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A MIDNIGHT RAID. "M latus, I'll huv ter go hunt up do carriugo bosses. Do boyu l?/' dc gate open an' dey got out " 11 What makis you BO latj, Uncle Dudley ? Supper lb long over und it is bud lime now ?"' " I jest done hauled in du ius' load of things from town, tuk out de inuleB, an' lei' de waggln to ho unloaded in de XQOruio.' Dat's liow 1 euin not tor know sooner Oe 008808 was out. Kf you ia any ways uneasy, or you an' do cbillun is skeorcd ter he lef dout me, I'll go and fetch up my olo'oman orone of do hoys ter r-leep 111 dc outside room, right hero." " Never mind disturbing Aunt Gracio, 1 know sho U tired and needs rest. Mut get hack soon as you can and lock the gates and the stable.'' " I'll shoure hurry back as soon as 1 lin' no bosses. Ue moon is shltiola' bright cz day. De soldiers is shootin' round ue kentiy at sieh a rate deso times, bosses ain't stife no whar. Not eben in dey own hide, nigh bout." This conversation took place under the window of Mrs. Walcotts' bedroom between herself and the gray-haired, trusty old oarriage driver und general " r'<ic Totti m."' When Uncle Dudley trudged 00 down the path, Mrs. Wal cottc.oscd the blinds, locked the door, turned out the Ii 14lit, and with her two ohildren, after tue OVOnlng prayer was naid, retired, with the full assurance that Uncle Dudh y would look after his boioved horses and see them aufo for tin* night. Sho was a lovoly and accomplished lady und bad over been an oruamont to th society of the town in which ehe lived. But now when Mnj. Wal celt svus at the load of his butalllon iu the Held, she dreamed the planta tion the safest retreat. This was her first night on the plantation, and her waiting maid and the children's colored "mummy-' and nurse bad r. >t come out from the town resident' . closed until after the war should be over. The Pines, as bor country placce was called, was embowered iu forest tree* and approached by a broad road, lead ing through a grove of large pine trees. Its shadows were deep, and the murmur of the winds, through the heavy crowns of evergreens, were sau or Inspiriting, according to the mood of tho listener. This night the owls und whip-poor-wills were sounding their dUmal notes, and after the childien verein bed. they began to ask mamma, "What made the owls hoot to loud ?" and " Wliat made the whip poof-wills stay so near the house?" and Mamie- said she did wish "Mummy would come soon in the morning, and bring her kitten und caLury bird." Ana Hobble said he "wanted morning to come" and he wanttd to ride Ins pony "buek to town ' and why didn't bis "Papa come home from the old war," and and-wull?the children were frightened. Their little mother soothed their fears and quieted them to a gentle slumber. With a whispered prayer, she soon d?Opp< d asleep herself. She knew not the time of the night; darkness enshrouded the room. A incst unearthly, hollow, resounding noise arouse il her from her sleep. Every sense was startled into wakeful feur First, as of clumsy feet coming up the steps ; tbeu a pause, and then clop elop-clop, over the lb or of the open passage that separated the two wings of the house. The helpless wo man listened with awi some dread and strain* d attention, as the heuvy thuds reverberated iu hollow sounds as of some monster stamping over the bouivs?, stumbling, shambling, new ad vancing, now r. treating. The children av oKc and quivering with feur elur.g to their mother; and Mamie ss hlspt red that it ss as ''a horrid old iiesi rter from the army " come to kill them every one. Rubble said " he believed it was a diunk soldier on horseback; that ho could hear the hoofs of his horse on the floor." Mrs. Waieott was filled with apprehen sions for the worst. Soldiers were cocttantiy passing to and fro over the country, many of them deserters. They were known to raid bouses in drunken abanuoo. Help there was none; courts were all closed, and the Southern men were under arms, (ur from homes und families, Women und children were helpless. What could she?one weuk woman and two helpless child ren almost babies?do for defence at the mercy of a reckless freebooter? Ad resolutions vague and wild, were swaying through her brain, of escape or defence, sue was further hoorlfled when the lumbering footsteps ap proaobed hor bed-room and eume to a standstill. On the death like silence there urose a sound thut no words can describe. Piercing the air, echoing and re-echo ing doss n the pine avenue, a brazen \trumpeting, all-resounding, prolonged, hoarse noice, human or demon, wrung from the mother and both children shrieks of terror. Mrs Walcott sprang from bed with both children clinging to her. With a half formed idea of 8}>rirging through the svindosv and seekVig refuge behind and under the ?hrubiery in the front yaro, sho np lj proacltd the window and was para A lyaed 0 see the ligure of a man coming avrmr the path. Turning to the svin dow on the opposite side sho sunk on her knees in an agony of prayer to God for protection. On the Still night air, intensifying her fears, there again arose that hor rible, unearthly dissonance, reverbe rating through the hou.->e, and dying away with the murmur of tho night wind among the pines. As tho echo began to dlo away Mrs. Waleott thought sho heard tho blind gently rattle. Raising her head to listen, there fill upon her ear, mU9io as sweet us that of heaven itself, The ; * quivering, kind old face of Unolo Dud ley made Itself heard : " Don't be skeered Mistus, dat onycarthly tromp ln' and bray in'In an'round an' through dat passage ain't mithin' but dat mule o' mine. She got loose whar I hitched her when I got oosvn to put do bridles 'on du hossea when I foun' cm eatin' ? gra?? on di creek bank. D >y svua tryi.j' ter git back ter town, l tuk, Jim long borbind me on de mule ter ride , one an' lead do udder one back, an' whei I Mil ,1 Jim he done lot de muie ' git way. " i im? to take time to cut a limb er two an' trash him down 'foro I could etart buck home. D.it give dc mule suoh a start o' me 1 never ketchod up ' wld her. t ralucd dut mulo an' no . botfy can't never feel h>-r 'bout notion.' kbo studied dat bay 'round do passage wharyon an my ole 'oman unpacked do oblny dishes out uf no crate, 'bout dark. 1 raised dat mule an' timo boo floored |,,<j ppcuk, who con.meDced dat brayt n' dar by yo' door. I in she' >-or ?ry you an' do chilluns had ?ich a skecr. I'll git dat mule out uf do yard an' IV' git my ole 'oman, or ono uf do boys ,tor sleep do baienco of do night ui? here at do house. Lcnat wuys. soon as kin wako my olo 'oman. ICo ez fur ; dein boys o' mine, mithin' lessen a hhncory lim' wld mo at. do cn l uf it kin rouse dona fru- : onorin'." ^ !' I am t>- glad that you aro horo SJvnel* Dudley ; get the n.ulo into the lot lock the gate, and ho will bo safe \ p.id Becuro once more," said JVlrs. Wal Uncle Dudley proceeded to got his < mulo out of the passage, down the I ['steps and across thoyard. I: ".Comoouter dar Madame, what fur I you been rousln' creation, takeo do I'roof off do eky, dls time o' do night 1 arter dat bite or straw whon deros K\ orn In yo' stablo waltln' fur you V" B ' Yo' onmannerly, four footed 'njun, I you howl hi' wllclorness of a loud HiuouU ed mulo" showed that his vooa H hulio y t Inveotlvos whs exhuustod and Hthivt ho > as skirting the wide (i dd of mt/s? lmagk ?atlon and falling back on ? ^o rich re. ervos of memory for terms H 'uffloiont .orco to express his sontl ,s '" '''lri 0080 ?" t,'? "mlu Q0 Da(* ralKod that had raided the house In the dead uf the night fur a few scat tered whlsps uf huy. With ostenta tious severity, but evident pride In tho sagacity uf tho mule, ho had raised, he slapped hor Hank loudly with a shurt light hoard 'hat bo pijktd up us ho trudged across the yard, uud clos log tho stable dour with muttorlngs uf " Vuu Mudum stay in dar an' eat yu' QU. Yuu kin drink Jcdon dry an' eat up creation un' dun bray fur more," I'nclo Dudley trudged oil to bis cabin and uight and silence closed the scene. THE CKUKI/IY OF Hi* A IN. She Apostle ol'HlKotry ami Despotism ?Fivo Hundred Years of Savagery and Bloodshed. 11 01110 and l''arm. Well may ail nations in this century stand appalled at tho story told by Senator l'roctor of tlio horrible con dition uf the inhabitants uf Cuba. Of no other nation save Turkey alone could snub stories bo told, but tho Spain of tho Sixteenth century in Kit rope and America is the Spain of to day, brutal, bigoted, ignorant and ob stinate. What is baid now of Spain in Cuba has been told of Spain at home, ] of Spain in the Netherlands, of Spain among the American Indians; the ugus chaogo Spain not tho least. Commerce passes hor by ; tho ages of scieuco and discovery do not enlighten Spain and Woyler of 18ii8 iH tho legitimate suc cessor of Totquemada and of the Duke of A Iva. Motley tells us that during the eighteen years of Turqucmuda's ad ministration of the Inquisition, 10,220 Individuals were burned alive, and '.)7,:i-l were punished with infamy, cou tisuution of property or perpetual im prisonment, so that this one friar de stroyed 111,101 families. Naturady when Charles V proposed to cstabiisti tho Spanish inquisition in tho {Netherlands, the Netherlands re volted. In the Netherlands Alva organized the Council of Blood. Hero is Motley's dt scrlptlon of its work : "Thus the wbolo country became a oharnolbouse; the death hell tolled hourly iu every village ; not a family but was called to mourn for the dearest relatives, whilo the survivors stalked listlessly about, tho ghosts of their former umong tho wrecks of their for mer homes. The spirit of the nation, within a few months alter the arrival of Aiva, Bee med hopelessly broken. The blood of the best und bravest bad already stained tho scaffold '. tie) men to whom it bad boon accustomed to look for guidance and protection were dead, in prison or exile. The scaffolds, tho gallows, tho funeral pyres, which hail been sufficient in or dinary times furnished now an entirely inadequate machinery for the iueessaul executions. Columns and stakes in every street; the door posts of private houses, tho fences in tho Quids were ludeu with human carcasses, strangled, burned, beheaded. Too orchards in the country boro on many u tree the hide ous fruit of human bodies." This is the story of the Spaniard in Europe ; it is reproduced when wo read of tlie Spaniard in Mexico and Peru. " Indians,", says Ehske, in writing of Peru, "Indians were slaughtered by Lie hundred, burned alive, impaled on Sharpstakes, torn to pieces by blood hounds, in retaliation for the murder of a Spaniard it wus thought proper tu ca.l fifty or sixty Indians and chop their beads off. Little children were (lung into tho water to dreiwn with less concern than if they had been puppies. In the mingling of sacred ideas with tho sheerest deviltry, there was a grote.-qlioness lit for tho pencil of D.jro. Once iu honor of (Jurist and his twelve apostles, they hanged t.,irteoo Indians iu a tow at such u height that their toes Could just touch the ground, and then pricked them to death with their sword points, tukiug care not to kill them quickly." Tbo story is too well-known and too horrible to bo repeated at further length. It is tho same hloodv record of brutality from beginn! g to end ; a Story In which Spam is over the foe of civilization, of humanity, of freedom, und tne apostle of bigotry cruelty and despotism. As Spain was then, so in sho today in Cuba ; more feeble, it is true, but bo cause feeble, more cruel. Sne sees power slipping from hor, and she clings to it with the tenacity of de spair. Lot Spain and. Turkey remain to blot the map of Europe if Europe will have it do, but the time has come to close the history of Spain in tho New World, after live bundled years of almost un interrupted savagery and bloodshed. THE RESOURCES OF CUBA. The Heal Truth About the Queen of the Antilles. Philadelphia Ledger. There Is a widespread and growing feeling that tho time when this coun try will intervene to put a stop to the atrocities which are being perpetrated by Spain In Cuba, under the excuse of suppressing tbo rebellion there, is to b.j almodt counted by days. The power ful und righteous rca uns which im pelled tho Cubans to revolt against the continued dominion of Spain, and en gage In a war for independence, are generally known and heartily sympa thized with, but there is less familiari ty with tho character of the country and its wonderful resources in time of peace. Of an irregular cresccr.t shape, Cuba is much larger than is popularly supposed, for it is 730 miles long, had an average width of MU miles and area of -1(1,319 tquaro miles, with out including Its adjacent islands, which add ovor 2,000 tquaro niiled more. Although mountainous in the interior, much of tho coast lino is low and H it, and difficult of approach on account of the numerous rcefd and small islands. Notwithstanding this featuro of tho coast, It is said that no other island In the world has as many excellent harbors in proportion to its size. Of these Uubana, Matanzus, Babia Honda, Muriel, Nuevitas, Nipu and Cardenas, on the north side, and Santiago do Cuba, Trinidad, Quanta name and Cienfuogos, on tho south sido, are the prlnclpa1.and best known. The island of Cuba Is divided into six provinces, the most thickly populatedof which is Uabana, and the least is Puerto Principe, The total popula tion before tbo present insurrection wua over 1,000,1)00, but it in estimated that at b'Ubt half a million bavo Hinco perished In battle, by dtsutsuand by starvation. Although tnero is much ulcared and cultivated land, there arc no l. es than 2|),000,0l)0 acres of almost Impi netrable forest, fully 13 000,000 of which have never boon disturbed by man. But tho soil which has oecn culti vated la murvclously rich and produc tive. To what extent thin la ao is shown by the fact that, notwithstanding the di.-courugemenls to induatrial enter prises through tho misrule of Spain, the exports in 180.J woro valued at over 8?,000,000 Spanish dollars. Notwithstanding tho prcvalonco of yollow fover in tho soacutiH eitles and towns, tho greater part of Cubu is said under normal conditions to ho a very healthy place. Although not altogeth er In tho tropics, It has all tho char acteristics of tho torrid region. It has a wot ar.d dry season, and except In few spots In tho mountains not oven l!jfht frost. Tho prevailing tempera tun Is not unplousantly hot, (or tho highost Is rarely ovor 82 degrees, whilo tho average Is 77 dogreos. Tho ohief agricultural products aro sugar, colToo and tobacco, of wblch the United States takes tie groatcr part. In I8i)3, for example, them woro 815, 894 tons of fluga~ produced, of which 718.201 tons wore oxnorted, tho United States taking 0?n,642 tons. Of 227,000 bales of tobacco exported, two-thirds came to this country, together with more than half tno 147,305,000 olgars made. But while tho exports footed up a total of 80,000,000 Spanish dollars, and the Imports 5(1,000,000. tho taxation on the people reached nearly 25.000,000 Span dh dollars. Of this tremendous burden, which Is more than one-sixth tho combined value of the imuorts and exports, less than one-huif came from the cubtoms, and one-fourth of the whole is entirely diverted from the Island to tho use s of the Spanish crown. It Is supposed that the negro race either predominates in point of num bers in Cuba, or at least nearly so: but this docs not appotir to he tho fact, for just before tho rebellion it was esti mated thai there were less than half a million of this raeo on tho islaud, against over a million whites and about ;")<).oot) Oh<neso. Of tbo whites, the native born, or Cubans, are by far the best educated, hut neither the mass of tho Spanish residents nor tho negroes are overburdened with scholastic knowledge. There seems no doubt that under proper government tho wealth of Cuba would be prodigious, and even with a poor rule, but freo from the oppression of Spain, it should be of more thun ordinary proportions. MOIti1. FACTS ABOUT CUBA. The Most Fen tie Island In tho World ?The Story of Its Wrongs anil Op pressions. The Island of Cuba Is intorbccted by mountairs, which extend from east to west, and diminish In height toward the western part. Tho irreatest height of the chain is attained in the mountain of PlCO Turqulno. "Blue Peak," which rises to too height of ! 7,t>70 feet. Tho climato is hot and dry during tho greater part of the year. The 1 months from tho beginning of May to October aro called tho wot season, though rain falls during every month in tho year. Prom November to April the dry season prevails. Bain often descends iu torrents from July to September. It Id said that no snow bus ever been known to fall on the island, though frosts OCOUr sometimes in tho highest mountains. There uro l??t few rivera in Cubn, the CautO baing-tho only one that de serves the importance of being con aidorcd u navigable stream. Small steamers ascend this river for tho distance of 40 miles. A number of other rivers, under (avorablo circum stances, can ho navigated for a dis tance of from 10 to i'-O miles from their mouth. Cuba is probably the most fertile Uland in the world. The product of its soil, and tho wealth created there by, having tilled tho cullers of Spain and deferred the bankruptcy of the monarchy for many years. The chief agricultural products of the island are Coffee, tobacco and sugar. Toe sugar estates are tho most important indus trial establishments on the island, ranging in size from ?100 to 1 000 aorta. The coil'oo estates are also very lav p irtant. Tobacco is indigenous to Cuba, and its excellent quality is famous through out the wond. These estates are scattered throughout tho island, but the most valuable and fertile are situ ated in the western part. The history of Cuba is merely a re cital of ia succession of wrongs, a tragedy with scarcely a breathing spell between tho acts. Govern* d by a race cruel by nature, and rapacious by in stinct, the Cubans have probably Buffered more from extortion and bar barism from their musters than any other people uf modern times. The Bufferings uf tho Cubans, and tho intense sympathy of the people of the United States, iuduced President Polk to propose through tho United States minister at Madrid, the pur chase of tho island from Spain, but the proposal resulted in nothing. Ten years later a Bimiliar proposal was made, but after a deha'e on the quos tlou in the United States Senate the BUbjeot was dropped. In 1808 tho revolt kuuwn as tho 10 years' war broke out. Tho indepen dence of tho island was declared by ttie insurgents, and a considerable army was active iu the tield and gained a number of notable successes. After ten years of guerrilla warfare, signa lized by great cruelty, the Madrid government proposed certain reforms and tho patriots, who woro worn out through aheer weariness of fighting, accepted the inevitable. It is a mat ter of history, however, that none of these promises were kept, and about tho only change in tho administration of the aflairs of the island was tho treb ling of the tux rate und tho adoption of various schemes of extor.ion. Fron that time to tho beginning of the pres ent rebellion the condition of tho peo ple continued to grow worse, and much of the native population emigrated tu other lam's to escape oppression. The present rebellion was inaugurat by exiles, who possessed opportunities to develop plans of freedom not enjoyed by Cubans residing in their native country. They raised the sum of $70, 000 and secured tho co-operation of several veterans of tho l'J-years' war. Tho dibcontent and Buffering of the people throughout tho islund woro so general that all that was needed was to elevate the standard of liberty, and willing men gathered around it. With in a few days after Gon. Antonio Maceo landed in Santiagu do Cuba several thousand soldiers Hocked to him, though the Spaniards wero close upon his trail, In tho meantime, {.General Gomez had gained sovoral successes in spite uf tho superior forces of tho Spaniards, and ho resolved to invade the western portion of tho islund in company with Macco. Their successes led to the erection of the famous troch as, which v/ero supposed to ropresont a dividing lino between tho territory controlleu by tho opposing forces, In order to separate and prevent the co operation of tho Cuban forces, but which do not deter tho robol forces from going from provinco to province at will. On Feb. 10, 18%, Weylor isauod bis two famous decrees of concentration. By tiiem every human being of iho country district was compelled to loavo his home, after it had been destroyed by the Spaniih columns, nd go to one of the fortified towns under tho vigil anco of tho Spanish soldiery. With tho homes of the reeonoentrndos their cultivated lands were to bo devastated and around the towns where they had to live not a pioee of bread was to bo given to them, iu this manner, under pretext of a military operation, half a million people, most of them women and children, were condemned to dlo from hunger. From tbedatoof ihoso decrees until November, 1897. .11)0 000 svere murdered thus In Cuba. Hince Novi mbur, as a result of Weyler's sanguinary orders, the number has been Increased to-100, OuO. Previous to the advent of Weyler tho population of Cuba was estimated at from 1,;'>00.000 to 1,700 1)00, but at the present time ii is hardly probable that more than 1,000,000 native Cubans ro main. Havana is tho capital and base of Spanish operations. The Cuban capital is Cubitus, In Puerto Principe provtneo, near which Genoral Gerne/, is carrying on his mostuctive opera tions. a Horrible Disaste1 ?second in its frightful ravages only to tho famous Johnstown, Pa., Hood of 1889, which carried oil 2,000 lb'es and dostroyed property to tho amount of sovoral mil lion dobars, is a o recent horrible dis aster at Shawnootown, III., caused by tho ovot flow of Iho Ohio river. When the first announcement of tho inunda tion oarno to hand It was generally supposed that In tho hurry at d exolto ment tnoldont to the affair some errors might havo crept Into tho figures, but later news dlspatohos havo confirmed tho information which the oarller ones contained, and made It evident that the appalling figures havo not been In tho lesst exaggerated. To briefly eummar lze the damage caused by the invading Mood, It appears that some two hui drod victims lost tbolr lives outright, 1 and that out of the number who et capcd death at least one thousand woro bereft of hi in a. Prior to tho Inunda tion, Shawucetown < njoyed tho woll- I enrned prominence of befog one of tho oldest and most thriving communities in Illinois. Its wido awuko inlmbi- , tttnts lived In comfortable homes, and | numbered In tho aggregate 2,000 s>ub. ' Hut since tho horrible ulTair of last I Sunday, its existence has bjeu almost completely wiped out. Never before in any similar catastrophe has destruc tlor. been moro thorough. While in tho frightful wreck at Johnstown, Pa., the aggregate amount of damage wrought by the invading | Hood was much greater than tho aggro gate amount ol damiigo wrought by tho ; Overflow of tho Ohio river at Shawneo town, 111., still it appears from the i best information which can be obtained that tho per cupita amount of damage in | tho latter ca->e is much greater than | the per capita amount of damage in the former case. In com par it on with tho tragic loss of life and property at 81 awneetown, 111 , mot battles possoss j little danger. [tEVOLT AT TUB CITADEL. A Mutinous Outbreak i>y Seventy Cadets ami 'Thirty Policemen Quelled i ho ltioi. As the result of live cadets at tho South Carolina Military academy being reported to Col. Coward by Cadet Can toy for breaking garrison several sveeks ago, an etTort was made on Mon day night by about 70 of tho cadets to eject Cautoy from the. institution The demonstration developed into a mutiny, and had It not been for the calmness of Col. Coward tho insurroe tloc of tho cadets would In all prob ability have resulted seriously. Chief Doyle and a (quad of :>0 police men were called out- to assist in sur passing tho turbulent cadet--, who eeeraod bonton doing harm to Can toy. Had they succeeded in effecting an en trance into tho cadet's room it is im possible to say what his treatment would have bean. When it became known some time ago that Cadet Cantey hud informed the authorities of the aoademy of tho breaking of garrison by live cadets which resulted in their temporary sus pension, though they wi re afterwards reinstated, about lib or 70 of tlio cadets resolved that Cantey must leave the Citadel even if they bad to use forco. Monday night was tho time appointed to carry out their resolutions. Col. Coward had suspected this move on the part of the cadets and bad made preparations to thwart their movements, if any there shouiu be. He called on Cnief Boyle about 0 o'clock and stated that ho expected trouble among the cadets and asked that a police guard be placed in front and in the rear of the academy to pre vent any one from entering or eseap | iiig from the building. Tue request was granted, and before leaving Chief Boyle gave Lieut. McManus, tho officer of the day, instructions to call out the reserve squad in case anything serious arose. About 11 o'clock matters took a seri ous turn. There was a wild whoop like boys at a baft ball game, und the cadets rusheel madly towards Cantey'a room. There were erics of "Out with him I" "Put him out!' Col.Cowar , hearing the outbreak, Intoroopted tre cadets and succeeded In reaching Cadet Cantey's room ahead of the mutineers. He placed himself firmly against tho door and ordered them back. The scene that followed was most stirring. Like Indians at a war dance the cadets orowded about Col. Coward, yelling und singing songs. It was a scene of the w lldost chaos. Col. Coward remained cool anil collected, and had it not been for hi- determined stand serious trouble would have been the result. While the excitement svas at fever heat a Equad of .'10 policemen came in and were loudly hissed by the rebellious students whom, however, thoy soon suppressed. lue police remained on d .ty at the Citadel until 1 o'clock, when the excitement abated. Cadet Car toy remained in his room during the excitement with his door bolted. There were a number of cadets with bin who were prepared to meet tho iiu argents had thev succeeded lu forcing open tho door and attempting to eject him from the institution. Cadet Cantey, acting under the ad vice to Col. Coward, left tho Citadel after quiet had been restored and went to the St. Charles hotel, where he spent the remainder el the night, leaving early the next morning for his homo in SUuimerton. Not Knowing when another outbreak might occur, Col. Coward did not deem it advisable for Cantey to remain at the Academy. A reporter for Tho State saw C.il Coward in reference to the trouble, with the following result: "It was a most deplorable proceed ing," said be, " and the resident mem bers of tho board of visitors havo been notified of the conduct of tho caiiots who took part in the incident. It has been determined to call a full meeting of the board for to-morrow at 12o'clock to investigate the matter and take ac tion on it. There was no attempt on tho part of the cadets to uso their guns or bayonets, and during the whole pro ceedings not a gun was .displayed. As for their having access to tho .magu zino tho report is without foundation. Tho shells are kept under double locks and \ '. they had any loaded shells they were brought in by outsiders. '? The whole trouble grew out of the incident of a fow weeks ago, when live of tho cadets were suspended for breaking garrison. Cadet Cantey, who is sergeant major, mado tho re port, and 1 am sure when he did so, he thought he was doing his duty. Bo was not tho ollicor of tho duy and his report was not made to mo or to any other of tho Officials of the academy. Bis report was made to the ollicor of tho day who reported the case to me. No names were given and in making the report, he said, " If this Is a report I ought not to make, don't consider it.' I at once ordered an inspection of the barricks. Threo inspections were held before the cadets were located. " At tho last meeting of tho board of visitors, recently held, no churgos wore preferred against Cadet Cuntey and consequently tho board had noth ing to act on so far as ho was concern ed." Tho cadets hold that according to school ethics inasnoioh as Cantoy was not tho officer of ttio day ho should not iiavo made tho report tio did. Since he did the feeling against him was very strong. Dili NOT R&COON12B HER.?Some trouble bad OOOUred between tho teller of a I'ittshurg bank and his best girl. Both woro very proud and high-spirit ed, and tho young lady insisted upon repeating to tho teller that ho must no vor a<.rain speak to hor; that ho should never rcoogn'zo her under any circumstunccs, and that if ho did so sho wou'd consid r it an Insult. Tho teller was greatly ofTonded. Ho long od for rovonge, and a few days later he had It. Whlio shopping down town tho young lady becamo short of money. Sho kopt a small amount at an East End bank, but tho money whs needed at once. So sho tripped lightly into tho tollor's bank, filled out hor check for a fow dollars, and proecntod It to hor erstwhile esoort. "Are you acquainted with any one here?" ask<~d the toller. Tho you ' woman nearly fainted. "If not resumod thotfllcr, "I'm afraid I cuu't cash your oheok. No doubt, It Is perf>3ctly good, but bank rules require that wo know and rocog nlzo both of the persons and signatures of all thoso to whom we pay money " The gulf betweon theta now oa:i never bo bridged. HOW TO GROW TOBACCO. The lobacCO crop has stc-ulily in- i creased in volume from year to year, and will continue to do so, as it will always he one of the luxuries. People will stint themselves and families lor tint' necessaries of life, hut their to bacco I hey must have. Tobacco is much more expensive and difficult to grow than the cotton crop or acy of our staple crops, for it is subject to so many dangers and adver sities that it seems a miracle that one is ever put on the market. The grow ers of this valuable plant deserve all they ever get for it. The first thing to he done is to get a flno seed-bed. and this is usually done bv. selecting a nice loamy spot, with soil as flue as possible, and then piling brush and wood on this about the si/.e of the seed-bed desired. Mre this, and burn thoroughly, after which, rake all the coals, trash, etc., off, and work the ashes into the soil as thoroughly as | possible, Bake and work tins over until the ashes arc mixed with (he soil. The burulug serves a double purpose ; it kills the seeds of all noxious weeds, and the ashes mixed with the soil make a vorv flno socd-bed. Of course these conditions can be gained without burn ing the beds, hut there is usually a g'cal deal of runhish to 1)0 burned any way, and thus the burning serves a double purpose. The bod should he located near water so that it can be watered when ncces Btuy. It is hc>l lo put plank around it so that the cloth will not rest on the plants. The tobacco bed cloth will furnish abundant protection from frost. Fertilizer may ho used on any bed in the place of the ashes whore the burning is loo expensive Sow the seeds broadcast and scratch the soil lightly with a li.ie rake and lay a lung plank across the bed and walk up and Oil it. Then move the plank one Width oi itself, and so on, until the bed is levelled over ami the soil is packed around UlO little seeds. This will insure u'crinination and uniformity of plants. Try to get good, strong, well grown plants to put out as soon as all danger of frost is past ; the strong, healthy plant starts ort growing so inn :h belter than the small one when transplanted. Ii is much bettor to select grey land with a yellow sub soil for growing to bacco. It possible, plant in cheeks same distance each way, foi the crop can then be cultivated much easier. Tin- land should i e. very thoroughly drained, lor tobacco can not lie grown well on wet land. The quantity will surely be SIUHII and the quality poor. Heilig a rapid growing crop, it needs a ra h soil or high fertilization. The three essential el? incuts of a complete fertilizer, viz : Nitrogen, potash ami phosphorus, must be present hi large quantities. Tho potash, which is very essential, should be. in the form of sul phate of potash, as this is tree from chlorine ingredient which lias :i bad effect on the. tooacco. This fertilizer should be readily soluble, as the plant makes a rapid growth and tin; fertilizer, il not speedily available, is of no use. The fertilizer should be applied in the hill two or thico weeks before the plants are set out. Check the land very deep, and put fertilizer in tIii.-- cross furrow and i mi a cultivator over this, COVCrilip, the fertilizer up. When the crop is set out the fertilizer will have had time to mix with the soil, and the roots will not be burned Cultivate often, ami run both ways when practi cable, The tobacco crop liccds very careful culture and the single horse cultivator is one of the best imple ments for keeping (he ground in proper condition. 11 goes without saying thai there is a great deal of hand woik needed, ami the worms will keep one interested if they are to be kept up with properly, The time to kill the worm is when he is young. There arc many Weys of sotting rid of them, but the most effective is to pick them oil* by band. Curing the crop is something that has to be learned by experience. We can theorize on other things and toll people how to do them, but my advice to any otic wishing to learn how to cure to bacco, is to go where it is being cured, and learn the methods practically. We may work hard and make a line crop and then practically lose it all in the cm i tig. H. I it n Y. WIDE AND NAKHOW TIKES. Bulletin Missouri Experiment Station. Numerous tests of the draft of wide and narrow tired wagons have been made at this station during the past two years, r.n macadam, gravel and dirt roads in all conditions, and on mead ows, pastures and plowed fields, both wet and dry, Contrary to public ex pectation, in a large majoiity of cases the draft was materially less when tires six inches in width wei u used than when the tests were made with tires of standard' width?one and one-half inches. The following is a summary of (he results : 1. On macadam street, as nn aver age of the two trials made, a load of 2,618 pounds could have been hauled on the bread lircs with the same drall that a load of 2,00U pounds required on the narrow lircs. 2. Gravel road. In all conditions of the gravel road, except wet and sloppy on lop, the draft of (lie broad tiled wagon was voiy much less than that of the narrow tired wagon. Averaging the six trials, a load of 2,482 pounds Could be hauled on the broad tires with the same draft required for a load of 2,000 pounds on the narrow tires. 3. Dirt roads, (a) When dry, hard and free from ruts and dust, '2,;">.'!() pounds could have been hauled on the broad tires with the saute draft required for 2,()(J() pounds on the narrow tires, (b) When the surface was covered With two or three inches of very dry, loose dust, tho results were unfavor able, to the broad tire. The du t on the road in each of these trial" was un usually deep. (C) On clay road, mud dy and Sticky on the surface and Drill underneath, the results wore uniformly unfavorable to tho broad tires, (d) O.i clay road, with mud (loop, and drying on top, or dry on top and .spongy un derneath, a largo niunlicr of tost? show ed uniformly favorable to the broad tire. In this condition of road the broad tiros show to their greatest nd VaniagO, As the road dries and be comes firmer, tho different e hotwoon the draft, of the broad an I narrow tires gradually diminishes it.itil it reaches about twenty-live to thirty per cent, on dry, hard, smooth dirt, gravel or macadam road, in favor of I he broad tire. On the other hand, as (he mud becomes sof(er and deeper, the differ ence between the diaft of the two types of wagons rapidly diminished until tho condition is reached when the mud adheres to both sets of wheels; hcie tho advantage of the broad tires ceases entirely, and the narrow tires pull ma terially lighter, (e) Clay road, surface dry, with deep ruts cut by the ?narrow tiros in tho ordinary uso of the road. In every trial the first run of tho broad tire over the narrow tiro ruts has shown a materially increased draft POWDER Absolutely Pure IIOVM BAKINO P^OER CO., NtW VOOK. ? ? ivix computed with thai of tho nar row tiro run io its own rut. The sec ond inn of llic broad tires in the same track where Iho rut Is not deep com pletely eliminated tins disadvantage, and showed a lighter draft for the broad tiro than the nanow lire showed in tin' II 1*81 run. Whoio the ruts wore eightuu'hcsdeep with rigid walls, thrco runs of the broad tiro 1U its own track over the ruts were required to eliminate tho disadvantage. Thrcfl runs of the broad tiro over this track have in all cases bcOU 8UfllC10Ut, however, to BO improve the mad surface that both the broad and narrow tired wagons passed over this road with less draft th in the narrow tires did in the original ruts. In addition t? the saving of draft, the road was made very much more com fortable and pleasant for Iho users of light vohiclos and pleasure carriages by the few runs of the six-inch tire. Summing up all the tests on dirt roads it appears that there are but three con ditions oil which the broad tires draw heavier than the narrow tires ; namely, (1) when llie road is slooppy, muddy or sticky on the surface and firm o>' hard underneath ; (2) when the vat face is covered with a very deep loose dusl and hard underneath ; (.'I) when the mud is vciy deep and so Bticky that it adheres to the wheels of both kinds of wagons. through a majority of days in the year and at times when the dirt roads are mosl used, and when their use is most imperative, the broad tired wag ons pull materially lighter than narrow tired wngO'lS. ?I. A largo number of tests on mead ows, pastures, stubble-land, corn ground and plowed ground in every condition, from dry. hard and linn to very wet and soft, show witllOU* a sin gle exception a large difference in draft in favor of the btoad tires. This differ ence ranged from seventeen to one hundred and twenty per cent. ANTIQUITY OF FINS. Pins uro, as the Baying goes, as oM as the hills. In some form or another Ihoy havobeen i:i existence ever sine?! our first parents clothed thcmsolvos in flg leaves, which grew wild in the garden of Rolen. As a matter of fact, pins dann a very high antiquity, the curhcsl form being the natural thorn, which is still used to some extent by the peasant women of upper Fgypl. If prehistoric times pins were also made of the sumII holies of fish ami animals. Pius in America made their first ap pearancoduring the last century. In 1776a prize was offered by the colon ists of Carolina, who introduced the first native pins ami ?ccdlcs. During the war of 1812, when, owing to the rcstr'clions upon commerce, the price of pins ruse to 81 per p iper, the manu facture was actualh stalled in the United Slates, but does not seem to havo nu t with success, as (he enter pme was soon abandoned. The indus try was not fairly started in tins coun try until Iho year 1830. Die early pins in ibis country were, made Willi globular heads of line twist ed wire, made separately ami secured to the shank by compression from a lulling block and die. These old pins had the misfortune of often parting with their heads. it was to overcome Ibis difficulty that the attention of the early inventors was iliiectcd. The solid-headed pin in common use today took the place of the old form about IS III. Ilcforo the introduction of machinery pins were made by manual labor in such a way as to require their passage through tli.- hands of fourtt en diffeicnt persons before completion, by ma chinery in use at the present lime, it is estimated that 100 pins are turned out per minule. In Ki.gland, 00,000.000 pins arc made daily, of which '{7,000, IKIO are made in Birmingham alone. Connecticut is the center of the indus try in the United Stales. ?Said a young cotton farmer to us a low davs since. : "They tell us every spring that W0 would g. t along better il we were not so lazy, and then in the fall when we want to sell cot toil they say, whal do you raise so much cotton for? 1 Would like to know what would become of us if we were not laz\,sincr we grow more cotton I ban the market risrht remedy for the insidious ills (hut make tin; biff disenscs. THE SOUTHUK* FA KM Fit. wncna man's Uvei is "out of wliack " or his digestion is bad, or his appetite "fin ic'xy," he should take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It makes a man "hungry as a horse." it tills the blood with the life-Kivinn elements of the food a man takes, it is the great Hvei invigorator, it makes the digestion perfect, it is the Kreat blood-maker, flesh-builder and nerve tonic. It drives all Impurities from the system. It cures nervous prostration, bil ious Complaints, malarial troubles and 08 per cent, of nil eases of consumption. The medicine dealer wbo offers n substitute for the sake of a lew extra pennies profit, ?? dishonest. "Would luve wriltcn you before r..-,v bill thought I v.onld wait until I got entire., .sell," writes Mrs. Vary TibbS, of Hitchcock, C.ilveston Co., Tex. "Now I nm pleased to say that I am Bound ind well, i have been using Dr, Plerce'i Oolde.i '.M .l Discovery, the 1 l'avorile Pfe> ?cription 1 and 1 Pleasant Teilet?.' We think your nicr.icincs the hest in the world. I was troubled wfih female weakness, headaches, cold feet and hands, a dlMgicrablc drain and general v.<-.ik neis; was exceedingly nervous, bad poot appe tite, constipation, distress in the slomwji, too much flow, falling of internst organs, of two years' standing- Three bottles of ' l'avorile Pre ?crlptlon ' ami tbree of ' (lolden Medical Discov ery "completely restored my health." Constipation and biliousness nre nasty, nagging disorders that keep a man or wo man dull and miserable. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pelleta are a sure, speedy, perma nent cv t. One little 1 Pellet1 in a gentle laxative .mil two a mild cathartic. The) ?ever Kiipe. Dealers sell them. Nothing fc"juf jfifOodL" will take at afjiving pilce." The fact is that our It lend struck just what is the matter. The Southern fataler is lazier than mankind in general, hut ho is too spasmodic. He puts all his efforts into the making of a crop of CO ti n, ami seems averse to the steady pull of varied farming that runs through the whole year, and keeps a man busy winter and summer. All his energy is thrown to the prepare" tion and cub'vatlon of a cotton crop, and on this crop be is williug to spend all that be can raise, but does not like to spend money on anything che that he cnUUOt at OUCC gel the cash out of. He hesitates about growing forage tot cattle for fear it miy not prove profit I able to leed them He hates to spread . his manure all over the land, for lie has always been putting il in little I piles in the hill and tears (bat be will bo waiting what has always been -,\ I sea ret-, article in bis farming. 11? knows thai ho can got a rn>|> of cotton if ho dribblos some fertilizer ia the fur row under it. and he Ulkos Iho risk of the crop not imh itlg, l)tit is uuwdliug t<> take tho risk of adopting a systematic course for Iho lllipi wment of ttlO laud. In a word, be is in the ruts and hesitates to make the effort to got out for fear be may fail. So when his one crop fails to pay, the cotton farmer who grows only cotton is in a bad way. The great need of the South is divorsl lled fanning in a systematic rotation of crops designed to improve the produc tion per acre of her great staple by the growing of fewer acres in cotton and I more in food and renovating crops and forage. She needs mote all-the-year 'round farming and less cropping. More foi'UgO, and more cattle and hogs to eat it. More manure making ami using and less aitilical fertilizing with iho sole purpose of getting a sale crop. More general manuring of the land and less dribbling in the hill. In short, they need to farm so as logct the farm rich while it is making blggor ciops ovory year and paving lor its improve ment.?Practical Farmer. Clovor always docs its best the sec ond year nftcr sowing, and ihrro is a waste (.t tinio and consequent loss to allow it to 0C< upy the land a longer tune. In a three year rotation of corn, wheat and Hover the latter will be found to be the most valuable crop. 11 the farm is large enough to divide, belter share it with the children as they mature than to drive them off to other IIelds, A man can often do hot lor on what he has left than he could upon the whole farm after the boys are gone. lt. W. ItAI.I.. I.. W. S1MKINS, w. w. BAM. BALL, SI M KINS & BALL, Attorneys at Law, LaukRKs, South Carolina. Will practice In all State and foiled States Court. Special altOUtioil given collections ii. v. SIMPSON. C i). HARKSDALV SIMPSON At BAitKSDAL-K, Attorneys at Law, LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA Special attention given to the investi gation of titles and collection of claims ,V. H. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, Lauubns, - South Carolina. Will practice in all Courts of this State Attention given t<> collet Ilona. pHARLKBTON A WKBTKRN CARC V-? Una Hallway Co. " Augusta and Ashe vtlle short Lino." bchcuulo In effect Oct 3rd, 1807. Lv Augusta. .. U 4ti am 1 10 pm \r Greenwood.1*2 17 pro . Lv Vndorson. fi 1 am Ar l.aurons. 1 16 pui 7 IKi am Greenville. '2 00 pm in 30 am Glonn H?rings. 4 05 pm .... Kpartanburg.3 00 pm 9 '?' air Baludu .5 81 pm. Hendersonvlllo. .. *io:<'>m . Ashevllle. 7 00 pm _ . _ l.v Abbeville.8 2 lam" ... Spartan burg.ll ir> am 4 80 pm Qreonville.11 56 am 4 00 pm Lauruns .. . 1 16 i>m 7 30 pm Anderson ? . '110 am .. Greenwood , 2 2K pin !i 3 > pm ArAuuusta.?> on i m 111' am \r Aikcn. ?I ">'i i>n> _ l.v Greeny lie. II 00 am Ar Clinton. '2 10 pn* Ncwncrry . . 2 07 pn. roaperlty . .. i 13 pro Columbia. . 1 80 pm Sumter . .... . ... (i 42 pin 1-ancB 7 48 pm IjV Charleston. .. . 7 no am (-Hilton.., 12 50 pm Ar (ireenvillo_ _ '( 00 pt?? ('loBO connections at Uroo two ? 1 tor ail points on 8. A. li. and 0. A U. Itrt.hvay and at Bpartanburg svitli Uouthern Kallwai i?or information ralaiivt to tick y i, rates, schedules, eto., address VV.J CRAIQ, Oen. l'ass. Agent. Auuusta, (ia. T M. RMBRSON, Tratllc Manager. 1 K Grlillii Agent; t II Bpcights, Goo Aj:cnt. <Ireenville, S. 0. 6OUTHHP.n RAILWAf. Lanes .... r.imter... ... Columbia_. Prosperity.... Newoerry _ . . II tHi au 11 58 am 12 10 pre x 26 am !i ::.r> ar.-. Condoiurd Schott*!? hi MX JUI T 4. Ar. STATIONS. ?. \? vT??' on. Oituru'utft. Pr>?perUjr . K? wberry., 5?l i?t jr-S?x. ooo. Oroon wou Rod??? . ... fult?n. Av 'ortott .. Ol ?Oliv'II? . ~?*Wl?.... STATIONS. r<!?nv~ill? .. odmnnt _ WlHUnuton L^. A ndr r<2B_- ? Lt. V*r)ton. Ar. I)'>nn?Ul? ... Lr. ?bWlTi? . Lv. Hodg??. *' Oi naiwonl Nlt.?tr-Nli. J111 ? 111 JU f STATIONS CUarlen'on. ?ib? U 41 =#1 - f in?ir-r-i i " NtwMrr/ M Prosperity Jr. Columbia r. Cli?He?toQ Kn. v No.'3| T7?n> 1 iTriT?: 1 H?ftlftS?? ,T" 0 07? 11 lSp; H_Ai?ion. . 10 U"?i I 26pi "... . iMtntiio i0 i '*?p M .. ? .. Union... \0 :,V\ f'JfBI " ... Jone-xIII? to| IdUTpl ".P?."t . I l?p Ar.. Sp?rt?nb?rf. 4.A Bfi'p L? Kpar'Miliiirg t itul T jjOj? Ar. Afbyvtll?.. "P," p. n? "A," t m. Train? 9 rtiiI 10 caitt errant r?lln??> ??j.'in ?wir? iniwcru OoluinW? und Aeh?riU?. ?tu ..ut? QJkUj balwaan Jaokaattaviii? ?odUaM? Bett. Trftlu? lenre Spartanbcr?. A. A O. djrtrtwr. Borthbonjid, ?'? ??>' ?.tu., a ?1 p.m.. 8;18 ?>-??. (Voatibnl? Limited); ?ou hlx'und lJ:f?J ?>. |;lt p. tu.. 11 :S! *? in., (VMtloul* Limif?4.i Traltiu leav? ?r??nVUift, A. ?ud O. dAtialv.v, ?ortkoouad, & ?i> ?? n\..i ? n. m ?ud i -M p av rv?iiibnitKi Limited):?oniblionna. Im ?> i;*> p w . I* A) p. tn i V?*iU>uiod Uatiitatl rutlmau tUr\io?. Pnllmrvn palno? lltiepl?? c* ? o? TraAaa Sa ?Mki ftfi, 0? ftud M, oil A iu? C dlilatoa. VT. H. ORBS! . J M. QUIjF ?*n. BnpMi it?mdcnl, Trais? , Waali?ig'ou, O. O? t."r-sMiigton, , tj. a. TURjr ?. h. habd\ttcqb; 0eu. Paa?. r'?. At'tOan. Pnja? At*V V. , ?0.1(10 .U, IV & AliMt?. fife. W. H.Gibbes & Co., ? 9 -so i Gervais St. Dealers in all kinds of v Vehicles -COLUMBIA, S. C. STATE AGEN'I S FOR Lidclell & Co. CHARLOTTE,: N/C. We arc headquarters for the best "PVip ITarnn "har threshing machine on the market, 1 Olt|U.iiai ? Now is the lime to buv Get our prices. They will intoresryou. Studebaker Wagons, ) Leaders in Deering Harvesting Machines. 1 Their Lines. MALSBY & COMPANY, 57 S. FORSYT H ST. ATLANTA. GA. -General Agents For Krie City Iron Works, The Geiser Manufacturing Company The New Birdsall Company, Munter Improved >vstem for GinningCotton, R. Hoc & Company, Henry Disston & Sons, James Obien &. Sons, Gardner Governor Company, Penberthy Injector Company. Carrying com plot* lino of F.nginoH, Boilers, -?aw-M ills, Separators GriHt Mills, Sawe ' i n ) <, I nj i ;tor , Orate Bars, and Stoar vid Pip1) Fittings. Prompt attentlot Who is Will Whitener ? Pie is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver. -IN BENDELLA HOXEL