies were lott them i by u wealthy uncle who baa recently I .heil in California. lt appears thal Lu tho .year 1850, josi before tho great excitement about the gold attracted .snob a tide of fortune Bookers to California, from liaban coun ty, Georgia, went several nun to tiy their luck on Ibo Pacific Slope. Among thcso was one .fames McCurry. Tho party stopped ni Plneerville, Kl Dorado I county. At the end of tho first year MoOurry hud saved enough money from his wngea as a miner to purchaac fifty acres of land near that place, 'L ins he did against tho roruoustrouco of Iiis fric tub , but it soon was disoovi red t.. lie rich in gold deposits. McCurry sold this proporty without working it further than HU lucien! to develop it for vile, and ? for it he got from a Boston syndicate j $800,000. Thia was tim foundation of j his fortuno and with this he purchased other lands in that section and found : other rieh deposits of gold on tin m. These minea he worked, and it is said timi the McUurry mines wno um og tho richest in that State, i.o remarkably rich then in t li is? metal, Ottilie 22d of last month McCurry died, and having never lind any family of his own, his proporty was lett to bin relatives. Mr. Clcorgo VY. Dillard, a lawyer of this city, married ? sister of .James .McCurry a Miss Nancy MargaI'l l , MoCnrry. Mr, Dillard and these IMO children, Thomas and Laura, survive her. A copy of the will has been re ceived by Mr. Dillard, und it gives t . tho heirs at law oi' Ins sister, Nancy .Maigan t Hillard, sixteen hundred thou Band dollars, lt is thought much diOlculty will bo found m Heuling guardians fer these children. They are now ros id eu Lt of' Laurens, S. C., hut sro to como here shottly, and the letters of guardianship will be taken out lu re. The laws of tills State require a bond to bo Oled by guardians in double the vallie ol' ibo estate, tn this ouse, even if a guardian wero appointed tor each child, tho bonds would have to !>.. for one million mil. six hundred tboiiMiitid dollars ca h. j i'll? n them is tito further legal require nu nt thal tho gmo dian shall aoeonul for tho iutcros! -ai his ward's fund:* ut ,i ju r cent, pi: nanum, am! ibis is compoiuid. od. Thus aro tho dillicult its uvidc ut in I lego rd to tliu management of those au nundy largo legacies. The local papers cont, in lengthy an?' minute accounts of' tho mat! r. Mr. Dillard was formerly a member id the Span inburg l at, nial is km v. ri moro or leis in other siltier.- of South Carolina. (Kuan Hie Asheville A.Iv.ince, Sc pt o ill bc I ") Iii conversation with Mr. Dillard yos terdav, ho sa! I : .'Mr. Met'm ry was always rcgAldod HR a pi coliar man, but lie was as niiarp a i a briar. Soon after ho weut to California hi b. cunio ula';ut al fro lu the relatives ito hail h il behind him and Ceased all correspondence with them, Years pasr-ed winn ho was not heard from ut all. I"inully his family were surprised one day by receiving letter from Mr. Mc Curry. Ho said that he was sick audi wanted 0100 to come home w ith. Th? money was sent, but hi a few wu ks it was returned, accompanied l'y n state ment that it was net needed. 1'Years after this circumstance 1 wrolo to a law vcr in California, asking for in format am regarding .bluies McCurry. lb- answered that be knew bim well, and that he was one of tho millionaires of the ( .olden State. '.When m\ wife du d in 1881, at Web ster, N. c., I sent Mr. McCurry an an uoiiucomeut of ber death. Tue answer 1 received to this letti r made an inquiry in regard to tho number of children,! left by my wife. Wo then hud huir and I also wrote bim. Two have since died. Now, tho will, of winch I have a Copy, bears tho dato of 1882, and I pre sume tLot Mr. McCurry linnie tins will willi the idea that lie wau distributing gi,000,000 among four children instead! ot two. You soe, that would havo loit ' Ibera $100,000 apina . "My brother-iu law was a resident of Placorvillo, California, and in bin will bo leaves $10,000 to Miss Sarah LouihQ Clifford, of that pluoo, and $500 t<> tho Hov. Hall. 1 have no information in regard to either of these parta s. The will provide? that ofter the payment Ol these special legacies tho romaindor ot hiu proporty shall bo div,?bil muong his nearest relatives in Kabuli county, < la. My two children uro living with their grandmother in thocountrv in tin-coun ty of Laurens, South Curolina,and have not yet learned of their good fm tune. My daughter is eleven years old; my son foin teen. From tho fuct of their being minors a guardian will, of course, have to be appointed; and it is expected that consider ihlo difiloulty will bo ox? peneiictd in nmking a bond of tho large dimensions required." i.m m i- n.r .Mr-?. Clevelauil. Tho Bohemian Athletic Sooii ty, which j left Chicago six months ugo fur a tour j in Europe, hus returned. Thc nu imbi U I of tho patty llSVe brought with them aa a present for Mrs. Cleveland a magnifi cent set of garnet jewelry, consisting of u brooch, earrings and chain. Thc brooch is in the shape of an i ngle hold ing ni its ola WS three golden arrows und supported by two standards containing photographie viuws oj' i'rugue. 'Tho! o isket containing tho ?vt is fined with | white Katini und iu inscribid: "lo MTH. | Clovi l ind, with profound renpoct from I tho Bohemian Excursionists to Prague.' I'lnnon iii.il Or^uiiH. All of tho best makes. $25 cash and balan?a November 1, at spot canh prices on a Piano. $10 cash and balance No vembcr 1, at spot cash priccH on an Organ. Delivered, freight free, ut your nearest depot. Fifteen days test trial und freight both ways if not Satisfactory Write lor circulars. N. W. TUC MP, . Columbia, t?. C. More mcu fall In love than in war. ?**<???????? ?---?m mmm i ?n - A SC li NH AT A W KOPI NO. Wim! IIa|?|ion??l ut thc Nuptial Ceremony ut n N?m York Couple. (From thc New *i 01 k Tim. B.) A merry wedding party assembled Sunday oveniug in Vienna Hall, ?it 58tb street and Lexington avenue, to cele brate ibo uuptials of Miss ti'uno Ilcckol, tin' youngest daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. Louis Ueokol, of ci:; Lexington avenue, ami liermuiu Scheyer, a well-known Young Montreal commission mereb nt. Tho marriage ceremony bad ju d been performed by tho Rov. Dr. Knobler. <?f tlie Dot h-El Synagogue, in Loxingtou avonuo; the newly married couple mid reeoivetl the congratulations <?f Ibo as sembled relatives and friends, and tho music bad just struck Ul) for the polonaise, willoh was iv? bo led by thu bride and groom, when sounds of a dis turbance and loud exclamations m u wi man's voie, were heard from the ves tibule, .Several pent!'im n hurried ont and found a hal el some little dark-eyed Jewess on die point of failing in a faint. Tho llrst lo n ach her side recoiled upou Hoe ing tho silver mountiugs of a rovolvcr (lashing from tito folds of her dress, but ho recovered himself and caught, tho faint i I g woman with one ann, while with tito other ho snatched tho pistol from ber grasp. Summoning ono of the company to his assistance, he burned tho passive woman into tho olovatoraud conducted ber to an upper room, send ing out to tho company tho information that a servant hail ruinttd. Dr. isaac Oppenheimer wot sent to ber assistance, und a whisper in tho oar of tho bride groom lcd him to hastily ixouso him self for a moment and burry after tho physician. VVIion, with tho (lush of bis new honor still sulVusing his clucks, tlic newly mar rieil mau entered the ohamhor, ho was cou fronted by a figuro from which ho ree. di d in evident terror, and ho would ha ve mi.? lo a precipitate dight hud not tho huming words of tho womuu held him ns by a spell. With panting breath and Hashing eyi -, ono bin d upon ber heaving bren si and tho oilier pointing us it* to Iransfix tho bridegrroom, she cried: "You baye bri ki ll my heart und ruined my life, and now you east ino into the WOlld Without a name." With this her ttcength failed, and she sank back upon thc IH.I1 in fl swoon. t he three mon who bad been witness es of this ?cone hastily pushed Scheyer from the room, telling him to go back ami e .minet himself as il nothing hap pened; they would take care of thu wo man. Soheycr lingered in the hall a momi ni to collect Iiis scattered faculties, and weet back to tho side of tho girl who had j isl become his wile. Tin guest,-, were tpiictt 1 v. it.h tho assurance thal the bunting Woman bud bet ti seat h une in a euri iago. The mu-.ic t'uc'.iAlp, tho dance wini on, and joy ...... apparently unconfined This occam I a Uttlo after 7 o'clock, ii a few moments tho woi ian had rocovt r ed sufliciently to be conducted to hoi carriage and driven to her hotel in Has 11th Btroet. Arriving tiaro about ! o'clock sho spent thi next hour and : half in writing ail tho story of her rda lions with ib manu Solu .vcr. I ron. Ibis tnt-mi nt and some clip pings from Mo ut real newspapers it np puns Hut ; !io bad bouu betrayed I? Scheyer under promise of marriage ii Monln id o\ or two years ago. Her nunn is Va.la ( ?oil u and l ia-is the dailgllto of i well-to-do decorator. Some month after, finding that Scheyer did not in tend to fuliill his promise, Bbe laid ii wait for him on tho street nod shot him indicting, however, only n slight abrasii n of the ann. With tho noise of tho re port shu fainted away, mid when sh again recovered consciousness foina herself in a hospital ward, her baby b; lu r side. No prosecution followed In attempt upon Schoyor's lifo, and she wa allowed upon recovery to leave th hospital without molestation. A foi weeks after this tin child was spirit ! away mysteriously, and though th motlier i is sought it incessantly, she bu not seen it since. Learning n fow days ago that Sohoyi bad gone to New York to bo married t Miss Heikel, Mi?s Cohen dclorminod possible to prevent thc ceremony. Witl ont hi ipping to pack evon a sa toltol sh came in re, arriving Suuduy morning un going at once to a hotel. lhere sim r< maiued all day, awaiting tho time (ixe for tho ceremony, when shu intended I appear and proclaim her wrongs. Tili according to Jewish customs, would Ino proven tod tho marring' . Hut. she can too lute. Tho ceremony bad been bi ishcd, ami according to the law Herman Scheyer and Irene OOCkcl were mun in wife. Al D.80 o'clock Misa Cohen shirted fi Uoston on her way buck to Mouton still vowing a speedy vengeance upi Scheyer. In the meantime the weddii festivities went on at Vienna Ha! Shortly after midnight tho brido m groom bade their friends goodbye ni retired to their hotel, which they loft an early hour for their future hon ie Montreal. Hr Veli Gratefnl. The hsmunick squeaked unheeded il rubbed lim bark oil' the old mai favorite sycamore treo. "( lort; mle," he said, "have you ev folt that your heart beat responsive that of another?" "I have, Oeorge," owned up Cort and hor head nestled on his shoulder. "Did you ever ici I that your dcsti was M) linked to that of another that was useless to try to follow it out idem "Ves, Oeorge," returned Hortic, nhe nestled BOmi more. "Gertrude, 1 will >wik you more pla ly, do Voil love lue?" "I will liol atti nipt to conceal i feelings, Gcorgbj I do." " Wei I," said OeOrgo, sliding out the hummock, "I'm glad to hear th because Will Tompkins, bot me a box cigars th" oilier tiny tba' you wore j indulging in a little flirtation. I really much obliged to you for tho suruco, and- " lint Gertie had gone into the ho und >lammcd tho door with all might. One ol tim encouraging signs of thc i la that work is becoming fashionable-I is to say, that people of ineans aro bdj lug to recognise tho duty of hrlnglnu i la ir sons anti daughter* to useful cmp meut. Iiis no longer a disgrace, ovci ibo nbr.i tssblonnblo society, to work, s disgr?ce lo lie au idler. A T.K. 'MM 1 OK'S mil What th? PhytilulntiH < hur???! i lie t.io <. 11 Tibien for tliulr I'rol union <? iorvlcu . (from ibo New ^ ork i linos.) The admirers of Sutanol J. Tilde who took pleasure iti proclaiming on every possible occasion that bc possoi . moro Jeffersonian simplicity than mun of his weight in the country, were of course unaware that !.<? owed u d >e tor's bill of 8143,000. A bill ol buch magnificent, uot to say stui?iug, pro portions and Jeffersonian .imp!icity could not possibly run ?i<.t.!t-, Kor Du purpte e of supporting the Hugo's repu tation for siiuplioity some of h..-. adu ers may argue thal Mr. Tilden P ito 'I havo been aware that he owed so ut cy bags of gold for roedieal altondimoi <? .-! upothccuiy's wares. Tho trust?es of hiv estate, it is understood, t ike Ibis view of the matter, sud tho impression aun og t lie few peoplo who know unythiti" about it is that tho coming century ? i I bo considerably advuuoed before sud ! iiill is paid ni fi" faei. One of tho trustees looked surpri ed whoo asked if payment lind bi eu refus< ol tho bill presented by Dr. Churlos K. Simmons for medical non ico und ntl r< ance upon Mr. Tilden. Insteod of giving a plain and satisfactory ni >woi to i Die question tho trustee suhl that Dr. Simmons waa the proper person from whom to get information on such a sub ject. Then, of course, tho reporter grab fully accepted tho statement that the matter WHS a private, liol a public, our. lite trustee would not say timi pay ni en t of i'r. Simmons' bill had been , roms! d, bul iie smiled when tho amount, I si 1*1,000, was mentioned. I >r. .Simmons, who is also a commis sioner ol charities and correction, was moro willing to talk dian tho ' ruston li ld been. Ile ulke' all around the bill, but nover mentioned tho amount. Tho 'utter was stated to him, but even then he failed to deny or ailinn that the ligures Mere correct. Ho promptly denied that pay mont had been refutad but admitted he bad not been paid. Any delay m the matter should be ascribed to him, Itu i-aid, and not to tuc trie tees of the Tild?n est?t.-. Without [riving the amount of his bill, Dr. Sim mons explained how a bill could roach very largo proportions. II? bud ?it end ed Mr. Tilden, ho said, for eight years, or to bo exact, for sovci) .Mars and Pleven months. During that period he bad visited Mr. Tilden every day, prob ably, lio vus Mr. Tildcn's friend u wei a s hm physician, und considi r< <i Mr. Tilden Ins best friend. Mr. '! i1 i lind always dene every tiling in bis pow .. i\?r him litnl I.M. lh in? ou ueii ten of intimacy, it seemed natural I hal i settlement should bo deni red. li ivas postponed to snell an extent that Mr. tilden died without making ono, I . Simmons said a f-cllli ment would I reached without any tronbh when th proper time arrived. Ile and (!.. trus t?es would nuet and adjust tile i latter. He, too, was unable lo seo why t ie ? al - lic should bo particularly interested in Iiis bill until la? was assured ?i was solely on account of its size. About thal ho bad notlang to suv, nor did he ol?? r li 0 repoiter u copy ot tie bill, I'lllh A hunt I'elidions, I'onsion Commissioner DIacIt in his| Annual report inak.s a numb roi' neu moudations tor legislation in tho lino ot greater liberality to tho pousioaer, Among Others that sd litional clerical force be allowed to onablo the Commis sioner, without n.uking i \ira demands upon the clerks now in the service lo somploto and satisfy the Mexican j ; doh claims, of which 8,000 have bei 0 dlowcd since tho passage of tho Act, At tho close of the year 1011,180 pen donors were on the roll- classified le Follows: 204,'l4f> urn.y invalids, K?,50l muy widows, minor ohildroii and de pendent relatives; 3,281 navy invalid.-?; 1,078 navy wniows, minor children au I lopendent relatives; 1,000 survivors ol the war of 1812, and ll,?Sill widows ol those who served in that war; 7,003 wir rivers of tho war with Moxieo, and 805 widows of these who Horved in said var. l'liero were added to Ibo robs during tho ytar the nunn s of 55,18-1 DOW pen- i douera, and tho raines of '.!,7u" whoso pensions bad been previously dropp? <i wero restored to the rolls. During tho "ame period tho nam? s of 17,077 poll donors wore dropped from tho rolla for various causes. Tho amount paid ter penso ns liming the year was $73, Kl V?M un increase in t he an.omit nv. r tho | r? vions year of $0,008,750. In tho aggre gate, 1,001,200 pension claims have lu en idod H?UC0 1801, and in the Fame poriod 1)76,91^ claims of ?di oiasseS have been Allowed. An appropriation of 979,1)15, ?30 i- asked for tho next flflOal year. I'liat fi r thc current year wos$78,701,250. Ctilnii Wants KallroailH. The New York Sun is responsible foi the following: Tho statement published the other day, upou tho authority of a gentleman in tho diplomatic servico, in u letter of i 'ir Washington e rrospoud* ont, that "tho Chinen Oovomment has for years triol to induce liuropoan capi talists to build railroads in the interior i>f Ohma" is not correct. Tho fact IH that tho Chinese Govornmont hus never been willing lip to tins time that anj railroad should bu b ull except tiie coal road at Kuipiug; und, while it authorized the extensi?n Of that road last wini' r lo tho Keldung, and lately to the Poiho, it has confined tho right to mako thc ex tension, and also to build a connection for it from Tientsin to Taku, to a native company, iu which r.o foreigner has boen permitted to take stock or hold any interest whatever, His absolutely cer tain that tim Chineso government has never, di ret Hy or indirectly, asked auy European government or syndicate ol capitalist- tn build railroads in tho in terior of (.'luuu, or to furnish money foi building then, lt is apparent that thu facts about Mitkiowiozfl allcgi d concession, what ever it may cuver, or whatever tho cir cumstances muy have been winch in duced the Chin?se to grant it, if they have ponded it, havo not yet Uccn coi reel ly in ado known in America. We ari SUM that no ono who hus any real knowledge about China will believe that tho Chinese authorities aro such fools as tho stories of Mitkiowio/. would make them out to be. "Traie upa child in the way l e should go," and keep a little ahead of him iu tin ?ame way daring thc training, to be sure ho goes. tr.'j, . -JI'V??".<?J/? -. v ^ t. .*? a-mr/w? ju???ni-?w A ST OJ ? \ ?>! A TOU N \ li?. lion .1 \V?-.lern Itim? in i I..-I HU .Sheep tn I One i l Un- lilltWH. "Stopping upon it Bostou Shawmut ?yi nm- nor! e CHI' >- few days hillCi ..<.< . s j a writer i u tito youth's Companion, was surprised t i rccogij /.'. an old ac ; quiiiutuuco in thc oonda 'lor, who, as I supposed, was herding tihcop in Dakota. kYYhv, lirown, von here? i oxolaimod; 'How's this? Whore aro your sheep?' ?My sheep I- rt ino/Kind lie, with a j? rh at the rar indicated 'Sold ont?' f io (pitied, ??S?oj gol j tim pedi1 iluiaped! I wh'-l jumped you? L .<-l'-d. . Well, you , ? a about i ko *-. , replied my ''..'!?. , , . d - ivi mo tho following account i i' his Western experience: Mn .-lune i t ?,.i!. twenty-four bundie 11 ? . -?.: inib I looked after 1 'lu ci . ii'-llly . vi -y .; to k?Oj) off the coyotes, lin ; I lill np n good corral ha' j tiiOlii ;.'. ) ight, dowil m th') edge of tuc timbi r. Oin -in lin?.a abolit thu ?ct . of tho mon lb I v is hitting on tho rocks I walebing thom. Sheep, When thoy nu footling, as yen kinm. generally koop togi tlier, ; . 1 I should think that ai thin time, m i he wi.re, mod of tien-, on ai . < t nf f..-? nitiol mino than an cere ot j ground. I he sky was clear, though ?list a trillo h?/.y; but by ?uni by I j noticed a lat of a cloud ?c. the north wes' ' that t eemed to ne to bo behaving in ?; ungular way. ii appeared to move ii . i' fii spasmodic motion I noticed, i ' >. I hut ti W AH rapidly growing longor, atilt that ii. .*i omed lo shift from dark to a light; green lino. '.Ibero was a ?ort ot slcovo or funnel ihapod trunk bonging down fiore it toward the ground, lin view pi northward lr.on wti i - I . at v.v a good ont, uiol 1 could see Un- cloud coming a number of miles ott'. With every stroke ol' tin- structure I could s- ? a brown cloud of dust, grass, brush an timber riso iu tho air and go whirlim up into tho sky. lt was a tornado tc. no mistake. There waa quito a de. clunk r bolo down between two of tl! rooks whoro l was silting. I shut my big umbrella, dropped dowu into this Chink, ; it t? 1 -I ?.?f fud loiiLth, a',.! laid tho umbrella over the opel lilyrocks ?uh? which : plac d myself. I had bardlj 111 c. i lom (.'-..'. myself tillie v\heli lt grow dark u night, abd tlc- \\hi.:.-.li.<, rearm u i. I . nie loud as thunder i dug my nails into tho crevices of the stone abd he'll bu tilul then, vvhisli! th tovundo went over me with a murib^ slittok, a rattle, a elmwi ri I sloues abd dill, and I fell as f Ibo Whole grtittiiii uboul WtW lifted into ti e .cr. L':.? dil", not lat m ?<?? thiili I alf -i uti li ?te. i | I ol the i : 1 , ?,- ' ^ [>. I ; . ? d Mud rt. i ut r no? .. tu-to; n?otu?i' one, i? buril?, la; I kickinga I itt lt nearer. Those wore mi tlrnt I c< uld c. I la.i town! i ' tb. c irrida o.d tin iv f nd fcivnof ?>-' i p. fitlO Will a I .' bri .-.en. 'I ! y ?o.! thttvi i boen bk ail into it uv. :? t io eigl t-fool ? fonce, . hUd turned t??oiu all out i j tho morning, i hiul iiot go no I.ir ivheii I found u -te . p t rt : ly i\\ .- < r thirty - fool from Ibu gn mid t:i tho top of it pi- e lice li '.- d ti.' re! A httl i farr.lior after I suv.- another l< dgi d hi -b un ii. i tho Crotch < 1 ? " ? not! iii ..?..i;. lici?n Itt I I ' :' Iii. m di on tim ground anti sis jip i:i ti c fire j topi some of those latter *ttoking to gi.it freo, flu lu \t day i Halted dowe ( thron barrel? ol'mutton :;u 1 oamo LUM I lo get a jobtiild earn Sonic .:, re monty.' Tin: . . >M> J. u MI? \ S vu ll I SIS. J Till N'l||lil A fl ol ile- SeuliO;; of Tino 1?, .inn. CiilO?uo, Soptciiibor 15. -Tho aeyoi coiidt mm vt Anan '-.?..da s] ont thu ni-.;L<t n. sounder security h ?ni tho ?idrusii ? o friend or foo tliu? tlioj Ita vi done in un.ny months, thc- outouie of tho j "i ! is Ol' ; ? . ? armed th , .'. ; i rill , pol icena ii ?ti uniform and il l?otivo. in'Citi/ions' garb, j Pit foreo ol ii put j shoriihj .^in? guard cit till tiii ippioaoties \vitij increased, ann tiloso Wen btippltiii lited by relays o? duiforraotl police. All uiiknowu, to oven thc curious poiiodtrians, wlio peered around tho ptocinots of tho jail, tin utrei ts an I a' vs on all side i for sovoral blooks won quietly patrolled i?y iletco lives, who bci/.ed upon ali sub]>ioiou." looking siriqiglors, mitt kept a w'atchfnl oyo on all little knots that gathered an\ whom m 'lu- 11 !? hborhood ul tin- jail, Tho Anarchists of the city uro so wei! kti OMI that noho of thom could get through thc outposts without detection Within tho jail all was still as death, Mrs, A. ll, L'nrsous, wife of ibo con demned A nurckist, sa; s m relation lo the decision ol tlc Supreme Court, timi she iloes not ia in ve Hie public, will pei mit w hat sho tani-' .ins "judicial m tudor," Pl-Cdllj ii ? lan Soo l-l len. 4% The minutes of tho Synod of Smith Carolina show an uioroaso over loat year, Last y em- tbcro w. re 100 churches; non .jul. Lust y ar, li.l'.i members; the year, l-l,(?02, Last year '.'7 miuiston; tilts year, il)7, toi churches, with a r?tal mbmliol ship o' .< ?>.' mei du r i, ate omitted iron tb..- year'.s statistical report i i tho Vtt by ti ry of Bothel. Jin hiding thc . names, as properly should hu dono, th? iota! momborshipol the Synod ia 15,051, anti tho net gain i.. .H ly ?V thousand, tin largest in the history of the Synod, ai ii ust ia our day. Tho churches with over 200 members are Fort Mill, Purity, Uethesda, Charles ton Wi trail..der, Charleston First, Chi ton, Washington street Greenville and Anderson- eight niall. The four largObt Snbbath schools ari Charleston SoooO'l, Concord, Washing ton Sir- ot and ( Hinton. Tho? largest L*resby terian Church iii tho South is tho First Churoh, in Na-M ville, with '.r!i> nioinbi m. Moro new members were received Into th< largest synod, Virginia, than an\ oilier. South Carolina Stands next, who 1,807 addi tiona on examination? Was it tin- earthquake? Has not til . tune 0011161Ot tho erection of a Central Presbytery in South Caro lina? Atlanta has five Presbyterian Church es, vi ?h l,56? members. Nev Orleans has 1'.! 0htircb.ee, '2,500 members. Om Monthly. . ? ? - Wi do not have excessive heat now. Wo have nu rely humidity, Hut lt seems t.. j answer tho same purpose. TUB OM? < ONHTtTI T?OS. The Centennial Olrltratiwn in lUillfiilelphm > Ureal Crowd Present. Thursday, tho day Hied for openiug tho celebration < f thc contonuhd of '.lie ndop liou of tho Constitution, ?t Philadelphia, dawned bright and olear. Thc streets were crowded ai an early hour willi tho hun dre ls of thousands ot visitors who have omc to participate in or witness the cere* munies attending thc ni lobratiou. Visitors, military and Qremou have boen pouring into tl.e t ity nil du} . Thu railroads have boen i .. i x ot I to their utmost to accommodate thc i P.w<is which ?re Hot king into tho city. '! : ls aro all Ulled,aud some of the guests ipent last night us h st they could in im pi ivis <l lieus, JO very inch of space was lilied with cots and other means of tempo ra ry ri L lo UCCOIUUIOG'< 'ho ovorllow. Oulcultttiou plait s , . ? imbor of visit ors ut 200,000. Near), i ry ?tate and Porr-Pay Is represented, e buildings of ho city, both public and private, aro pro lustily decorated wita Hags arid bunting, und die ? ny'presents a gain tippeurauce. Shortly idler lo o'clock tho civic and in dustrhd pageant started from'Broad and Dauphin st reels and marched lo Broad and .1 ?oro slteets, a distance of a little over t" ur tulles, and then countermarched to I Li?: Martin r point. Along the route a con limions line ol' observaliou stands have hoon erected, and these wore tilled at an early hour hy thousands, who had paid for tho privilege ol occupying scats. Thou sand of others lined thc sidewalks, and windows of buildings und steps were fairly pucked with people. Ut otu! street was almost Impassable, so loudown.' I he crowd ga t bored in the thor* nughfsre 08 early as 7 o'clock, HIM! tho olToris of i he police to keep n pussagc were almost futile. Tins magnificent thorough !::re h ui I.cen transferred into an Immense itmphiihtairo hythe combined efforts of ii- (.arpenter? and decorators who hud Inion busily engaged throughout tho night erecting und decorating stands ou both side* of ibu si reel. There was hardly a lious'i ulong Ibo whole street that was uot decorated willi Hags. Mau*? buildings displayed statues of "Co i imbi i urroutidcd by llags ot all nations. i"hi Felluws'Indi had a banner across its front with tho inscription, "Spot whetc Krunklin thew Lightnin<< from the Clouds m I7fisi." Busts ol VVasliington were mountod in Loni of some houses with thc national emblem. Tho crush on some ol thc stands woro so groat that several .voiiicn fuiuled, Three triumphal arches spun Btoud und Chestnut streets. The : rineipal one is creeled in front of the ba lay ' lie- I b'ti I, almost opposite the main re viewing stand, which will bc occupied by ibo Ptesideuliul party. Tho other two inches aro about thirty-live foot high. On tho umina of one uro thc busts ol Wash ? ii Lino In, Grant and Cleveland. Tho lecni'utions thal u'triicl ni.itv than passing . i ?ie ?ire tlioso on lb . Young Mon's D?mo cratie .N sedation, Hu Adams Express Company, (ho Lafayette Hoo l, the I nion Lcuttuot uh. tho ?Si. George Hotel and thc newt) ? 'guni/od Ail Chit). Tho stands on cither sine ot liroad street wore lilied with people, tuul lite gay coitus waru by thc ladies and children lent additional beauty to ihe c nc. At 10.25 a telegram flashed over ibo temporary telegraph Hoc con stineted ulong tho lino ol ibo procession, uinouiii'ing iiiat tho punido had started. \houl ii o'clock Ibo distinguished guests, ii teruors, loreign ministers und others be rm p "iii:.., hilo tlieir iKsiglltd [daces. As ihotiii? n ut Governors ?i. passing to their |iiaces were iceogrii/.ed tiles wen heartily applauded. Tho ( ' ii .i ine nul Centennial Ci tmnissi :. ail! Iliciully represented by Hon. .1 ibu A. t a s .n. Prcsidoal; lion. Amos it. Little, Chiiirmun of ihe Kxccu live coaiinittoe; Hampton L. Cur son, Sec rotary; b\ C < . Brewster, Jr., >rrespond i 11L* si coi a ry, and Assistant Secretary 1)1.o k, who occupied -cats on tin front ot Ibo grand stand, section A. The (.entrai position ol the .stand vas reserved for thc Governors and their -?..ITs. An.on:; tilt! Governors present wi ro: fsuwyor, ot. New i! mpshire Briggs, of Delaware, Green, Xi < Jersey, L.irubce. of Iowa, Gordon, ol Georgia, and Beaver, of Pennsylvania, Oil ii.i 'oil Mere also ItoprcSolltUVlVCS from Congress, tlc- commissioners from I,ci Slates anti other distinguished per igt Tho sealing capacity of thc stand is I .' i1' P. Thu procession was formed al 11.52, A. M. Hue notable leanne was an Indian e.il ol' 10 pines, preceding nine platoons of Indjun cutlets. There were flouts to tho number of ;>ou, each representing some brunch >f Industry, willi !.">(> bauds, 12,000 men und'1,000 horses. Col. A. h. Snowden, chief marshal, rode ut thc head of the pro cession. There were '-'?i divisions, euch i.'aiamatnlcd hy an aide. President Cleveland arrived nt 0.50 in the morning, sud was appropriately wei ci lined b> Governor Beaver, rix President IIa) es and < len. sh iman wen- also present. Ibo pageant, isa whole, is conceded to IniVO luci the grandest ever seen in this country, l ill'. (;.\U01.I.V\ ION1IM.K.M . Iloveritor lllrlinrdnoiiM I'linr tn th,- I'lrlure I rm i-riil/.niloii nf lin- lillie und Hit- (?ray - i ulnuel ll uv Indisposition, PlIILADKhl'IIIA, Sfplomlicr l">. -Today ha- been a i|iiiet one for < irolinians. At U o'clock Captain Wilie .'ones and Cob Geo. K Wright called on ibo Governor, and at 9.H0 the stuiT cunio to pnv their re spools, Al ii o'clock Governor Richard son was i.iki ii in hand hythe reception committee, and With ihe rest of the visit lng Governors was coud ut ried to the review ing sinnd ut tho corner ol Broad aud NN al i ut streets, Tlo-y remained there until 6 o'clock, lind as they h ui spent six hours silting Olid Watching the trades procession. and ihero seemed no chance o? its ending heb re dark, they udJoUH od for dinner. To-night Governor Richardson goes iir.->t M ibo reception given by Governor heaver to thc visiting Governors aud afterwards lo lie ..liven to his Eminence, Cardilla] lid) boris. Tue stan* lias nu n outortaiiiod to-day by some ol the momborsot thc Union League, who gave them u very warm and beuny well . .ne. Lieut. Col, McGowan reported for duty ut tho headquarters of Gen, Sheri dun, and at the sight of the old Confederate uniform tho ofltccrs pressed forward to welcome him, making very happy remarks Hld recalling tho tune they hui last mel villi n colonel in grey ?mil w ith three slurs oil his i "liar. During the day oin- ol' ihe stall wu standing nt tho window of Hw Governor's room, winch faces ihe Union League Chlo room. An oflloor spied him, and snid, Johnnie lob, will you meet mc on thc ar track and swap tobacco ," Any allu dons that are made td tho past aro happy ones. Tin- memlicrs of thc Governoi g Guards and Muller Guards have sjx-nt the day in sight .seeing'! They will get underarms at ? O'clock tomorrow Dior ni Og and will probably hoon the mardi until dark. Thc -Honth Carolinians havn all missed the kind alteuiknis of tho Hon. .las. A. Hoyt, who is confined to Ids room with a very sick fool, I Social to New* and Coutiw.