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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?. A MAGiWlCliNT GIFT MR. CLEMSON'S BEQUESI TO ::)' FARMERS OF TH H STATE A Vlsii lo ..l'on lilli" Atnminl .on! li IV ?nv. Iieui'd, < 'ondit lon . ni' iii . : quest Tile lt-,e . find Claims nf l-'riei,,! - ..All OUI oi.ao; \pp;nv ni Nonr Cnltllltucm. ( ; o en \ lllti \ ,. A .. No oven! of recent yi uivi bo aroused moro interest among thc farmers, ami (ii" |>on|ilo gcucrnllv flinn (ho (loutIi, last Saturday, of Thoma < !. Ci. tn ?on, I lin vcncrnhli son-in-law tun] lc ir nf john < '. < ii lion II atilt hhs boqu . i of "Cort iii!:.'1 ?SI f. ( 'n I lion II',s homo during lb I . ; lor illly? ol' his Iii'.-, io M?o M?alo ol Bon I h Carolina for u ... a . nu CM i culttirul college. A reporter for Ilm (irccnvillc Daily Nows went lo Cori Hilton yost ord ny to ohtnin i m rt loti In cs {u confirmai iou of und :iii<l?t?ii!! (o Rio fow fil?is herotoforo given iii . [mil lie. Ile wu; fortunate enough to inOOl 1 liefe I ile il Oil, it. W.Killi'!-! son, Mr, Clemson's hu tied Irioud und agent und executor, wh i I uni gonn from Rendici?n lo Mort iii? Willi . f. Lee of New Vcr:;, vho married Mr. Clemson's (laughter, and Miss Loo, a very young lil.. Hie de.ul min'- only grand elli lil ? und tho greut-grtiiul-daiigldei' ol Mr. Calle un. M iss I ion lias nol ho a lo ! 'orI Hill before duce she wus a small child and Ibero wits it very picture sque scene HOOI: aller hi l- arrival when t ho ol I Lt to I ly sci'va ul . som of t hem with snow-w hi te li ur und lieu rd, gathered in III . Ohl fashion cd, moss covered porch Of (ii honicsti nd lo see and pay their loy al respects lo the yoitiige t r< pr senttttiv - ?.i tho family with \v hi . tlu-y li ive been id lidded so In Mr. Simpson ls tito only living person who I.a <oon anti read Air. Clemson's will, und ns lc has uni yoi probate ? ii he wa evidently re? I ucl tte I to talk of it s contents iii tlc tn i I, AH SO mitch hus hoon publish ed, however, nm i >-i i: based oil at 'lonienls made by Air. Clemson before his death and snwmdfii In Correct, Mr. Simpson commucicii let! i?10 liiosl i in ; ii nd a n I filets. Mr. t'lem-na'. will wa* drawii several years ugo by (he late Cb). JilS I f. Rion, ? ni KoVOl'llI nm n I monis and additions more recently made woi'O drawn by Mr. simp- ai. Ile bequeaths to his grand-daugh ter, Miss Lee, $10,000 in money and securities and !l;l(l nciOHof tho Kori II ill place, wit li i ho provision (hal that (rael may ho bongil I In und ad ded to Hm remainder of Hie esinle ul llxed price. t liber legacies aiiiounl lo 10,0 > i, of \Vhledi $7,000 wits paid before hh . leal li .Ml lie i cilia Inder < i (he Port 11 ill estnte, \\ it h the building and Hu* magnilleenl collect iou nj rare plc! ll res, except Um family picton s, which go tu ML Lee, Air. Calhoun's furniture and hook* r< mn! nlng in the house und iii" -docks bonds, money and oilier iccurilic-. of Mr. Clemson, go lo Um Stale for tho establishment ami maintenance of an agricultural college. Tho l ort I lill piuco enntnim 1,1-11 acre;. ()f (his 'Ulli nc res, ns ulr-nidy Hinted, go to Ml t.H L e, bul can bc purchased lo koop the eslsite ir tact, at II Ox et I reasonable price. Tiloso intimate willi Air. Clem nu's n Ifni rs estimate thal the securities ami cash renialniiig after the pay-J. mont of nil oneunibrunee and ex penses will bo bel wooli ?o.ti >n ami $(1(1,000, available for d0V< ! > j . i 11 an I endowing (he college. The magnificence of Hm beque ' can no! well he hppree?utcd with? mit nil tinderslandiiig of what and where Poi t 11 ill ls. lt |s In Oconeo entinlyJns( al ii; point where Oconeo, Pirkons nml Anderson unite 11 nins for HUM distance along tho Seneca river and thence bael. Into rolling up lands ami lion vi ly Umbi rod wood bind. Tho house slnntls on (heerosl of a goally rising bill in the mid ? of ll wide puk,"an nVeiiueofold nilli beautiful cethirs leading lo it. Prom Hm front ?li 'o ls n glorious view d i reid ly to the mou 'n (ul us u util theil purples lines minglo willi tho ?."ri z?n ; on an other ?Ide the view over looks the Seneca, WCUtilllg its Wily among the bills, ami tho old Brit ish fort, from which Hie place lau. . its name and Which i oil UlO i 'ol : 11 iii plantation. Tho residence ls In Rigid of Hie Richmond & D'anville rnllrontl track, at a distance of half a mil ami Js four ml lon from Pendleton, Oil the Hine Ridge railroad, foul miles from Oonlrnl, ort the Rich mond (0 Dunville rond, anti teven | mllesjfrom Hont'iui CRy. Ibo meet ing pi.int of Um two railroad - nu ii? Uonod. It is hard to Imagino a requisite foran agricultural college whieh Cort flin does md possess, K h? nonriy 200 acres of tho Ones! bol l?n! land, creek and river bullum, ; ebwred Upland, pltbttH'O land in j w Io stretches and n pren! hell of first growth timber, and Its upland soil is partly gray and partly roil lani], lt i. abundantly wet oreti with springs, wolla and croi k mid lins all possible natural convenience for dalry, ha till tig hqtlSOS lind bum dry purposes. \\ nero a creek on ? empties Into the Set.a river lhere ls '\good water power w hielt I lt leen used fora null which did the neigh bor hood grim ling. A fair estimule ol' the vallie Ol Hm real and personal property in cluded in the Inquest makes it ex cojd $1)00,000, without, of course, inol.idlng Hip piolaros nnd fund* lure, whi'di ar" pr i colors, ('onlrnrv to general ( vpvelut lon, (?ic library c. a very ordinary ono, mos! ol'(ho jooro v.du.iiili? bunks Itttvlhg teen borrowed, iloleu or otherwise los! during Mr, i'lonison's lon};" period (d'I'OiirOinoill :;ad partial illness. I'ho property is given lu (ho Stale lo be used na an instit litton lor In sirticiion in itgrieulluro, I?-;, iii" will (lintots lind (ho college -hall n-.i he exclu Ively ifgrioulliiral and j Hm! proper ntl? iilioti ho given tu ' ul lui- ?lili, am! tua general eo|. login to course foi' students. lt'thc Slate nooopls Hie gift the col legi i lu he n ni 1er ( ho umnngonionl of soy. '?n iiii l"!-, inwood in tin? will: Mi- ?? . lt. \V. Simpson, l>. i; Nor. ids, 11. lt. Tillman, Ni. L, linunldsnn, lt. I '. I lou '. '. Hnidlev und .1. I?,, Wununi inker. Iii case lue stale re Tu lo nceejit t. egi fl I hose (ms* I -.(. aro alli in ?ri zed and di rn ! ?tl ! i ! ?.ru. i . 11 with i ho e (nblishmenl ol Ihn cul!" -e, using an amounl ; ??ec- ? ?lied in ii;.? ..iii lor buildings andi milking (iil.|{o'n a ; nearly free a.-j l!u". Kia?,' ii!nl ii po: dido er advi-u hlo. . j I. w- nu sudden Cronk (hui in-1 <pired Mr. C'ionisiih's notion. As j long ugo - I Sd:) ho Wu s Intcrosled m the cst nblishmenl ol* such an in? dilution a; Iii v iii provide, roi*, uni ii" was ili"ii uetiVo in fi i i* Wu rd* lug u soli?me t?> procure private* jills und cbript i.in. for the pur* I I --e. A lier tin- Iragie ??eal h ol' his inly sou, killed '. y a railroad neel? ! lil 'in I r '. a' hoon lill ni ?re 1 lian ; ?ver I? f ?re interested ?'ix! ev ilveii i old publicly nnnouheod his pun l'i ?so "i pro I ii ? I j pg s .'.ici ic.-; i tigrieut* ! I li rn I cl.: . it loti; -M.ic?, (lion lie lins dbi ; :\? .; '?! lai!..-.I Hinch el' the iii bj . ? ; u ' .-I iii - w : I i Was nu surpri ie : o : ! ?si \ IV<i knew him best >?r to M i*, I ,ee, lils - in-in-ln iv, win? knew ; : . ugo Hie desi i nu lion intended i . '. ( ?ii reluming from l?"orl l?ill, (hu ' !'lh euv?ih New-, repre-1 ntallves ?hot ul (ciil lal. I1, ls. Norri . now i he im' 'ni" ; lea.lei? u?" ?, he 'dar* ' ar ' niovolhi :.l,'' and si nee M r. ' i'i? ..i; i:' ;' rn di j nd i reinen t, Ute i ?i b:d pt'otiiihoiil lind persistentnd* itel . ? I'.-rmoi lejrOi M ... Ni . tv- Wits (?niel on ;h. ve rv i ?.i iic h in e : ' rie-' !. . ;? id I the win;! roi . ' 'inti ii'the I'nrniers, ami linty ootilti sc iure .t hmgniMceni inslil ulioh fin; ?uri iiltunil ethical ion ii' I hey \Vill j i-.. Hie opporilihity. With the liomin I froth I ?ie ia. nd scrip now I vi ;i i '.'. >"iili ( 'nroliitn i oifegu ind tho money from Uie.Yertili/.ei a s nd'w di ve ri ell !" lia- eui lego .. li ne \' n i td ? ? 111 . . r purposes-ev?r> ..??i m' w hielt, a . ?id. wn I. gully md ni o VI I ! i.' ?. iii ii <u!' tho la r ai--r-? (or tl>(iiient lug )':); uiei'.s.-.nu i IP .unie u! ".? :.?," ? a y< ar w oil ld he se 'iired lor -h" (tew College, w ?Hi il ground ii nnii huildiu rs ail prdVhl ..! nu; phii iic. onie fro hi i he surplus 'inlowmenl. Iii..: wit s (nore. I hun In- State NU I i lit'ry Academy ami Ihc Slate < '(?liege .. iVO logo H ici, he ?tdd, itiid would . ive ii sjdchdhl, huriu?hiy ellie ion I ag ricullurul ?.>!'' :;.', capa!?!" nf ?iee ?mhiodiiling luudrods ol' studenls, without .lc Uhliih o? ?'i' ono cen I to He In .ves, II e ii i I hot believe, i?e . a i? i, Iii frei ni: i-?:'.. 'I iia! (plo I inn lind I OOH elli".I i'l Hm e bf tllO Malee..1 ego. lint I ? thou -lit i; prol?il>le i system would he. ndopted !>;, I? Idell students \V6u.hI he omiMo tn uiy (he whole ur a I urge pur! ni h.-, e?v i ie p So*; hy 6 vi ru work:tii<l ICi'V ?Ce ill Ul" 1 llS-t 11 tl I i'll. .".Hill. .'. MN' ? ?Uzer i turner, ?i \ mn ?niildy school I--ic!ier, i* a candi la te for H?U ?ol t 'om m i - - ii ?lier and iiia!.< H (ho follow ina' formal nu il iiineomeiii in i i?" i 'nion Timi - : I ros peel fill ly nu noli not? myself n iiiu?hlulo for t!;-- ojlteo ti f Se hool ( 'otu in ITS doner, I propose (ogive iffOOO worth id ichodl irioiv-: tu (ho childi II of (ho publie School ii I nm o lei i'd. i ImVi iii" iei-ute,and shall eon-ider ; ? a i iiiSeh ntiouaduty (ogivemost ? Mfiny timo ami Hie menus which (hl< OlliOO illl'oi'd.H l"l' lile catl-eul i education. I have la on leaching io Hie dls lr iel pit ld ic Schools fur ico yea l's. I have visited a nundi r of St ut o ?ind i iimty ii orin id und I under-dund (he new ?.nd i upi i lol' sys I ctn S "1 graded lench I hg. 1 have read Hieucliool law of this .'-'(ale immy Hines, ami I believe Hui! I am Competen I in every re spect lu irdihngo tho Ijihdiicss of tho lillico. ia behalf of Hu- many children (hal have rn? olhcr mcniisfor edit catii;a, I ll'llsl Hie Voters will glVO me th*' ellice. in In halt' ol' lite many children growing ep I" neglect ami Igno rance; I nsk the voters cf Union i<> gi ve melli; ir v. id s I lia I i li riv III KC (ho school motley mid ed?tenlo tho i children. i ?is!; their prnycrji timi I may bc1 strengthened Iwilotlie work. Mos! ulneeroly, Ki,IZA A. G A Tl NF. H. Nine hlilors lt ls Slild Will make a man. Whuevur started Ibis SCO (once ought lu have ll il lah cd it. Tiiey w ill make u mau :i pauper. There ure seventy Applicants for state pensions from Marion <'<?un ty. HOI KT VI Ll.15. I Mor? sod Willi t);c Proaohov 'rho nattle of tho Planter. Bxiiuothu' Much from | I'ftvmer'it diuba soaio Promos : ive Fannov? and oth?v Mattera. Tho d i ?hytorhth church :if Cross .' i I iii, ! oort u Li ly fort?nalo in h Uv.? lin* uoeurod iii" services of ?ach n milli nttil mini lei' UH tho Hov, ?I, Hassell. Ignoring lengthly clissortntlvos -II i oural, spoon Inti vo ur scholastic, i fliooh gy uni,! lilied willi (ital broth? j .Hy love, willoh i tim iden I tty! np; : iv Of thu Kingdom, he ul tacks tho ??i i -. ailin;;- in. ul lim liny, Willi a ..-al ami curliest ness (hut prosugoJ tho nuirai und religious elevation of Ihc conni ni ni ty-I u i i h fully und lpv? i ugly doc ho "warn Hie trimly" i Iniihful servnni in thc vineyard., way bein; 'rhi ii ted ti long cnn ci; pf u ? fuliies - itt i ho groat cause, K ?hg cotton ha issued Ids tl - it a I "Veroni I 'roc?n sm Hon," und all over Hie lani fro ft i i < - y ilium ?III : lewy eve the morry whistle of tho ploW-hoy nnd lliti rn (HI ug ol' tho > otlon phi u (er is hean h Our Kurmors Club will do a grout ledi ol '.'"ml ju our neighborhood I hope, both ugi'icultuhillv mid soc I? ally. Cometo oiir meeting audit' wo oa.nl inlerc ! you on lurmiug (epics ' wo will gc' Henton I'II I Iff lo ox I il a I ii Ibo dilieronoe between town | folks und chu ii try folksy ns td man ners, eil dom? otc, or i<> describe hi- la-i diiys man-it home lifter Hit1 , uiTohdei*. Wi- iuiv . ?".!" good l'a ri.ec - itt j Hie ol iib y t/, i . 'a i", i I uti uah lind Kuller, colton, 1 ai rr,y W a 11 -, corn. They say li - thin make mort: em u I I ! t:i u eil rici' did. tulls, ami i '<.! H fy - I --.n ctin luke Hie cakci on Water mel uiSj I'otntoi's nod Tobacco, lo-, tain our ..jOen liant prima " nih I ftirmors and ninny ni ii er, C.;;.: I; : ill' V. ?II ia rn- and Ids rn- si ; osliiiinhlo Indy, poili Hie day a i M r, ' i I en ry i't n > i : i ? . >a' I. Tile Captain I bongil non r Hine score and (eli ?till I 'tl! 11 i ? ?an gi Vii you. uioi'o gen ern I nnd in? In a iltiiii ll ? iivi'i' .- - oohs tir*'iI'hiinilist would ia hull' tv ? i- ;.. a n-cnl i visit lug M rs. < 'ook. \Y here ver M i Ida i mirj ii and good hlliunr ure vi inl nm!, wind fro hi the lill!: one or t wo of Hie hl'i te lil a lillie "AVlnd" i li tl i I ey o ll o d tl y I li is -. : . A pi?tinant / lit lr ? MX, Ho: aie i (he pleasure Ol" ulloiillini* Hie Co ti? Ililli .iii1 S Ul'vi Vd I'S lue; 11 jig nf lc IliliOii a! (?rh'y edil rt mi Sa til ni : .V, ?ll - I ?il: iiiiit. Td Siiy tba! it U a a ?ut de fer I pl hui of (lo) Impressions pro? tllieed < !t th" .. won, like my "if. wc:-- only vlsi lorn on Ibis occiisi?)lb Tlc- og ni i vi \\ u . \. ell arranged, natl Hi" commit Ice wore entirely puce? i'ul io carrying du I every , '.hdiiil in a ta-.-: plea ..:tt a.a! j at- '. J isfnrlory munnin, Tho meeting < Wi H i. ; r : . " i y nt?ondoil by holli thc eli ?vii I ry mid hen ti ty of n'a! nial-, i willi a i rei I y -. .! prinkling frein i oilier tow n -hip .. A I jilendid plc? nie dinner wi se, v< ! hy Hi" good i ladies, lind good ?heei ami ?0od Will Was tiie onlor hf Hid iln.Vj not? wlHistuudiug ninny sail m- -m rh were nwukeiiotl !.i : ia- lirons! . nf those u ho lind l"-t llielr lovell ones iii d- lenee ni Hie losl call- a. SpCOCll ionising was in order, n m I en those Wim listened, i lie Impression wiis .onde ia a i.e.-1 omi Initie manlier, t !.;.: i!.. patriot ism of old Laurens j is now J Iii? I whei'O ii hits always been, ul tho top round of ile- hld? d.i. Tho honidiful spring wen thor of Hie plod I'CW tiltys ??a . encouraged every (me lo renewed energy in preparing i ?r work, r*.> Hint an ld? lei' il : HOW il lille pel'SOII lo meet with In un.V ipinrlerprposition, Thc (Hinton friends of Mr. N. J.j Holmes, of all dciiomiiinti?iis, OX? press the selves ns lUUch gratified at the cour e el ad Ibf) \\ plcll llO ha - t uk cn recently io ouler?ii? the ?spei minist ry? ( mr : tllroud pro peel : ure bri.rle ' toning i very tiny, und the business outlook for ('linton ls most dicer? lng, I n lin! mal 1er of new hll.nlhess, J, IL i.itiie hus jhst opened OJIt In Mr. l)nvidions -tm", next to thc INi-t Office, atti'Ht ed.ass linc nf MIL llllery and hillie- goilds, Mr-, I'.nt ma Glenn ts lit charge und rondy lo serve nil who call on her? Hi '* cess to hm-. AresLtuninl keeper In Rookhmd, Me., allem; led to play u joke on (wool his cn dmners who were in n hurry to cdtch tho Hosten hont? Accordingly be went I it to his back yard it gave n perfect imitntloh Of a id cu m bout whistle. Tho mon heard ii und grabbing their lints ami couts rmi <>iv. 'I he perpi tran r of tho Joke could hnrdiv stnml for laughing until lie happened lo think (hat he had frightened the men nway bofOI'C they had paid for t r j suppers. ttfxmmfM I SOM li KACY KKADING. A GLANCE OVER THE PAPERS OF WOULD 13E PEDAGOGUES. ii ?w Konto ol'I In Quc.il Inn ol* HIP Ito? I'mii KMIIIIInal lim ol' C iloi'Ptl Teae?i . i i "Weiv insworeil, Tin* Imaginu? ol'tin* Humorist (?)OIVH Olin :.? Ibo Slulil / Wc publl h n Pow of i bo mos! no hiblo niiainkos lukoii Hom Ibo ox iimintit ion papers of Ibo applicants for posltu ns UM teachers tiftbo col ored public schools for Liiuroiis ? .milly willoh lire?Just boen oom pleteii. These answers ore eorroet |y reported nml puhli: hod Just us I hey were lutnileil In I n the Ooni ntlttee. II I.s ri!i: * . 1. Wnfddngtmi foti Jib I Itt the Kreuch and luellan wnr,wits once n liumble farmer anti r.otl his Unit li- j oilng; (brough the Struggle In tho ennst? of Liberty ami then Rose lo tho highest seal lu tho govorn iiu< <{ und then turn Rack lo bis Little farm. 2. The Real cause nf the RovOlu Ibm was the attachment of the Anmricaii Colonh i" Ibo Molher < '.nilli ry. ti.iiiii- Washington was bom of bumblo life of \ i vgl ni it in IT.VJ ?iud was ns imbin man nsover lived i the Kn I her of Ida country. A mun I wh i was ll rsl m wa r ll rsl in pence und ll rsl i:: tho houris ol hts conn t rynion. t|lot| lu 17!)ib As an answer tn Ibo i|tiestion, j "f!Ivo :i fdmrl biography nf Wash- j i?? '.hu.," wo have lim following: 1. Owe n farnier he roso ? .. thc eoninmmli i' lu chlel gOhornl <?! t e . '. ' s. President H years. Another hingrnphy of Washing- ! Pm ; 2. ?.SVushlnjr.tou was regarded tb II llinn will) never (old u li.-," "Wusnlngton was nfl i.u hight I'obusl timi til" sallow complexion, j his odttontio!" was directed by his i mother, be loved t-i lii.igi.-r ut the table cracking nuts etc. in his Journey." be wt?S oil eiAnt tucked by I mli.in-, Im was ojie fini" nearly i drinyn et I liy eros ung llio/idver oil n ra ft, bul 'o id uti ol' I li e.* o dililcul- : iles !'"? p.nb- i I brough, ju war b< w ., . II bru vb daring mid nd Von I ii re .uni-- mun. II - dil -I nt his Ml. ' Vernon boluc. I; was bountifully sh I rf of iiini Ilia! Providence tefl hint i hittites that hlseotiiitry lui iht cn ll ii i m . ; '.i i her,* " .i. " Washington wa- :t yOllng ii r ol' uiteoiuiiioii pr'ninUc -." Qui ?.m. -4% Wita I I iii pori un I bal Iles were binghi iii S nth I'a roi I Au . - ? The iinpoidanl b di les ' wu s fon iii it in south f'-irolina -.va l? nib? Imig i dun I, bailie of Ran ker liill, !.. lille nf L xingtnn and but i lo ol' bull ruh,;' O.?--4"Mont bin in order I lui i m - pnrtnnl events below Ibo Declara* i i m ol' I ndopcndohe.O.'1 A.- "ll idle . >f Itiinhi r Hill, I I'cin'li Uli'l I .. ititi ii Will' Klug georges war ami il:'- treason of \r nold." ii.--''Niention principal events dil ?c tbe Ri vtdlit ion." A,41 in port ?nil eveiil was eon* i'oderulidll." ( ?.---".M bill i-ni import ml cv.-nt , duce l!i<* War ?d'Stn?OS.si?h," A.-MSoiiee the will1 Death Ooh. (iarlieh!, ( "hedi v A. A rtluir. A ! leut.S." (j ll VM M A lt. A . - ''Dolllm Ail.p.ei ;. .-.--- Ail 'p'c ?i elive qualify Verbs adject!\ ?- a'ul liber nd Verbs." < "i 'in i i el ?'.ii- sentence, .lohn ls (bo iildesl ?.i (he two.- .lohn ure i he oldest ni Ibo I wo." ' < 'in reel t bis . OhtoneO, ! ba ve nul, norlin I ex peel (o see Ibo (div I ; ' 111 ? < .. -- 1 I ni ve i fe ver' sen li (ire elly Rmnc au I never *.\ iii." .. Wi Re ul! I lie forms "!' -?l and funner.-- !':.;? c-n?, nhl, past perfool, dd ir, presen! participio, oldest. Present, fumier, past perfect, hi nit fi',pasl perfect participle, farmer.**," Another answer j? tho a bo vi- \?; "Tho old farmer i- rt liding;, (bc old i I'liriiitM' wns talking. "Write u (Miuiple.v senlenee con? luiniug :?ll tho pul- of speech." i '.i ) vain mau you \, hom -ai i tIn gress grow very fasl In Ino rudd, when Spring come." '?Knill I ly i - an nd Verb conti r ii mids m ly." OHO ; Il A Pl) >. "I uto how many purl: ls (Icogra phy divided V Define each part.'" "( ?eogruphy is tlividetl in il pnrts. Politb-al. Mntheinalicul ?I?.I (?hys lenl. Political I reu bs of Illings done hy mn ii. Physical I rents of tho Arts und ol the prevailing charac 1er A- Arl . of Nature. Mathemat ical I rents nf tho Ari* ami Science Of competition anti practleal pur? poses." .I icflno I i limns, ' "Isl limns \t t Itu I pnrt of tho citrlli having Kqunl Temporal tire anti rerison why it va in -< from the Piircllcll consists nuil ei|iiul dlslnueO from all purls or points." "Why are tho equatorial regions Hie lioltost." "Hoenuso they nra u ea rcs I tho etpuitor. (ho place w ileri-tin- equator passes consists of tho most lieut." "Mow many degrees from Ibo Kqtiutnr nro tho Tropics mid Polar (.neb's'.'" ?His hhetd 23 and it is Impossible for il lo be ui*y more Tronic." "l)escrlbo Ibo Muckende River" -"Tho Muckcnslo rises lu Arlie Ocean niul How* n Southernly courao nml empties min the Of oat Slave Luke." i? .?-T-'-?v?-> *<r?j??w*;rw macmmaiMmmmBuamB zorn ?iiothoi* answer.-"Tho ?Mac?cen les lt rix s in Ural Mis ami emp ties iii PtlCI?C ( 'fi an. PEDAClOUt'K. "\Vh;i! hooks on school manage ment have you rotul and whal < <l ucnllonnl puiicrs an-you Inking?" -"I read history and other hooks and nm taking tho IJAI'HKN'M AD? VI. RT is li u." '.(??ve your Ideas suggested hy the following topics; Punishment, -( 'orporal, Keeping In." "Wv mu-! puisli sometime. We mus! keep in somet? me. wc un?-i corporal sometime." "Wh it i- your programme?" ..I h ive .i program red in school every Krhluy afternoon hy (he ml? vanned scholars <>?? different sub? j jeeds. Some take.?, up Howers oth ers playing hull some jumping the rope und men ny other things." "Itcuding i . u great Hiing it ls II { thing that wc should tie more <>t and we would gel ulong helter." .'.Manners ls u greal tiling t<?<> if we would success In life have niau ncr? ourselves und (In n {radi il I lo our pupil-.'' I I'll V .? 11 > I .< n ? N AND ll VU I KN K. j "Whal ls Ihc etVect <>f hnthiug on Hie skin?" "ii Soors the skin and I Plcsh and ci uso ?I brief circulation." ?.Describe Ihc ofTeel of alcohol ?MI I ih?- brain." lt gives a symptom of I peovi '.ui"-- to the lungs thal catii - I OS it 1<? yo l<? tho le ad." \ KITH M KT lt'. "ICxplnln why it' i- thal when you divide ono fraction hy another you Inver! Ibo li rms ?d' Ihc <livi dend and (hon mull? ply ?" ..SccaUse Arithmetician nssonr? rn ny cd il, und wo are compelled t<> dose to obtain :t corred answer and thc ride 't(di [us I<i do sn. I know nu -'iiher ron ?on," i>! v LS. nuiiSi'ltl :.. Kit. Pigs Wanto?. Ko Union at (tray Court. A Bad i ord. Pigs are ia gr< :ll demand In -Iii pari nf t lp? conni ry, A cilixcn <>?' Kountaiii Inn cunio over in h I M buggy i few duy.i ngo it hog htinl lug, ?mi hi . ! n i < Wi . eiMply. wv hud i ho pleasure of nllend Ing Iii?- conf?d?rale re-Mliion nt (Jraycotii'l on the I Ith iii.st. Some warm ni.1 War (ulk was .-indulged in, among others we moutio'.i the stirring address nf Cul. II. L. Pue. ley. \lier this n i">:in!i:til repast wits ueryed nod speeches were hgain tu order. i'apt. Wiitin iii ?'owloiy.l, W. Wntls, (J. W. Shell,! I low ns llryd, lt, ,). Stoddard, Hen Lan fori I, I). (?. Thompson und nth iM'S, mude spirited address c : which were A i ii receivi.nl, < 'upi, Wat ! - sahl he Was "no more whipped (o dny I hu n mi I he day i.surrender ed." i Wall - < ?w ?ogs, ? ho hu heep sick with fever foi* ?orne <imo, died | Ibis u eek. Thc attention '?!' t !." < 'ounty t ' ni nds; inners ? cid h? vi t" (ho danger ons 'Mildil iou ni I dal's ford. lix pe id men (s in fol <<>... ? 'ot(oh V Inuit) I'm- ih- hemdlts of your funnel renders, I will give Hie resp I ls of my c.v.pertinents Ins' year willi four diH'crcul kinds nf cot (on-Dmicnii's Mammoth, n big l?>l 1 cot lon, .Mien Itougslaplc, I'et erk lu and Simpson i inproved, I Selected the hesl nero of (he shine tputiity ail over, --land (hui hid mai!.- one bile tn i ho ?tere inverai t imcs, I divided i> min four equal purls, fertilized . it (-Milady, planted ii all fhn siiuic .lay, worked i! nil she ?ame day . and all alike, and pi 'ked i; nul ai Ihc mme time. 'Phis n Ihc result; Duncan's Mnmmolh, 208 pounds .?id colton; Allen';*. I.ongstnple, 180; I'el erk I ii, Simpson's ?ni? proved, Hld, l.iui (urned '"ii hy ouch! Dunen n's Mnmmolh, JW I-J lo Mic hundred ; 'Allen Loiisluplc, ?'> ; I'elorkin, 12; Simpson's Improved! ill! i 'I lie Simpson dropped bul or blew oui The?'dher three va rieties nu n puiiiid h|c\V .oui' fine hundred pounds of selected htills nf Polerkln gave Ki pounds ol' lint. ! am in neil I (til "i thc hesl Vitriol h H ul cotton, ! would like <.> hoar from others in a l?? experiment lids season. j, I > <? io I* I', ll, Trnveiers Itcsl, S, ( '., April IO, ( ot ( .?o Teal H. Tho following I ables wo lake from Ihillclin Nu. I, of tho Agricultural h.xpetiincnl Station, Tho reports arc vcr) complet! gi vin-.!; po iuds of Uni lo I he aero for each variety, limper conti I'missing lillis and other matters, which foi obvious reasons wo omit, gi v lugonly t ho general average, ia pounds : Yield i>< :? aero l'or years I SM. 1885, 1880 and 1887, Polerkln .*52l ??71 |)lo sim's Improved . 172 HMS .liracs' Improved . 4 '.-> 1070 Thoma*. *. 4M !'7C> Dickson's ('In ter. 4?:i 089 Common seed. 42;? '.)7l New Texas. 4 22 049 Kuncan'u Mnmmotli. 4_'l *;'<; Oiler's SHU. 4<><; 910 Cobwell. 401 ; 940 Ilny's China. :'..i4 910 Uiclifirdson'fl [inproved.?? 892 Crawlbrd, <>r Peerless. 888 807 I .i;.t. i ('<>! ion soed. In the Colll'UU git ingiu OrriffO (if lint for t he finir year-, tl o# Petcrkin still leads hy 25 lbs of lint per acic (a'ter I corrcot?ng foi* error), und shows 111 ; lbs. moro llian tlail variety In the I list. And it stands far abend ol' nil j in Its average percentage ol' lint to ! seed codon. No one nftcr n careful i study of Tattles ll, III. and IV, can I hesitate to concedo the decided supe riority oftiic L'ctcrkhi over all tho oth< er varieties tested during tho period in qncstion. Yield pt r aere I88G, 1887. Poterkin.*.'.<>:; i-Si o Crossland. 453 772 Dickson's Improved. ?MT t>80 Taylor's Improved. <i>l '.'7^ <. i i tl i i > * H Improved. 428 8{M? .IODOS' Improved. 42? :)7V Duncan's Mammoth. 410 7*? Crawford, or Peerless. OOO 8'j?i | Thomas. 300 878 ' Allen's Silk. SOI 017 Dickson's Cluster. .'ISM Oilj j Jower's Improved. 388 -s77 Common 'oed. ;'<*.'? :io4 | Myer's Texas. 382 M'.i New Texas . :>7? ;<44 i Cherry's Long Staple. :'.7o 835 I lei long . :'";>< #84 I Osier's Silk. :',r,.s ,s,")i Shine's Lin ly . :j(?? 81? ; (Cobweb . 0Q3 853 ! 1 lay's China. 301 x.>; ; Richardson's Improved... 257 827 Williamson. 340 VJl Mnxoy's Texas. ..4'' 701 Drought Proof. 340 785 Wiso. 815 7*1 * Lint. I Cotton seed, Duly thc avcrago of tho duplicate test 6f each variety aro given, The results arc therefore, entitled lo eon? siderublc weight. The Wisc was foo ii i lo ii,* tl? same nstho Crossland and was dropped in 1887. (?lancing nt thc (lest column, which gives Ibo average yield ol'linl per nero for tim two yenrs, the superiority ?d' thc Pe lorkin is very marked, llelwccn it. and the Crossland, tho next beal va? ricty. I lie dlll'ercnoo, oven after due al lowance for error, i- 20 lbs. of lint pet* aCre, and hclwcon ?' and Hie Dickson's unproved, Hie difference amounts (o I-' lbs. li- yield is ic l lbs. more (han that ol'tlii? last viuiety In tho Ijst, thc Drought Proof, fi will bc notic ed that only one variety, thc Cross land, approach' ; i: i:i percentage ol' lilit lo seed colton, The e'.?, >. agree meut in the average yields ol' many of tho varieties is remarkable. THU U.Li ' 'ONS OL lion:. Iii I ! Nye's Cvpocieuee witb \\ ?.; | Advectised (Luden Seed -. Lind year I plaided (lie seeds of ii watermelon wbieb I bon gb I of n New York seedsman who writes wnr ar.?.lc w I niel's nnd sells gar1 don id-: in dc spring. Tin; por (mil ?.!' (his water-melon would lenipl nm i any niau io climb a nine rail fence in (be demi of nigh I and forged nil else in order lo drown bis Ind I er nature and his nose lu ils'cool boson:, People clinic for miles I" bink ni Hie picture of tills melon, ntid wen! nwuy \Vltb it p!i li - ant taste in {heir mon h H The plants w em ;t little sluggish, 1 (hough I planted in bills far apart eneb wny in n rich, warm lonni en riched by everything Hint could innke a sincere watermelon get up . and bump itself. The melons were tn be very large Indeed, with n cen tr? like ii rose. According lo Ibo picture lhe.se melon- generally growso Inri;o anti plentiful Hull ni os I everybody had lo pul side hoards on (he garden lenee t.> keep them from fal I inc. over hilo other farms and annoying people who hud nil Hie melons I hey needed. I lough I squash bugs, cut worin-. I ic .-hm Hies, chi neb bugs, eu rou lin, munge, pip, drought, dropsy, outer* pillars and contumely till the Inl ier purl of August, when n ir i etui from India caine to vlsi! me. 'Ido citied to cm a watermelon in hon or cf ids arrival, When the prop-, er moment had arrived and dinner had progressed n> I bc poi ni of fi ult, tue tropical depth of my garden gave up their season's \\ eal th in the ylulpe of n low-browed citron ahout as large and succulenl a Iud ball, 1 have had other sliuilnr expe riences, mid I think we ought lodo something niton! ii If wo cnn, l have planted Hie seed of Hie morn ing glory nutl I he moon (low or and dreamed nt nigh! timi my home looked like it florists ndvertiseuienl lull when h aly .I uno caine it hunch ol No; way oals and lt hill Of coi ti were trying lo climb the strings nailed up for I he use of my non n sidon! vines, I h ive plnnled w Uli song and Infighter tho seed ol tho ostensible pansy and cnrmition, only in tears L, reap thu bncolot's bu ton and Hie glistening fol Iago 1 of tito - nr jen lu plant. I hm c pin nt? ed In fill til (inti n deep warm soil, a* I th plonsing hope lu my henri, n dark red picture on the outside of (ho package, only to harvest tho low. vulgar glinsou wood and tho night blooming hull thistle. Does Hie mean tem, eralure Di llie average rain fall havo anything lo do with i ? If stnSistlcs are working theso changes they otighl (o bu ?topped. C'>r my own part, however, I am lcd to believe Mutt our seedsmen put so much money Into their catalogues that (hey ?lo not have anything left to put into the purchase of seeds, (iood Relig ion and very fair Cooking may be produced without the aid of cara way seed, but you cannot gnther nice, frosh train lltfs of thistles or expect much cf a seedsman whoso plants make no effort whatever to resemble their pictures. BY MAIL AND WI Kl NF.W3 OF THE WEEK FROM THE WORLD Ai L A ROI A well defined case of h\ dropho bln is reported In ( Irungebu rg. Roscoe Colliding died in New York on Wednesday morning : l 1.50. < ? reen viiie is lo ImVO electric lamps in time lor Hie Summer m - ram paient. Stniiynrnc Wilson of Spartan burg, announcer himself us a can ? . i < 1: 11 < * tor Sol ie i tm- of Un- Sc ven I li Circuit. Robert (j ri Ol ti ol' Hampton Coun ty wns violently thrown from jiu buggy one day InsI week mid in slunt'ly killed'. .Nine hundred und ll Tl y seven Mens have hoon llloti in tlie oluco of tho Clerk oT Court for Marion County this year. Track laying on Hie three c's rn 11 road has reached a poinl live miles above Laucuster. Maj..I. II. Ran;,-, a Woll-kilOWll eiti/en of Norh County, tiled I ; < -1 Saturday, after nu illa.ofb?rl,\? eight hour-:, aged 09years. l in re ls a general complaint <<i i ho prevalence of ..pinkeye" among tho horses throughout York coun ty, The Congressional House Iii w eek was crowecd with porsoiu to hear Ibo debate on the latin bill. .^aii ba - i iee ii brought ilga ima the Augusta Coil.m Cac tory for ?'20,0nn for the deal b of an employee by gas explosion, The cluer clerk of thu tren m ry ti I Athehs,'Cirocco, hus bi en arrested for embezzling ?1,000,000 francs nf the public fniids. Chicago minister;- are tr j lng lo stopover^ class of work on ..'amia;, except their own Well pithl .t,.n :~ in tho pulpit, Returns from Cue Louisiana State election indicate thal Ibo entire Democratic ticket bas boon elected by some 10,00 i nitij 11 Ry. The secretary of the Culled .Stat es Iren s ti ry lins proceeded to pur cha.se bond* under ant hurlly given ililli under the aci of Congress. A young man in Maine i- neons ed of voting thirteen Hines ai bim election, mid lin ls in a fair way In he convinced Coat tho number is unlucky M. Rlowdtz, Paris correspmi loni of thc Condon Hums, draws a paca Iel between Boulanger': presen I and thai of Nilpoloon ill li li . lead lng up lo i lie empire, Mayor Lou i-. ol t ddan, Ni S .. hil gone oir willi II .voung unmarried girl, leaving bis Office vacant, H heart broken wife, two children and II host ol sorrowing friends, Tlie Chicago Presbytery has un derluken lo die tn to to tho Sotithei II Church I he terni on w he b a re-Ull ?oil of thc Northern and Southern churches must I uko plac? . Tho boom near Cremnot, Wi<.. containing 15,000,000 foot of logs, bas been curried away hy the Hoods mid (he logs are scattered over nu area of two miles -Minare, many ol then reaching Hie lake. Tho McCrndy libel suit i in pro? gres ; In Columbia. A large number of witnesses were examined as to tho high character of Mr, McCradj and his record ns a soldier and gen tleman. Tlc cont rael fol' litt I lt! i Hg Hie new cotton factory ill Kock 11 iii w ill be given out in ii few days. The site - elected is OK th > tlil'Co C's railroad haifa mile Southonsl nf the tow ii, Sedgwick M. Allen, ll New Hav - en harness, maker lins eloped, it is claimed, willi n much divorced wo uian named Lizzie Blackman. 11 in Wife, three ?bi ld fell il lld - >:na ci cl . ?tors are noxiously lU'plil'illg foi' Allen. A forged eucylicnl letter from i he Pope,blessing the Woman'- Chris (inn Tempor?neo Cnlnn for lb ef forts 10 overthrow tlio lb publican party," oren I ed -onie comiiieiil lu local proltlbllioiilsl' ci rc loi In New York, Street bunds of music have been entirely dr!von oui of Rainmore by (he rigid Carrying nut of II recent city ordinance. Many of thom were arrested ami then furnished transportation lo moro milsic?lov Ing communities. The pool breweries In New Vor',*, Brooklyn, NriWurk abd oile r nour by cities to tho number of inven ty eight, dosod yesterday. A bott ti 5,000 mon weii> discharged, The men will not l><> ro-omployod unless they renounce the rules of the un ion. Tito Manning Thurs says Ria( C. H, Dons of Darlington and ?Butler Spears of Sunder are now in that county 111 Cae interest of Ibo de funct Radical party, and to foment strife und animosity in (he negros against tho White mun. They are riding over the country milking speeches mid doing all thc deviltry they cam