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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?. UNI Mili rm; cz Airs mir. HOW THU PEASANTS Ol-' lt USS 1 v AUK Kl?r r I N sr n.i uorioN. 1.ii Hom ? .ii ?Mit > ..Tltolr Llon\ps, Tilling tim Soil. llm-voMtliig Sceueg--An I ul o rom lug I.ft ter on I lu? Customs ol a lleillUI'k able Nation. (P. 8. Heath in Now Vork Mail Rial Kxnrens.) Kr. PETKltsm'KO, December 28. Peasant life life in Russia presents an .interesting study. In Hie rural putt ion of the country is found quito three fourths of the enliro population, Sh Petersburg and Moscow lieing tho priu cipal cities, aud therefore tin- bono aud sinew is with this olasa uf poople. Only about 5 per cent, of thc pea inls cnn read and write, mid lew have the ordi nary instincts of man and woman. They aro superstitious, ignorant und stupid. Put thin is not a wonder, Tin y have [ been a free people scarcely loilgor than j the blacks of Am?rica, it being during thc troublous slavery limosin tho United titatos that Aloxandt r II, issued ai; ukase Siviug the white slaves ol' Kassia free om. They wei?- not .slaves in tl sense ol' being owned, body and soul, by their land lol ds. Thc lund which Hay occu pied was tho property ol' the nobility, and nono were permitted, when once located on a farm, to leave it permanent ly or to go beyond a certain distance, even temporarily. No schools were provided for Hie peasants- during the tune of si ivory, none arc provided now, mid thou, as at the present timo, the design ol' tho Czar, influenced hy tho nobles, wa* to keep thom in thc densest condition ol' servi tude and igm rn nee. Their earnings uti thc farms aro panged by the landlords so that they have just enough on which to j live. Asno means were provided for the elevation ol the slaves when they In - 1 cunio serfs, they lia ve remained exactly | where they were found, and for ad prac tical purposes t!'ry might jus! as well havo remained claves, lt is generally I behoved that tho Czar's ne! in emanci pating them was tj gain diplomatic favor abroad, IN A PEASANT'S noun. A peasant's house is a vcr\ rudo ! ?Structure and Contains none of Ibo ele ments of comfort, healthfulness or cleau liucss. Frequently tho stahl. >. m. - nuder ; thc sanio roof willi thc leiituit. His allowance of furuituro, food MIA cloth ing being lixed hv Iiis landlord, ho li voa '? scantily. The building is usually of | pine or cedar logs about toil inches ill diameter, barked und set ne ttly to rother. lt is of ono story in height, wilb one room, generally has throe or four win dows, with ono sash in eaoll, ami they aro protoctod from the outsido by rude board Bhnttcrs, which when closed at night make complete darkness within iud vent dation miserable. The lion;., aro of logs aud earth, and tho bids are ou the lloor. There aro no stoves in a peasant's house. A stick and clay chimney tire place SUfUccS. Herc warmth is scoured, und tho food is cooked in kettles. Tho tinnily meal is spread on tho il mr, and ibo repast is partaken of while sitting on folded legs, tailor sty lo. lu front i I r an y of these homos, which aro covered viii hay alni polis a rough sort ol th'.tch-tho traveler frequently sees a drosky from thc city, tho vehicle of tho landlord, who pays daily visits. The peasant lum very crude ugrieultui.il im plements. I|c generally muk?s them at bis own furnace ami gives them finish and polish on his own griudbtono, The peasant's grindstone is u huge affair, is turnod hy one mun, while auother, sitting up on a frame above it, manipulates thc implement. Axes, plow shares, soytho?, wagon tires, portions of harness, horseshoes and ovorything used about a farm or stable are finished on j tho grindstone. A crude liltle finn,ic, heated with "peat" or pine chips ami the grindstone comprise tho manufacturing appliances of tho peasant, His plow is a simplo polo with handles on a dead level with tin; tongue, which bas au offshoot downward, on which thc share is nailed or tied. A plowing scene in ltussia, with tho rough old frame, tho ci mle, triangular or diamond-shaped shan: and thc tiny little furrow made, would he disgusting as well us pitiable to thc Amoricau fann er's oyes. Tho diuught or weight of tho plow comes directly from th? high bowed hamo, which extends two i< ? i above thc horse's neck mid which is fas tened to thc collar. Instead of traces the tongue or shafU do the pulling. Tho ltiissian in no walk of lifo has yoi learned tho ph i lo i >p ! i y of direct draught from tho collar of the horse. All vehicles are drawn by tho shafts and tongm s, aud those are fuatcuod to thc high hamo or bow, which in turn is tautened to the collar. There is no such thing as trnco straps or chains. Carriages aro thus drawn. WOMRN TIM BEAL WORKKRS. Tho womon in ltusaia do tiro-thirds of tho work in tho ountiy. There arc im mouso wheat, oat and nay Holds every where, and in August there ls great ,.cli\ity in the country. Tho largo ma jority of persons at work are womon, They wear short dresses, plain and straight, and a loug pince, of cloth over their heads Uko Hie Arabs. Tho wheat ij sown broadcast, mid if not cul by tho wdmon willi sickles is harvested with Hie old-fashioned scythe, which has a two pound snead and a broad, ?hort blade, From the snead up to Hie handle there is a wooden bow something like, in np pcarancc, the half of a heavy barro! Loop. This bow keeps the wheat, oto., from fulling book over tho scythe handle aud scattering. 1 hnvo never jet seen a man who would deign to gather up, hind Smj ?stack tho wheat or oats when onOC it was foiled. Tho women must do this whilo tho men do tho "gentlemanly" work, although I huve Keen many women , cutting tho grain with tho scythe. Th? neighbors club together in harvest and help ono another. A Russian harvesting rondizvons is quite lively, and is the scone of ti OQOtlj crowd Tho old men and young, boys aud girls, with thoir mothers, grand mothers and aged women, assemble at daybreak, There aro a number of horses, on which aro carried water, food and extra implement*. Tho horses Hie boys and mon ride, while the old women I walk. Thoy always carry tlio scythes, Corks and rakes buck ami forth evory ' j day, lUld work as long na tia ro is day-1 j light; aud since it is daybn ak al ?la. m. ? and not dark lill I) 80 p. m., tho bonis of i labor aro loiig DUOS. I Tho (orin, used in th?- Holde aro mada j of tho prongs of troo brauohes. A limb ; ia solootcd add 'li has al hast throo off shoots, aud from lliis a hay or wheat lorie ia made. Tho wheal la stacked at first Uko that of America, excopl in tho matter of caji sinai's. Instead of tinco Ol four top-;,heaps just ono is placed? ll i. turned heads down and .spread s<> as to Cover tho *.utiro stack. Tho hoads of Hussiau wheat are long and Blonder ami tho grain small and red. lt would bo graded at Du nth or'Ohioago as N<> 2. tho straw is rauk and slondor, and tho viotti a little moro prolific titan in Alu. t tea. lt is harvosted and sown in tho same month, August. When tho v.laid is Btttlloiontly matured it is hauled on long, alonder, oro-korso wagons to thc windmill on the farm and thrcshod. Mauling wheal to thc thresher a, a loisuroly anil lazy work, und is never done till the plowman ?vants tho ground i it occupies. The windmill which fur nishes tho Hail power for thc threshing is tho sume lound throughout Itolluud aud Oormany, [tis double-armed, tho same as tho one. Don Quixote sot out lo conquer. These mids are very cotntaou around Wars'tw, in Poland, and arc used for ovory conceivable work, thc women even grinding their coffee, churn ing and washing witb Hmm. Thc J lightest breeze sots thom gi ung, os their faces arc turned against thc wind BO as to oatoh its full ferco. This appears, I io wovor, to li ; tho only labor-eaviug in Btitutiou found in Utissin. .1 asked a landlord why ho did not in troduce tin modern impli monts . n his finnis, aud was informed that labor was too ch. ap; bosidos, il was fonud ad vautagcouB to give as many people- work in the country as possible*, because it they go io the towna or cites they be come troublesome! ll will not bo till thu .-cits leave the farms that ltussin will have modera improvements; and not till thou will shocompote to any great <.** tont with thc United States in supplying thc wheat markets of Kuropo. NO KDUCATION I OU TUK POOH. ' ithough ignorant and kept away from general communication, tito peasants in Hussia ure becoming greatly (liss dialled with tho way they arc treated by tho government and tho landowners, Tiny take tho recently issued edict on tho subieot of cduoatfon to cover their ease more especially than that of any etiler ol uw. The ministry of publie odnoation has bul recently declared that it will Btop tho last avonuo possible to tho edu cation of tho pom classes, ft will not pi rmit them to cuter even tho privat? universities, and has closed tho doors ol thc publie ones by a circular to tho cu rators of the scholastic circuit -, au mimicing Hud "gymnasia nut! pin gyinuasiu will houcoforth refuse to ro< ccise OS pupils tho children ol doun st io .servants, OOoks, washer women, .small shop-koepora and others of bk? condition, whoso children, with tho cv coption, perhaps, of tkoeo giftol witl extraordinary capacities, should not bi raised from tho circle to which they bo 1 mg und 1)0 thereby led, aa long ab ex pOrionco hos shown, to despise theil paro its, to bieune discontented wit! their lot and irritated against tho incvit able inequalities of existing social posi lion:'." Thc real re tuon that this extraordin?r; proclamation hos bc on issued is tin growth of Nihilism. This tho otlicial freely and frankly admit. They sic that as Boon as tho child ol' a peosan gets into Behool Mid begins to read au? think ko or sho becomes u Nihilist, nm goes into tho community from wuono the pupil came and spreads tho infoo Hon. S i thc last ohanuol to Intolligono is lo bo thus dosed. Thc edict wa issued at ibo instance of tho nobility mid is also intended t<? check tue emigro tion from the farms to the cities, V Itig Pl li Storj. A most remarkable story of trout tish ing comes from Catie breton Island, i tin? extremo northern part of Noti Scotia. Thc narrator s hero is hirasul and he says that one writer, being tire of salt beef, went out t<> otttoh trout P bis bible, tn that locality the ?lsh ai quite plentiful ?ben the waters Of Hai. Aim-lco aro Buflloiently warm to cam them to seek a cooler retreat, and i Ibo day in question thc conditions mu have been unusually favorable, for tl haberman :, only trouble was in tho < cition of landing tho numerous catche So cager, indoon, were tho lisli thal Hu would often jump above thc water to g I tho bait, and the sportsman oouoludt to facilitate matt -rs by dangling tl hook about a foot above tho wator ai getting on his knees ami giving tho tlsl aa fast as they jumped up, a doxtoro box <?u thc curs that sent them nprawlii on tho loo. Thc plan worked admirabl and the narrator's bund was kept busy that ho was ll nally forced by she fatigue to put au end to tho not pastime. V bat is called a conservati estimate places thc quantity of lisb t cured at over four barrels. Tho gent man was proltably willing to return salt heel before, bo exhausted tho supt ou hand. What a paradise for iiugh that particular stream must be! A what un inventive genius that lo?)0 flt orman in! l in. Ilnteli i ntu?. The thirty-seven agrieuitiuul colley and experimental stations which bu boen hungrily watching and waiting I tito llrat pay munt of their $10,000 a y? which Congress voted them in Man 1887, w ill perhaps got over frowning Comptroller Durham now. Bo baa i a request for a lump sum of $585.000 them in tho urgent deficiency bili, w Hu- calm statement that ho could not i the money out bccuu.se the bill was i drawn so as to empower him to de He does not say that tho man who di tho bill Showed himself to bo rat In i chump, but that is what he means jonvoy. The comptroller nays that der tho piovisioiiB of tho Act Dak established otic evpeliluOllt 1.1 dion, I other*.States have boon making eulin monta and improvements, but lie hus been able to give them a penny yet. ian I il terrible, hubby, that they al a man lo h..ve fou'" wives in Tm kt "Not so terrible ag lt would Ito If ll v ooinpuWory, my dear." ?AN HCl. MANNING'S 1,1 i i:. A I'oor HIIJ Wini Hntlo llliusolf Olin ol tho tl run I ?vd Politician*, w l om I lie Now York Press i Daniel Maiming was boru in Albany, August ?<<. 1831, His father theil when ho was u child, and ho was obliged to pr?vido for himself whon only uino years of ugo. Hie ll rsl employment woe in tho oflloo ol l'a Albany Atlas, whioh was subsequently morged into tho Aigns. Ho began by sweeping out the olliue, uoil in course of limocamo to bo tho "devil" of tho establishment, While in this posit iou ho learned toi Bet i vj-e. and gradually rose to tho posi- ! tion of foreman < 1 tho composing room. Then ho joined t he reportorial staff of tho Argus mal first reported tho (uar kt. I,. Afterward ho was appointod to report tho proceedings of the state ?ou ote, and was employed in that capacity for n number of years. He subsequently ' became a stockholder in the Argus, and in 1805 was made associate editor. When William Cassidy, tho ehiof editor and pr? i ; ut of tho Argus Company, died in ISo-, Mr. Mainline, !: .judgment, j.moral intelligence and business talent obtained for him tho presidency of th? company, Ho vory soldo m ?roto any editorials for tho pnpor, but contented himself with UK otiug and managing its allah's. In 1873 ho 'Uso became connected with tli" National Chemical Hank of Albany, und waa eleotcd n dircotor. He ivas ad? : vauccd lo tho vicc-prosidonoy in 1881, I and in tho following year, upon the; death of G ono ral Robert H. Pruyn, hoi became tho president. Ho wa? also al membor of tho Albany Park Cominis? stoners, one i i Ibo trustees ol tho Port Orango Club, a dircotor ?>f tho Albany Huilway, tho Albany and tjusquuhunnu Railroad Company and tho Albany Klee-1 trioal Light Oomnauy, .Mr. Manning during all his lifo took I an active interest in politics, bul it was j only of late years that lie became Known ' asa political leader, ll" was scarcely' known at all in political circles outside of Albany prior to tho election ?d' Samuel .J. Tilden iv* (?oven or of New York. Ile wa i appointed a deJi gate from Albany lo ! the convention ol 187'!, whioli nomi nated 'Mr. Tilden for Governor, ami, proved so useful iu the campaign which followed Dud he gaine?! Mr. Tilden's, conlidcuco. Ho was always a Democrat, au i thoroughly believed in tho princi ples of that putty. lu 1870 ho was elected a mei..ber of ; tho Democratic Stale Committee. In 1879 Ml) ho served BS secretary of the committee and iu 1881 ho was chosen its president, a position he occupied con tinuously for BOveral years. ' In 1880 In laid become regarded as Mr. Tilden's most trusted adviser, and wan one ?d' tho most inlluentinl members of the New York delegation in tho national conven- I Hon which nominated General Winlield I S. Hancock for President. lt was through him, as chairman of tho New York delegation, lhat Mr. Tilden com uumicatcd lo thc convention ids do-i cisi?n not to stand again for tho Prcsi- ! dency. lt ba? bein Baitl thal Mr. Manning was mainly instrumental in securing th? nomination of Mr. Cleveland f< r Presi dent, and that a month previous to tho racotiug of thc State. Convention of 188:! he remarked to somo political friends ? who called on him at tim Argus ollice: I "It seems to me wo had better nominate dis man Clovoland, ol Buffalo," At thc special request of Mr, Tilden, President Cleveland invited Mr. Man ning to become .? member of his Cabinet and offered him tho ?Secretaryship of tim Treasury. Ho was always a mau of delicate health, and upen the ground that his physical condition would not warrant lom in assuming tho labor- of tho o Oleo Mr. Manning at fust declined, Intlu? enccs wei'O brought to bear whioh ilually inducid iiiin to i nter Mr. Clovoland s Cabinet. Tho labors O? his position, as ho fear- : od, Wiro more than lu; could sustain. Ho was returning i rom n Cabinet moot ing on March 23, and was about U> enter tho Treasury building whon ho was at tacked With dizziness, and foll heavily to ! tho ground. Ho was taken to his home in a carriage, wh?ro he remained for a considerable time uudor tho care .?f Iiis! physician. He tendered hi* resignation as Secre- j hoy of tho Treasury to tho Prosidont ou Juno-1, but Mr. Cleveland rofuscd to : accept il, and induced him to take a long vacation. Again Mr. M inning sent i in his resignation on February I I, of this year, to take i licet on March I, and this timo tho President accepte?! tl with regret, which ho expressed in a lengthy eulogistic letter. Mr. Manning thou buk a trip lo Kli mpe and spent some time at tho Bcaaido resort of Bournemouth, but recoived no i permanent benefit. Previous to Iiis resignation ho was offered thc presiden cy of the Western National Bank, which was about to begin business iu this city. This posiliou im also declined upon the -core of ill health, hut waa told that if lie would accept it lie would he, given a leave ol absence which he COUltl termi nate at Iiis own pleasure Ho consented to this arrangement and tho hank was opened. Miss Mary Little was Mr. Manning's first wih', whom bo married in 1858, She died in 1882, leaving four children. The oldest son, dames Hilton Manning, is managing editor o( thu Argun, and tim othor son, Frederick Clinton Manning, is un active young btn.incm man, Ono of tho daughters ts tho wife of John A. pelobanty, an Mbany lawyer. Mr. Manning married Iiis sec?n?! wife, Miss May Marguorittu Frcyer, of Albany, on November 10, 18M-L ri \xo-i \>n ono \\< Woaro prepared to sill Pianos and Organs Ol thu best make at foctorv prices for Cash or easy instalments. Pianos from $21D up; Organs from 8-1 up. Tho venlict of tho people is that thoy can save thc fri ight aud twenty-live Ser cent, by buying of us. Instruments i livered to any depot on fifteen days' trial. Wo pay freight both ways if not satisfactory. Order an?! test in your owu homes. Respectfully, N. W. TRUMP, Columbia, H C. .J.K. Pm ma'.; Merchant Tailor Ea? tahlisbnicnt, Columbia, H. C., is in full blast. Only a look will convince any t>ne. All that want a first-class titting juit try him. A full lino of thc bet goods on hand. r.OVK'S W \ KING. 'I'lie i icMi' Hertha Munro .uni Hurl i f anband, (From iii?; Ciurhiiiall En?|iiirer ) i n Hie groat Algerian smoking room, extended '?u a divan, Hertha felt that timo laid heavy on her bando. She lost ali thought ol tho hook that she had just road, and which had Blipped from her j ap to tho carpeted Hoot, soft, thick and rioh in color.-. Tho October sun played wantonly through tho slightly opened window upon tho curtain banginga and thc gilded nails of tho furniture. Hertha dreamed ot* herself as tho maiden; recalled tho day ol her mar-j dag? , two muutllti ago, and one hy ono ! thu days, the hours which ha,;? since rolled by, aud from time to limo youl could seo hoi* shrug her bhouldcri and poifl hor lips. Hertha ia not pretty, yet somohow, if you could only .see hor, you certainly could not holp feeling that she merited hoing loved. Thc heavy treasure of her! chestnut locks massed at the hack traightcned up her head into au atti ; ludo ot noble, graceful pride. Her brown oyes, ordinarily indifferent, often mocking, forgot themselves sometime:;, and fitrayod Oil' into dreams. And her j mouth, a little large, perhaps, but it know how to laugh one of those clear, ringing laughs that you felt came from a ! real good, honest soul. LtOVO? Well, no! she did not love.' Why ? ti is that eternal history: A rich heiress', a commoner, though',a Parisian, who prom laud her: elf within lil'toon years to bear a title and have a "inion," sho had not understood that tho bravo yoting man who called himself simple George DUptcand lived ten months out nf tho I '.ehe OU his lauded estate, kuow-, iug I'.uis only hy several weeks ol each' year lhere, h id given to hoi something as rare as fl line name in bringing to hen his great, good heart and strong youth. Ah, il ho hud boon O man ol' tho world, : if tho women had spoken in low tones of his follies, the young gin would then, perhaps Itavo remarked that in tho great lillie oyes of her lover lhere was enough franknecii for all hor confidence; love enough for a wealth of allection, She did not know that ... >n tu has no time for lovo in l'an.-; that toldado and the free air of tho wood- are tho best coUnsolors of tin heart, Hertha uevor once doubted herself, and I should have never guessed ft if she had told mc of it, and lids was how it cune about. While she lay lhere dreaming, t ia: SUU commenced to set and tin' indiscreet ray east into her chamber, slid over tho tiowory carpet and cun uiugly approached the young woman. lt kissed lier foot first, then lier Unie.;, and mounted even lu her faoo. Dazzled by the light. Hertha roSO to go and close toe bliudo, Nie? , n ?ar th?i window, iu thc cm bra-me, c.d a. pretty h th: piece of turnitun usually looked ?tb a key. This day tho key had been loft in tho lock and one of tba. drawers was left partly open, und anion;' a common lot id papen Hertha perceived a package of letterti bearing Ooorgo'a address, and haviug nothing oleo to do t<? amuse hor st li, ami noting tho superscriptions to bc in the line, light hand of a woman, and as si louee roignod in the dosed chamber. Ibo ray of the sun itself having disappeared, sho untied tho ribbon that secured the letters and began the lead ing of thom, Tho llrst Baid simply "Von ave not thoughtful, ni} dear friend. I asked for ll few roses, a small bouipu t for my courage, and you .sent mo a .sheaf of Howers! I pardon you, but Bl 0 that V?u are wiser in the future. Hy hy. "Lot'lBB." A pocket of letters is like a book; one loves to linger over thelcavCS and glance through thom before reading them. Bertha took from tho middle of tho package au envelope ornamented with tt silver monogram and drow out of it another billot; it was scarcely larg?.? than tho lirst, but it sai i more, termi nating with these words: "Non arc liandsomi I" This time it was signed "Lonlu." This gave renewed intorcst, and, bet curiosity touched, she absorbed horsoll in their rending for a long time. Slit bepamo passionately interested, for her hands trembled each time she unfolded a letter. One time even she displayed ii little shiver of auger, and the toll-tali red flushed her countenance. Suddenly she heard a voice calling hoi from without, that of her husband, win had returned. She olosod thc drawei (ptickiy, ran ont upon thc steps and found herself faoo to face with George Uo was standing there, his gun negli gently thrown on his shoulder, cap ii his blind and a little (lusty and a little tanned, but joting, strong and happy Tho day hud been a good one and ac cording to his custom he told hor of liii luck and ot tho inciden' ; of his hunt. Hertha lookod without saying any thing, and in iuoking al him and listen iug to his dear, vibrating voice sb< scorned to hoar another voice, tho sof voice of a woman, breathing into hoi oar am', saying to her: "Tell him. Vol am handsome" "Conic, tell me, said George to her "1 have asked you tho question nov three times, Shan't WO have duiner il half an hour? I am dying of Inniger What say?" "Very well, ccibiinly," said she coming out o? hot rcverio. While lie mounted to his apai'tmeu she remained thoughtful several min Utes, caressing with a nervous liam Jack, tho favorite sj-\nii l. Ol whon was she thinking!1 Stopping for severn minutes sho then iptickly ran up th stops ami ititer d. In tho smoking room, before tho sam drawer ol tho same piece of furniture Bertha resumed her interrupted reading She opeucd the hist letter of the packagi which ran thus "MY pB.tR FRIRND: Thoy speak c your channing finance, and 1 know yo must lovelier. To you I Ruy, *Hc Imf py.' To her I oun wish nothing. Hf she not (matched all this good fortun I mm me? Docs she know tho fu measure of happiness':' I would so Mk to tell her. lhere! there! I grow wea and foolish. Adieu. "HOI ISK." Hertha refolded tho letters, tied thei together, and pressed them back wit tho other papers into tho drawer, thei seating herself in tho largo arm chai near tho window, remained ?pilot art p.mai ve. Tho timo rolled by and tho y omi woman hecamo so lost in her drean that alio, did not bear George ontor. He loaned over tho baok of tho chair mu? ? a: ked, laughingly: "Don't yon know thai (linnet is ready'.''' lieitha raised ot) hin? her moistened ey CB. "What! weopiug?" said ho. "No," said Hbo, rising. LHtcn ; asscd her arte arouud M i' ncok of hor husband ind sighed, "No. I lo ve you; I that k all." i III: CO 1.1 M m A SIM INAUV. Dr. Wood ru a Claims thal lim Uar t p<m Him ital llGOII 'lt 'IMi-ni.' L'hoSoutiiein l'reshyterian, publiai ? i and edited by Dr. .lames Woodrow, i ito professor in the Columbia Theological Seminary of natural science in it-, rela tion to revealed religion, and pre.v. nt professor in the s mth Garoliuu Univer sity of geology and /.oology, laal Thurs day contained s column diloriui, entitled "? he wa? u ,. wed,' embodying : iu gloater detail the following blatouu ute and oommonl - "(Jue of tho ?nditccmonlH o Herod to students in the Theological Seminary that the lectures of tho professors ol ?South Carolina University are open i them. Accordingly diiriug tho last 't \. months several of tho Sorain orv > tildi :.: have been attending Prof. Woodrow's! classes, sonic regularly matriculating as University students aud others ohtatniuj permission front tho professor '.. attoud regularly as visitors. Their attendance suddenly ceased. Adi r a lim;- ono of them reappeared. I rom I'M? n inutos ot tho New Orleans Presbytery tin; South-I crn t'resbytorian now learns tin canso i i tho cessation and reappearance, ami as certains that thc attendance was forbid- ; den by Profs. Tadlock, Girardeau and Herzman. Tim Ne A- Orlcant l.'resbyto ry, after cousidoiiug on tho 27th of Do-i oombor a communication fi ?rn the faculty of tho Seminary relative to that! Presbytery's candidate, who, acting nu-, der tho Presbytery's As&ombly rei. spondent, announced bis purpi o to ; tond Prot. Woodrow's lectures contrary to tlie wishes ol' the faculty, adopti ?1. by a vole ol' 18 lo il, resolutions i istainiug tho faculty and disapprovidg tho action ol' tim Presbytery - corresponden! ; education.'' The Presbyterian adds that il) Oct? hoi Prof. Woodow was earnestly requi ? in thc namo of tho Seminary students, to taken number ol thom under in. iu structions, either iu Ids ntudy or else where, but peremptorily declined, '.vi subsequently several of them matricu lated at the Uuivorsity in ordi r to attend Iiis lectures, and as be could throw no obstacles in t ho way of such act i JU, they did thereafter attend thom. Soon -onie of the students ci ascd attending, und Prof, Woodrow learned that the Hov. (i. A. Ilinokburn, h.. Girardcau's son-iu-law, pastor of the Second L'rosby terian ( ?burch m Columbia, hal in for mud Bovoval students that their attendance at Prof. Woodrow's Uuivorsity lecture- was in juring the Seminary by causing outside friends to withhold contributions, amii tho support of those w ho persisted .ti attending would bo eu' oil'. Sul>:tcquont- ! ly Dr. Gitardeau told om- w ho 'iud been attending thal such action was ni din e! opposition to thc wiil of tho on iv? Church, and Unit if Btlldonts .ve;( ... lowed to list? n to Prof. Woodrow's lec tures tho entire elVeet of tic Church's! struggle for tho last three years would bc aulliUod. Tiie student, regarding this ns au ollieial opinion, not i lcd thc' faculty of his intention of renewing bis ntl ida:.ce al the lectures. Ibis an no UCCmcnt was not replied to by thc faculty, l?ut they sent the oommunioa tioU alu;.dy mentioned lo thc New < ?! leans Presbytery. Tho Southern l'reshy ter inti expresse* reglet that Dis. Tadlock and Uer/.mau have bhowu thomsclvc; outitlod to a place by Dr. Girardcau's side in tho front rank of oxtroinist partisius, and eays that it had not thought ibu thoy would "be found uniting with theil COI league iu boycotting a professor who is quietly discharging hi*i duties in tho ?-dato I nivt rsity," lt is evident that tins new develop nient will tend lo koop open tho question ol evolution sc long fought over. lt is a curious fitOt that even .ho practical ex Communication of hr. Woodrow hos nu! kept theological Undents from seeking his instruction in geology and conse quent dicta as to the origin ol man. \ (loud Th I HR for Ito?, . .Manual training is one of till lew good tilings that is good for everybody, lt is good for the neb boy, to tenoh him rc? spcot for the dignity of beautiful work, lt is good for tho poor boy, t" lnoronso| his facility for handling tools, if tonis prove to UC the thing he in,ed !..indie for a living afterward, lt is good for Hie, bookish boy to draw him away from hjoks. Hut, most ol all, il is good for the non-bookish boy, too, m showing him that there is something that ho dan do wi ll. The boy utterly nuable, even if lie were studious, to keep up in hoi I knowledge and percentage with thc brighter boys, becomes discouraged, dull and moody. Let him go to thc work room for an hear, and lind that ho can make a box or plane a tough piece of hoard i s well as the brighter scholar, nay, very likely bettor than his brighter neighbor, and you have given him an impulse of self-respect that is of untold heneiil to him when ho goes bnok to bis studies. Ho will be a beter ami bright er boy for finding out something that ho can do well. .Mind you, it it; not planing tho hoard that docs bim good: it is planing tho hoard in thc presence oi other boys who ian no longer look down upon him when they seo how well he can plano. lie might go borne after school and plane a board in tho bosom of Iiis family,-or go to an evening school to learn to plane, without a quarter part, nay, without any, of thc invaluable ellect upon his manhood that it will have to lot bim plano side hy side with those who In mental attainments may hu bis supotiors. -American -Magazine. A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch says thal tho manifesto Issued hist nigh! by the Joint as sedation and the Knights of Labor de clares that the die is cast and that a general strike al all lilly live collieries lu thal re gion, except those conceding thc eight per emt. advance, will be inaugurated today. Five Rending collieries In operation ye. t< r day had barely sufficient men nt work to keep up appearances, lu addition to the lteading and various collieries, all mineral mining company (Pennsylvania Railroad) i opcraliousinShamokiudiSlrlct have ceased. ItOmil-M) >M: itt. \T1 S Ouirageons ?UOIHIito! ?I II V<.-. .-. ??_?.-.>?.?* in l.u .canter Count}. (Prom tim I..i?>< astor lcd,:, r . About dusk on tho evening ol tho 2U li ult., whilo Mr. W. -1. Blaokmoi . ?vi ". to-do fermer, who lives ?ii th? totora wotion of this county, was ut Iii about holy yards distant from iii .. vi :! in,,', lookiug after his stock, several r 80)18 :sot upon ?lim willi dubs ;.?:-: EUOfcl brutally lu iif imo until thoy aupposod they hail killed bim, when they took Jun ?.?.yu fr -m bi-; pocket itnd throw lui into the stable, liam Kelly? a coloro ! buy, who lives about 200 yards oil', Was thc Ural to apprise anj ono of Air. Black? mon's condit ion, l ie says ! ii . beard tl>o blows and supposed Mr i:. wau boating ont of the mules, so hi ? . t to tho atablo and found Mr, B. iyin tho stable as ho supposed dead, ile cul jed to his mother nod told ber that Ibo; mulos !?...! i 'Te ? Mr. Bptokiuoit. They 1 informed Mo-, lllaokmon, who wascook big : uppi r, ;<1 they oil throe ran to '.!..' stable where Mr, B. v.: ". lying tnsi nsi blo and bleeding profusely frbhi bis t wounds, Mr. B. ?Vits removed to his house and a physician scsi io: n post haste. ' ' ; I In tim meanUme, vvbil? Mrs. !'.. w't',a ort looking?tftyi '?.i' husband, tito par ti.-; who committed thc dastardly and atrocious outrage entered the dwelling through tho front door, cud going 'idol ibo roo., i ?viten Mr, B, keeps ' de, attempted, w :: h tho keys they lu; : taken i from his pocket, lo open it.* Puiliui In this and breaking tho knob oil .. dooi thoy tb rev/ tho key.-: o,? u I e I in en adjoining room through which the} bad tu pass una departed. Thc following morning un ii ;.. i on of the ntablo lot was made 1er h icloyiuil trucho ol threo persons wore found t .t ing from tho hack part ot the lot to and around fbi; .' dil- to '.io: point wi el'O Mi I! ivas assailed, rho irueks were nppar-. cutty made by two persons weariest: wo men's shoes and one wearing bi, ' . nea ?-tho largest tracks bciug made by mini-. her 7 ? r 8 -.hoes lind thc others !-. : i bcr (I : bot - . No ( hort i- being spared to it ;e?rtain . tito guilty parlies, tux white mei), one iv?mah and . color? I boy I ?tve ;-n ar i- ited am! lodged iu jail on titi-ptejon, ; and il is likely thal other, arrest: Will la ! outdo. Their haine! ; ie: Oren Dona, Andy !)-u-. minore ?co>', ?lim Hart/ct, Sanford Barret, Stephi :? Ifiuson, i anny Barret, aU white, and Bani h- ly, col ored. Mr. Blackmoii'.s condition much hotter and there is lillie doun! noa of his reoovery, though at lir t bi - wu i ids were ll iou gilt to ho' fatal, iii received live severe blowe pn bia ha.], besides liruisoi aud cut-.; on : ii body, tin ! bis lott forearm was bi oki:., ll o luy uno- > s?i alo fori veral d?ys, li wies hoped thu on recovering i:ouscionsuOfi howohldboi able to tell thu names of his ai .-ju.'hints, I over soon tin Mr. Blaokinon opened ?ii- safe on Monday and foitud that il r u ul . . 1 by the robbe: - ?>n tho night ol' Oin iidtli. ! A hag containing &2,000 in told MU ' taken, while ono containing HOI) iu gold was i >t touched, ii. i. ., r,. able to talk, hut dooliiu - to say much about I thu;.il.n. Ifo iiitimtitod tpOug'i, how-i e\or, to'give s'Orne visitors to nu. lerslund I thitt the guilty parties wer. within Urni teach Of too law. ll I til tl foi tl 0 shClii? yost erda} i lei i land amt ii l ett. (Url for children, "Alun ho alight i from Ititi c .miago ul tho Mitmosoh? ? lob ] House and was in Ute act oj icoconding thc st cps a little pul, Kevon or tight years ol ago, evidently the : child 'louie working people, pushed bc ?va; (brough tho crowd and stopped m froid of tho President. Tb great ... i ? mt. , ped for a momont und looked down upon ib'jj little it.trader. Bul v :.i : ho aw tho pleading expression .: :h<- brown byes of thc child, und tho lillie giri ni u-ruiir ed out. ''.I'lease, sir, I would like to shake ??and: with t;. I'residen I of the United Btatcs," tho loolt of austere dignity on thc 1'rosid nt' fuco w .., sud ilenly replaoed by a smile of : densest gratification. "Certainly, darling," bo] QUiokly responded, and thc tiny bandi Was B0OU encased in his own, while with the elle, rho smoothed hick ll. carl? from tho dimpled mee und pal < .t the blush-tinged check, fifty yeera from ; uow thal little giri will probably be toll ing her grandchildren tho incident of her mooting with t resident Clcvi I iud SK Paul Globo. A ii ' Ire. ii in i* ii I ol ai. 1)1.1 I nt ? The princesse do lu Tremoiilo has re- : conti} med here ul lb age of ECVCnty? seven. Her name recalls tho reigi of Louis Philippe, of whoso c?ut t -';> wits one Ol the great-, st ornum.-.d.s. Asl Mlle do Si nant she mile lt brilliant dobtit at Court, and was instantly taken up by tho King aud his consort. Marie; Amelie. In Hop tem I mr, ?880, Mlle do Serrant, married Prince Chark Mario, Due de Itt Tromoilto and Pr nc of Tarontum and Talmbnd, whose brother, a royalist general of ei valry, was guil lotined by tho Terrorists at Laval in K'.iL The Prince died in 1880, During her long widowhood tho Prihccsso do lal Tremoiilo led .1 very retired lifo, occupy ing horeelf chi? Hy with tho educ dion ?>f her fon, tho present Due do la i'voinoillo, who f*i ono of tho most devoted a iiic ronts ot tho'Orleans family, and wan tod to go into OXilo with tho Comte ll i Paris, hut waa persuadi d by Hud Primv to re main in Prance. Paris Dispatch to London Daily Telegraph. Homes w Itliout Windows. There arc in 1'ranee 279,270 apart ments providing accommodations for over 000,000 persons, which rooms uro entirely destitute of any other mean', of admitting air and light than hy Iii. door, lu Puris alone, the number of families thus lodged reachos n total of 87.876. l uere are In London over 60,000 rami lles who live in ciilurs under thc most Unfavorable conditions as regards salt! laity. In Berlin tliero are 80,000 tami lies who occupy only porlions o? rooms; often with a sort of slielf on which a father, mother and children sleep one ovor tho other. -ni ?ri? i A great. Improvement In onvelopos is ibo gumming of the lower inside, while the upper Hap remains clean to be moistened I os usual by thc tongue. WM i. IM>Wl>KltlA hTKV DOWN? '...?i ,ni|;?! ItoorKtllll/.Utioil of lite litllgllta ni I.ainu- Suhl lo ii?' Coming. ( low io.: Mailand ICxpiess.) . ; .ling to reports thai have beeu received hero hy somo ol the moro . uncut ol ll.'- loadors oi the Knights . tl lou! continued fight iuthat urgaui/.itth . will bo KS?tied by tho resignations ol Mast: - Workman Pow lierly, Secretary Litohmau aud tho other member?. < I tin- so-cidlcd ".nluunistra fcton riug" und u complete reorganization of tho order. Tbuso struggle ol moro iii!.:! fchrco vein:; will bo brought to a close. Cnmful obsi rvors, however, hold that tho 1 ii I v dl come too late to save thc orgauizatiou sud timi il is doomed to disiutogiatioo. ip to tito last mo tn idtuiuii inti ou hoped that io mo i on prom ino might bo arrived at with District Assembly No. 1 ol Phila delphia aud through il with thc other districts connected with thc Chicago Provisional Committeo, wliicit is now leudiug tin open revolt. But no coui promise would bo accepted hy thc "kickers." Tho reaching of a definite cud ou lus) Thursday Light wfls pre vented bj tho midden illness of Master Workinau Powdorly, but tho oilier par t-iot ititorostcd mot aud had an opportu ' ?ly to intlnlgc iu some very plain talk, tin plainest of which carno from Messrs. Bai 3 ai tl Baily, tho anti-Powdorly mcmbors oi thc General Executive Board, whom tho ring tried, but failed, to oust froni oilico ut Minneapolis. Powdorly is now !;?i.? to bo willing to st i down, ile is not shan-ming sick . . Nol only is ht ill, out ho is dis gustod and discouraged as well, Iiis rocoid hun- through tho blast and tho in anition that hus come to bim from other sources havu, convinced him that the once great order oi which he was hoi is Past dropping to pieces. Tho -io wa;-' ?tro?gth ot the revolt shows him thal there is nothing ahead but do feat for him or tin disintegration of tho organization, iii sickness is oppor tune. Ho will, according to tho ?tate monts now miidi, use physical incapacity aa au excuso for giving up his position, will go abroad for a limo and leave tho others to li{;ht tho thing out as they may. But Goucral Soorelary ! itohuiau and I ho others think they sec a gleam of rpo in the delay secured by Powdorly's illness. Lttchman will next week send out bis aunual assessment notices to all lb? local assemblic . Upon tho rc spouses will rest tho last hones ol j tho ti Iministratiou group. Tho Provisional Committeo is not it: any humor to allow tho ring to ronow its supplies. .lt is now represented tu ovory State by district . !..-, and every single local at tached lo theso ia hoing warned not to . . penny over to tho Philadelphia crowd, lu addition, every possible in .!.... is bc brought lo beni upon lo? .. I; thal r.ro uot yet iu open revolt to induce them to withh l l tho amounts of tho assossmonta levied upon ?hem. As matt? id stand at protont it is pretty cor t it i ti that thc amount of money paid into the gem ral treasury this year will bo iu siguilicanl when o impared with former year.- . Tin results ol this linanoial boy cott is obviors ... Meanwhile th< National Provisional Committee . continuing steadily on the age et ?ive. Thc rebels now number lutudrcds ot thou-.a ids and aro confident of victory. The Knight* have watched tho cou roution oi tito America ll Icderatiou of Trades il Ballimore wit < groat interest. To a Mail aud Expr?s reporter George Mc M ni ray, ol thc Printers* Assembly, '. ht. did not thin. t:..::, properly mani.ged, the Kuighl would suth r by reason of the plu n< i . nal success of tho fe.!-, ration, add in fi : Ti.. .. i .?J. foi both organizations, .1 plciitj of work 1 .'. each. It Should m.'! for ;i moment h e usidorod that Ibero is any rivait y "i competition be ?ween tho two organizations. Each is eugagi 1 i11 a great work. .' ? last iii .. ..u Tho cotton seed oil trust, by its ini provo.l mrchinery itt tho pressing of cotton seed, save.-. tutggrcgato from len to t wenty thousand hales of cotton, which lina herotoforo been tost. There were live sales . '. wool in Lon don last year amounting to 1,180,000 hales. Tho Standard Od Cpmpuny has run during tho past yoai 1,000,000 barrels of oil through itt Itt es i . northern ohio. lt is estimated that il will rcQttiro #10,800,1 HM) to supp ?rt th. various de partments ol tho Ne.\ York city govern ment dming issy. i'hototal value r,| t: mineral pro duct.-ol Ibo t nitcd ~ oe.- is climated at S 105,000,000, an increase of i 10,000, 000 as against tho pi ivious year. A new nad is oom i n on lim market tb moko moro trouble, lt i-, oiaimotl they will rim twontj per cent, moro to the kog than the ordinary nail and not ono 1 m por fool nail is lo ho toitud m a keg. I ney are to he sold nt curien! prices. Gorman stool if imported to make them and a Chicago ibm has thc monopoly. Wnrk Ilia Oriloi <>. III? l><> HI Slog Slag, The 1,052 convicts in Sing Bing Prison began the Nc,/ Your at their regular task.-: while thc people in the. outside world were m iking morry. Only four of tho eight legal holidays of tho year in this State are observed in tho* penal colony up the river, ami Now Year s day ? s not ono of thom, Tho prison oponed 0.00 in thc morning, and tho convicts were marched to tju- big noss room Whore 1,200 of them silently breakfasted tofiothor. Then, ii udor tho si ir voil lance of their keepers, they wero marched to their .several places ol work. Not until tho natal day of tho UopubHc will thorn h. any change from tho prescribed plan, but wholesome lure given them, aud no cessation from workoxoept on Sundays. -As on election day, Thanksgiving l>ay and Christmas, they will have au extra hill of fare, and can muko as much noise as tliey want to on tho noxt holiday, fourth of July. Now York World. \ Total r. hr-.. Of all other medicines hy Dr. lt. V. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery' is ap proaobing. Unrivaled In billions disorders, Impure blood, and consumption, which la scrofulous disease of tho lungs.