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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?. TUE A?RlCW/iTUAI, COLLE?K, CAPTAIN Tl 1.1.91 VN's UKVIKWOFTIItt AUG UM ti NTS ON THIS qi KSTKIN. Ho Invito? n I'IIll DIHCIINSIOII o? tin- Subject nut] Predicts n Victory r<>r iii? Friends vi tin? Proposed I net ll tit ton. To tho Editor of tho Nowa and Courier: In my provioua lottors I luwo at one timi or another answer* d or forestalled every argument wliieli hus ovor hoon advanood against the separate agrioultural oollogo, and it is dlsagrecablo to have to go < ver tho samo ground again, But tho oppo nents ot snell a school in South Carolina, who realize and BOO that tito iden is gain ing ground rapidly and sorely, enid !.m to repeat tho threadbare aud untenable arguments against it that have al v.i ions timea been advanced by "Carolinian," Capt. Paul Hammond and others. J tho ref oro fool constrained to nguiu bike part in tho "controversy" or "discus? sion," whichever it may bo called. It is gratifying to noto tho fact that we have driven our adversaries to abandon their lind, mode of ultu '., in whic h ridi onie and personal abuso wi re mainly relied upon. "i>.," tho latest kn ig lit who conclus u lauco in behalf of tin waning causo of tho "agricultural nun< x" and whosu arliolcs hu ve recently a] ipoari ti in The News aud Courii r, i aj s tb? qt . .? tion of tho "education of our youths should bo approached seriously, gravi ly, earnestly, reverently." Most u&iircdly, aud 1 agrco with him that, iu deuling with this question, "a blunder may Ito worae than a erinn'.'' i contend thal the blunder und ci mo holli have been id ready committed, and thnt^alono has moved meto undertake aud continue tho agitation known ns tho "limners' move D-lOUt," If 1 have at times OVerstO] poll the bounds of that "n iions, cundid, dis pitssioiiiito discussion" for which 'ii." pleads, 1 havo had provocation enough, as your renders well know, and I have always noted on tho defensivo, 1 ci r ai to huvo been aotuutcd hy aa "earui t. pattiotic spirit," and with reason, facts ana urgumonts to fully sustain aiy pi i tioi. ! havo only indulged in invectivo or sarcasm to repel personal assault, or when 1 felt that the injustice practiced against farm? rs required merited rob uko. I and ull tho friends of a real farmers' college and of agricultural advnucoun ut in South Carolina ure ri ady and anxious to moot our iudugo:din hur debate, wdiot ier in the nowspnpors or bi foro the people, alni wo challenge thom to a "joint discussion" of tho issucti pi Bunted, Wo havo uothing to to.-e and everything to gr., 'i by sueli a discussion, mid win lo their trained intellects ned oratorical bility muy aud doe; give thom tho ad . age, relying ou coin mou soueo mid i justice of our cause, we court Ibo m it. Truth dreads darkness rather au light, aud WO reel that vc have both 'nth ami justice on oin side. Ab Chairman of tho Executive Com* md leo of tiie Furn.er?' Assneiuti? >n, I hereby extend nu invitation aud challenge to tl?" hoard of Trustees of Hie S;. li Carolina College ami to tho Hoard of Agriculture to appoint Speakern to rt pro sent them, and wo will do likow i io; aud wo will further agree to get up n meetings of formers to le ar tho cause and dooido who is rigid. Jt will eon.' - lo this at hud, and it had just as well coi io to it at once; for, as "!>.'' Bays: "South Carolina bas always been and probably always will bo an agrioultural st.de, aud it |s a manifest necessity that this prob lem bc sol ved with correctness and sol ved with dispatch." Tho wiso disposition of the Hatch np iiropriatioii, which will di volvo upon thu jegislatuic at tiie ni ', session, renders it all tho more necessary that uo m ire mistakes bo made; und if tho lawyers and "tho once lordly planters"oxpect to watte that money a.s tho lund scrip fund and privilege tag are nov. hiing wasted, and as tho two experimental stations promise to waste it, it must bo niter an other election hus shown that tho major ity of the farmers aro of their own wa} o? thinking, lt \\ ill n<>t do to rely ii] on thu esprit do corps o? the lawyer? u tb? Senate to decide the matter contrary to tho wishes of tho common farmers, Many of tho "once, lordly planters" are now common (armers, conscious ot I a errors of their own training, aud Hour lmnism will ?ct learn that neither olasa partisanship nor political trickery ran shako us oil'. Lot "1)." and hin trioods who are lighting lo sustain tho "ainu x" aud agricultural bureau, meet US Oil th? ?tump and allow tho whole case to bo presented, li tho farmers tliondecido that the South Carolina CollogO sliaii stand as it is, wo will submit, but not till then. hi tho meantime, I will ondeavor to nuswer thoargumc uta "h." has present? d as going to HIIOW that the South Carolina Collego is now carrying out tho Federal law in good faith, and "iultiliing its o quir- i' nts more fully tlian thu ?gT?Olll W ?I lid K eolian i CO I College of .MOMS ' In tho flint place, until this agitation begun lhere was really no Bgri cultural or moohanioal feature attached to tho Mouth Carolina College. Presid? nt MoBrydo's exooutivo duties absorbed al! his limo and ?nergie.", and net liing hie boon dono ami no ohuiigo made in tin curri, alum since August, 1885, except to omph y an adjunct professor of iigricnl turo and On ot a small machine shop in whieii applied mechanics aro tungin bj ?ho na val ? llieer who id detailed by t i United States Government for that pur pose. Everything else ia on tho same old basis, and tho wholo bias and effect Of tllO training has bern towards tie professions aud away from tho farm; mid the fact cannot bc. denied thst tho nit ohjuaioftldopsrtraentbasdoveloped rathei than tho agricultural. Now "ST" ooneedes that "South Car olina is an agricultural State and likel, to romain so." Shall wo then n ut con tont with a little mcchauioal t ninia, along with tho classical aud literal; courues, os being tho best t i lit on mths (10 or l? a year) for becomini ' aors? If agriculttiro is now our mail ines*, and thom is such compctitioi .ong tho profCHHions-alrcady ovoi ^iu?-that (here is only "room at th top," " hy should tids agnonlt?ral tiM devote ->d its energies io wards edooatitii more non-producers, by giving then andi e "?iberd" education that the; scorn work and took to livo liv tue MI u vi bv* . body oise's brow? llave we not got enough bnlf-starvcd lawyora und protieluis i;o\\ V Why grind ont any moro? Why incre&so tho army of mor* chanta' elerk3, who part their hair in tho middle because of enlargement of tho I ?rain, hut who liavcu'l sonso enough to farm proiitahly, aud tliorcforo desert Hie old homesteads to lind au oasior way to makea living? If agriculture is nur principal business why not educate fumier.-.? Why not de vote all the mom } weean spare to train ing fariner.: mal mechanics tho erst tu develop our agriculture, Hie others to establish manufacturen among us ?nd give our farmers a homo market? Will tho supply of law vets, preachers and doctors run out? Not a bit of dnuger. Wollbrd, I unnan, Ith'skiuo, Harvard, Vale, Princeton, a thomand olafsieal ami literary institutions id homo und abroad w ill keep up the supply. Hut, : ays Bomonuhorout of Dr, Thorn well, they will not be "homogeneous." Public nu n Hms trained will not be united, they will not think aiiko, .vc , A c. I I.' re would ho no nucleus for*a "ring." I grant you; lind thora Would bea healthy current, of new thought and diverse opi nions brought back which might in time < volve nemo statesman who can show us a way h. robuild our shattered fortunes, wi thou I depending on "Northern capital and brains alono. I'ho only Carolinian >vho luisa wcrld-wido fame got Iiis odie catii n outside tl'." St de, '11111 it is COoy lo believe that if mora o? our public men bad been thus educated there, would be less of provincialisms, stagnation and self-idolatry among us. Tho ?South Car olina College lins produced sumo great .nen. but it is sad to see many of its alumni and faculty opposing progress and fighting the battle of Bourbouism. l'!u! Kev. doini Jasper swears the ". un do move." Some men in high plllCi ... South Carolina are ready to say to the Nineteenth century, "Stop, stand stili!" But I have got switched ol? from " I ?. " and his arguments, and I will try to gol back, I will utily say that tho Sou: h Car? lina College has discern led from the high placo upon whioh Br. Thornwoll sought to anchor it, and mixing mechan ical and manual labor in ever so small a degree with its purely mental training is dragging its mantle in tho dust for mom y, ind trying io accomplish tho clo, , ! impossibility of mixing od and water, i i.e classical ami literary demente liavo always overshadowed and swalloweel up any t< clinical or practical annex in ovi ry 'nixed school e?r collego Hint hail over t rictl it ; ?md so it has been, and will con tinuo to bo, m this State. 1 defy "l?. " Ol' i ny on" olso to refute the assertion. Anel now 1 make ?not ln r, namely, that . . live per cent, of the graduates of tho literary colleges and universities ovor i ii m. 1 have abundant proof if any one lispub Ibo fact. Ibo mattel' then re solves ?ta ll into this shape: A college which hopes 01* intouds to educate tm ti who v iii return lo thc farm must do two tiling1. First, make agriculture it.-, load ing feature, and BCCOUel, require manual labor during tho winde cours > of study. Now, "I?. 'wasKI rash as to claim that ibo Su tth Carolina Collogo is carrying OUt tho D'etloral low more fully than the Mississippi College, boOaUSO lt lias in u small way dev lopoil its nuchatiical nu lli. \, and because, as he allege.-, Hie Mi i dsaippi College does not alford a "li! 0 d" education. I5v< ry reader of Tho Nows and Courici is familiar with tho clause of tho Act ol 1802, which describes thc kind of coll, gc intonelod to bo established, [toxprcssly btatcstbat its "leading object shall bo to teach such branches of learning asan related to agriculture und tho mcohauie 0 ts,".Vc. "Blading! li ailing! LltAOINO!" 1 write it iii capitals so "1). and all bb brothor sophists can seo it. VS nen Hu ) .oino to construe that oft-repeated son o u?e thoy never sec "leading" at all, i'liey cannot attach any meaning ti "practical," but jump with glttddouct hoarts to the winds, "Without oxoluoint llassical studies," and "Bil.end," al though theco words are only un OXCroS . euee, and not essential to umlcrstum tho seutouoo. Then, again, they B0?Z0 on Hie word: to "promote the education of tho indus trial classes in llio loverai pursuits au< professions of life"-'voveral pursuit; mel p.-. ?fcssions." lloro in warrantcnoug) for t ?oohing anything. Bul who is to bi taught'. The sons of "once lordly plan tors'.'" The sons of lawyers mid rich men such as constitute the bulk ot tho student it tho South Carolina College? Oh, nu Ibo "industrial classes," says the law Well, who aro tho industrial 0 las SOS il South Can.lina'. "D."bas aUBWCrcd thi question for mo. He says, "Wo aro ai igrieultltral people and likely to round -to in spite ol booms," AC. This Federt iiomy wes donated to estublish a coi u go-mark you, not au "annex" to iniversity w hose leading object sboul bo to t< adi tho children of the industrll liasses to become good farmers and nu .bailies. Tho classics were not to IJ ?.oxoludcd" if it was found practical)] md the money held out. Military ta< hes wi ro "included" and provision mn I tor sending an ollioer of tho United Stab irmv to teach thom. "JLiboral" is a mountain, "practical" aiolc lull, in "J).'s"eyes. "Beading ' I j innot SCO, Ho is willing for the "om lordly planter's" son to steal the po< armer boy's chanco for an edueatioi but "military tactics" aro beneath h -lotice. What hus become of Hu | am .(Hoer and his military tactics, oh "IV is he at tho South Carolina College mn tincturing "dudes?" "Ob, no; ho et our military brandi in Charleston vYhat is bo doing tin ro ami why was: ho land scrip fund appropriated to yo uilitary branch? Imitating my go? friend, for 1 havo really fallen in lo vith "D.," bc is so "candid," ami "i i .est," and "serious," aud "reverent .nd 'dispassionate,''and fair. (V) 1 w 'pi uso for a reply." But thou tho mi -?ry branch may no fullllbng tho Fedoi .aw ai.d educating tho children of t adustrlal dusses to be como farmers a iioehantos, Bot is soe. I sow uot long ago in T S'ows and Courier a stalcniont of t ?resent occupation <?f ibo Citadel gnu .US for 'rt? and '?t>. Only ono. is n arming. Tho rut aro foll'wing nfl 'pursuits and protea dons ol lifo. ' Al tiwi tho military etudeuts don't BCOttl i ko "agrie ul turo" an. better than th jlossical and literary brethren at Coln ?in. Only ono farmer but his train! will not hdp him lo get a good stn lo has everything yet to barn, BO far tis eh . n occupation ia conoorueel, c knows nothing of oither tho science practice of farming, llatl ho gradua at the Mississippi College how differ it would 1? ! Tho boy at Columbia 1 olid in liif Bhado of thu noble trees on tho campus, and puts only Ins hoad to Behool. Tito boy in Charleston puts his hoad ami legs lo school, and his hands also b< conn: most export in handling a riflo; bu* rillos don't assist him to gut. a living after ho graduates. Thc boy in Mississippi puts lund, h gs, bunda and oyes to school. Thc wholo boy is taught, and be is taught how to furin on a farm by men who know to "do what they teach," not by "book farmers" and theorists. J li; never is al lowcd to lose tho habits of industry ami sympathy with labor hu brings with him from his humble homo, but continuos during two or three hears of each day to hoe, to ditch, "to fork immure," to milk, to make butter, to feed stock, to graft, to hud, t ) pruno, and do a thousand things or sec them done that will be of benefit in after life. It will have been noticed that "D." and all of bia brothrcu never omit in their category of labors tho "forking of manure." Tins is too degrading in their oyes for ney white boy to do while at school, and should bc "taught at home." Now, of all things on Southern farms this thing of making and handling ami sowing barn-yard manure is mos' ne glected and least understood, while ii is tho very life an cssoucoof good farming. ! he averago farmer knows nothing about it and cannot thoroforo teach his son at homo, 1'.nt tuc editor of the Columbia Register, w ho is "D, V ally, bas discov ered thal "manual labor and attention to tho deUiils of farm work ure inconsistent ?vidi an advanced and comprehensive airricubmi." "That thc student s cam.ot join Uland th*3 time or nervous energy to properly master both." This is news indeed, and Col Thomas' long experience as an oduoatoi gives it great weight. Unfortunately be has Lad io cxporience ulong that lino urn! it is inly his opinion. Lot us Kee wdiat those Jicn think who have been studying and leaching agriculture. On tho 8th of July >:ist "The National Af sedation of Teach :rs of Agriculture and Horticulture" met it the University of Illinois. There were prcsont representatives ol' the land-grunt tollegCS of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mich gun, Kaunas, Iowa and Missouri. Tb -y ul< ptcd, after full discus ion, with one lisscutiug vote, tho following resolution: "Resolved, That wo favor regular, tompulsory labor by students on our og rioillturnl coll.'gc forms, but before that t should bo required only so far as it i.s lesigncd to be instructivo," The opponent* of tho separate ngricub anal college cannot, or will U >i, under ?hind that thc labor is insisted on fortwo .case-us-first, aa a mcauu of practica' llustralion and instruction just as modi :al students are taught anatomy in bu le ' cting room, or law btudl uta practico n the moot courts before going into ll muri bous?-, but mainly bi cause i. tho itudcnt nt that formative period of btv Iocs nothing for four years bat study looks and cultivate thc mind, not three n a hundred will ever return to the farm, ?vhere manual labor and physical enorg] ire absolutely cssontiill to success. Tin s tho whole thing in n nut..bell. "J)." mys: "ft is a question of tanto whether l is better for the farmer's son to paj cooney itl college to learn law than to 'oik manure, cut wodli, .vc." There is io taste ill tito matter. To educate fat m jrs experience has shown thai labor is us .sscntial u part of tho curriculum as oho nistay or vegetable physiology, und it is nttci to even "fork man uro" thau to loaf or play j okor and billiards, or smoko ngarcltcB to kill tune. i will UOtioo only one other point thal "l-l." makes- viz: that the Mississippi College "attracts by its ein ctpneSS as uneb ns by iti agriculture " Wc will grant this, ii you pienso, but il tho South Uurolina College only turns out less than live "book" farmers to thc hundred gril lantes, while those of Michigan and Mississippi cnn show fifty per emt. wini farm, it is enough to pr ?V0 that IQ thif "agricultural State" a college like thosi two is moro needed and would b? ol grouter bcnctlt than five South Carolins Colleges. Hut tho bunns paid student Cor tin ir labor td these two colleges it jailed tho "meal tub that Contains tin .lop," and wo are twitted with having Bi np a "harrier across thc pathway ot tin ?.oath Carolina boy" because WO Wi i< opposed to free tuition in the Sont! Carolina College except to indigen youths. Tho bill drawn by mo last winter t< establish an agricultural und mcohanica sollogo in this Stale, but uot introduce? for good reasons, called for tuition fot "not to OXCecd forty dollars," but allow i ? fr. u tuition to those unable to pay. 1 is natural to suppose that tho collog would be practically "free," except tor tow students. Supposo wo shall doman that it be absolutely "ire?" to all, wi tho churgO of inconsistency and chis legislation bo thrown at us? of coursi hut with how little reason. There wold ho no competition between the agrien taral and mechanical college aud thc dt nominational colleges, und conscquontl no injustice. Tho class ol'stu? lents poi farmers' nous--win? would mainly lill ti the agricultural college would novur thin of trying to go to tho South Curolii College or to tho deiiominationnl co loges, and if mon who aro ablo choose t -end their sons there lot them pay for us they do nt Columbia. "IV saves his best shot for the la and winds up ns follows: "Yet how is public sentiment that would not tolera free tuition only in tho South Carolii College going to be brought to the poi of teaching a youth free u .d paying hi bosides? I pause for a reply." Yt diull huvo it, my trieud, w Ith u veiigennc You huvo forgotten something. Sou ( tarolina docs some queer things at tim? I Hd you ever heur of a school culled tl i'itndcl located in Chatlest..n? Do y? know thut in order b> educate sixty-etg poor hoys this ht tlc State of South Cai tina spends jf'-?O.ooO u your, and not on dvos them free luition but boards ai .lothea them besides'/ Whether "pub to).titaeut" endorses it or not hos mu ?eon ami may never be tested, but wi his fact i.taring him in the 'oe -, and t knowledge which I now furnish bim fi if charge, that wibi a similar sum apt or student labor iu an indie trial collei the State can help four hundred pr boys to cducnto themselves, wo will i lespair of bringing "public soutiraoi o e.-tublish and sustain such a soho A'ith or without freo tuition, wo need Jidth or without thc consent of "D." ? us "lordly" allks wo aro going to hi t, or "fight it out on that lino darin luzon summers. lb R, TILLMAN Kopor'a, S. C., September 7, 18b7. i UKJ1 l iol s I8KAKI.ITKS. Their Adaptability to All *. Minutes wini Cond ll IOIIH. if hosfrequently boon remarked, soy? tboJowisb World, tintt tho Jewish nice has a wonderful power of adaptation to all chin?tes. Jews arc found in all parta ol* the globe, i i:d seem to possess a very temarkablo faculty for acclimatization, even under tho most unfavorable circum stances. Mesopotamia is considered tho mother country of the Abrahainic family ?XS well ns tho cradle of the human race, ftomo years ago a small colony of Jews were found in the ancient city of Bonner, in tho South of Mesopotamia, and in the vicinit y ol ancient babylon. Of tho se venty families composing tho colony, ono claimed to bo descended from King Joa ohim, tho rest from tho houso of Ii? vi. A. colony of Jews appear to have settled iu China about tho beginniug of tho third century of tho Christian era, under tho ilymisty of Hun, In 170-1, Father Con ?ami, allon an Catholiomission?:ry, found -even .Jewish families near Pekin. Ju 1686a Portuguese Jow of Amster 1am, named Del'avia. discovered a ?cet if Jews in Cochin China. According to i tradition preserved among them, they -.ere descended from a tribe af .lews who md quitted Palestino on tho destruction if tho si corni templo. From their long "OSidonce in Cochin they bad become iomplotoly bronzed. These are not the lame OH tho Malabar Jews. The Jewish reveler bonjamiu, sometimes called Bon iimiu tho Second, discovored a colony of b ws, evidently of Porsian origin, in lindoatau. They were known as MJJab rloniau Jews, ' on account of their having uignited from Babylonia, They ob erved tho OKS? ntial rites of Judaism, and j trit tly avoided intermarriage with other cct.s. lu tho beginning of tho .seven- ' couth con tur j a Jowiah colony settled ! n Cay on no, lu tho VVesi Indies, one of 1 bc most inhospitable climates in South .marica, Cayenne was subsequently j on tj tiered by the Fronch, who ni ado ita ional Bottlomout, and tho Jewisli colony ins forced to retire to Surinam, 1 Notwithstanding tn (piont porbccutioua 1 ews are still found in Persia, more cs- 1 iccially to tho fBoutll of the Caspian Sea, 1 diere tho soil ia very fertile, but tho eli- ! nate vciy unhealthy. Tho principal city 1 s Dalprosb, whereabout lol) Jewish fa- J idhi a resido in almost completo isolation, 1 I'hoy trude with their brethren in Urea! 1 tartary, and uro ougaged Ut thc wool ud silk trade or iu tho salo of citrons. ? ['hoy, too, trace their origin from tho j fahy Ionian captivity; ior, according t.> tradition still possessed among thom, 1 heir ancestors settled In Persia in thc 1 Imo of Nebuchadnezzar, and did not rc- 1 poud to tho appeal of ?'./.ra to return to ' .turn t i Palestine. Their mode of lifo ' oscmblea that of tho Persiana iu general. ' L'hoy hold bu- beard in high csteom and ' rcrr long bowing reins. They have ' CVLI.I1 sj uagoguos, ami obtaiu scrolls ot ' ho law from Bagdad. The celebrated Lfricau travclor, -Mungo Park, found a (do:?y of Jowi?h famiUea in the heart of Urica, about H00 miles trom th*: coast, t is, uo doubt, thia peculiarity of tho lowish rate which inducid a French i nter on ".Medical Geography" to ox- , irosa tho opinion that "it ia questionable | du Ua r tho crossing of human varieties , enters on tho issue constant advantages ( a relation to till species, tor tho Jewish ace Seems in a wonderful manner cape- ( de of adapting itself to every chango of , b?nate, tvuilo Others Bro scarcely able to ! lear the least chango." The .mw is found in every part ol' tho | vorld in Kuiope, from Norway to Gib? . altar; in Africa, from Algiers co the . 'ape of Good Hope; in Asia, from Co- \ inn to tho t ?uucaaua, from Jaita to Pekin. | lo bili peopled Au.str.dia, and lias given ?roof ot hu powers of acclimatization indcr tho tropics, when people of Euro? . >can origin have constantly failed to j lerpotuato themselves. , . I \ O lisK V5I \/.O.Ns. i Klug'* Military Dod) Uuaril Composed . nt Irelj <>l Women, (landon ? or. i hicago Trthuuo.) Among tho other visitors to tho cxbi- i litiou has been thc Prlnco of Siam, bro iler to the King. He ill a little man, has tn cine complexion, black eyes, speaks 'nglish porfcctlyand hasohaiming man lera. Aa au oxamploof one of the good esults of the American exhibu'on, dur ng his visit ho made a oaroful ms; oction >f the goods iu tho main building and ipont thousands of dollars on the usoful lungs bc saw which were up to thc pre cut time unknown to Siam. Uo gavo m order for lou type writers to ono a ami facturer, a large order for wifes to motlier, ordered a steam engine, four lozou carpet Bweepors and a number of ?tiler ingenious things which attracted ns attention: so that these exhibitors lave tho satisfaction of knowing that hey have opened a market for thom lelves in Siam ;.t no grcah r expense than going to the American exhibition. The asl ion having been set by the Prince, argo orders for all thosogooda ho assured hem would follow, lt would therefore ippeai that tho peoploin his country, ffhioh very few ot us stop to realizo is Avico aa largo in its aroa as France, and ins a population of about 15,000,000 jooplo, arc all making rapid strides to ward modern civilization. Ho gave us some curious information, lowovor, about tho icing's amazons, thc Ltoyal Guard being composed entirely of ivomon, This battalion consists of hit), ihoson frcru among tho handsomest and cost robust gills in thu country. They roooive excellent pay and their discipline ?8 perfect. They aro admitted to serve lt tho age of 18, and ure placed in the iriny of reserve at the ago of 26. Prom that period they no loiigor servo about thc King's person, but oro employed to [guard tho royal palaces and crown land?. Du entering thc army the nma/.oiis make I vow of cbiu-tity, for which there is no ixomption unless any of them should ittniot thc King's attention and be ad mitted among Ins legitimate wives. Thc King'f choice seldom fulla on tho mott beautiful, but on thu most skilled in military oxercise. Tho costume these tvomon wear is very rich. Tho full dress is a white woolen robo embroidered with gold, the cloth is extremely lino and de ei nils as far aa tho knee; it is covered A Uh a light coat of mail and gilt cuirass. Tho arms uro freo, and tho head covered vith a gilt e.eiipie. When wearing t In ? I ress en shite occasions t In ir only mu ,>on is ft lance, which they llanillo with wonderful dexterity. With their undress hey aro armed with a musket. Thc i ittalion is composed of four companies, ach company ol 100 women commanded ny a captain of their own BOX. Hhauld tbp taptain elie tho company is drilled during three days by tho King, win points tho most compotont to sue cece! tho command. TL o King ol Siam cover uodertakos tiny expedition without '? ing uccornpu uioil by his female guard, nor doo? tic over hunt >r cvon ride without an o ci of the sumo guard, who aro dovotodl*, attaohed to his person. Every mcmhor of tho battalion hus live negressesattai '<>? od to her sorvioe. au?l, having thus no domo8tio occupation, shooan iii v ?to hi r 8olf oxolusively to tho duties of her pro fession, There is u parado ground near tho city, whore one company is shit icu il two days every week, to exoroiso them selves in the use of the lance, pistol and lille. Tho King attends ouoe a month nt those exercises, accompanied by bis brother, who sharos in some degree tho sovereign power, and distributes prizes to those most ?lesen ing. When the death of one of the partios ensues, tllO dcCOHSl . I re?oives a maguiiicent funeral, and Ute high priest pronounc . a paucgyrio, de claring that tho deccasod by her valor has merited eternal rest in the abode of the blessed. The survivor receives- tho congratulations of hor companions; but, ' as a measure of disoiplilio, is Bentonced > to paso t.vo mouths away from her <.? ;. puny in fasting ami prayer. Tho military organization Of this battalion is iBO per- . feet that tho entire army enelcavorr to imitate it. A M A l> K.*?5<?l \ KKK Uoes ni ;i Terrible Speed mid Want* l<? I .cap II DIM a Window. DES MOINES, IOWA, Sept. 29.-Fireman Huberts of thc Wabash toad arrived here yesterday on bis train, and tolls a thrill ui story of his experience with a mad .ngineer. When tho train drew out of thia placo Tuesday, ?ugiueer IJotsworth ippeared to be all right, but before they ' lind gone fur Koborta noticed that his ( companion acted queerly. At Harvey I'1 lie should have stopped for water, nu 1 1 [he fireman backed tho train down tu tho I [?roper place, while tie ongiuccr neted in ' i dazed manner. Once again on tin v road IJotsworth bogan to travel faster 1 iud laster until thc train was running ' Iffy milos an hour, 'then Hoi nit.- leal- 1 ized that IJotsworth was deranged, and -'! inst in tune grasped th? lever at Knox- 1 lille and saved tho tn.ia going through a in open switch. Faster dew tho engine, v IJotsworth standing hy with a vacant ' anile, and as tiley thuudorcd through d Bacon the maniao gave a yell and tarte I 1 .?> spring from tho ?:ab Window. The t ivatobful ?reman caught bim by tho legs 1 md while ho balanced him on the win- !' low led?o he managed with his foot to ! t .top the train. Tin conductor bel pi ?to J' jot Botsworth back lo tho baggage oar -1 iv boro he was oarofully guarded to ^t-i0! umwa and there turned over to ti um- " horities. lt ia bolioved to bo pi-rulysij ' 1; >f the brain that ail: him. I OH Spry OUI People. - i j. Christian Uechtold, IM years ol ago, i resident of St. Collis, Was a soldier in tho Napoleonic war. Mrs. Van Nostrand, of Millstone, N. f., hus complot?e! her '".dh your. At her . fete she was greeted by;i\ Ol her OWl mildren, eleven grautlcbildrou and M V- li ..I'eei. gl.: :t grandchildren. 1 I' Abraham Souther, a colored mau, of e Did Cort, N. C., has in Ids possession 1 locumoilts wilioll show that he is 10," ? years old. 1 l?i chews and smokes and is i i devo: d Mi thodist. ! rt Capt. W. ti, Reynolds, of Anderson-jd ,'illc, ?ndert*. County, T int., is 'X> I a years old. Lio is halo und hearty, and is \ i hero of .our wars 1812, tho Creek, ? tho Mexican and tho late robolii >n. Mr.-Adolph Parent, a man ol Jo years; a who has been acting aa bailiff at I'iorrc- c fillet, Quobco, for tho last tit'.-, years, ? bas just left iur tho United Stati s, with t \ viow, he says, to porfoot his knowledge 1 A tho Kngliah language. | U Willie Blackwell is the oldest man in 1 Kansas. 1 lo resides at (lieut Bond, anti . lliinks ho was born in tamplin- County, | t Y:- , in lT.So. He cati Chow two ounces s jf tob?ceo p?-r day, but abstains from I deoholic drinks. ' Seventy-two years ago llobort Tirrell, 1 ol Illunie Island, thon a soldier in tho t British army, deserted andcamoto Ami rica. Tho old niau, who is '.>d years old, has just received a pardon from tho granddaughter of .'1 0 king he deserted, and is going baos u tho old country to j die among hu, kinslolk. Nancy Baker, ot Westfield, Nf. J., is 5 ?)8 years of age. She is a widow and lives on a farm, which sho superintends, ? ltecontly sho found that one of her hired men had mowtd a piece of ground very poorly. Taking a scythe herself, Bbc went over tho work again, cutting tho grass close. Bho walks sovoral m .les a ?lay, and does a great deal of work. Wliiit a ?.-ni Cao nuil Cannot Ho. It is almost impossible to attach any importance to ono cent, but at tho same time it is a very important coin at timos, say., an exohaugo. lt will take a circular to California, and it will make you m ulder than a hatter and a March hare combined when you go to pay your fare on a horse-car und und that you have but four cents and a ten-dollar bill. Ono eeut is very small, but win n it is ad dud to tho rate of interest you ri Ot iv< on a atook, it possesses a stem magnifi cent grandeur that carries you away io-.? a htmin of music. Tho penny, it seems, was tunde to put on church plates, and, although a man may say it amounts to nothing, he will strike matches, lift mats and crawl about in tho straw on a horse car to timi tho one ho drops, lt ia so small a com that you hftvo to tako off your glove to lake hold of it in your pocket, and yet it is so largo, when thu baby swallows it, tho chances of thc baby's living "rc sume timcn not worth a Lent. Although ono cent is loss thau ten couta, yot ono cent is a great deal larger than a di mo. Many a man has goo thirsty all day with four couta in Ins pocket. For the want of that one cent tho four woro na useless aa tho olesen dien on a jut y who arc held out against hy ono. An Offendive ll rr? I li Is most distressing, not only to the per ?i m alllictc?l if he have any pride, but lc hose with whom ho cornea hi Contact, lt t a delicate maller to speak of, hut il hal .Mirted not only friend-, but lovers. Had I ir.wth and catarrh aro iiisejierablc. Dr. Sago's Catarrh ltcincdy cures the worst I cases as thousands can testify. Th? : - . ! ?j Polir}-. Tho Volley Mutual Lifo Association, of Virginia, hcgnn business Soptombei ?iii, 1878. Guarantee fi:ud, invested in bonds and mortgages I irst lion uu real ostato), sins,- uo. Tho Vniloy Mutual Lift Association of Virginia i tho largos! and tho leading Liic Association in tlie South. Over one ndliion ot' dollars hau boon paid iu oash to tho families o; deceased nicm bevt?. ?chcapuesi ot' ii* plan is demon strated >j tl;, exp?rience of those who arc ii..,'md in illustration of this Tact, wo tak I olioy No. hold by Mr. W. J*. Taue., ? ashier ot' the Augusta National Hanl;, Staunton, Vu., --Folley issued Sej.teinl.ei- 2'1, lbT8,- 8f,000-COOSO qui idly it lin ?.am. -1 evvy cost that has como against tho Company. 'Thu entire Cost to Mr. Tl ms in eight y. and six months, Membership Fcc, A ii mais, and Mon ?btv paj monis, has bceu hui 870.44, pr an average annual cost o? $8.28. Ar Ibo dato ot thia insurance Mr. l'ums was 1" yt ars ol' age. A policy ot oven amount and d ite in ano of tho most popular Old Line com [iiuiicH on tho ordii try lue plan, payable it death i nly, would have cost bim $102.75, or "-i 1.?i) per year-a saving oi ?122.211 u. favor of thc* Valley Mutual. Theories ar. casi I j advanced and joni pus rivals abouud iii thom, but roots can u..-t bo rofalcd. bust-class agents can get liberal cou braots bj applying io LEE HAOOOP", ?. uuagt r So. Ca. Department, Columbia. .\ n 11?t <--.i lng Casu. A romarkal i damago suit was tiled in u tho clerk', ollico of tho Citj' Court lo lay, says liifc Atlanta Evening Journal if J. tb. lt tb. faots alleged in tho doo nation arc cstrtblisbod n will snow i lovel plan by which a railroad under ook to stave ..ii' a damage snit. D. Il iee, tuc pit: ?loner, seth foi tb that bi ras employed l\< ibo lliehmoud anti . inviiic Ituilroad Company in duly. sH-l, DH u tl,illili-.,i ona freight train, anti hat while !. .- wus si.;:..g in tho caboose, tis priip. r pla ie, a c^i tain day of that mt.iii, th train run IV I lu track at Lulu ud tho caboo ?j waa Overturned, Lot raa injured tu tho ?nuder, Inp and iacv und ... ...i aim . ;> pormaucutlj babied. Uv. spiuu waa also parma cully injured by concussion ib all. gu nat 'ho ... litii:. tho road agreed hat. ic ce.at ion ol ids injuries ano ' . . ... . ... , .... gath. hero--: loi* .'...tungos, ib.-y would j^ivi ib.i l!)-.-],t i'ma;iunt position Of conductor .'bis p...-,..?..o i Look us u?oii iib bo rc overe-o in ni . tit ju i. i, and oeo*?pi ?< \\AA tao :* . lliy ct ?V pilli iss;, wini :e- v\a?, io i.-,.urged without causo, ll l.uius thug l.io roud kept him just lom hough ?or ibo shit .. J ol Limitations t '?ply in bis eHM} and tl?en turned bb ul'. ' lb n iia .- --.odo ib.gea. v Woman UM ? . s. Marshal. Mr..bet:?c Mill, r, it' thc th ?tod State uiprciiie Court, p' c itied in tho Unite. Haters Circuit Doutt il st. Louis ou tb norning of tho 20th ultimo, Ho au iou tie .o thats vacancy existed in tb >Hie*e of tho Hail L Ktates marshal i his distric . . . -.-'?*.i,.,;. < \ by tho death v birimul C :. -u-, and that tho Com] rod .-. of tho Treasury had demanded lb ppointmcut ot a Mari hal a l ?nterin: ust<co Miller said ho ad Icterniinod t ppoint UM Marshal ad interim l'hoot?j <V. Cuti/.uis, tho daughter i I Ibo decease ibirshu!.' Tho st ttute reipiircd that si hould fjivc build m tito sum of 820,001 nd tak" tho oath e.t oillco before tl lurk o: the Court. H. did notobser iliss Cou/.ius in Court, and would si hat as soon us sbo could furnish ti ?oliel sliti could qualify and at one. . nt ipon tho dutica of tin oillco. The il lounccmeut appeared to su-plise sovor tteiriicj.s, who were not prepared to ho ho appointment of a woman, but hould be r< membored that Miss Con/.ii ms for *i long t i: ic directed tho ex. cuti' tlVuir.H of tho i rtlec, and she p ? : ss ho friondship and iulhlonoo ol mou be highest authority .it Washington. Puntal < haiiKCM, Thc now postal regulations recent ircpnrcd at tho Post Oillco Dopartmo vent into . hc-et on September b*/, ai ht postmasters have been advised by t .'oat Ollico Department that in accoi nico with tho ruling of tho assistant! wiucy general for that dopartmoi lackugcs ot fourth-class matter (suoh ampies and packages of morohaudii mist not contain her, utter any writi >r printing on tin face or surface 0XC< be linnie and address ot thc sender, p icdcd by thu word 'Ifrom," and tlicuu .er ami . one of thu articles enclosi ?therwi.se tuc ontiTO package will bc si COtod to postage at fottor rate; . Ile oforo tho ruling of tho department 1 leon bi tho i IVool ;i at any printed m or not having tho oharaotorof perso torrcspondenco miglit he attached inch matter, A n IIOIICHI I >ui lo-y. A country negro entered ono of Iry goods storoa ot Amerious, Ga., a t laya ugo to pu rebaso a trunk, and al mnsiderablo park yiug with tho salean IS to the price oskod, lllllllly shouldc mo and left, paying 31.51) therefor, .bout an hour he i turnt I with trunk, saying that ho "had g.i too mi for his money,' '1 ho trunk was tillci Ibo top with .Mackinaw straw habt t inn! boen pa' .sd in it for thc win rho conk n'. s of tho trunk wore Wi between 87? and 8100. A Successful .Man on Atlverllililff. P, T. Barnum ri ontly saul that nUOCOfU was largely duo to his oxton advertising. There are Otl -r well km instances where this denn nt has boo: prominently ell ivo that tho fact ii thnab \? associated with thc name of snooessiul tuuortLsor. AH, for exam Kobcrt Bonner of tho Ledger; II rlolmbold, A. T. Stewart, John W . inker, Amos Lawrouco and a hos others more or less noted for their f shrowducHH amt business aptitude. The experience of tho customs im tress who found a BU it of mon's clot iinilor tho skats td' u woman sho searching in New York recently, moro than matched by that of an in tress in Wauhiugton Territory a few ago, who '.onnd that tho lady alu ..-curdling wu, a man in fomalo attir. INU, ID. ~ ..-Cl ls UK KIA?; IIOI'KI.XH I.I Ho lim. Hu' Hallie ?Vo*e and uiMtiniguiiiiied >Ian Hern ul ihr Noblo William-?Th* I'oanllile Kiit'i-t.t ol H i oiulilue lletwcen H<i|>kiuH and Hu- i-'nir Ulaliiianl. Tia-1 wo rei cut stories t<>ld by tiie Star lu ic inl lo nllogcd descendants ot" British roy ally bas created a good di ;? <d' talk among Victoria's subjects win? an- residents of New York. I lue of those aspirants claims to have prout lo upset tin- succession to the Crown, and the other to have MI clear a title to the possession or tho property of ld, ancestor?, now bold In this country, as to make a eon lest for its holding worse iban useless, ling I(sinnett profess to look at the subject us a project started in the way of speculation, bill do not deny that there 111113- 00 some foundation for tho subject matter, os thc peculiar babils of Ibo Georges und their de scendants and well kuown facts of un w I Ittoil history Thc picture of (he lace of Caroline Louise Kent, published in the Star of yesterday, ami who has long concealed her idculi y while resident hen,', has bul t" bo looked at . moment to couviuco reflecting people that tho ruling sovereign of Kngland may pos sibly bo lier mother. LU r statement is so straightforward that, in spite ol all the obstacles likely tobe thrown in the way of proving its truth and authenticity, shaking, as it docs,, tho fouu dations of Hie throne ot one of thc most ?1 ?wt rftil empires in tito universe, many people stand ready to take up thc cudgels for .Miss Kent. ThCSCpeople arc uot only inimical to the present occupant of thc ;i,rone, but afc bitterly ppposed lo the suc tion. If her claims are established they will not bo a How et fib bc ignored. Toa Star reporter thc British Consul General said yesterday tlint he had notas yoi had an opportunity to read thc Mar's i ? i ii le, as ho had only lately returned from K.uropo; but had it preserved for last night's perusal. Until he bad looked over it lie would not express an opinion as to any thing stated therein. Tho tilar'a own particular claimant, Clarence George Hopkins, is no less ont! tied to consideration from Ibo fact of his close resemblance to Ute same family, but tuen is a much moro si l iking rcsomblauco to William, his alleged maternal grand father, than lo any other of ibo family. Ho has the same nose, thu identical un studied care about his dross, hut the same, look of intelligence of the high patrician onie; shows ju every line 0? his face. His eye has tho glauco of one horn to command, md although he may have used it for thc common eyery day purpose Of selecting type from thc ? ase for bread winning only, its i'm is undimmed, showing that loree of circumstances has not for a moment 'pleached tho ambition of Ids life-there* COY. rv of his inheritance, with all its right i'u! ?lowers, and the possession of thc vast anns now illegally withhold from him. Mr. ( laieuee George Hopkins, whose ?..launs tiie >Star has already sci forth, is no : ready lo confer willi Caroline Louise Kent, and will undoubtedly do so, as hy joining their mutual interests they may m i kt- a i imhiualion too strong to he rc . led. At ..ny ralo it ls Mr. Hopkins' linn ti mi nat ion lo make some arrangement with Caroline Louise Kent by which their : 11 ul uni claims caa bo prosecuted together, instead of making il n double issue from IWO points of departure. Its outcome no olio can foreste, bul undi its decision it mus! create no small uneasiness among pcopli high in authority in Merrie Kngland. -Aew V"ik Star, Scjit. 28. MU: soi ins IMII NTH\ . Vin,MIHI oi Capital Invented Xeari*, Thrice rm urge ni in issi'.. li M UM. ., Ml)., Sept. ".".I.-The Manu /./../"/.( rs s liccord publishes today a review of Hu Industrial growth of the South luring tho nine months ol lv>7. Acorn ourison ol ibo new industries for tho first nine months of 1887 and 1880, which in chul?s a wide diversity of How enterprises, -lows un increase in industrial and manu facluring establishments from J,l?."> in I88? lo 3,504 in 1887. Tho amount of capital and capital stock represented hythe li.st ot new enterprises, thc enlargemonl of old plants and rebuild for the first nine months of 1S87, ns compared with the corresponding time in I ?"1?0, is as follows: States. ivs;. issi}. Ala! ama. $38,107.000 $8,055,500 Alkalis,,,. 38,014,000 14,880,000 Florida. LU 17,uno 1,310,000 Georgia. 12,048,000 3,055,000 oei.tucky. 31,383,000 30, b iv!, 700 L mlslann. 0,507,000 1,055,000 Maryland. 13,034,000 0.153,000 Mississippi. .. 8,253,000 644,000 South Carolina. 2,504,000 71S.0OJ North Carolina. 0,483,000 2,003,300 Tennessee. 83,040,000 7,040,000 l.\as. 18,508,000 4,138,000 Virginia. 21,234,000 0,874,000 Wost Virginia.. 0,210,000 5,478,800 Total.$212,455,000 $88,884,200 in summing up the industrial develop mont of the South since 1870-80, thc lier ? rd show., I bat 15,000 miles of railroad havo been bulli, costing, together with Im provements lo old roads, over $000,000,000: thc assessed value of property has Increased upwards of $1,000,000, and since 1S7?J thc cotton eio]i alone has sold for $2,500,000, 000, oran average of $300,000,000 a year, ami the total value of Southern agricul tural products being tiver $700,000,000 a year. - Pierce'-, "Pleasant Purgative iviici?," Positively Popular; l'rov KC Cruise; Provo Priceless; Peculiarly Prompt; I'er eoptibly Potent; Producing Permanent Profit; Precluding Pimplos and Pustules; Promoting Purity and Peace, l'archnsc. iv ne, cuy. Pharmacists Patronizing Pierce Procure Pl ay. A Drensmaker't kKempt in HmugKle. Among the passe n ge i ' who arrived at New Vuik on the steamship La Gascongo Sunday was a Boston dressmaker named Miss M. Kennedy. When her baggage hod i icen placed on the dock she opened ano of lier trunks, and. taking out a silk dress, , tirelessly threw it on the lloor. Then she quickly picked Up a box that lind been under die dress and handed it to a man, Who started to place it in his trunk, which lind been passed, The move was soon by poola! customs officers, who seized the bo* md arrested tho woman and man. Thc I box contained four bandsomo hand-em hroidorcd dresses worth several hundred ? lullars eacli. The tiros? that had boen thrown i,side was found to lie lined with costly laces and ?ilk and satin dress goods. An inspeclress lound thal Mus Kennedy inid lines, silks, "tc., to the va?uo of HOV end thousand do. .rs com-calcd on her per son. Her other baggage, three trunks anti packing case, were se i /.ed, luit not opened, The goon? discovered are valued at $7,000. Il is thought that thc other baggage will yield as much more. Usc the groat specific for 'Void ju hoad" and carlarrli-Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.