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v ^""UPTION SI -SO PER V10 A It. POSTPONED PILGRIMAGE. UY ff ..Alt A K. HAMILTON. i Dr. Rutledge bitched his horse in rent of his gute and looked out over he roofs of the village with an ex pression that no one in El Campo had ovor soon him wear before. His eyes wore bright, his figure eroct, the very brim of his soft folt hat, whioh usually drooped so despondently, had straigh tened Itself out. Be looked ten years youugor than before, and he folt like a boy. As ho walked up the gravelly path to the houso be stooped, as he would have done years ago, to plok a rosebud for bis buttonhole before he entered 'tho house where his Mary awaited him. She had been bin wife for forty years ', but sho was still his swoothoart, and this morning he thought the roso especially appro priate. " Mary I" ho said, as he thront his I head in at tho sitting room door. But Mary was in tho kitchen, mending a I much worn coat and making the most of the yellow March sunshine which, In hoi4 provident eyes, ought to serve for firowood in California. She was a woman of tho Newt England type, spare and sallow, wfxti gray eyes and thin, soft hair, brushed carefully back from a broad forehead. Years ago she had boon protty, but time and oare and many disappointments had long sinco withered her girlish grace, and had loft In Its stead tho marks of patient strongth, sweet and gentle, yet almost storn. Sho had lived for her husband and, through him, for her ohlldron; but, with the self-suppres sion of which Now England womon aro often eapablo, she had hidden from thorn tho depths of hor tenderness? for to > much loving Is a weakness which Puritanism puts akin to sin. As sho looked up now from the gar ment on whloh sho was putting the last patlont stltohos, sho caught the glow of tho crimson roso on her husband's fadod coat, saw tho now light in his face, and dropped hor hands instinc tively into hor lap. " Henry 1" sho crod, wonderingly. Honry walked straight up to hor, took hor faco in his hands, and, look ing down into tho oloar gray eyes, ho said : " Wo'ro going on our wedding . journey." Their weddlug journey I Too poor to take ono whon they wero marrlod, jihad been tho wlll-o'-tho-wisp dollght to wblch they had looked forward ever since. . Suddonly|turnlng from his wife, the doctor stretched out his long, thin arms and began slowly oavortlng around tho tablo with a queer, grotes . quo sort of pranco which was the nearest approach to a danco step of which his early education had made him eapablo, humming all the while a curious medley of " We're going homo to-morrow," and " Oh that will bo joyful, joyful," In want of anything more Bccular to oxpress his foelings. "Ob, what a song," cried his wife. ??? Havo you forgotten you wero sixty eight years old last Decombor ?" "I knew It," answered Henry, still continuing -his evolutions. "And I should bo as woll satisfied if it had been a hundred and sixty-eight? provided wo could havo spent all those Soars together I" and ho gave her u ow of school hoy awkwardness. " Henry ! Those aro sacred hymns that you uro singing; and you look like a windmill! Sit lcown and tell mo what you moan." Tho withered cheok had Hushed and tho gray eyes looked expectantly happy. Slowly Honry drew In hh Balls, doubled up his long logs ant dropped himself on the carpoted bos whioh served as an ottoman at hoi feet. "Nothing to tell" he answered with a provoking cooinoss that ho hac not shown for years?" nothing, onlj .that wo aro going. Where shall It bo ?" " It will bo nowhere, unless you tell mo what you moan," sho said, putting her hands on his shoulders and look ing at him sternly. "Why, haven't you guessed? Where are your fem i nie intuition's The Duarto cstato is settled up, and I have , their check for two hundred dollars right hero," and ho tapped his breast pcrffet with an important air. "Now, whore shall it be? To the beach?a fow days at tho Coronado, say?or uj to San Francisco?or whore?" " Wo couldn't go homo ?" whispered Mary, with a wistful look. Tho dootor sobered instantly. "Homo " had novor been in California to Mary, although during tho twenty years of Ufo thero she had uttered no word of complaint. Often, as she sat in tho doorway, looking ou* through the twilight toward the East, hor husband had caught tho longing look in her eyes and had known, with a bitter and hulplcsB pain, that his health was being bought at a high price. "Go home?" ho repoatcd, relapsing into bis usuul grave manner and old fashioned phraseology. " We cer tainly could return to Massachusetts, wife, and I havo no doubt that it is tho best antl most expedient thing to do. Tourist tickets can be had for ninety oight dollars, I believe, and we can save up money to take; us around when we get there." "Oh yes, wo can save," sho mur mured. And so it happoncd that the " wed ding trip" was decided upon, and that the weoks of preparation and of simple, happy anticipation commenced. There wero many long and serious dls ouBslons as to the route they should take and tho places and people they should visit. IOnoh familiar name brought up scores of recollections, and tho two old people talked and laughed over tholr early days with bright faces and light hearts. Sometimes their happi ness seemed too groat to bo spoken, and they would sit and look into eaoh other's faded oyos with a smile that was glad and yot weighted with a Eltiful memory of the sorrows thoy ad shared tbgethor : sometimes they would- break Into qulot laughter with out having any visible reason for such a demonstration ; and altogether, as Mary snld, thoy " acted very child ish." Aud y?t/, to stand onco more In tho old, familiar places, to lift tholr oyes agfein to the woll-known hills, to - talk with tho friends of other days old family frlonds whom tboir fathers had known and honorod?to worship again in tho little whlto-palnted chapel. Where thoy had been baptized and wnoro thoy had boon married, ovon to drink at the old spring and to tasto tho apples from the old trees?was not tho thought of all this enought to act as a mild intoxicant? The day boforo their departure ar rived, COld and threatening. It had been raining heavily tho night beforo. and tho clouds still hung low ovor tho Sierra Madras. " I must go to tho A/.usa," said the doctor, gravoly, as ho ontored the kitchen whore his wife was putting away tho breakfast things. "Go up to t ho'Azusa! Why, Henry, that's an awful rldo for such a day as * this I And you'll bo all tired out to morrow. Toll thorn you can't go? tell thorn you aro going tQ start East to-morrow and you're too busy. They must got some one olso." " Hut It is John Alvord's baby," an eworodtho doctor, gontiy. Mary paused wilb tho quick tears in her eyes, f . Alvord had boon the dear*- ' their own John, and r hor dead boy's rd sho brought coat, brushed 1 f . 1 . ntttob betwooo thoo and mej" said Dr. Ruttodgo, as be took her band? In his. Perhaps it was the thought of the long and happy journey they wore to commence together on the morrow; perhaps it was the memory of their bright, earlier days, which made that handclasp long and oloee and never to be forgotten. Then the doctor turned, and his wife watch ed the tall, thin figure as he went down the path and through tho gate. .Tust as he was climbing into the old fmutton, she was seized with a bright dea, and snatching up the warm afgban whloh she bad knitted for him, ehe ran out, calling: " Henry, Henry, take this, it Is so cold.'* Henry.pulled up the old white horse and waited for her, the stormy wind blowing his long gray looks about under Hla hat. "Thank you," he said, with indul gent, negligent thank that men give when they think a woman has taken unnecessary trouble. Mary stood watching him as ho drove away, until the mists that were trailing down from the mountains in thiok clouds wrapped'him round and seemed to Bweep him out of sight. She had many things to do that morn ing, and she went about thorn busily, ringing now a anatch of one old tune and then of anothor. First, of course,' there was the housework; then the last stitohea in Henry's black coat that bho had been new lining and brushing up with proud thoughts of how he would look as he wore it in the old ehuroh ; then there was a hand some black silk neoktle to be hemmed, which she had saved and sorlmped for, and had finally bought with what seemed to her a really daring dis regard of expense, Inasmuch as a less stylish kind of1 silk would have done as well. The neoktle was to be a sur rtrlse ; and Mrs. Hutledge hemmed on t with pleased and trembling fingers, a happy light In the old eyes as she bent oloee to see the stltohes. After the neoktle, there was a dross to "fix up," a little, and then tho final pack ing and straightening up; for they were to start in the morning. ? Almost before she knew It, the day had gone, and four o'clock struok. A sudden foreboding seized Mrs. Rut ledge?he was so seldom later than the hour fixed I She wont to the win dow and looked out. It had been rain ing steadily since ton o'clock, and a gray wall of mist, heavy and menac ing, shifting but never retreating, made a desolate island of the little house and yard. Look any way she would, still that blank harrier shut out her vision. The ceaseless patter on the roof, which she had not noticed "before, began to mako itself audible? a dull and insistent murmur that would not be ignored. "It's all right; there Is no use in worrying ; he'll be hero soon," thought Mary, setting herself resolutely to tho task of getting supper. " I'll have just about time to make some hot bis cuit, and he likes them particularly well after a long drive. I'll havo to hurry, or he'll bo here before they're done." She put on tho teakettle, stirred tho fire, and then plunged Into tho biscuit making with a feverish hasto, glanoing every .now and then at tho clock. " Guess I must be uncommon spry," she thought, as she shoved tho tin into the oven, and commenced putting ; out the plates and cups with a clatter . that made a pathetic attempt to be cheerful. She was listening all the time for the rattle of tho old phreton as it came up the road ; but there was 1 no sound save tho sullen sough of the * wind, and tho coaseless, irritating ' patter on the roof?no sound except one other, growing minute by minute I more loud and ominous?the roar ol ' the river. Tho San Gabriel has ) tromendous possibilities of dostruc i lion. It has been silent and harmless : for months, but to-day, fed by swollen * mountain torrents, It had spread itself out to twice its usual width, and was , ilowlng past tho house, muddy and I thick, with a sullen, slowly-incroas 1 ing roar. It showed no waves, 11 i seemed not unusually swift or deep, but huge mountain logs were swirling [tast, helpless In Its grasp. Rolont ess, treacheaous, its power was all - tho more terriblo for Its seeming Inno oonce. ' Mary lookod at In dismay. > "The Azusa bridge is safe,'' she i thought; "but the north fork !" The i north fork, whoro tho ford had to be i mado amid quick-sand 1 i Would ho vonture! And then she . thought, with a sinking hoart, of that i other time.- when, fearless lest she should bo frightened by his delay, he I had crossed a New England mountain in the faco of a terrifio storm, risking his life. Certainly he would venture. . She could do nothing but wait. Darkness settled down, and the mur i mur of the rain Increased, while out p side the tawny, eddying width of the river could be seen dimly through the gloom. An unutterable lonolinoss crept over her. Going to the wood-shod for another armful of sticks, tho gusty wind blow out her light and spattered angry raindrops into hor face from between tho cracks, and she returned out of breath. "He will not come to-night," she thought; but ber heart was oppressed With a heavy dread. Tho ticking of tho clock grow louder and more insistent. The hands point ed to ten. Sho had read two chapters of the " Imitation," and then had lookod through their local paper with out comprehending a word of either. It was timo for prayors, and sho open ed the Bible, his Bible?and read the psalm whloh he would havo read that night : "I will lift up mine eyes unto tho hills, from whence comoth my help ; my holp cometh ftora tho Lord, which mado heaven and earth." Dropping on hor kness, sho buried hor face in her arms. " O God, pro tcot him !" she sobbed, piteously. The patter of the rain on tho roof had grown deafening, and tho howl of the wind and the roar of the river gave suggestions of universal dissolution. After a momont she added, with New England firmness, " Neverthleloss, not my will, but Thine, be done." But the words were spoken with the lips, and not with the heart. Swiftly her thoughts went baok over tho years they had spent together; tho deep toys, the bitter norrows of which none mt. they two had known. 'O God, forgive me that I have I leaned on an arm of flesh !" sho cried, I her bent figure quivering and the tears raining through the slender old fingors. But a wave of recollection was swoop ing over her. She felt once more tho soft touch of baby fingors, and lookod again into the little faco with the samo doop happiness that she had foil be cause it wore its father's look and smile', the bitter desolation of tho empty oradlo and their joy In the second little guest: tbelr dally anxie ties, the poverty that thoy had faced, their petty privations and their simple j ys; the way thoy usod to road to gether, the way thoy used to talk to f;other, the happy plans that thoy had aid for this " wedding trip" when thoy should be rloh?it all oame baok to her with a feeling of utter, terriblo loneliness in the present. She oould not pray; she eo.dd not think olcaHry. Going hastily to tho fire, she stirred tho coals and put tho teakettle on again, with a pathotlo instinct for his comfort, and then, throwing a shawl over her head, sho plunged out into the night. Sho dared not go far, lest he should come and find her away. " HorrVy, Henry 1" she oallod, wildly: ] but no/answer came. The tears rolled ' ilown/hor cheeks, and sho wrung hor j bantfs desperately. " axiod,'- she gasped, "sondhimto mo t Omcond him to me soon !" She ran down the road to the rlvor, ?ouou eavo tho rush . waters. ., where la he?where la he ?" she moaned helplessly; and thee, turning with an instinct of terror, she ran back to the ga^c and stood watch ing for him there, with the rain beat ing down mercilessly on h?r gray head. The dawn of day brought to lifeht the wide desolation for which the spring of '91 is well remembered. Trees bad been torn up, cottages swept away, many lives lost. On the east bank of the river a rescuing party from El Campo camo upon an old phwton, partly wrecked and turned upside down, with a carefully-knitted afghan caught in one of its braces. They dared not tell her; but she knew it from the talk of some passing school ohildren, and all day she sat alone, not speaking, not thinking, her head bowed in her hands. The clock struck one?two?three. " He said he would oome at three," she thought, iu a dazed way, lifting her oyes to the clock. There was a step on tho gravelly walk outside that made her heart stand still. The latch lifted, the door opened, and Dr. Rutledge stood there, tall, gaunt and gray as ever, but more beautiful in her eyes than an angelic vision. ''Kit ran away and left me," said he, laconically, with a grim smile over the absurdity t f euch a proceeding on the part of bis well-regulated and re spootable old stoed. But his wife could only bury her face In her trembling hands; and then she felt the same protecting arms about her that nad shielded her from troubles for forty years, and the same Sfontlo voloe that had so often cont orted her in days gone by was whisp ering a deep prayer of thankfulness that, in tholr old age, thoy whose lives had been so long united, wero not separated tho one from tho other. It was evening before their trip was even thought of, ml then Mary, wise and provident as -or, said : " Henry, dear, j horso is lost and the buggy ruinei. We shall need all our money to get us started again, i .nd to help others that are worse off than wo are. We oap't go yet. You will not care very much, will you, now that we have each othor ?" And good old Dr. Rutledgo came nearor using violent language than over before in forty years. '* The wedding trip bo?hanged I" saip he. And so that journoy is still in the future. Al>I>ITIONALi COURTS. Two - j.i ore Proposed?Tho IteaBons Why. Columbia, January 21.?The advo cates of the proposition to oreato two additional circuit courts havo distrib uted the following circular among the members of theOoneral Assembly: Somo figures by way of comparison. Present cost of courts : Eight cL*oultB, averaging now 4.37 counties each : Six Judges, $3,500 each, $21,000; two Judges, $3,000 each, $0,000?eight Judges, total, $27,000. Seven solicitors, $1,300 each, $9,450: one solicitor, $1,600 ?eight solicitors, total $11,050. Eight stenographers, $1,250 oach, $10,000. Total for State, $48,050. Average cost per county, $1,372.85 ; average cost per olroult, $0,000.25; 105 regular courts per year?average cost por court. $457.01. Cost with ton circuits; ten clrcuts, averaging 3.6 counties, (with Saluda] each ; ton Judges, each $3,000, $30,000: ten solicitors, each averaging $1,250, $12,500; ten stenographers, oaoh aver aging $1,100, $11,000. Total for. State, $53,500. Average coat por county, $1,486.10; average cost per circuit. $5.350; 105 courts, as now held, plut 32 additional courts in sixteen counties a total of 137 courts per year?average por court, $390.58. Comparison: Cost, ton circuits $53,500; cost, eight olrcults, $48,050 Total increase for State, $5,450 Averago cost of Increase per county $151.39. Total taxable property of the State say, $174,000,000; inoroase levy lest than 32-100 of a mill, or about 3 cent: on ovory $1,000 worth of proporty. Thoro aro sixteen counties in the ' Stato of over 30,000 inhabitants, it which it is proposed to hold four eourti for criminal trials annually, instead o: three, as now?i. e., an averago of one court every threo months. This wlli save the dieting of prisoners for about throo months in each yoar. If eacl county averagos only ten prisoner* awaiting trial, their cost each pei month is $9, or $90 por month, or $27( for threo months for each county, oi for tho sixteen counties $4,320. . Il twonty counties adopt four courti $5,400 (If thirty conntios adopt foui courts $8,100) will bo saved on account of dieting prisoners alono, more that sufficient to meet the increase of $5;40C for the Stato. Besides, it will increase tho numbot and lengths of torms of tho hands on tho chain-gang, and speedy trials will bo had. Tho saving to tho Stato in tho fee. of witnesses for the Stato, and for the dofondants in felonies, in cases neces sarily continued on account of want of tlmo to try thorn, is boyoud calcula tion, but it may bo safoly estimated as at least 25 por cont. in mileage and attendance. This does not take into considera tion the relief which will bo expe rienced by litigants in olvil oases, whoso cases are continuod from term to term through no fault of theirs nor of their attorneys. Thoy pay an one rous tax in the form of loss of tlmo and witness fees, simply because the State does not afford them the neces sary machinery for the trial of their causes. In addition to tho cost of tho present circuit court, a county court would cost for oach county not less than from $1,500 to $2,000. Should tho Goneral Assembly boo (It to reduce, tho salaries of Judges to $2,700 oaoh, there will bo a farther saving of $3,000, leaving only $2,450 to be made up in tho way before mentioned. Judge Townsond, who is a momber of tho Genoral Assembly, has resigned as assistant Attorney Couoral In view Of his membership in the Assembly, His resignation is in the hands of At torney General Barbor. JOHN BULL* AND JONATHAN. Various Theories as to tho Origin of These Two Mythical PorBOIiages. From the Haiti more Sun. " John Bull," tho mythical porsonugo supposed to roprosont tho English peo ple and now figuring largely in our editorial writing and in cartoons, was tho invention of Dr. Arbuthnot, In ono of his satlrioal sketches ridlouling tho groat I hike of Marlborougb. In the opinion of Dr. Johnson Arbuthnot. was " the first man among tho eminont writers in Queen Anne's time." He drew John Bull as tho typical English man?a stout, i eo faced old farmor, far too corpulent for comfort, oholerlo, but withal an honest and well-meaning fellow. Ho clothed him in leather breoohos and top boots, put a stout oaken cudgel in his hand and a bull dog at his heels, and set him up for all tlmo to nervo as a representative Eng lishman. He may have been not so bad a oarioature in tho days of Quoon Anne. But today oertulnly there is much force in Leslie Stephen's romark that" ho completely hides the English man of real life." Tho avorago En glishmen of 1896 is physically nostouter than, probably not so stout as, the average American, and tho stout cudgel and the bull dog are no longer apt symbols of tho modern Britisher's jisposition. Ho has lost tho excosslvo pugnacity of his forefathers, and, as ive havo lately seon, is above all anx ous to keep tho peace with his Unole Samuel. Spoaking of'' Unole Sam " and "'ho thor Jonathan," whose names are being freely used, too, In the passing Inter national Hurry, there is no doubt about their origin. When Gen. Washington went into Massachusetts to take com mand of the revolutionary army, he found a great lack of ammunition and other supplies. He turned for aid to Governor Jonathan Trumbull of Con necticut, and got It. and ln'many emer ge uoles of that period he usod the Xhrase, " We must consult Brother onathan on the subject." The ex pression became nationally current, and It stands as the American paralled "John Bull." Unole Sam was not in vented until the war of 1812. Two in spectors of war supplies at Troy, N. Y.. were named Ebenezor and Samuel Wilson. A workman in their employ was marking a lot of casks received from one Elbert Anderson, a New York con tractor, and whloh were thus stamped: " E. A.?U. S." A bystander asked the workman what these marks meant, and he replied that they probably meant " Elbert Anderson and Unole Sam." alluding to Inspector Samuel Wilson.who was locally called Uncle Sam. Thus the initals of the United States were transformed by .a local joke Into a national sobriquet, which will doubtless last as long as our republic. But who first undertook to give tho portrait of Unole Sam or Brother Jona than as a long, lean, slab-sided, lantorn jawed individual is not known. Who ever he was he libeled us. There is strong reasons for believing that the average American of today is heavier in the scales, broader between the shoulder, deeper in the chest, and more generous waist girth than any of his civilized contemporaries. An iCIJS O. HAYGOOD. Tho Well-spent Life of Georgia's Great Methodist Bishop?" Illustrious as a Churoh Worker and Educator, Fa mous aa an Author and Lovable as a Friend. The Atlanta Journal gives a long and appreciative sketch of tho late Bishop Attlous G. 1 lay good, from which the following extracts are taken : Bishop Haygood was born in Wat klnsvllle, Ga., November 10, 1839, but when a mere youth his father moved to Atlanta. Green B. Haygood was ono of tho pioneers of this oity, a man of sterling character, a lawyer of fine ability and an enthusiastic missionary Methodist. Tho son inherited his father's rellgiouB fervor and some of his mental|charaoterlstiC8, but ho also owod an Inestimable debt to his mother, one of tho most remarkable women Georgia has ever seen. She was a Miss Askew, and from her, her illustrious 1 son recoived many of his character istics. Young Haygood entered Emory Col 1 lege when he was 16 years old, and had already determined that ho would give 1 his life to tho service of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He was a more boy when be left college, crowned by the brightest honors which could bo won on Its curriculum. Ho was a 1 boy chaplain In tho army and the old ' citizens of Atlanta, especially the old Methodists, remember what splendid 1 services this young soldier of tho cross j rendorod horo during the stormy period. He was tho first pastor of Trinity ' Church after tho war, and helped to i lay tho broad foundation on which that i splendid organization rests now. His ability was so great and his versatility > so pronounced that ho was soon called I from the regular pastorate to the gon i eral work of tho church. i As editor of Methodist publications ? he probably acquired one of tho best ? titles to distinction. He would have i been one of the great editors of the i country had he so endeavored. I From 1875 to 1884 he was president t of Emory College and through his ' efforts that Institution secured the favor of George Chonoy, who had been i tho bonefactor already of other South ? orn colleges and who lifted Emory out - of the slough of financial despond. He i found Emory College penniless and procured for it donations amounting to , $200,000. i His magnificent ability as an organ! J zer and bis great power as a preacher were rocognizod by the general con > ference of 1882 in his election as Bishop. ? He declined tho office because he felt i that ho had a plodgo to Emory whieb t was his supreme command. > In 1882 no was made general agent I of tho " Slater Fund," a trust which t ho hold for eight years and which he i executed with a fidelity and a patience ' that was truly admirable For a while ? he was agent both of tho Slater fund 1 and Peabody fund. In 181)0 Dr. Haygood was again f elected Bishop. Ho did not fool that i he could decline this second call of his ? church to its episcopacy. He accopt - ed it as tho crowning honor of his life 1 and only those who have known of his 1 sorvico In that otlico can estimate Its value to the church and how splondldly ' It portrayed the man's devotion and I character. I A most his first service as Bishop was embraced in his voluntary mission ' to far California, whore ho inspired 1 and strengtenod a feeble organization, ? and where tho olTects of his great efforts are still folt. Wherever ho went he was honored and loved. A fow yoars later he returned to Georgia and has since resided at Ox ford, a place which he loved possibly more than any othor locality. His health has not been good for ton years, but this fact did not deter him from arduous labor. Ho literally worked himself to death. Not only was he ready to go anywhere at any time at the bidding of bis church, but he was busy with his pen in tho work of ro liglous literature. His mission book. V Go, or Send," has been pronounced tho best appeal of the kind in modorn times, and is used largely in Europe as we 11 as in this country. Among his othor books, "Jack-knife aud Bram bles," may bo mentioned as creating a vory deep and wide improssion. " Our Brother in Black " attracted the attention of the wholo country, and is probably the strongest presentation that nas boon mado of the race ques tion in the South. The last work whloh came from him was "The Monk and the Prince," a splendid story of Savanarolo. It is difficult to say whethor ho was more forceful' as a writor or a proachor. Cortainly he had few poors in either field. Tho funeral of Bishop Haygood took place in Oxford, on Tuesday aftor noon. The exoroiues were very im pressive and woro attended by a large gathering including some of the most prominent men of Georgia. BlBhep W. W. Duncan, of South Carolina, preach ed tho sermon after whloh tho remains wero laid in tho Oxford cemetery. COTTON GUOWKH8' ASSOCIATION An Appeal to the Soil-Interests of the Farmers?Must Make the Cotton States Entirely He it-Support In?. Tho second annual convention of Southern Cotton Growers and others dlroctly ooncornod with tho cotton orop, convened in Memphis, Jan. 21., upon a oall from Prosident Hoctor D. Lane, of Alabama. Every ono of the cotton growing states wore represent ed, Mississippi and Arkansas having conspiolously largo und intelligent delegations. President Lane, who was uhoson permanent oha'rman, delivered his address Immediately aftor the con vention was oallod to ordor, dpaling extensively with statistics to demon strate tho necessity for holding the cotton no re ago within bounds. He pointed out that tho annual surplus is the effootivo Instrument used by the cotton " bears " to depress values and that over-produotlon fosters manipula tion. At tho conclusion of the address, the various committous woro appointed, and thon Hon. CharloB Scott, of Mis sissippi, was introduced. Ho dwelt ohIeilv upon the method of Southern cotton growers, whloh carried him' Higher of ?11 ia Learcoing Power.?Latest U. S. Gort Report Royal BSSS away from diversification and to the' all-cotton crop, whioh In turn carried him to the supply men who predlcatou their advances upon that orop. The close of Mr. Scott's address aroused enthusiasm, because ho took up the I certain consequences of a war in whioh I this country should figure as a prlnol pal. He Insisted that so long as war could be honorably averted let it be done but when the time arrived, it would be found that the agriculturists of the South would be found among I the foremost of the country's soldiers. At the close of this speech the oom-1 mlttee on resolutions announced its readiness to report and did so. The proambie recites the evil consequences of ovor production and unsystematic marketing of the cotton orop, and re-1 solves, "That we call the attention of the Southern cotton growers to the fact that thoy are masters of the situa tion. The orop of 1805 being less than sovon million bales, renders it entirely feasible, by a further reasonable re duction of aoreago during the preeent ] year, to materially advance tho value of cotton and thus insure a safe and 1 substantial proiit that cannot fall to I bring inoreased profit, but the enhanc-1 lng the value of our lands, and turning hither tho tide of immigration, muoh neodod for tho development of tho great natural resources of this favored section. " We earnestly urge"all producoraof cotton to take advautage of this goldon opportunity, and continue tho wiso polloy adopted during the past season of making the South self-supporting by first producing an abundant supply of corn, hay, me:, t and other liko con sumption ; docreatlng the cotton acre age still further for tho matter of prime importance, thus guarding against the dangers of overproduction and leaving tho cotton as a surplus orop." Other resolutions wero reported and adopted, making the American Cotton Growers' Association permanent, in structing the president and exccutlvo committees to move energetically against every disposition to increase acreage, and providing for permanent officers from oaoh cotton growing Stato. A committo to formulate an addross to agriculturists was also appointed, to prepare and promulgate it, after whioh the convention adjourned sine dio. The committee on address soon com pleted its work after getting together tonight. Calling attention to tho greater returns from tho decreased crops and the cause therefor, tho com mittee concludes: " Wo appeal to your solf-lntorosts and your patriotism to do all in your powor to keep down the production of the staple. Do not desert the ground {ou have won. Fight upon tho linos aid down, make the cotton States self supporting; put more land in clover and gr&8808 for your hogs to run on ; diversify your crops, and when you havo dono all this, the area duvotod to cotton will yield moro profitable re turns than If you sought to Increase the numbor of your bales. It Is felt by tho most thoughtful men ti nt wo aro ontorlng upon a year of groat uncer tainties, and that even a small cotton orop may fail to glvo adequate returns for its production. Tho muttorings of a storm are disturbing the country and unsottling all business calculations. Tho prudent men will trim his sails to meet It. With tho commorco of tho country interrupted by war?and war may oomo?cotton would bo un saleable excopt at nominal prices. Every consideration thon of patriotism, or self Interest, and of prudence, dic tates that you adhero strictly to tho rule of the diminished acreage." ?Thoro was a mooting of tho direc tors of the railway lines comprising the Seaboard Alr-Llno systom at the office of tho company In Baltimore Wednesday afternoon. President Hoff man was directed to issue and order appointing Mr. 10. St. John gonoral managerof tho ontlro systom, in addi tion to^rhs other duties as vico presi dent. In compliance with this order Mr. St. John assumed tho gonoral managership Immediately. Gonoral Manager Winder being retired from tho position. As to further connection with tho railroad by Gonoral Manager Winder nothing could bo loarned at this ond of tho lino oxoopt that at tho mooting in Baltimore a now position, that of gonoral superintendent, was created whioh will undoubtedly soon be filled. Whon an Importaut official of tho road was questioned as to whether this position would be tendered Captain Windor ho declined to say. Ho also declined to answer tho quory If he knew who would bo appointed to tho position. Tho announcement of the rctlromont of Captain Winderas gonoral managor of tho Soaboad Air-Line was a surprise although In railway circles it was not unexpoctod. It is assorted that othor Important changes in the officials of tho systom will follow. Vico President John St. has gone to Haiti more, pre sumably to confer with Hoff raun. The Mount Lebanon Shakers recent ly performed a great deed of charity, although it was not designed as a charity, boing nothing moro nor less than an advertising suhomo. It how over resulted in uro at good just tho samo. Thoy gave away 1.000 bottles of their Digestive Cordial to thoso suf fering from stomach derangements. It was so offootive in curing thoso who usod tho romddy that thoy wero loud In their pruises of it and in con sequenco a largo domand for tho cor dial was at once created. Tho druggists of this town havo lit tle books that toll all about it. Di gestive Cordial oroatcs an appetite, aids digestion and brings about a rapid increase In Mesh and strength. Laxol is tho name of a palatable Castor Oil. Just tho thing for children. CHANGES IN OLEMSON. Til 10 BOARD ASKS FOR RESIGNA TIONS. Better ManaKomont Promised for the Future?Valuable SuKKcsttonH Are Adopted?Inside Working of the College. Columbia Register, 25th inat. There has been a shake-up In the corps of professors at Clemson. Sev eral resignations have been asked for by the board of direotors, but for some roason the members are reticent about their actions for .the present, and what is known was learned from an out side source. The board has been in session in this olty since Wednesday, and did not adjourn until yesterday. All the members have been present except Senator Tillman. The board has realized for some time that some changes were neces sary in the Faculty. A sub-com mittee, consisting of Colonel Simpson, Colonel Donaldson and Senator Till man, have been quietly investigating affairs for Borne time, and as a result several important changes havo been deoided on. It has been realized for some time that the literary and academic departments have boon too Firomlnent to tho detriment of othor mportant departments, and as a re sult of the committee's report the salaries of professors in those depart ments have been decreased from 91, 800 to $1,600, and assistants to $1,000, and salaries in the technical depart ments havo boon raised to $1,200. The board has determined hereafter to employ no ono who has not tho greatest good of the institution at heart and who has not tho mental and moral training of tho students his ohief and greatest desire. It goos without say ing then that all professors elected horeaftor will bo thoroughly equipped for the work. As to whose resignations havo been requested little could be loarned owing to tho desire of the board to keep that matter from tho public for the pres ent. It is Btated that several pro fessors have been requested to get out, and It Is positively learned that among them are Profossor Strodo of the ohair of Mathematics and Professor C. W. Welch of the ohalr of Physics. Pro fessor Strodo has suffered two strokes of paralysis recently, and the board took tho action in his case with the greatest reluctance and personal re grot, but thoy feel that thoy had tc do It for tbe good of the Institution Profossor Weloh'8 ohalr was abolished and that carried with It his resigna tion. The board also elected the following professors : John G. Cllnkscales, win was associate professor of Matho unities, Is promoted to tho full profes sorshlp. Mr. James was elected professor o. mechanical designing and drawing. Mr. McLucas was chosen associate professor of English vice Professoi Harrison, resigned. Professors Welch's chair in Physicf being abolished, Mr. Southall wat elected assistant in physics and elec trical engineering. Mr. Urodie was chosen assistant pro lessor of mathematics. Mr. Wilson was elected assistant it the mechanical department. Other vacancies are to bo tilled later Tho legislative investigating com mitteo, consisting of Sonators Sloat and Watson and Representatives Floyi and Garrls, began their lnvestlgatlot at Wright's Hotel yesterday aftornooi at 4:30 o'clock, and woro In sesslor several hours. A number of the Boan of Trustees and President Craigheat gave information as to the alleged ru mors about extravagance at Ciemsoi and tho incompotoncy of some of thi professors. Nothing was loarned from any mom bor of the committee, but from outsidt and reliable sources it was statei that tho incompetent men had boon re moved, and that it did not appear tha Heart Disease Cured By Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. Fainting, Weak or Hungry Spoils, Irrcgu lar or Intermittent Pulso, Flattering or Pal pitation, Choking Sensation, Shortness of Druatli, Swelling of Foot and Ankles, are symptoms of a dlsoasod or Weak Iloart. MRS. N. C. MILLGR. Of Fort Wayne, Ind.. writes on Nov. 29,1804: "I was afflicted for forty years with lioart trouble and suffered untold agony. Iliad weak, hungry spells, and my lioart would pulpit ate so hard, t ho pain would bo so acut? and torturing, that I bocumo so weak and norvous I could not sleep. I was treated by sovcral physicians Without relief and gavo up over being well again. About two years ago 1 commenced using Dr. Milof' Remedies. Ono bottlo of tho Heart Ouro stopped all In a11 troubles and tho Restorative Nervine did tho rest,and now I sleep soundly and at tend to my household and social duties with out any trouble. Sold by druggists. Hook aont freo. Address Dr. .Mile- Medical Co., Klkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore UcalUi. Who is Wi? Whitener ? He is our Fashionable Hair Gutter and Shaver, --UNDER OPERA HOUSE, there had beoc any extravagance at Cloinson. On the other hand, the { money appiorlatsd by the Legisla ture nad been honestly and judiciously expended. THE RKPORT OP THIS INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. The investigation committee from the board of trustees of Clomson Col lege has made the following report, which was adopted by the trustees at the meeting Friday morning. This committee examined in tbe working order of the college some months ago. The report was submitted to the board at a meeting shortly afterwards, but it was not adopted at that meeting. The report la as follows: - Clomson College, S. O, Deo. 12, 1890. To the Board of Trustees of the Clomson Agricultural College. Gentlemen: We, your committee appointed to Investigate the manago ment of the college, respectfully sub mit the following recommendations: i We consider the academic depart ment unduly prominent, there being I in this department, throe full profes sors and two associates, the latter paid 81,500 each, while in the Agricultural Department there is no full professor and in the' Mechanical Department only one. In order, therefore, to re duce this department to its proper proportion and to Bhow our determina tion to give special subjects, wo re commend that salaries of literary pro fessors range from $1,000 to $1,600. Believing the success of tbo Mathe matical Department to be greatly lm Jicdcd because of the Inetltolency of 'rofessor Strode, wo recommend that ho bo required to resign at such a time as may seem proper to the Board. This and similar recommendations cause us much pain but we cannot per mit our sympathy for any individual to dutweignour interest in the welfare of students whoso preparation for the responsible duties Of lifo would be Irrevocably impaired by inefficient In structions. - We believo that all of our instruc tors should be men of at least respect able education and we, therefore, re commend that Mr. Litton, whoso educa tion is lamentably deficient, bo re quested to resign and that his placo be filled by an expert of liberal educa tion. Wo do not rocommond any immedi ate Increase in tho salaries of tho in structors in tho Mechanical Depart ment, but recognizing tho importance of having thoroughly trained men here, wo recommend that our present Instructors be urged to make uso of evory opportunity for improvement and that thoy bo permitted, whonover practicable, to spend tholr vacation at special schools or universities offering advanced instruction in mechanical arts. We think that tho salaries of In structors in this department- should be not less than $1,200, and we rocom mond that those salaries bo Increased from time to tlmo In proportion tbo zeal and efficiency displayed by tho instructors in charge. Inasmuch as the Department of Physios was, at the last meeting of tbo Board, mado a branch of tho Mechani cal Department, wo rocommond that tho chair of Physics bo abolished and that tho Instructor In this subject bo paid from $800 to $1,200, thereby rank ing with other Instructors In tho Me chanical Department. Mr. J. W. Hart, our dairyman, has shown himself to bo an export in his work and wo, therefore, rocommond that his salary be increased to at loast $1,200. Wo recommend that Professoi Mor rison continue in charge of the Fitting School at a salary of $1,500. As thorough preparatory training is indlsponsiblo to successful work in thocollogo, failuro in higher classes often being due to shoddy work in the rudimentary branches, we rocommond that here after only export and experienced teachers bo employed for tho Fitting School aud that tho young men now assisting Professor Morrison bo urged to fit themselves as soon as possible, by special university training, for tho vocation of teaching. Since it is now easy to securo tho services of men who, after completing eol'ege courses, have mado special preparation at tho universities for tho wor<c of teaching, wo do not think is wise to employ horo young men who have received only a general collego education. Experiencd teachers of established reputation would of course form exceptions to this rule. In conclusion, we consider it tho duty of tho educator not simply to hoar les sons, but to strive both in and out of tho class room by all moans at his command to dovolop his pupils in miud and moral... Wo want no hirelings at Clemson, and wo rocommond that tho Board retain only those professors who manifos, by tholr acts, a gonulno love (or their work and a hearty interest in all itheir pupils, especially In dull backward boys who most nood tho oncouragoracnt of sympathetic teach ers. ?An association is boing formed 1 ft Washington fo?' tho purpose of pro moting Sabbath observances among the ladies of tho olllclal circlos and fashionable, societies in Washington. Miss Morton, sister of the Secretary of Agriculture, with tho encouragement and CO-operationof Mrs. Cleveland ha? taken up tho matter. Tho habit of devoting Suuduy afternoon and even ing for social enjoyraont has been growing more common until now it is quite general to hold recoptions to crowded drawing rooms on this holy day. It is to cause a more rigid obser vance and a greater venoration of Sun day that theso ladles aided by many others, with tho clorgymon of the city have undortaken this groat re form. 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