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S?T j It ~t) *!tifv 1*11 $5 >8l flit i*vtt <g vol. xvi. laurens s. c. wednesday, DECEMBER 26, 1000. NO. IS. -t Son il~***f~iiL AT THE FAHM. THE unmistakable man made signs of Christinas were left behind when 1 plunged into the dreary waste of snow beyond the borders of the town for the annual pilgrimage to uncle's farm. Only the snow, hid ing bush and fence, the white mantled trees and the cold gave u sug gestion that somewhere beneath the chilling rural surface of tilings there were Joyous groups preparing holiday revels. Winter was too keen, too freezing, not to have a brighter side than that which lay out of doors. As I passed the big barn the sounds of youug voices behind the huge doors told me that Cousins Frank and Jim were inside, perhaps mending harness or tools or caring for the live stock. The little door, framed In the huge ones, opened to my hand, and Jim and Frank, one ho.ding open a grain bag and the other emptying a bushol Into Its mealy, gaping mouth, smiled a welcome. Without looking up, Uncle David "struck off" another heaped up measure of grain and marked It down on the score. "I thought it was about time," said he, and I then knew that my social status at the farm had not changed since the last visit. The horses In their stalls stopped nosing the hay and pricked up their ears for a minute, tho cattle held their cuds lazily and stared; then the atmosphere resumed Its throbbing stillness until the load of bags had been tied and sot in rows. Only this and nothing more by way of ceremony in receiving a Christ mas guest. Later came Inqui ries aftor "the folks" and the newest doings In town. While uncle cast a satisfied glance at the bursting haymows, the sleek horses and cattle and tho rows of bags Jim and Frank challenged me to guesses at the remaining contents of the bins. "You will all have another guess," chimed In my uncle, "and now let's go and see what's going on in the kitchen." I no ticed for the first time that his linen was very fresh for ft farm er at work and that the boys each had on a brand new suit from wool raised on tho farm. These trifles were the only evidence of a holiday, for not a word of Christmas had been spoken. We entered tho strung out, rambling line of buildings constituting the farmhouse, through a wood shed, Into the washroom, then past a storeroom having a faint suggestion of holding supplies that were toothsome Next came a summer kitchen with a positive odor of newly peeled apples, doughnuts and spiced mlncn meat. Uncle led the way out upon the porch to avoid tho crowd ed main kitchen, through tho open door of which came hot and heavily laden air from ample ovens and steaming kettles and pans. Cousin Martha, the unplucked flower of a group of seven girls, rushed for ward to give the first effusive greeting, and Cousin llattle, with Cousin Mar vin's wife, Jennie, followed suit In make believe girllshness. Aunt Harriet, looking generous enough to wish that all creation might sit down to the feast, whose stages of preparation were shown by stains and flour patchos extending from her eye? to tho hem of her apron, said in kindly reproval, "You're here, but alone, as usual." From tho porch we went in to the family sitting room, and uncle seemed to cut loose from his following as he sat down be side Cousin Tlldy, whose fresh widow's weeds lent a somber key to the? occasion. Jim and Frank gave a Kind In choking silence to their mourning sister, and I wanted to, but had to answer for the city aunt and cousins. Two father less little ones rushe I In with six other sets of happy grandchildren, and som berness fled from the farmhouse, for the rest of that day at least. Cousin Marlon started In to check her brood, but her childless sister Kath erlno said: "Let the young ones go it. Time enough to be sober when they get old." Then uncle got down on the floor and turned himself Into a horse play ing granddnddy until the racket made the old house shake. My cousins stole out and hurried nervously to the carriage house, on the side of tho farm, opposite the big barn. There was life and bustle there, for sleighhells gave lit fill melodies as they were taken off and hung up; horses stamped and were told, with sounding slaps, to "Get over!" Cousin Marvin was acting the host to the brothers-in-law from the hill farms. He lived on a section of land set off from the homestead and was uncle's right hand man. There was a word or two of ro gret from the older ones for the lamented Samuel, who had been there last Christmas; then the group marched single file be hind the stalwart Marvin over the narrow snow path to the house. Floating up from the front yard came a babel of voices, and Ralph, the oldest grandson, a fat, hearty lad, shouted to us boys, "Come and see our Christ mas!" As we rounded the cor ner of the house the same tones cried out, "Heady, aim, lire!" and a dozen balls whisked past our heads from a snow fort manned by a troop of boys and girls in mufflers and mittens. After this reception the garrison scattered and began placing great rolls upon the parapet to build it higher. A suow man as big as a giant and a rabbit the size of a Saint nernard wero patched up with a nose and an enr, and we were asked to review the sights of the frosty Christmas museum. The call to dinner led to a real charge through every door of the mansion, and when we got a glimpse of the dining room, as the women seated the little ones, It presented a Jumble of happy, red faces and heaps of cooked things In brown, white, pink and yellow. All Christmas dinners are alike In one thing?under any and all circum stances the guestH are ravenously hungry and boisterously happy, and neither old nor youug can observe the rule of not talking with the mouth full; other wise the feast would be silent, and with 85 mouths enjoying Aunt Hnrrlefs bounteous spread that dinner was not at all quiet. Moreover, I didn't regret having turned my back upon town celebrations for a Christmas at tho farm. O. Kknnbth Gilwcb. ?Dr. J. B. O Land ru m has dellvored an address at Grover, N. 0.. before tbe desoendante of Frederlok Hambrlght, one of the Revolutionary heroes of King's Mountain. Harabrljjht was Houtenant-oolooel In Ool. Wm. Graham's command of North Carolin? troops. He was twice married and bad 18 ohtldren, and there are now 000 de scendant* In the vioinlty of King's Mountain. CASTORI For Infants and Children The Kind You Have Always ih Beam the Signature of CIvEMSONS GREAT RECORD. AN . wtLItlfil'OllT OF PRESIDENT. jibe Attendance Larger Than Kvor Before? The Splendid Work in the New Textile l>ep?rtincnt. The annual report of President Hartzog, of Clemeon Collego, was the Prst of tho annual reports to reach the superintendent of education thij year. Tho report is exhaustive and makes a line showing for tbo institution. Tho extracts given will bo of interest to tho pooplo of South Carolina. It is tho eleventh annual report, embracing i.he period from July L, 18ljy to July I, 1990. To 3 report shows that from Septem ber, 1890. to Juno 1000. thoro were en rolled 101 students, 105 being sopho mores, and 141 freshmen. Hero aro tho extracts : "Though not proporly a part of this report, wo should state for the Infor mation of tho public that since Sept. 1000, 509 applicants have reported to the president to matriculate. Sumo of theso failed to enter tho classos that they applied for and roturned home. Tho actual attondanco now is 470. This enrollment is largor than that at any other agricultural and mechanical college in tho Southern States, and is exceeded by only a fow in other Statos. l<\>r lack of room wo reluctantly re jected 300 applicants, although repeat ed stateuiouts wore published in tho newspapers that all available spaco had been engaged. A conservative es timate shows that had wo had adequate dormitory accommodations und other laboratory facilities, Clemsou would have opened with 1,000 students this soeslon. " Every county in South Carolina Is represented at Clomson. "A great many applications have come from other States, but wo havo declined toconsidor those applications, as citizens of South Carolina aro ob viously entitled to Mrst preference. " This gratifying increase has come despite tho fact that tho lower pre paratory class was abolished last Juno. Tho percentage of old students who have returned Is larger than ovor bo foro in tho history of the college. " Tbo wonderful popularity of Clem son College Is attributed to tho liberal torms i ffored to students, to the demand of tho times lor industrial trainiug, and '<? th?1 eonspicuous success of tho grad uates." More follows considerable about tho farmers' institutes held during tho summer proving of great advantage to the farmers of tho State. "Second, That we ask tho authori ties by all means to continue tho in stitutes held from year to year at Clemson College." " Tho veterinarian has frequent and urgent calls to no to various parts of the State to inspect outbreaks of dis ease among horses, cattle and hogs. When practicable, and the character of tho disease seems to bo of a grave nature, he is sent at tho expense of tho college ; and from April to November traveled 2,300 miles in tho work. Many colis for his service have been made by parties having animals suffering from broken limbs, distemper, colic, and other simple maladies. No response is tjivon to such requests, as tho object of the collego in tnis work is to protect citi z ons of tho Stato against contagious tnd infectious diseases liablo to result in epizootic outbreaks and heavy pe cuniary loss to tho stock owners of the community. The veterinarian Is vested * 1th no legal authority to condemn and destroy or oven quarantine animals for iny disease. So the most that ho can do is to adv ibO persons concerned of the best course to take in order to avoid further loss. "it Ib h physical impossibility for the votorlnarlan to respond to tho va rious calls for his services and keop up vlth his clues work and experiment station duties. There is pressing need for the services of an assistant veterin arian. CHARLESTON EXPOSITION. "At tho meeting of the board last February the following resolution was adopted : " Rjsolved, That tho authorities at Clemson Collego endorso the project of tho proposod South Carolina exposi tion of tho industries and resources of (he State to bo held In Charleston in 1901. And they hereby pledge what ever of aid and encouragement they can to the success of the samo. Aud that this collego will make an exhibit at said exposition. "In obedience to tho resolution wo havo already begun to prepare exhibits for this exposition. Wo have thought it butter to put aside from timo to time 4uch products of tho regular class room work as would be worthy of exhibition, iO tnat tho preparation of tho exhibits would bo instructive in their nature ind would not interforo with the regu lar class room work. The students, bhoreforo, of the mechanical,textile and ?igricultural departments will preserve from time to time specimeus of routine work and it is hopod that tho exhibit prepared in this way will present to >.ho public a faithful picture of whit 's heing accomplished by our student body. MACADAM KOADS?. " Your respectful attention is called to tho condition of oiv macadam road from tho colloge ?o Calhoun station. This road was bu'.t at considerable ex pense and by thr ou8t engineering skill obtainable. It |,; necessary to have a heavy roller (or tbo proper mainten ance of this road. Such a roller will cost aboutfOOO. Through the courtesy of tho Federal government wo bad the use of r, good roller when the road was bulld'og. A heavy roller is not only estoft|ai to tho preservation of tho ma cml-.in road, but can bo used to advan tft'.o on all other roads and walks a'.out the college. * * ? LIBRARY? " The slao of our library is not com mensurate with the dignity and imnor tanoe of the college. It has only 3 S00 volumes. Theso books aro well select ed, but tho number as comparod with Mollegcs of equal rank and opportunity is very small. The disastrous fire of 1181)4 destroyed our library, and we had 'to start from the beginning a socond time. It is hoped that more liberal appropriations will be mado in the fu lire to build up a library that will bo adequate to tbo noods of tho students and professors. Af HELETI?8. c* " Athletics havo become almost an Mntogra) part of modern college work. [The body sustains, the mind guides, [the heart impels. An education whloh 'negloots the training of the body is do 'feotlvo. Montaigne was right when he said. ' To brace the mind we must I strengthen the mueoloa.' n "Unfortunately, only thorloher and no,?tronger cc'logos giro eysteraatlo at w))tentloa to the subjoot of athletlos. Some are inollned to think that If tbere a good football spirit and base (, jj)all apirlt the college baa enough ath ^Vetloa. Football and baseball are ex n loallent pamoB, but no more than ene 'ourth of the student* In the colleges ka part in these exerolaea. Nor does I tho military drill with the manual of ' arms and held movements moot all the : requiroment* of physical exorcise, rhe drill often changes gawky, elouehy boys iuto er<:et men, but tho drilling is a tort of compulsion. The mind la un der a straiu. Tho drill does not de velop, one by ono, all too muscles of tho body. Military drills uro impor tant and helpful, hut thoy cannot taku tho place of athlotio exorcises. West I'oint recognl/os this, and has, there fore, established a magnilicont gymna sium. " I would again remind your honor able body of tho need of a gymnasium and a competent Instructor to conduct it. " I am glad to report that a gentle manly athletic spirit prevails at Clem son. The various athlotio teams have won many victories in their intercol legiate contosts, which have served to quicken enthusiasm, Theso teams are (reo from debt. Students with unsatis factory clabB records aro not allowed to play In Intercollegiate contests. " It Is tho unlvorsal testimony of col lego mon that disciplino is better in colleges where athlotio sports aro in favor, because sue) exorcises provide a natural outlet tor surplus animal spirits. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 'To tho cusual oOecrver U would seem that tho agricultural department is tho easiest to organi/3 and oporato, but as a mutter of fact it is ono of tho most dlflioult. Tho curriculum covers a wido field of learned subjects which must he co-ordinated and taught with special application to the business of farming. "Under present conditions it is ditli cult to havo a compact organization in the agricultural department. Unliko other departments tho divisions aro ' not gathered together in ono building. There aro soparato buildings and equipments for tho divisious of horti culture, veterinary ecionco and animal husbandry. If practicable, it would benefit this department greatly to have all tho division In ono building. MECHANICAL DESPAKTMKNT. "Tho continually increasing number of students taking the engineering course made it imperative for us to remodel tho mechanical hall. A now dynamo laboratory has boon erected, a thirty foot addition to the foundry has been made, and tho machines have been so rearranged that we can now provide for all students taking the work. Tho effect of this rearrange meat is to double tho capacity of the department and to make it much more convenient. K wo wish to koop abreast of the remarkable developments mado along technical lines wo must continue to provide from timo to time such ma chinery and models as will illustrate the **ecent advances of science. At many of tho large universltleu they havo complete sets of kinematic mod els to illustrate tho ecionce and prin ciples of mechanism. At Cornell tho models number 200 and cost $10,000. While wo cannot hope to havo such a large collection hero, we might make a start In that direction. The. domand for our young men graduating from this department greatly exceeds tho supply, and on account of the marvel ous industrial movement throughout tho South, it is quite likoly that even tho largo classes now going out will not be able to supply the demand for somo timo to como, "In tho division of electrical engin eering the classes aro becoming too largo for tho Instructor to do elllolont work. Should there bo any further in crease in tho size of tho classes, as seems probablo, an additional instruc tor will bo necessary. "The mechanical department contin ues to maintain tho high standard which has characterized its work in tho past years. TEXT! MS DKP A RTM KNT. "A threo story extension, 72 x T?, is noaring completion. Tho second and third fijors will bo used for additional machinery, while tho first Moor will bo uc?d for a dyo house. The present boilor will bo insulllelent to furnish heat for tho extension. Tho growing popularity of this department will necessitate an early inoroaso in tho teaching force. Tho handsomo ging hams, toweling, morcerizod goods, and othor fine fabrics mado by our student* havo attracted tho attention of many visitors. Young men of the State have not tho opportunity to study such clasaosof manufacturing around thorn, and thoy must, thoroforo, depend upon textile instruction in order to get this knowlodge. "As an illustration of tho industrial importance of textile education wo present tho following figures: South Carolina's cotton crop of 800,000 hales at 7 conts a pound Is worth $28,000,000. In addition to tho usual instruction In mochanlcs, mathematics, KrglhVh, ma nipulation of cottpp machinery, de signing, dyeAiyn the toxtllo students aro taug.bj to doslgn and woavo vari ous fajcy fabrics. Among others may be mentioned twills, sateen weaves, mercerized checka and Imitation swlvol silks. The valuo of a South Carolina crop of cotton 1( manufactured into theso goods would bo as follows: Twills at 32c per pound. $128,000,000 Hatoen weaves at 7?c per pound, HOO,000,000 Mercerir.ed checks at $1 per pound.... . 400,000,000 Imitation swivel silks at $i per pound. 800,000,000 "Startling a* theso figures may ap pear they represent the worth of our cotton crop whon convortod into fancy weaves. One object of our textile de partment is to lit Btudents for such work. "Wo are now in nood of more ma chinery for tho textile department among other machines, ono silver tap per, ono ribbon lappur, ono combor, representing an oxpendituro of about $2,600. Those machines will onablo tho students to study classes of fne work which we are not now able to toaoh. Wo should also havo somo looms for woavlng "ingrain carpots." The present valuo of our toxtllo de partment Is about $45,000, at a cost to tho State of not over $29.000. A con siderable part of this $20,000 was ox ponded for freight supines, insurance, oto. "Tho toxtllo department is making admirable progress along all linos. CHEMICAL. DEPARTMENT. "In ordor to moot the growing de mands of the obomloal dopartment a new building Is now in process of eroc tlon, which we hope to have completed on or bofore tho first of January. With the completion of this addition our ohemloal department will be largo enough to meet all prosent demands. This department Is thoroughly organ ized and la doing the mo?t e.*oiont work in ovory rospect. HEALTH AND ORDEIl. "Our health record for the session of 1809-1000 haa not been surpassed by any other aection of the State. "The military department haa main tained excellent dlaotpltne. There have been no tumultuary disturbance. "Olemaon eollege haa many needs, but they are all needa that belong to healthy growth. BILL ARP AND CHILDREN. AIjLj OF TJIKitt IjOVK Ci KAN 1)1? A. He i Mies tu Sec the Ijittla uiich at l'lay. Tbere are a, (?real Many JLtcauiiliil Tlilnjcti >n Life. These little chaps larm mo?alarm mo wi\h tholr Innoceneo, tholr happi ness, their lovo, for I havo a forebod ing that It canuot last. Lifo Is lull of sorrows and they will have their share. It is the common lot. Ono melancholy poet says: "Man was made to mourn. Another say6: "I would not livo al waye," but I liko that odc better who wrote "Too world Is very lovely. Or>, my Cod, 1 thank Thoo that I livo." From my window almost ovory day I see two little girls, only four and six years old, turning tho corner and com ing up through tho grovo to soo grandma and grandpa and ho potted uud i f course, befeusled with bis cuit and jolly and apples and to nurso tho cat and play with their llttlo cousin's lino Paris doll. They always como hand in hand and with clean faces and ribboned hair and wo meet them at the door, for they bring sunshine to our hearts and home. I lovo to havo them climb into tho back of my big chair and bother mo while 1 write, and 1 have to stop and draw pictures for them and to hear tho llttlo one call mo hor good old for nothing gan'pa. Tho othor day I met them going another way and they said they wero going to seo their other grandma. "Yes," said I, "you havo two grand mas, but you havent got but ono grandpa." Tho little ono looked up lovingly to me and said: "Wo don't need any more." I bought a lino tut key for tho boys who aro coming and tho little girl surveyed him and said: "Uan'pa, ho Is running at tho nose and it's bloody." It was tho oldor ono who said tho turkey was sick, I reckon for ho keeps vomiting. Dean Swift was a cynic and had no love for childron. lie said that an author who talkjd about his own books was as silly as a mother who was over telling something smart about hor children. I reckon ho would say that grand pareuts were more silly tnan mothers. I confess that it is a good part of my happiness now to mingle with and to pet the little grand children ard that is wny I feel alarmed for fear something will happen to them before I die or that l will die boforo they get old enough to lovo mo with a lovo that will not forget, and 1 thiuk of Tom Moore and his ga/.ello that died. I don't know, whe.ro my spirit will be, but it t-cems to mo now that 1 would like to have theso little ones bring flowers to ray grave sometlmos und talk about mo. What would tho world bo without children, for of such is tho kingdom oi heaven. Just imagine for a moment tho desolation, tho despair that would pervade tho horae and society and trade and com merce?not a day school In all tho land, nor a Sunday school; not a llttlo shoo or stocking nor a little hat nor a doll or toy in any store; no custoria or soothing syrup or other infantile medicine*; no liroworks, no Christmas nor Santa Claus: no nothing hardily, for it is a fact that tho world Is working for children. Tho cynics say that marriago Is a failure Suppuso it is in many cases. Children aro not failures. Divorces may stiljtho love of man and wife, but they still lovo tho children and contend for tho possession of them. Good schools build up towns and com munities and tho children make tho schools. Country people move to town toelucato tbem. What would become of tho 4.??? teachers In tho Stato of Georgia? What would tho publishers do with all their schoolbouks and picture books? Who would i/o to a picnic or a monkoy show? What ex cuse would men lolks havo for going to tho circiu? Wouldent it be a Iodc some, no uccount world? Hut marriago la not a failure. It could not bo, for it was ordained by God. Ono or two unhappy marriages in a community sets all tho dogs bark ing. Divorces aro multiplying, but only among tho very rich or tho drunken poor. Monoy or whisky aro thocausoof most of tnem and In nine cases out of ton the man is to blame. There is but ono Scriptural ground for divorco and nine men aro guilty of that to ono woman. Poor, long sulTor ing women. How silently, secretly and sadly you havo to enduro what you know, but cannot tell, and all you can do Is to hug your childron all the closer to your bosom and trust in God. 1 was ruminating about children be cause I am away off from mine and on my way horo I passed a country school house Just as the children wore piling out for recess and they eai*-i liko bees out of a hlvo. As long t\.*,ho train stopped at that station I watched t >'<?>?< tit their morry plays and sports in tho pretty grovo noar by and I almost wished that I was a boy again ho thut I might join them. Good gracious, how I could run and jump and climb andshmt; how long and happy was tho day. "Tho sun ne'er roso a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, Hut now I often win): the night Had borne my breath away." Tom Hood wroto that, poor follow. I do net say it, fori lovo to livo and havo few regrets to distress me. I am horo In Okolona, a protty town with a pretty name. This good old Stato, a daughter of Georgia, is full of Indian names of towns and counties and rivers. Theso nameB aro all that is loft of tho trlbos?tho Chickasaws and Choctaws and Crocks and Hatches. They were a proud and happy peoplo, but had.to vanish when tho pale facos came and covctod their lands. Colonel Gordon, a Confederate veteran, llvr^ hero and lotcostod me groatly In tho history of Mississippi, for h^ and his fathor boforo him POUld say "magna pars full" -"a good part of it I was." Ho gave mo tho origin and moaning of theso Indian names, such as i'ontotoc and Tupelo and Okolona, and also of Aberdeen, which his fathor, who was a Scotchman, had named Dundoe, but got mad bocauso our pooplo would call It Dundy and so changod it to a name they could not mispronounce. His father was vory woalthy, owning thousands of aores of rloh pralrlo land '?aat ho had bought from tho Chicka saws boforo they signed the troaty that oodod their lands to tho United States government. I said that his fathor was a native of Scotland. Of courao ho was or he could never havo bought those lands. Tho Indian tribes all liked tho Scotch men, for tboy treated them fairly and kindly In trading and taught them tho use of tbo cross bow and long bow. | Those Scotchmen frequently ma?rlod Indian maidens, the daughters of tho chiefs, and in course of time their half breed ohildron booamo the ohlefs. Such was Roes and Uidge and Molntosh and Ojcoooa. Major Colbert, another half I breed whose Indian name* was Itta wamba, beoarae ohief of tho Ohloka saws. He was a groat favorlto with Mrs. Dolly Madison, the President's wife, for he was a splendid apeoiment of Indian and Sootoh manhood and was ?mart and wall aduoated. Mrs. Madi sou gave him a pair of peafowls and bo brought them homo and from that pair every peafowl in Mississippi has de scended. This pair was many years afterwards given to Colonel Gordon's undo, Josiah Walton, and by him to his sister, Mrs. Doggetl, and the male bird lived to bo seventy two years old. A pair of tho same stock has been re cently presented to tho city of Mem phis for their zoo. I bad no Idoa that peafowls lived to such great age, hut 1 do know that wo havo been breeding them for over twenty years and havo givon away a great many and 1 never know ouo to di j a natural death. Hut 1 am tired, travel worn, for no hours aro mine, they aro the railroad's by night as well as by day and my rest is broken up and I begin to rcali/. j that I cantiot stand It much longer. lien Franklin's definition of man was that ho is "a bundle of habits" und Uie older he growa tho stronger his habits hold him. The verv word habits comes from tho Latin "habeo," to hold, to hind. BILL ARP. Too Duughters of the Confederacy aro wide awako In this town and aro going to build a monument to their heroic dead of whom about 1,200 are buried nero. Thoy called mo uere to help them. 1}. A. CIlittSTMAS HKMINISUKNCKS. Urv. Dr. T. Do Witt Tal mag a Ito ealls Memories of William Cullon Uryant, Feniinore Cooper, Wntdilnv ton Irving an?) Daniel Webster. At Christmastldo wo all bucomo meditative, and aro disposed to look back moro than to look forward. Es pecially is this so if we sit by a coun try fireplace, or a city grate whore the kind of coal you burn allows the Humes to gallop, and shako tho shadows up and down tho wall. in my house on Oxford street, Brook lyn, in 187U. wo had a memorable gath ering, the memory of which 1 still cherish as among tho most treasured of my Christmas icminisconcos. Many ladles and gentlemen were present, but the most OODSplouuUS?not because of any proteusu on his part, but by .-.beer force, of elevated character?was Wi?iara Cullen Bryant. Ho did not much liko to bo helped out of the car riage when ho came, nor to bo helped into it again when ho departed. He was tho impersonation of simplicity. Ho no doubt know that ho was admired of all, but ho gave no demonstration of that fuct. *? * ? The evening hud nearly passed whon the mayor of tho city mudo an address of appreciation both of Martin Parqu har Tuppor, tho Bogllsh poet, then present, and our venerable American poet, Bryant and Tupper, before the other guesls came, hud boon seated on the sofu, quoting poetry and reviving remiuiscoucos. After tho mayor, ad dresses by Messrs. Bryant, Tupper anil Potor Cooper and tho K?v. Urs. [. S. Prime, Bowling and others. But I had always boon desirous of hearing Mr. Bryant reaL ono of his poems, i had attended tho Bryant meeting a year or two before In Chickering Hull, Now York city?a meeting at which tho music was good and tho speuking good, but there was a groat lack in it of Wil liam Cullen Bryant himself. His spoech of rosponso wus only ubout throe minutes, while ho spent ull the rest of the evening in doing uothlng excopt keeping silence and looking venorublo. 1 thought, Why does not somebody think of usking the glorious old man to come forward and read bis " Forest Hymn," or linos to a " Water fowl," or tho " Doath of tho Flowers ?" But no such thing happened. O i the evening at my house 1 resolved that no such omission should bo repoatod. 1 sprung my stratagem on him in tho most unexpected moment. Mr. Tupper, at our request, had read a selection from his own poems, and read them well. Turning to our American poot, 1 said : " Mr. Bryant, I havo always wantod to bore you road 'Tnanatopsls,' and I havo no doubt it would bo a grout joy to all our guests to hour you road lt. I havo it hoar In Griswold's com pilation. Will you grant us tho grjat favor of reading it?" ? ? # Bryan blushed liko a bashful Mis< when asked to play on tho piano. Thtro was evidently a struggle be tween his modesty and Iiis desire to be obliging. After a momont's pause, ho said : " I would rather read anything than my own writings; but if it will bo of any ploasuro to you I will do as you say." Taking tho hook, ho advanced to tho middle of tho room, looked up at tho chandelier and then looked at tho book. " Take my spectacles," said Mr. Tupper. " No, no," said Mr. Br.vaut, "I do not need spectacles" The typo 01'A)6 '0 ft was rather small, but ho mado no heslu-tioii. There be stood, at 82 years of age, abou?* without spectacles a poem he had pub lished in tho North American Kjviow in 1H1(>, whon ho was Pi years of ago ! IIo turnei round and said : " You will understand that 1 do not recite this from memory, for I am not familiar with lt. I only ro d It." With calm, slow accent he read on. ? * * It was a pcono never to ho forpotton. It was 1811) reading to 1870. Ho did not hold the book away otT as octoge narians aro wont to do whon they road without glasses, but just as a man of 30 would hold a book. His long wnlto board snowed upon tho page. As ho came to tho last r.'no linos his voico becamo foeblo not with physiclal weakness, hut with suppressed emo tion. I had road it, and reread it, as eve. ynoily olao has, until 1 thought ihoro was no moro to got out of the closing linos of " Thanutopsis," but ho gave it a new translation that mt-mor ablo night. Could it bo that 1 had over hoard it boforo ? Tho whllo, over hanging oyebrows, tho deop-sunkon eyes the groat domo of a forehead abovo a thin body, tho realization that it must bo tho closing hours of tho strong winter winds that swept round the house whllo ho was reading, wore a commentary upon the immortal pass age, until I write thorn horo undor tho half-delusion that no ono has ovor seen or hoard thom boforo : " So llvo that whon thy summons comes to join Tho lnnumorablo caravan that moves To that mysterious realm whero each shall tako His chamber in tho silent halls of death, Thou go not, liko tho quarry-slavo at night, Scourged to his dungeon, hut sustained and soothod By an unfaltering trust, approach thy gravo Liko ono that draws tho drapory of his couoh About blm, and llos down to pleasant dreams. Wo nevor saw him again. Wo said " Good night" till under other skies wo shall suy "Good morning." I could not that night help thinking of the first time I saw Mr. Bryant. It was In the days of my boyhood, at Tripler Hall, at the meeting la commemoration of Fenlmoro Cooper, who huil just died Washington Irving came Forward to cull the meeting to order. Ho whs om barrassed as I never before or since saw a speaker embarrassed. He had his hat in one ham) and his glove.* in tho other, ills chief perplexity seemed to be how to ? hange bis hat and gloves to tho other hand, lie hemmed ami hawed and stuttered, and blushed am) bowed anil half broke down while pre seuting Daniel Wooster as the chair man of the meeting, Daniel Webster in a speech introduced William Cullen Bryant as the orator of fie evening. For more than an hour Mr. Bryant dis coursed of his friend, the author of " Wing-and Wing," " K -d Kover"and the "Two Admirals.'' What a night in Tripler Hill that was ! Was then ever euch a group on one platform ? Washington Irving calling to the ohalr Daniel Webster to Introduce William Cullen Bryant ! Hut which most affcotod me 1 cannot easily toll?Bryant, In 1851, applauded of the multitude in Tripler Hall, or Bryant in my parlors In 1870 The one was " Noontide I" The other was " Sunset I" T. DlO Wrri' Tai.Mali.. FKOM OUH MOW I'OMSKSSIONS. A Federal Sergeant in the I'ltillip pines i mil-, a Hunch of Trouble Oil Our Western Hurl'/ >u. Sergeant Fred Huntoou, of Ann Arbor, Mich., is serving Uncle S;iui In the Philippines, and he writes tho fol lowing description of the Islands : "The Philippines aro a hunch of trouble, gathered together on tlu western horizon of civil /. ition. " They are bounded on tho west by hoodooism and smugglers : on the north by rocks and destruction ; on the east by typhoons and moonsoous : ami on tho soutti by cannibals and earth quakas, "The climate is a combination of electrical changes, especially adapted to raising cam. The soil is extraordi nari'y fertile iu producing largo crops of insurrections and trickery. The In habitants aro very industrious, the chief occupation being trench huil l Ing, tho making of boles and knive: and ,tho reloading of Ramington cart ridges. Their amusements aro cock lighting, raunte, theft and cheating, Their met consists of boiled rice, stowed rice, fried rice and rice. " The Filipino marriago service is very impressive, especially the clausi wherein the wile is given tho privi lege of working as much as her hus band desires. " Tho animal of burden is tho cari bou. On a threo-mile journey only 10 days' rations need be carried, but if the journey bo for 100 miles the driver usually dies of old ago before reaching his destination. "The rivers are serpentine in their courses, tho water running in a man ner contrary to all known laws of na ture. " Manila, the capital and principal city, is situated on Manila bay, u large landlocked body of water, full of tilth, sharks and Spanish sub-marine boats Cavilo, the next in importance, is noKn) for its natural facilities for a naval station and its large number of saloons and ehenos. "The principal export-of the island. aro rice, hemp, sick toldiers and win bulletins. " Toe principal imports aro Amerl can soldiers, arms, ammunition, beei and tobacco. "Malaria Is so prevalent that on nu merous occasions tho islands have been taken with a chill. "LtlZ>0, the largest island of tb< group, resembles one of old Cy Oroon't cast off boots. Communication ha been established between the numer ous Islands by substituting tho mos quito for tho carrier pigeon, the mo? qulto being much larger and bettci able to stand the fatigue of the jour ney. " Tho native costumo consists of ? (lour suck tied around tho waist and anything under 1" years of age waltt until next year for its clothes. " The towns are an aggregation o' shacks, full of tilth, lie as, cur dogs an, disorder. Tho dogs, cats, chickens pigs, horses, tleas, bod bugs, llco ami family all bleep together on terms o: t quality. "The Philippines?an appropriate present to a deadly enemy. " Tho native?A friend at the polnl of a gun. "The climate?Pleasant and healthy for roaches, tarantulas, scorpions, cen tipedes, snakes and alligators. " Tho soil ? Adapted to raising foul odors und breeding of disease. " Tho Islands ? A Uodfoi'sukon, can nibalized, Agulnaldo iufostcd blot oi tho face of Odd's green earth. ' ?ft is annuvkneeu1 ono 0f th< leading Bonapartlsta will ehprtli publish a work of Qution dealing W?VJ tho career of the Prince Impi rial, sot of Napoleon 111 and Empress F.ugenie This novel, founded on fact, is to bi called "Fils a'f?mporeur." In it i traced the life of tho Prince from Ul timo when he recoivoil h's "baptlsn of lire" at Saarbruck, on Amrust 2 1870, until tho fatal J.in" I, l*7!i whei ho fell In tho ravine of Ulundi, plorCOl by tho assegais of tho X ilus. Th> author of the volume Is said to bo h writer of acknowledged reputation. ?A confirmed toper of Franklin Pa., uit.de a bet previous to the elec tion that if McKinley was suoocssfu ho would subsist entirely on whisk\ (or six months. IIo essayed to fullil his obligations, but after a fow day his stomach revolted and ho found i physically impossible to OOfctlnui dr'nklng. Ho has now become a Striol teetotaler. ?Virginia Is experimenting witl tho dispensary system of selling llquo on uccount of tho State and town, Franklin naving been sulecte- for i experiment. The Common wealth g i ono fourth of tho profits and tho tow tho remalndor. Under this syston tho liquor Is sold In original packag< and must not be consumed on tho pn mises. ?Tho South CarollnaCollogo proposes to celebrate Its centennial Docemhe 18, 1001, and then start out on tin ?ocond century's work. oil It G It K AT KM T rtflO .1 VIilHT. For 20 years Dr. J, Newton Hathawn has so successfully treated ohronie. disca es ihntho in acknowledged today to ntad at the head of hia profession in thin lint Ilia exclusive method of treatment fo Varicocole and Stricture, without too ai of knife or cimtery euren in 00 per cont. o all cases. In tho treatment of the lonn o Vital Forcen. Nervous Disorders, Kldne ami Urinary Complaints, I'aralvsin, Bloo Poisoning) Kheum?\tism, Catarrh, and de eases peculiar to women, he is cqiiali successful. Dr. Hathaway'n practice i more than double tlmt of anv otnor npc< lahsi. Canes pronounced helpless l>y olhe physicians roadily void to hio troatmon Write him today fully about your cast fie makes no charge for conau"*iiou <?< ad nee, either at his oltloe or by mai i. J, Newton Hathaway. M. D., 22X 8 it Hroad street, Atlanta, Ua. I HOW OLD I SANTA CLAUS I REFORMED. 3 i X By Potor McArlhur "Got OUt Ol Uttel" said Sjnta ("lau?. "lick up your grips ant' walk I I don't intend (?> buy Irom you And haven't timo to talk." He chased the drummers from his houi And then with bang and din llo t\irncd the kOJ'S a"d hhot the bolts As he wont grumbling in. The i' lephono rerel? er hext Down from its hook he dropped, Thon buid to Mrs. Santa Clauti "It's time this thing whs stop ped. "They'vo (airly made a fool ol um For twenty yoara or itu.ro. Hut when they cams with aeroplanes l showed them to the door. 'With automobiles and such (rash AnJ bicycles I'm through; My reindeer sled Is (r->ctl enough For what I'm Koinn to do. 'gi;t out or dere "I've Just mado up my mind for keeps To start tin- century rii:ht; 80 take all that newfangled ylutf And hide it Irom my sight. #2Q Viv . ?M ?T5 s?M tr "MY RRtNDRRR 6lrd IS C.O(il> 15X01 .11 " "Tlie thingumbobs ami curtycuos That billy folks contrivo I'll never ni\e away .gain As long as I'm alive. "I'll give no phonographic dolls. Hut <jiu s of ra? ii -toad; I'll lot tho little girls have (mi. just as their graunica had. 5$7 Christmas ca-. ?To littlo hoys I'll give but things That thoy can pound and smash; J '?'S*'<V?, On no moro toys 7/ wp f i/ *"' ' mechanical \. y?lk, V/ 23b -'So, missus, put kettle on \ -jw And make molassi i i fk ^4 hot. I ' . * And taffy candy we will make. Such as their dad dies got. "Bring nil tho nuts] and raisins Out, The bullseyo sweets' end sticks. Ami In tho got I old AXI) TURN tlK im t'UKD fashioned wsy MIS REINDEER TEAM. Thoir ItlcklngS I will fix." Ami (hon ho hitched his reindeer team, Took up his mighty pack, Tucked in the robes, shook out the reins And gave his whip a crack. To ail his little friends ho gave Dig Noah's arks and such Instead of pretty, dinky toys That "Oaby mustn't touch." v . ' -?9 THIS BION will MKET YOUH KYB. And there never was a Christmas dajr Since Kiaiiduiauitnas wore yuutig When children with such happy heart* Their Christmas CftfOli sung. And It you visit Santa Claus This sign will meet your eye: "No drummers with newfangled stuff Meed any more apply." The Toy Traat. Ono gigantic monopoly there Is free from attack) and that la the toy trust kept a-going by one Mr. Santa Clans, aided by about 400.000.000 lusty shoot ers. I'a tind ma and undo may buy Christmas gimcrat-ks from Smith, Jones or Bl'OWO, but they won't go down in the Stocking nor up the chim ney duo until s. c. pots his trademark on them. Call It patent right or copy right or vested right, the grand old fel low holds It in perpetuity. True, he doesn't charge a cash . ?0 for the ose of bis name, hut ho Is a stickler lor all he glory there is in It, ant) he gets It in full measure, [everybody plays imi? the bands Of this trust. The consum ers must have the real thing, and the dealers and middlemen consplro to meet the demund. ?Tho Southern K'tilway is building a magnificent depot at Gastonla and It Is said that within tho next fow wooks many hnprovomonts will be mado at tho station In Spartanburg. Bears the The Kind You Havo Always Bought