ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1888. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR THE FARMERS' PHILANTHROPIST. Col. Clemon's Will-A Long Cherished Wish of the Testator-An Estimate of the Amount of the Bequest. f From the Walhalla Courier.1 Much has been recently published from rumor of the dispositions made in the last will and testament of the late Thomas G. Clemson, of Fort Hill. On Friday, the 20th instant, Col. R. W. Simpson, the executor, had the will proved in common form before the Probate Judge of Oconee County, by the oath of Jatmes Hunter, one of the subscribing witnesses to the will, and of R.l M. Jenkins, one of the witnesses to the codicil. The instrument is lengthy and carefully drawn. The pre liminary statement and concluding clause especially, as also the general tenor of the will and codicil, show that the establishmeut of an agricultural college had been long in the mind of testator. We quote a sentence from the preamble as follows : "Feeling a great sympathy for the farmers of this State and the difficulties with which they have had to contend, in their efforts to establish the business of agri culture upon a prosperous basis, and believing that there can be no perma nent iniprovement'in agriculture with out a knowledge of those sciences which pertain particularly thereto, I have determined to d :->te the bulk of my property to the establishment of an Agricultural College upon the Fort Hill place." Again : "My pur pose is to establish an agricultural col lege which will afford useful informa tion to the farmers and mechanics," &c. Apart from such direct expres sions of interest in the great wealth producing industries of the people and the importance of affording to the youth of the State the advantages of scientific culture as the sure means of developing our highest material resources, con tained in the will, those personally acquainted with Col. Clemson well know the provisions of the will are in accord with the expressed views of the testator for many years past, as also with the active interest he manifested years ago in all efforts by the farmers to build up and establish agricultural associations, fairs and such like for mutual benefit and instruction. When the society at Walhalla was organized Col. Clemson took active in terest in it, frequently attended its meetings and once delivered an ad dress before it on scientifieagriculture, replete with thought and useful infor ination, and which was published in local paper. He was a man of broad and liberal views, of extensive infor mation and in his bequest gave form and life to views, long entertained, and in so doing has proved himself a pubir benefactor. His will so operates, and whether contested or not, its provi sions cannot be at tributed to a sudden freak or fancy, but to an earnest, long considered purpose to dignify labor as well as to render more profitable and attractive the leading industrial pur suits of the State, the highest motive a worthy man could have. HISTOR Y OF THE INSTRLOMENT. Fromn the preamble it appears that Col. Clemson made and signed a will on the 14th of August, 1883. substan tially the same as the will left by him, especially in the disposition of his property. That will was drawn by Col. James H. Rion, of Winnsboro, then and up to dleath, one of the first lawyers of South Carolina, and Mr. Rion was named as executor. That wvill in the same terms as the present in its bequests, providled for the establish mnent of a scientific institution on the Fort Hill place and p)rescribed what course of studies should be pursued. * Being fearful such provisions might operate as an obstacle to the acceptance by the State of the donation and suc e ess of the great object in view, the present will, dated November 6th, 1S86, S was prepared by Col. Simpson, he fol 1o0' ir g the original draft, except in the preamble, in which, after disclaimning any purpose to limit the course of stu des. to the sciences named in the will of RS3 hegives to the trustees named tn 'he will, with such trustees as may he -apen by the State, in case it accepts Rae onation, plenary powers to regu * late all matters pertaining to the insti tution, including studies, government and all matters, subject only to the keeping inl mind the benefits sought to be bestowed on the "agricultural and mechanical industries." The death of Col. Rioni, subsequent to the date of the last will, led to the making of a codicil, which was signed on the 26th March, 18S7, in which Col. R. WV. Simpson, of Pendleton, is appointed executor, and some alterations made as -to certain specific legacies. These three papers, conlnectedl as they are by the catnsof the p)resent will and codicil, speaking the sa'me great purpose of the testator opened and liberalized by the will nowv in force, show the fixed pur pose of Mr. Clemson to establish an agricultural college and to remove any obstacle to its success. ' ABSTRACT OF wILL. Item 1 bequeaths the Fort Hill place, containing 814 acres, more or less, to A the executor, in trust, that when the State shall accept said property as a donation for the purpose of founding an agricultural college thereon, in accord anece with the views of the will of which the Chief Justice of South Carolina shall be the judge,") the exe cutor shall deed the place to the State and turn over to it, as an endowment of said institution, all the property herein after given for that purpose; provided the donation and begin a practical ear rying out thereof within three years after the probate of the will. Until such acceptane the executor is to in vest the net produce of the land and other property for the endowment fund, if accepted by the State, and if not so ae cepted, for the school hereinafter pro vided for. Item 2 appoints R. W. Simpson, I). K. Norris, M. L. Donaldson, R. E. Bowen, B. R. Tillman, J. E. Wanna maker and J. E. Bradley, seven in number, trustees, with the power to fill all vacancies from any cause, in perpe tuity, and expressly den'4- e State the power to take away or abge their power or number, but the State may provide through the Legislature, as it sees proper, on accepting the donation, for the appointment or election of six other trustees, the maximum number of trustees being limited to thirteen forever. The last clause of this item reads: "The name of this institution shall be the 'Clemson Agricultural Col lege of South Carolina." The trustees are requested to meet as soon after the death of testator as practicable, fill all vacancies, if any, and proceed at once to effectuate, as far as they can, the pur poses of the will. Item 3, upon the actual refusal of the State to accept the donation made in and upon the terms of the will, or upon its non-acceptance by the State within the three years, upon the terms and conditions named, the donation to the State is revoked and the executor in execution of his trust shall convey the "Fort Hill place and the accumulated fund arising therefrom, t gether with all other property; real or personal, hereinafter disposed of and intended to be given to the said agricultural college as an endowment, to the seven trustees named above or their successors, who shall erect upon the Fort Hill place such a school or college for the youth of South Carolina,as in their judgment will be for their best interest," with a proviso that the school shall be principally for the benefit of the agricultural and me chanical classes and shall be free to the pupils as far as the land and endowment fund will permit. The trustees are directed to securely invest the funds and hold them as a perpetual endow ment of the institution, using only the interest and income from the land, except the trustees are permitted for the cost of erecting suitable buildings, to use the income of the land and accu mulated interest after his death and as much as $5,000 of the corpus, if ne eessaryin their judgment. The item closes: "The name of this institution shall be the 'Clemson Scientific School or College.' " Item 4 directs that the dwelling on Fort Hill shall never be torn down or altered, but shall be kept in repair with all articles of furniture, &c., given for that purpose, and shall always be open for the inspection of visitors, allowing such part of the house to be used byv professors as the trustees direct. Item .5 specifically bequeaths to his grand-daughter "all my silver plate and table silver; also, all of the family pic tures, except the large picture of John C. Calhoun, now hanging in my sit ting room; also, any one article in my res' dence which she may select as a mae mento of me; also, my decorations, and also the sunm of $1.5,000 to be paid to her," &c., with a proviso that in case of her death unmarried and before she is twenty-one, the property in this item shall revert and become a part of the residue of the estate, subject to the trusts and conditions of items 1, 2 and 3 of the will. Item 6 bequeaths a legacy of $3,000 to Mfrs. Prince, his faithful housekeeper, &c. (This is revoked in the codicil.) Item i bequeaths $3,000 to the daugh ter of his housekeeper, to be paid one year after probate of the will. Item 8 bequeaths to James H1. Rion his signet ring and a picture he may select as a nmemento. (Revoked in the codicil.) Item 9 bequeaths to his executor, subject to the truths of items 1, 2 and 3 of the will and tf' the purpose of adorn ing the Fort Hill residence, as provided in item 4 of the will, all his permanent furniture, relies, paintings, &c., books, &c., not otherwise herein disposed of. Itemi 10 directs t.he executor to sell at public or private sale, as he may deem best, all his personal property, not dlis posed of, and also to sell anid convey all his real estate outside this State at pub lie or private sale as he may deem best, and hold the proceeds subject to the truths and conditions of items 1, 2 and 3 of the will. Item i1reads: "All the residue and remainder of my property of every kind and description whatsoever, after pay ing off the legacies above provided for, together with the property which may revert to my estate, should it revert thereto, and the p)roceeds of all my real and personal property herein directed to be sold, and all accumulated funds derived from the Fort Hill p)lace, and interests on my ir' vestments, I give and bequeath to my executor, to be held by him subject to the trusts and conditions of items 1, 2 and 3 of this myv will." Item 12 appoints James H. ion t he executor. (Revoked by the codicil.) The following are the witnesses to the will: James Hunter, T. 0. Jenkins. E. L. C. Terrie. The codicil, dated March 20th, 15x7, in its opening, confirms the will of November 6th, 1886, except in so far as its provisions are in tonsistent wvith the codicil. Item 1 directs the payment of his debts, &c., by his executor as soon as Spracticable. Item 2 revokes the item appointing Mr. Rion as-executor, hehaving recent 16ldea dannainfa Ri4.Wedmpm s II, of Pendleton, executor: also, direct the words "James I. Rion,- whereve they appear in the will, to be stricket out auoi Itichand W1. Simplson' inlserte< in lieul theret. Item : revokel item ,4 and coIlfers 0. R. W. Simtpson the gifts therein Imad< to Mr. Rion. Item 4 revokes item 6, stating as : reason that the legatee therein had beer otherwise provided for. Item5 limits the time when interes1 shall be payable onl the legacies madt in items 5 and 7 of the will to the periot when such legacies are due and payabl( by the terns of the items. Item 6 authorizes the executor to pur chase that portion of the original Fori Hill tract set off to his grand-daughter and directs, if so purchase(, that it shal become a part of the Fort Hill tract anc shall go with and be disposed of as i done with the Fort Hill tract inl th< will. Item 7 directs the executor to sell al the real estate owned by him at hi: death, except the Fort Hill tract whether the same lie in or out of tht State oftouth Carolina. Item S gives to theexecutor, whose de cision shall be final, the same power giv en in item 1 of the will, to the ChiefJus tice of Sou t II Carolina to decide whethei the State has or has not aeceptet the donatiotn mande in the first item o my will, provided the Chief Jus tice shall decline to make the de cision. Item 9 directs the executor to emplo proper persons to take charge of For Hill farm, dwelling and articles donated and pay what is proper for such ser vices. Item 10, in view of the labor and re, sponsibility devolved on the executo by the will, &e., gives to the executol in addition to the connissions allowec by law, five per cent. of the appraised value of the real and personal estate. Item 11 relates to a family settlement with instructions to the executor in the matter which would be of no interest tc the public. Item 12 reads: "The desire to estab lish such a school or college as I hav( provided for in my said last will anc testament, has existed with me fo; many y-ears past, and Imany years ag( I determined to devote the bulk of m property to the establishment of a. agricultural school or college. To ac comllplish this purpose is now the on< great desire of my life," &c. The hop< is there expressed that no one of th< family will atte.mpt to defeat or frus trate the settled desire of his life anc sets out that any "attempt or attempt: by them to contest, alter, change o invalidate my said last will and testa mncut or codicil hereof, shall as soon a: conllnenc(d, work an absolute revoca tion of mIy entire and all mIy bequests,' &c., as tade in item Siof my said las will and testament, and directs the property thereinii beueath ed to pss5 It the e.xecutoir subject to the trusts, &c. of itemts 1, 2 and 3 of the will, with mn strucetionls how to dispose of the propr ertv. Item 13 exempts the executor fron liability for loss to the estate by reasom of errors in judgment or mistakes. Item 14 authorizes the execut(or t< expenid such funds as may lie reqluirei to keel) thme dwelling and farm at For Hill in goodl rep)air. The codicil is witnessed byv R. M Jenkins, C. W. Younmg and R. H 3Mounce. The foregoing is an abstract. of the leading features oif the will of Col. Clem srni, taken fronm the will itself, as copiei for the use of the executor. We p)ublisl it as a matter of p)ub~lic interest toi ou readers as it is to themt and to the peo ple of the entire State in its bieneficen and philanthropic bequests. No0 itte or more enduring nmnment coulpl bi erected to the memtory of John C. Cal houn, the greattest and p)urest statesmam of America, thatn the foundation of college oin his old homiesteadl for thi traitiing of the youth of future genera tionts int the walks of the leadingz ind(us tries of the world, agriculture and me (chanies. In this eftert his soni-i-law Col. Clemosont, has paidl the highes tribute to Mr. Calhoun, and at th< sanme timie oplenied out a path to usefu knowledge which will prov'e a perpet ua remembrance of his generosity toward the peoplle of his adlopted State. EsTIMATED) vALUE 01F THlE 11EQUEs4Ts The amount likely to accrue to tha State for the college has bteen varioiusl; estinmated by conjecture. From a tall wit h ('ol. Simpson. wvho is a good law yer and accountant, and wvho, from hi: position as executor, has access t< sources of true informuotion, we cat speak with some degree of certainty Col. Simpsoni informed us the propert; cosistedl larg~ely oif stocks and bonids o; incoirporations of this anid other Stte and persoinal 1bondls well secured. Upo~ a roiugh estimate of the principal atm imterest (in snehi investments and prc miums now ra:tedl on s:ane, he felt satis ied the resi(iuary funonably- object to the inicoine of tine es I tate, $1,050, being dlivided into salaries tanrd paid over to the p)residlent, p)rofes- I sors andl a few practical farmers who ,would also be neetssary to carry oni the I TIn most of the rioted colleges ini thme United States tire p)residIenrts get at - least eight or ten thousand dollars per Sannum, and the professors from three 1 ito five thousand. Still sonic patriotic r statesmen rmight be found to serve their State fromu the p)urest motives, twithout money andl withrout price. r Ini that case, I would suggest that the Spussible incomre of the estate should be -expenrded -in p)rovidinrg tionrminy and milk to feed the famishing wives anid ifamnilies of the presidenit and( profes Ssors. Thne studenrts, of course, could -take their own imeale fr.-mn home wvith - them, amid thus wvould greatly dimtinish - the expenses of thre iinstitution. ,If byv public clanror and ridiculously texaggerated statements ini thre p)apers Ste Legislature, thninkinig anrd believing I that Mr. ('lemson's bequest to the I State amounits to $100,(000, as I have seen it statedl in one of the South Caro lina paipers, then, and ini that case, a law mighit be suddlenly pressedi through to add another hundred throusand or two to Mr. C'lemason's munificent be -quest, "as it is designated inr somec of tire papers," though I hrardlhy think the income of tire latter sumr wouldi "after all thre college buildings were provided" allow a suflicieint sum to p)rovidle tire college officials with a decenit subsis tenice. Ysours truly, Senreca, A pril 24. G(;m-l:oN LJ:F. iThe Legal Apprais'ers Say the Estate is Worth $113,321-The State to Get s92,000. [Special to tihe News amnd Courier.] 1 PENI)!.irON, Apnril 21.-Thre aiprais-] f ers of the piropery of Mr. (Cemsorn I e completed their work to-day. F-romin a their returns I send you thne followingir s statenmernt: Value of Fort Hill $15,000; e value of other lands $10,000; personal1 2 property on Fort Hill $2,761. Face I, value of stocks, bonds, notes and miort I gages in the hands of Col. R. W. Simlmp i son, executor, $i75,5I0. It is estimated i, that prmim aind interest on the I. above will make $10,000) more. The e face value of the appraisers' bill d amounts to $103,321, arid the interest 1, and premiums added makes a sumi total s of $113,321. SMr. Lee says he will contest the will, d but Col. Simpson, the executor, assures1 n me that he has no fear whatever of the - result. The State will get over $92,000. AN OLD-TIME SNOW STORM. )r. Cotton 3Iather's Account of a Blizzard that Occurred in Feb>ruary., 17. "Oil the 24th of the t o1:ti Ilnes k"lion upon Ossa: altoiher S!low came n which almost buried the Metiory of he former, with a Storia so fatmous hat Heaven laid an Interldiet on the ligious Assemblies throughout the ountry, on this Lord's day, the like rlereunto had never been see ii before. 'he Indians near an hundred years old firm that their Fathers never told hem of anything that equalled it. 7ast numbers of Cattel were destroyed ii this calamitv. Whereof some there ere of the Stranger sort, were found tanding dead on their legs, as if they tad been alive, many weeks after, then the snow melted away. And ther ' -d their eves glazed over with cc at uch a rate that, being not far rout the Sea, their mistake of their ray drowned them there. One gentle nan, on whose faris were now lost hove 1,1N00 sheep, which with other attel were interred (shall I say, or In lived) in the Snow, writes me word hat there were two Sheep very sing ilarly circunstanced. For noless than ight and twenty days after the Storm, he People pulling out the Ruins of bove an 100 Sheep out of a Snow Bank, rhich lay ~16 foot high, drifted over hem, there was two found alive, which tad been there all this time, and kept heniselves alive by eating the wool of heir dead companions. When they ere taken out they shed their own leeces, but soon got into good Case gain. "The Swine had a share with the theepin strange survivals. A man had couple of young Hogs which he gave ver for dead, but on the twenty-seventh la after their Burial they made their ray out of a Snow Bank, at the bottom f which they had found a li}tle Tansy a feed upon. The Poultry as unac auntably survived as these. Hens vere found alive after seven (lays. .urkeys were found alive after five and wenty days, buried in the Snow, and .t distance from theground, and al ogether destitute of anything to feed hem. The number of creatures that :ept a Rigid Fastshut up in Snow for Livers weeks together, and were found live after all, have yielded surprising tories unto us. The Wild Creatures of he Woods, the outgoings of the Even ug made their Descent as well as they auld in this time of scarcity for them, owards the Seaside. A vast multitude f Deer for the same cause taking the ante course, and the l.ep Snow poiling them of their only Defence, rhich is to run. They became such a rev to these Devourers that it is houglit not one in twenty escaped. "ft is itcredible how iiuch (ldalage s done to the Orchards, for the Siow reezing to a ('rust as high as the ioughs of the trees, anuon splhit them to >ieces. The Cattel, also, watlking on le (Crusted Sno.,w a dotzent foot from the ;rounid, so fed upon the Trees as very tueh to damnttify thtemt. The Ocean was n1 a prodigious Ferment, a'nd after it vs over, vast heaps of little shells were. riven ashore, where they were never een before. Mighty shtoals of Por )oises also kelit a play day in the distur )zd waves o,f our Harbours. "The odd Accidenits befallitng many >oor people, whose Cottages were to ally covered with the Snaw, and not he very tops of the chimneys to he een, would afibrnd a Story. But their tt being any relationt to philosophy in hem, I forbear them."' Mexicani Autiquities'. [From the Newv Orleans Picayune.] The mtassive ruins (of tihe anciett ties of the Central American regions ~ill ever be subjects of interest to the tudetnt of Amierican autiquities. They eli of lost ntations and (of civilization hinch, desp)ite its crudities and pecu arities, was in many directions con idrably advanced. It emtbraced nto mitall (degree of skill ini architecture and ~clpture and the arts of life, besides alaborate social, religious and political sstem s. Now comies thte story that a reminanit f these atncient people still remtaints md that they are hid away in the vast ropical forests, where, eveni yet, they posess solidly built stone cities and )ractice their religious rites, which ini -lude human sacritiee to cruel and im laab)le (rods. A Mexican cornrespon - lent of the Newv York Herald tells atn qohryphal lookitng story of a visit to mei of these cities, in which no stran er to the race which itnhabited it ever b~efore set foot except as a captive to be merificed to sonie hideous stotne idlol. It is claimted accotdinig to Mexican records that thtese peop)le known as Lecondons are still t >be found in the astesses of the states of Yucatan, Kiampeche andl Tabasco. In effec-t they ire Aztees, preserving all the religious igotry and cruelty (if this ancient peo ple, eveni to the offering of human sacni ies to the Inexorable, their god. The -ountry which they inihahit has never been explored, but there is a popular egendl in the states of Tabosco that in the heart of its forests the Lacotidons possess a city with temiples and bazaars, such as were foutnd by the Spaniards in Aztec cities on their first hanidinig in Mexico. These pieole have never beetn sub jugated and not even Christianized(, but preserve their original superstitions. The Catholic church in Mexico has de termined to undertake the work of car rying Christianity Amiong them, and to this end a party of missionaries is to be sent into their country. Perhaps there may result developments as inter esting to.the historian and antiqu~ary as toi.nth nh ntmn ONE H'N)REl) AND TWO. Chievreul the French Chemist Who Has Passed the Century Limit. [Paris Letter.] It seems oild en1ough that there should be living in Paris to-day a man who once looked upon the sharp nose and slanting forehead of Robespierre in the Rue St. Honore, who preserves clear nemory of the reign of terror, and who recounts the scenes attending Napo leon's return from Elbe and then from Waterloo with a graphic regard to de tail which could only proceed from mature impressions. His.longevity and health are attri buted to two causes, heredity and abstinence. His father and mother lived to the age of 93. Simplicity and regularity have been habitual to him. He has never touched wines or stimu lants of any kind. Nor has he ever used tobacco. Smoking he considers extremely pernicious, as it destroys the umemory and impairs the taste and smell, two senses vitally essential to the chemist. He never ate fish though in his youth he was passionately fond of piscatorial sports. This for no phy siological reasons. So repugnant is the odor of fish to him that during his fishing pastimes some one had to un burden his line when he made a suc cessful landing. He has gone to bed early all of his life and awakened with break of day. The major part of his literary work he did in bed before ris ing. In all things save study he has practiced moderation, though his labors have been pursued with a diligence and disregard for physical exercise which bring the virtues of his table and other habits into greater prominence, for it is to these and the holding aloof from public excitements that he ascribes his length of life. In touching upon his health and ha bits he said rich people eat too much. He had always been a frugal fare. He never made eating and drinking, matters of enjoyment. "It is because the rich are the slaves of theirstomach," he added, "that they are more liable to iifirmities and disease than the poor." Fish from Artesian Wells. [From the Winnipeg Sun.] About two years ago J. McMillan be gan sinking an artesian well on his pre mises, and after boring a long time the depth of fifty-five feet was reached, when the machine used in gouging into the bowels of the earth suddenly dropp ed of its own accord several inches, fol lowed almost immediately by a large flow of water, coming spparently from same underground stream. Other flow ing wells having been discovered in the city, nothing unusual was thought of this, although the water came up with almost terrific force, throwing a stream which promised not only to furnish a good supply for the surrounding neigh borhoodi, but shortly to turn the locality into a small lake. A covering was se cured until some time after, when cer tain repairs were being made, and tak ing the top off again the water boiled up as furiously as ever, throwinig out thousands of small pickerel. The little fish were alive, and came up in innu merable qjuantities for a considerable time. Last winter they made their ap pearance as usual, and also this winter, the last catch being displayed at AId. Ryan's store. The pipe in the artesian well is three and one half inches in cir cumference. The discovery is one.un heard of in this country before, and huidreds of people will doubtless visit the well andl see the strange sight of fish coming out of a pipe sunk fifty-five feet underground. The opinion is ex-. pressed that a small or large stream runs underneath the ground, probably com ing from Lake M1an itoba. Owing to the force of the water it would be impossi ble to sink spawn. to the bottom of the well from the fish which might have originated. In conversation with an old resident of Winnipeg recently it was learned that a similar discovery to that related above was niade in this city about 10 years ago. A well was sunk to a considerable depth, and small ish camne forth in the water in countless numbers. It is a well known fact that not hiaifof tihe water flowing into the Asinboine river flows out at its mouth. At Carberry and other points west large quanitities of water work through the sand along the banks of the river, until the limestone strata, along the top of which it is an asserted fact, numerous small streams of water find their way to this city, about the depth of the com 1110n street wall, and hence the strange discovery above is accounted for. Guided by a Dog. [From the Americus, Ga., Recorder.] The friends and relatives of Hessie Stevens, the lit tle t wo-year-old daughter of M1rs. Amanda Stevens, and grand daughter of A. J. Sapp, were very much alarmed last Thursday upon dis covering that lit tle Hessie had wander ed from her home. They tracked her about half a mile to a pond, and failing to trace her any further, concluded that she must have waded into the water and drowned. After a thorough search in the water, with no clue of the child, and while the mother's heart was break ing .with the thoughts of her child freezing in the woods that night, the attention of those in search of the lost child was attracted by the maneuvers of a dog that had accompanied the party, and as soon as the faithful ani mal found that he had gained the at tention of M1r. Sapp, he started at once through a dense piece of woods, and after leading them some half a mile, found the child lying under a tree top sound asleep. There was great rejoic ing, and.the family will from that day consider their dog asoyiofthe amily AMERICAN PLUCK. Controlling the Sandwich Islands-Culti vating Cotton. [From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.] George T. Wolcott, of San Francis co, a gentleman who for years has been interested in the Sandwich 'island su gar-growing industry has arrived in this city. "When Americans speak of having no colonies," said Mr. Wolcott to a Post-Dispatch reporter, "they over look the Sandwich islands, which are,in everything except the name of a colony of the United States. The king, it is true, is a native, but nearly all the min isters, judges and executive officers are Americans, and the entire policy of the islands, especially since the practical abdication of King Kalakaua, is direct ed by Americans in American interests. The king himself was educated by Chester S. Lyman, afterward professor of astronomy in Yale college. Chief Justice Allen, who died in Washington, as minister of the Hawaiian govern ment, was a. native of Connecticut. Bishop for many years was prime min ister, and really king, while all the higher posts were held by Americans, and yankee merchants and planters do nearly all the trade of the islands, which is becoming very considerable. Claus Speckles, the California millionaire, was for years by far the most influen tial man in the kingdom, and even in the days of his greatest power Kalakaua was able to do nothing without the con sent and help of the American resi dents. Since the king has ceased to actively reign the power has passed almost exclusively into American hands, and today the natives have little to say about anything that goes on. "The great industry of the present time," said Mr. Wolcott, "is of course, sugar growing. In this Claus Speckles was for many years practically omnipo tent, governing not only the planta tions, but also the refineries, and fixing the price of this commodity for the en tire western part of America. Native labor has not been found effective, and therefore, for the last ten years there has been a great deal of imported labor. During the last two or three years a great deal of attention has been turned in the direction of cotton growing, for which the climate is admirably suited. From experiments that have been made it is believed that cotton superior even to the Egyptian, which alone holds rank above our Sea Island crop, can be grown in large quaitlties, and if ail' signs do not fail within a very short time Sandwich island cotton will occu py a very prominent -position in the markets of the world." Ben Wade and Stephen A. Douglas. iFrom a Washington Letter.] The Southern men having tried in vain to head off'Mr. Wade, appealed to their northern allies to help them. One day Mr. Douglas rose in his seat and interrupted Mr. Wade who was speak ing. Instantly the chamber became silent as death, and all eyes were turned in the direction of the two standing sen ators. Every one expected to see Wade demolished in a moment by the great Illinois senator. "You, sir," continued Mr. Douglas in measured tones, "continually compli ment southern men, who support this bill (Nebraska), but bitterly denounce northern men who support it. .Why is this? You say it is a moral wrong ; you say it is a crime. If that be so, is it not as much a crime for a Southern man to support it as for a Northern man to do so ?" Mr. Wade-No, sir. I say not. Mr. Douglas-The senator says not. Then he entertains a different code of morals from myself and Mr. Wade (interrupting Douglas, and pointing to him, with scorn marked on every lineament of his face)-Your code of morals! Your morals ! My God, I hope so, sir ! The giant was hit in the forehead, and after standing for a moment, with his face red as scarlet, dropped silently into his set, while Mr. Wade proceeded with his speech, as though nothing had occurred. Several Kinds of Girls. A good girl to have-Sal Vation. A disagreeable girl-Annie Mosity. A fighting girl-Hittie Maginn. Not a Christian girl-Hettic Ro doxy. A sweet girl-Carrie Mill. A very pleasant girl-Jennie R osity. A sick girl-Salle Vate. A smooth girl-Amelia Ration. A seedy giri-Cora Ander. One of the best girls-Ella Ganit. A clear case of girl-E. Lucy Date. A geometrical girl-Rhoda Dendron. A musical girl-Sarah Nade. A profound girl-Metta Physics. A Star girl-Meta Orie. A clim;~ing girl-Jessie Mine. A nervous girl-Hester Ical. A muscular girl-Callie Sthenies. A lively girl-Annie Mation; An uncertain girl-Eva Neseent. A sad girl-Ella G. A serene girl-Moilie Fy. A great big girl-Ella Phant. A warlike girl-Millie Tary. Very High Praise. [From the Chicago Herald.] A rather grandiloquent tribute to Mr. Allison in an Iowa paperstartsoff with: "William B. Allison has stood with his hand on the national pulse for a quar ter of acentury." This issaying agood deal for Mr. Allion for a period when so many of our.statesmen stdwith Stonewall Jackson and his Men. [London Telegraph, March 31.] In modern times no army ever made better use of its legs-not in retreaty but in continuous attack-than the "foot-cavalry" of Stonewall Jackson in 1861 and 1862. The following descrip tion of the men by whose aid Stone wall Jackson drove three federal ar mies, under General Shields, Fremont and Banks-each of them stronger numerically and infinitely betterarmed-.. and found than his own-out of the Valley of Virginia. 1861, was written '' from Stonewall Jackson's headquarters by an English eye-witness, who was accompanied by Lord, then Cotoel Wolseley. "As we advanced, the road-:<=z was thickly crowded by the refiuent* .. tide of sick and furloughed soldiers. - Such gaunt, wan, bony, famished skel- , etons, many of them shoeless and hat-. less, almost all in rags, the flame of $. life burnt down to the socket, the eyes deep-sunken and lustreless, the hair matted and tangled like a wild beasts, - it had never been my fortune- to en- - counter before on earth. Suffering, - hungry, thirsty and reduced as the poor fellows were, not one faint-hearted timid or complaining word issued from their lips." With men of this stam Stonewall .Jackson held the valley of Virginia securely month after month, against armies collectively outnumber ing his in the ratio of eight or ten to one, and with them he marched over . hills and across rivers, by night and' by day, until no federal general lay down to sleep without a misgiving that when to-morrow's dawn broke Stonewal3 , Jackson might burst on his flaik=or center and strike panic into the hearts of the invaders of Virginia. With then Stonewall Jackson descended with'as tonishing rapidity from the ..ue Ridge and joined General Lee before the seven _; ^ days of battle around Richmond, 1862, which ended in the total discom fiture of General McClellan. How, it= will be asked, were Stonewall Jackson's "foot cavalry" equipped? Not in t same manner as the English infantry which, on June 17, 1775, attacked the == raw American levies posted on Bunker Hill, near Boston, and carried thei works, with tremendous loss to the-as sailants, who, according to Mr. Charles Ross the biographer of Lord Cornwassrr "moved to the attack in heavy march. ing order, with three days provisions. in their knapsacks, and carried alto gether a .weight of 125 pouns' ker Hill was fought on a fearfuliyh s <&ay-the climax of the torrid smm of America-and the British regulars. of those days wore the leather straps.or neckcloth which even in the temperate climate of England. no one would noW' regard otherwise than as an instrument' of torture. Very different was the - equipment of StonewallJackson's men_. R A loose jacket, a soft and umbrageos" felt hat, a musket, seventy or eighty rounds of bell cartridge, a blanket rolled> up and slung diagonally over the shoul der, and a tin water bottle-such was the preparation for battle, for skirmish ing, for climbing hills and fording rivers with which the Virginas North Carolinians, Georgians and Ala bamians who constituted the "Stone. wall Brigade" achieved wonders to ; which few parallels can be found in the history of war. A Flask and a Prophecy. [ From the Philadelphia Press.] While some workmen in McKees p,ort, Pennsylvania, were tearing down an old building, they found embedded in one of the chimney breasts a pint - flask of whiskey made in 1828Sand plac- v ed there ten years later by Orlando Grier. There was also a tin box con taining a written prophecy to the effect that thirty-five years later (i. e., '73) - slavery wvould not exist, though it would cost thousands of slaves to make the change. "Men," the writer con tinued, '"will communicate from beach to beach of ocean easier than to indite a letter. The tallow candle of today will not even be used to grease boots. Men will touch the wall as Moses touch ed tne rock for water and light will dispel the darkness. McKeesport will become a great place, waxing strong4n wealth and position 'mongst the val- -- leys. Prohibition will be a battle cry, with temperance a formidable enemy. - The first will fail, the latter prevail for a time, wax weak and men will again court the cup. The flesh of spirits which I place herewith will rise in the midst of a confilet which will claim it as one of the principals." M,ore Than Her Share.I [From the Boston Globe.) Mrs. Mollie Corwein, of Shelbyville, Ind., is suing for divorce from her sixth husband. She has already been divore- - ed from the other five. Mfrs. Corwein (her most recent name) seems~ "be very hard to please. It is outrageous that she should have had six-husbands and isn't satisfied with that, whil6OO 000 ma chusetts women have nev been mar ried at all. The Witness Was Engaged [From the Chicago Daily Tribune.] "You can take the witness." said the prosecuting attorney in a trial beforeani Arkansas court to the defendant's law- : yer. "Judge," exclaimed a young man in 4 the back part of the room, staning on a seat and waving his -sadd - - "don't let him takebe