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RIELICS OF OTHER DAYS.
Independence Hall and its CurIosIties-11
Mint and Some of Its_ Ancient Coins.
[Correspondence Herald and News.
PHILADELPHIA, Janunry 20.-Th,
hupble scribe has been in the city fou
months. In that time a great deal ha
been seen-so much in fact The Heral(
an,l News could not bold it if writtet
in detail. Philadelphia takes in i
whole county. Can you grasp that4
Suppose Newberry was as large as thii
county, what an inland city then
would be. I am fifteen miles from th4
heart of the city and still within thi
corporation by one and a half miles o:
more. To go to the top of the Cit
Hall tower and look northward as fa:
as the eye can see, red brlek house!
seem to rise upon each other. Lool
east, and one sees marble, granite
brown stone business houses runinc
up five, six and seven stories high, an
beyond the historic Delaware river lie.
the more modern historic city of Cam
den, N. J., made so by being the homt
of Walt Whitman, so says Bob Inger
soll. For this fling Camden is not re
sponsible. I hardly- think there is i
- vein of mutual admiration existing be
tween these remarkable men.
Of all the places of note in Philadel
phia, Independence Hall still holds th(
lead on the hearts of the people, anc
justly should it. Who can stand undei
that memorable bell as it now hangs ir
the hall and not think of the tim(
when its intonations declared to an op
pressed people that there is now liberty
With boyish pride I used to gaze, wher
at school, upon that venerable pile ir
picture and conjnre up in mind thos(
men who had long before purchased
that liberty I was then enjoying, I
would wonder also if I should ever se(
the bell, the Hall and the chair it
which the President sat, when hi.
name was affixed to the Declaratior
of Independence. All these have beeu
realized, for twice have I been around
to see the curios. I have stood it
front of the table on which the parch.
ment lay and seen the President and
all the signers. John Hancock was thE
only one who signed the paper on thE
4th of July, 1775. The chairs used on
the occasion have been returned and
now occupy the space they did ovei
one hundred years ago. In anothei
room are a great many relics carefully
guarded as treasures of the United
States. A drum used at the battle ol
Germantown, swords, guns, rifles,
pistols and daggers, gun-locks, am
rods, scabbards, all sacredly guarded
day and night. Dresses, robes of va
rious hues, slippers, corsets, (different
from thosepworn to-day). Knee panta
loons, waist coat, curious sandals, and
a suit of holy clothes, made for, and
worn by John Q. Adams, who thought
then he would one day be President.
Settees, camp stools and tables, spoons,
jars, army chests, all find a last resting
place here. The compass young Wash
ington used when surveying, and the
snectacles he wore when old age camne
o~n, occupy prominent places. Pictures
painted by WVest and other artists are
here. Plaster casts of Washington after
death, And a large nu'mber of othier
relics no less interesting.
All these are interesting to the aver
age American because they and the be
holder are in sympathy. To-day men
would fight and die for these very
things and the iconoclast who would
dare destroy one relic must must do so
at his own peril. Our patriotism has
not died, and so long as there is a bul
wark of h'uman breasts ardtud these
emblems of past success and glory no
foe dare attempt their destruction.
No less interestiug than Indepen
dence H all is the Mint. To some this
may seem a little strange, but if you
could only pass within its doors and
see v-hat a revelation is in store! Just
briefly will the contents be outlined,
beca'use, to do uthore would require
careful investigzation and accurate
data. In this mint all the dlifferent
denominations of our money are
mad e-gold; silver, meckels and copper.
The sweepiugs from the floor o,f the
smelting are worth S-1,000 per year.
The silver is rolld out into thin bars
Sjust the thickness of the particular coin
to be made, then put under apunch
1?g machine, from there they go to an
other press where the eagle and face of
the woman are made, then again to an
other maclyne where the milled rim is
put on. Now it is fin ished and in ap
pearance is bright and shining ant
ready for circulation. One million t wo
hndred an~d ifty thousag-ldollars are
made daily. You ask whei '-oes it all
gotyThat is what I wos.lom,ike to
Bttemost iteresting room in t
this room coins from all the countries
of the world can be seen. Coins of the
defunct Roman empire, the insolvent
SGrecian treasury department, and so
on through the whole catalogue of gov
ernmnents that have been. MIarc An
tony, Commnod us, that gIluiton of Rome,
C:e sar and others, all hav coins conm
nmemorating someC great event of their
reign. ODe piece which struck my
fancy was a Romar, coin with the head
of Minerva. on it, mi.ade before Christ
500 years. This coin wvas v-ery pretty.
The shekel of the Israelites is shown,
but is not so handsome. The piece
which attracts most attention, auC
usually brings an exclamation of joy
is the wVidow's Mite. andkmite it is.
Two of them will not m.~ piece as
large as our three cent t w piece
When l>oking at this tiny piece o:
Son ey, the mind goes back over eigh
teen hundred years. The biblical story
tells us that Christ sat over against the
emnle and he saw those who cast in,
the rich of their abundance, the laborer
of his scanty but horded treasury, and
the widow who cast in all she had, tw>
mites. What a lesson of reliance uponi
him who said "cast thy burdens upon
the Lord" and thy "breard upon the
waters." It is said that this pie- is
not a facsimile, but a genuine coin. We
do not '.now that such is the case, bLat
we do know that it is called the
un L .N s Mite." E. H. K.
A HISTORY OF EDGEFIELD.
To be Written by Newberry's Histor2mn.
LJohnston Monitor.]
Mr. John A. Chapman, of Newberry,
is now engaged in writing a h'story of
Edgefield County. 'Mr. Chapman is
eminently fitted for the task, being a
seholarly and gifted gentleman and an
author of co,nsiderable reputation. It
is, of course, impossible for 'Mr. Chap
man to do the work satisfactorily with
the scanty material gathered by hin-:
self, and for such reason it has been
suggested to form an historical society
for the purpose of gleaning the local
traditions and facts for the use of Mr.
Chapman in forming an accurate his
tory of this county. A meeting has
been called to perfect the organization,
ta be held at Edgefield on the :Sth of
February, 1S91. It is earnestly hoped
that the meeting will be largely at
tended so that the laudable enterprise
in which every one in Edgefield should
feel a profound interest-may be
started under favorable auspices. Let
every body set their talking machines
in motion and talk this thing up until
all Edgefield may be proud of the final
consummation.
THE ALLIANCE BANK.
Directors Elected-No Officers Yet Elected.
[Record, January 29.]
The statement was made yesterday
that the trustee stockholders of the
State Alliance Exchange were having
a heated and lengthy discussion about
the organization of the bank. It was
known then that trouble was brewing
in the camp and up to the hour of ad
journment last night there was a hot
fight going on between two factions.
Finally, 4fter hours of wrangling,
the bank was partially organized by
the election of the following directors:
J. A. Sligh, D. P. Duncan, J. T. Dun
can, J. W. Shaw, J. W. Stokes, J. E.
Tindal an:d W. H. Timmerman.
Subsequently the directors held a
meeting but the trouble continued there
and they adjourned without electing
any officers or making any arrange
ments for the establishment of the
bank. The bank matter, thtrefore,
stands in statu quo until another meet
ing, whieb will very likely be held in
the spring.
There is strong opposition to the
bank-so niueh of it in fact that the
Alliancemen refused to give out any
thing fo' publication.
THLE BANK ASSURED.
[Special to N%ews and Courier. j
Cosx3. BA, Jar'uary 29.-Reference
was made in the News and Courier a
few days ago to the fact that there was
a little hitch in the circumstances, or
rather the progress, of the Alliance
Bank for this place. Last night one of
the directors stated the facts to a re
porter for the News and Courier, but
requested that nothing af the circunm
stances be mentioned at that time. It
was learned to-day, however, froman
other director that there is no reason,
this morning, why the circumstances
should not be published. He said that
it was a certainty, to begin with, that
the bank would be established, and
tha t the directors had been eleted with
that distinct understanding. The de
lay in the election of a president and
the other oflicers should not be taken
as a supposition that there were any
material obstacles in the way, and tha:t
an arrangement agreeable to all parties
would certainly be reacheti in less than
a month. It appears that the charter
for the new institution~ does not cover
a enut ingeney, which is to be arranged
by consent. There are atbout twen:tv
thousand dlollars now to the credit of
the exchange or rather the property of
its marry stockholders. This amount
is in the hands of the State Treasurer,
but it is understood that it will be trans
ferred to the new bank and that when
it begins it will be with the good will
of ali the Alliance people. It is also
well understood that Mr. D. P. Duncan
will be elected the president of the.
bank.
Potato Certificates Demanded.
[From the Washington Post.]
,A very humorous proposition, and
ye\mee that follows in the wake of pro
pose*-slation, was submitted to the
Senate y 'Qrdav in the form of a peti
tion. It urs dthe Government to re
ceive potatoes a: 'isue Treasury nlotes
thereon at the r: of $1 a bushel.
The petition has be e' referred to the
Finance Comtte
"A ver's Cherry Pectoral has gr-en me
great' relief in bronchitis. Within a
moth I have sent some of this prepa
ration to a friend s'iffering from broni
chitis atnd asthma. It has dlone him $o
uuch .rood that he writes fo more. -
Eganid.
If you sufTe~r fromi any alferti. n
causedl by intmure blood. such as -erof
ula t s:trhetun, sores, boils, pimles
tetter, ringworm, take Dr. J. H. Me~
Lan' Sarsaparilla.
F reqjuently accidents occur in the
house-hold which cause burns, eut~
sprains and bruises; for use in such~
eases~ Dr. J. H. McLeat's Volcanic Oil
Linment has fo'r many years been the
ARP ON THE EXO V .
Evvry itace Hag its Own Sir Oracle And
tht Colored Race Seemso to Have Been
tet Most Unfortunate of A1.
:From the Atlanta Constitution.]
Of courSe it was a trick-souebo(dys
to-ick-this gatlhering of the negroe-s to
'ro to Africa. The my,Vstery about it :dl
is that 1.02 They could have gotten
$C just as easy-iaybe.4. But it wasn't
the trick of our people. The credulity
of the negro is amazing. One would
think they had learned sonething since
freedom came-soiething about trust
ing strangers. The idea of going to
A frica for $1 and a postage stamp would
conviet anybody of lunacy. Two thou
sand of the dupes in Atlauta with their
ti:--ets and as many more all along the
line to WVashington-all -,vaiting for the
agent and the ships. Soni went fro:n
Cr:er.ile, and are on the road some
w.i:r. They won't talk. They are
bound to secrecy. They have been
hoi-'hwd. Education does not seem to
rid the negro of the superstitions and
vagaries that belong to the race. Every
conimunity has its oracle, its conjurer,
its fortune teller. There is one over on
the hill back of us. The women and
the girls have more faith in her than in
their preacher. If one of them loses
anyiing sh goes to the old woman,
who listens to her story and floats sonie
cofiee grounds in a saucer and tells the
name of the thief, and generally te'Is
the truth, for she is smart and knows
her nabors. My daughter's nurse went
to her yesterday to have her fortuue
told, and said the old woman told her
she would get a present before night
from the good lady she was nursing for.
Well, of course that was a compliment,
and my daughter dident. go back on
the colored oracle. Her good will is
worth something when nurses are
scaree.
But I was ruminating about the
exodus to Africa-not about the going,
but about the desire to go. Is it a sign
u' anything- Ever since I was a boy
there has been talking and writing
bolit the Jews going back to Jerusalem,
and sometimes thesigns of it are pretty
good, but they have never made a start.
And now the wise men say that Provi
dence planned the slavery of the negro
for his good and waited 100 years for
bis civilization, and then sent Stailey
to Africa to get the Dark Continent
ready, and now that same Providence
is inclining his mind to go there, and
his is the begin'ning of the i;reat
-xodus that is to come. Well this may
be so or it may not be, but it is all
right if it is. Our people are willing
ind waiting. But the negroes can't
5wini and they can't be floated over for
".;2. One thing is certain-they will
; When their time comes and not be
Lore. This thing was tried half a cen
ury ago and it was too soon anddident
work- The Colonization Society meant
well and spent lots of money. They
built ships and sent agents over to
Liberia to p)repare the country for the
-olony. They took over thousands andI
tousands of negroes who 'ad been set
free by their masters in Maryland and
Virginia, but they died like cattle with
the nurrain. Most of the states had
laws which forbade slaves from remain
ing in the state after they wvere set free.
hey had to go north or go to Liberia.
iut still there was a great many free
negoes in the southi-negroes whbo wvere
hora free -andi they wiere a middle class
eteen the slaves and the white folks.
1hey were not tup to the one nor down
to the other. Like the Irishngn's defi
Iition of a fairy, "'they are the spirits
f folks who are not quite good enough
for Heaven, but are a leetle too good
for hell." And so wh'len freedom came
to the slaves, the old-fashioned, high
oned free negro was in a Iix. His
middle station was knocked out and lie
felt it keenly and wvas mad. He was
'ither down to the level of the "comn
mon(' n igger" or they were br--ugh t up
o his. MIost of them were respectable
mlat mees and had trades and oc'upa
tion in the towvns like white folks.
Fin that class alt our southiern bar
tiers camne, but as one of them said to
m not long aigo: "I was always a
.iemocrat. sir', and mixed with southern
~etlemen, sir. I was in the Mexican
war, siir, and I was intimate with
General Henry R. JIackson and Gover
nor Colouitt, and all the blooded stock.
I assoited with gentlemen, sir, be
Fore the war, but one day Mr. Lincoln
took his pen in his hand and set all
these black niggers free, and, before
we knowed it, there was about 40,000
new batrbers jumped up withA a bi'ushi
in one hand and a razor in the ot her
mnd we old-fashione~d free niggers hain't
ad any comfort since."
I knewv one of these high-strung
~ula; toes who got rich, and owned a
pantation, and bought somenlaves and
worked thema. He never forgave the
yankees for taking his p)roperty with
at paying him for it, and whalit w"as
worse, they raised up the other negroes
:o be his equals.
About rifty years ago an old gentle
man died in our county leaving a large
state and over 300) slaves. He left a
will in which lie set free thirty-seven
:f them., and directed that his execu
Lrs should send them to Liberia. He
harged that I hey should be prov'ided
with abundlant clothing' and when
th'ey enibarked they should he given
2-I0 apiece in gold. These negroes were
his favorite household servants and
their iarents and their children-they
had been reised by him and treated
with care and humanity and he was at
tached to thenm. They were reluctant to
but finally consented and old Wil
liam,who was the trusted and confiden
tial agent of his master, made prepara
tions to go with them, as his master had
direted Their denarL ure was prevented
by a bill of injunction that was StI.
out by one of the heirs and the case ha(
to g0 to the supreme court, where tht
will was sustained and the execut.
ordered to proceed with its provisions
Those negroes were sent from Savannal
to Liberia on the Ship Elizabeth
Three years after their departure th<
old mau, William and six others ver
unexpectedly made their appearanei
in oir town and delivered themnselve4
to the executor. They reported all th(
others dead and asserted that they hac
tried for a year to get back but werx
refuse: transportation by every vesse:
that came.
Finally they hid themselves in th(
hold of a trading vessel one night, and
kept hid until the ship had been thre(
day.s at sea. Their rations gave out,
and they came on deck and and be
for favor from the captain and got it,
for he was a kind-hearted man, and
brought t hem safely to Philadelphia.
Abolitionists of that city tried very
hard t >keep them from coming south,
and would give themi no money to pay
their traveling expenses. William was
well acquainted with Howell Cobb,
who had been his master's guet in the
old times, and who was then a member
of Congress, and so he wrote to him at
Washington, and Mr. Cobb sent them
monev and they came to him, and he
gave them enough to come home
on, and the old darky's face fairly shone
with illumination as he told ,f their
trials and sufferings, and how happy
he was to get back to his old home,
where -he conld live with Mas' Tom,
and die and be buried in the old family
graveyard.
Mas' Tom soon heard of their return
and hurried in to meet the old darky
who had taken care of him from in
fancy to manhood, and they wept and
sobbed upon each others' shoulders and
there never was a more touching, loving
scene than that. This is not much of
a story, but it is a true one, and my
father was that executor.
The attachments that bound together
the great majority of martyrs and their
slaves were strong and beautiful; but
they have passed away, and now it
seems that the negro wants to go. The
two races are living together merely by
force of circumstances over which nei
ther has any controi. How long they
can live together depends upon their
good sense and forbearance. I feel sure
that I can live with them and keep
their respect and their friendship, but
perhaps it is because I used to own
slaves and stillTel and maintain my
love and my superiority. Our class will
soon pass away, and so will the old
slaves who love to do us honor. How
the coming generations will harmonize
I cannot foresee nor foretell, but from
the signs I fear there will be less for
bearance from the one and less humility
from the other. The problem is not
solved, and such political measures as
the force bill will only make it more
complicated-hot that the force bill
will ever be enforced to our injury, but
the animus of it is bad. If the conflict
comies it will not be precipitated by us
or our negroes, but it will be the same
old strife that still rankles bet ween us
and our northern enemies. From that
enmity I know of no discharge unless
we fall back upon that scripture which
says: "If a man' s ways please the
Lord, even his enemies shall be at
eace with him." BILL ARP.
Simplicity In Language.
[From the Western Spirit. 1
The last important work of George
Bancroft, the historian, who died in
Washington on the 17th inst., was tc
carefully revise his celebrated "His
tory of the United States," eliminating
flowers of rhetoric that graced early
editions.
From this the writers of to-day may
leaina a useful lesson. Though Ban
croft never wvas extravagant in the use
of pictulresqjue language, yet the ex
perienCe of mature years led him tc
sip)lfy and p)ut inl plain every-d1ay
setences many pages that appeared
to him no doubt when he penned them
as attractive, if not really beautiful.
Th prores of the world in letters
has been steadily toward simplicity it
laguage. The best historians, au
thors, and newspaper wvriters of to-day
do not indulge much in what is termed
Ithe "roses of rhetoric." Pure, simple
Enghsh is the standard. '-Grant's
Memoir ," Bancroft's "History of the
Constitution,'"SenatorCarlisle's speech
es. and New York Sun editorials are
More Graphic Poetry.
Touch not the demon beer this year,
N ~or ssimilate the smile
That sends you home befogged and
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-ndianapolis Journal.
There is comnort f->r the man witha
prematureiy gray beard ini Bucking
ham's Dye, because it never fails to
color an even brlown 'or bk1c:/: as may be
deired.
If you havena paintuilsense or ratigue,
find'vour auties irksome, take Dr. J.
H. M1eLean's Sarsaparilla. It will
brace you up, make you strong and(
viorous.
When you are constipateu nave head
ache, or loss of appetite take Dr. J. H.
SleLeans Liver and Kidney Pillets;
they are pleasant to take and will cure
you.
Eezema. scalp covered with eruptions
doctors proven valueless. P. P. P. was,
tried and the hair began to grow again,
not a pimple can be seen, and P. 1P. F.
..again proved itself a wonderful skin
UNIVERSITY REORGANIZATION.
The 'lan of Studies as Prepared by the
Comit1iitee and to be Submitted
to the Trustees.
CornUim,IA S. C., January 2-.-A
meeting of the executive committee of
the South Carolina University was
he!d to night to prepare the plans of
reorganization of the University. The
pecial committee, consisting of Presi
dent McBride and Superintendent of
1Education Mayfield, prepared and sub
mitted the following:
OUTLINES OF THE PLAN OF STUDIES
AND METHODS OF INSTRUCTION.
In view of all the circumctances at
tending the reorganization of the Uni
veritv of South Carolina it is highly
desiiable that the board of trustees
should explicity iudieate the principles
that are to direct and the methods that
are tu be pursucd in the future adiniii
istration of the South Carolina College.
The following general positions or
principles, having direct bearing upon
the practical questions of reorganiza
tion, are, therefore, submitted for the
consideration and approval of the board:
1. The best educational experience
of our day has concluded that liberal
education, both for culture and train
ing. may now be attained through many
and divergent course of study. This
conclusion finds practica application
in the almost universal custom in col
leges of offering as great a number of
courses as their facilities and outfits
will warrant. It is worthy of note that
students seek those institutions which
give the widest choice among courses.
2. The object of the reorganized South
Carolina College is to afford this liberal
education in the highest modern ac
ceptation of that term to a class of pat
ronage embracing all grades of social
life and personal ability, seeking general
education along many lines of modern
intellectual development.
3. The demands, therefore, of our
times and of our patrons can be met
only by affording, instead of the old
time single curriculum, many and
varied courses leading to the same de
gree or to degrees of equal value; and
by such further provisions for shorter
courses as the needs of irregular stu
dents may require.
4. Each such course should be differ
entiated by a masked predominance of
certain kindred studies, and all the
media of modern lib6ral education
should find place, as far as ppssible, in
these varying combinations: In one the
ancient languages should constitute
the differentia; in another English
studies; in another the modern lan
guages; in another history and the
econominical and mental sciences; in
another the mathematical and physical
sciences; in another the natural sciences
-and so on to the fullest extent of the
practical possibility of differentiation.
5. The college as reorganized should
include no chair that cannot be classed
among the agencies of liberal educa
tion, but every department so admitted
must take rank with every other on
entirely equal footing and be granted
equal opportunities with all others in
the community of collegiate instruc
tion. In entire accordance with this
view the terms of the recent act of re
organization disptinctly place "theo
retical sciences (by which are clearly
meant the pure sciences, as dirtin
guished from the applied sciences)
literature and the classics on exactly
the same footing of perfect equality.
6. A certain unit of disciplinary
study, combined of literary, classical,
and scientific elements, will naturally
belong in common to all the courses.
This common unit almost exclusively
pertains to the work of the first two
years of the college course and should
therefore offer but little choice for the
option of the student. But this dis
ciplinary p)eriodl passed, the largest
liberty, compatible with the mnainten
ance of distinctive courses of study
should be granted the student an.ong
grroups of elective studies carefully ar
ranged with reference to the purposes
of the respective courses. Collegiate
instruction will certainly fall short of
its opportunity should it fail to fit its
students to choose intelligently in the
higher classics the studies best suited
to the needs of each individual student.
In the junior class about one-half, and
in the senior years at least two-thirds of
the studies should be opened, under
proper restrictions indicated above, to
individual choice.
7. In every department of collegiate
study, work outside and additional to
class-room duties should be exacted of
the student and required of the p)rofes
sor. The theories and principles enun
eiated in the lecture or lesson should be
illustrated and enforced by special
kinds of drill adapted to the character
of the several departments. Such drill
can be found in the testing and handling
of chemicals, in the examination or
analysis of living and dead forms, in
the solution of mathematical, physical,
logical and psychological problems, in
the writing of outside exercises for time
teachers, p)rivate correction in ancient
and modern languages, and ini the
preparation of compositions anid essays
in the English branches for like propo
sition. In higher classe espeially, of
all departments, elaborate and careful
lylrprd essays should be required
onysuectsgerai to the lines of
onhe sjdyt genmahe several depart
ments. Above all, it shoul.i be rigidly
required of both professor and student
that this work be done outside, and
Iwithout in terference with the duties of
~ordinary recitation. This is indeed the
laboratory work of classical, literary
and philosopical departments.
5. Not the least important purpose of
such requirement is to guard against
that rno rout ine wh ich by slavish ad
herence to more text book instruction
dries up interest and inspiration in the
soul of the the teacher, and degrades .4
him to the office of a lesson-hearing
niachine, the bane and curse of all edu
cation.
9. The Plan here ou'liaed seeks, in
the first place, to bring to bear on pro
fessors the enlivening influences of
healthy, frierdly competition, by with
drawing those temptations to formal
and perfunctory teaching that must
a:
prevail in any system, that, by forcing
unconditional attendance upun certain
courses on the part of students, en- t
courages indolence and inefficiency in
in the professors thus mistakenly
hedged about. In the the second place,
this plan, recognizing the necessity of
arousing interest and stimulating zeal
in the student, oflers, with the proper
guarded restrictions, such choice of
stuis as shall enable him to gratify
his tstes and exercise his abilities in
such directions as shall seem to himi
most pleasant and profitable. %
10. A moderate amount of graduate
work leading to the old and universal
ly recognized degree of master-of-arts
should, for obvious reasons, be still pro
vided for.
11. The work of formulating and ar
ranging the details of the courses and
of perfecting the methods of instruction
outlined above should be referred to T
the Faculty-the report of this work
when comple;.ed, to be submitted for
the approval of the Board.
The above report is, of course, sub
ject to changes by the board of trustees d
when it meets. The committee de
cided on adjournment, not to give out
any details .f the meeting. C
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D
DROPPED DEAD AT A BANQUET. D
The Sudden Death of Secretary Windom Ti
in New York. I
NEW YORK, January 29.-Just as
Secretary Windom concludLd his
speech at the board of trade dinner to
night, he grew deadly pale, his eyes
shut and opened spasmodically, and he
fell on his chair. Thence he slipped to
the floor, where he lay unconscious. The at
most intense excitement immediately D
ensued. Judge Arnoux, Ex-Secretary ce
Bayard and Capt. Snow were the first ,
of several who ran to Mr. Windom's of
aid. They found him apparently un- -e
conscious. They lifted him gently and Of
carried him into an ,ante-room, where
several physicians proceeded t in
once to hl; assistance. The at- G
tack resulted in death. u
Senator Windom left Washington w
to-day in apparent good health, to at- of
tend the banquet of the New York tl
Board of Tade and transportation, e,
of
where he was to respond to the toast, ni
"Our country's prosperity dependent at
upon its instruments of commerce." io
His address was prepared in advance, 01
r
and embraced about five thousand
words. at
Win. Windom was born in Belmont th
County, Ohio, on May 10, 1827. He re-m
ceived an academic Education, studied a
law at Mt. Vornon, Ohio, and wa ad
mitted to the Bar in 1850 In 18.52 he tlh
became prosecuting attorney for Knox
County, but in 18&55 he removed to ,
Mlinnesota, and soon afterwards he. was ti
chosen to Congress from that State as w
a Republican, serving from 18.59 to r
1869. In that body he served two e
terms as chairman of the committee on te
Indian aff'airs, and also was at the head
of a special cemimittee to visit theWest- c(
ern tribes in 186.5, and of that on con- at
duct of commissioner of Indian affairs in
in 1837. In 1870 he was appointed to wv
the United States Senate to fill the un- p
exp)ired term of Daniel S. Norton, de- u1
ceased, and he was subsebuently chos- p]
en for the term that ended in 1877. He
was re-elected for the one that closed tU
in 1883, and resigned in 1881 to enter m
the C'abipet of President Garfield as
Seeretary of the Treasury, but retired n:
on the accession of President Arthur in et
the same year, and was elected by the C
MIinnesota Legislature to serve the re
mnainder of his term in the Senate. In as
that body Windomn acted as chairman ai
of the committees on appropriations, l
foreign attairs and transportation. His
most noted act during his Senatorial,
career was the introduction and advo
cacy of a bill to purchase territory in'
the Northwest and colonize negroes.
He was ap)pointed Secretary of the .
Treasury by President Harrison and a
has since served in that .apacity.
p4
Our Largest Bell.
EFronm the New England Magazine.] h
The largest bell in America is that of
Notre Dame Cathedral, Mfontreal,
w
six feet high, eight feet seven inches in
diameter and weighs 24,780 pounds.c
It is ornamented with images of the
Blessed Virgin and St. John the Bap
tist, together with emblems of agri
culture, commerce and industry. It
was cast in London and bears this in
scription in Latin : "It was cast in the
year of the Christian era 1847, the two
hundred and second since the founda
tion of Montreal, the first of Pius the:
Ninth's pontificate and the tenth of thej
reign of Victoria, Queen of England.
I am the gift of the merchants the
farmers and the mechanics of 'Ville
Marie." In the opposite tower hangsr
a chime of ten bells, the smallest weigzh
ing 397 pot.ads, the largest 6,011, total
21.696 pounds. t
The largest bell in the United States cl
is the alarm bell on city hall, New h
York, which was cast by Blake of Bos- jti
ton. It is six feet high, eight feet in
diameter and weighs 23,000 pounds.
For weak back, chest pains, use Dr. ;w
J. H. McLean's Wonderful Healing s<
Plaster (porous.) p
Eakinfg Ready for the Great Celebration
Gen. Wade Hampton Invited to be
Orator of the Day.
[Special to News and Courier.]
Cor.lmIA, January 28.-The gen
-al rommittee of the Centennial'cel
)ration met this afternoon, Dr. Fisher
residing, Mr. Cath2art secretary. A
-eat deal of businEss was promptly
id harmoniously dispatched.
Dr. Fisher, to whom the selection of
ib-committees was referred, reported
ie following:
Finance-Messrs. Pearce, Muller and
howas.
Collections-Messrs. Jones, Maucke,
rump and Habenicbt.
Day Parade-Messrs 3ancke,Shields,
ilie Jones.
Trades Procession-Messrs. Cardwell,
imnaugh, McCreery, Lowrance and
.otz.
Oldest Residents-Messrs. Morrison,
arcival, Altee and Beard.
Display and Decorations-Messrs.
uller, Swaffield, Shiver, R. T.
right.
Fair Grounds and Ipatelligence Office
Messrs. Rowan, Dr. Dunn, Pearce,
bertson, Harper.
Invitations and Receptions-Messrs.
iomas Taylor, John P. Thomas, Jr.,
r. Geo. Howe, R. W. Shand, Judge
, C. Haskell.
Canal-Mayor McMaster, Messrs.
,sportes, W. B. Lowrance, Capt. Ire
11, Rhett, Holley.
Railroads-Messrs. Cardwell, Rich
ond and Danville: NcQueen, South
rolina; C. M. Smith. Atlantic Coast
ine; P. Morrison, Richmond and
inville; J. H. Green, Richmond and
inville.
Press-Messrs. Flanders, Gibbes,
ghe, Douglass, Watson.
IE INVITATION TO GEN. HAMPTON.
The following is Dr. Fisher's official
nmunication on behalf of the stand
g committ(e of the Centennial or
.nization of Columbia to Senator
mpton:
"CoLU3BIA, January 28.
"To the Hon. Wade Hampton, Sen
a Chamber, Washington, D. C.-My
mar Sir: Repiesenting a committee
mposed of members of the city coun
of Columbia, members of the Board
Trade, of Columbia, and a committee
other citizens, I have the honor to
tend to you in behalf of the citizens
Columbia and the State the official
vitation to deliver the oration on the
casion of the Centennial Anniversary
May next of t.he first session of the
!neral Assembly of this State in Col
bia.
The action of the city council, by
bich you were named as the orator
the day, will be forwarded to you at
e earliest possible day. It is, how
er my pleasant duty by resolution
the general committe of the Centen
al celebration to convey to you their
d my earnest desire that so auspic
s an event mnay be inaugurated by
e illustrious in war and peace, and
ose name and fame are a priceless
ritage to the State of South Carolina
Ld more especially to the Capital of
e State, the scene of the happiest
oments of your life, of your most
roic sacrifices and most memorable
hievements.
"I am confident that I speak for all
e good citizens of this Common
alth, when I say that it is their
sire that your honor the Centennial
ith your presence and deliver the ora
n. Trusting that the committee.
il have the pleasure of a favorable
p!y, I am yours sincerely and obedi
tly. W. C. FIsHER,
Chairman Standing Committee Cen
unial Celebration."
On motion of Mr. Thomas the sub
mmnittees were instructed to organize
once and report progress to the next
eeting of the standing committee,
bich has determined to meet at half
est 53 o'clock every Monday afternoon
itil the prep.rations have been coin
eted.
The sub-committee have been granted
.e use of the council chamber for their
etings.
Sheriff Rowan was elected unani
ously a xmmber of the standing
&iittee. The members of the
*mmittee spe'tk with enthusiasm of
e success of the undertaking, and
ill carry the project forward with the
surance that the people of Columbia
id the State are with them socially,
2ancially and patriotically.
Rtoses for a P'retty Girl.
LNew York Times.]
A certain young man in New York
ent out to call the other evening upon
young woman of his acquaintance
hom he especially delighted to honor.
e was quite a young man, aud his ex
rience with florists had been neither
ep nor varied. It occurred to him,
wever, oh this particular evening to
>p at a flower merchant's and choose
me blossoms for the pretty girl to
ard whose home he was wending his
"Give me a bunch of rose," he said
rlessly to the man of nosegays.
"Yes, sir; how many please?"
"Oh, a couple of dosen or so."
"In a few moments they were ready,
id the pnrchaser was feeling in his
et pocket for a two dollar bill to pay
r them. "How much?" he asked
hfore the bill made its appearance.
"Eighteen dollars, sir," replied the
rist's assistant, with what, his hearer
id afterward, seemed diabolical glib
The young man felt giddy for a mne
ent. He had unwittingly selected
ses that were 75 cents apiece. But,
has been said, he was very young,
id it seems to him a very serious
ing to go down before that flower
erk. So he paid his money and took
s bouquet. "And," he says, "I spent
e next hour watching a pretty girl
bble and chew upS$18 worth of roses."
You can be cheerful1md happy only
hen you are well. If yon feel "out of
rts," take Dr. J. H. McLean' i arsa
Their Mana;rement Requires Urain Work
Of No Ordinary Capacity.
[Augusta Chronicle.]
There are mills and mills. Yarn-mills
and cloth mil. Yarn mills and varie
ty yarn mills. Sheeting mills, check
mills, fancy mills and combination
mills, all requiring grades of skill in
their management as difTerent as are
the mills themselves. Running asheet
ing or shiring mill, spinning, nerhaps,
one number of warp and two of filng
and weaving the tree into as many dif
ferent grades of cloth, is one thing.
Running a combination mill, making
forty or fifty different grades of brown
goods, and two or three hundred difier
ent weaves and patterns of fancies
from twenty-five or thirty different
numbers (f warp and filling, is an
other. The first is about as easy oU.
accomplishment compared with the
last as rolhng off a log is compared
with jumping from a -balloon half a
mile from terra firma.
The first is simply a question of keep
ing half a dozen different - thing
straight without any attempt what
ever at an introduction of new grades.
The last is a s!,cession of changes, ne
cessitating on the part of the superin- -
tendent an intimate and infinite
acquaintance with twists and draft,.
and plys and reeds and harness, and no
guess work in it, either. The first is a
specialist, if you will it, in the
initiatory stages of cotton manufacture;
the last is a graduate in the all around
school of experience.
The sheeting mill makes no changes
for a 1000 yard order, nor for less, per
haps, than a million yards; and if, in
the case of such a change, the warps of-.
the first set may be a little too narrow,,
there is enough of the order to make,
to enable the "width sufficient" goods,
to be worked off "two cuts to a bale,
where they will never be found."
The combination mill takes an order
for 1000 yards of fabric, when shades
and colors, weave, construction,weight
and width must be 0. K. first pop, or
constitute so much dead or depreciated
stock until next season. Such being
the case, it is evident that not only
must the superintendent of a combina
tion mill be a man of intimate acquaint
ance with the various manufacturing
processes, with all the data for such'
variety of work at his fingers' ends, bt
the official of the-company, be hepresi
dent or treasurer, or both, -whi fixs
the money value of the product, must
be a man of particularly good judgment'
in the details of the business, or quota
tions, asked for almost daily, would
seldom be satisfactorily given. In sell
ing the product of such a mill, a thous
and and one things "bob up serenely"
to confront and confuse, that in asheet
ing mill only, are never thought of.. .
Little things require calm, dey!_bpte
judgment and consideration before
they will down.
To keep a combination mill of 1000
looms goinag right along, and to dispose
of the product at remunerative prices
requires brain work of no ordinary
capacity. Either position-that .is, -
either that of superintendent or that of
prsdn f such concern, is pretty apt
ao partake cf the nature so often de
scribed as "midway between the devil
and the deep sea." Compared to.these,
either position in a sheeting mill is al
most a sinecure.
Then, another thing, the help of a
sheeting mill are more easily kept than
are the help of a combination milL
Orders come along to the latter at good
prices, but involving a new departure '
in the construction of the goods. Ordi -
narily, the management can afford to
pay a good price for weaving, much I
better, perhaps, than is being paid for
the grades there in operation. The
weaver, however, never stops to prove
the earnings the new cloth will afford,
nor eveL to consider the price in any
way. " t's something new," "never
saw it before," "doesn't know if he can
run it," and without trying to do so
puts on his coat and hat and crosses
the street to the next place where he
knows his services will be eagerly ac
cepted and goes to work for less
wages..
Hundreds of times have I seen that
little tableau not only here in the South, -~
but in the Nvrth, too. Yes, running a
combination mill demands executiva
and administrative and Lechnical talent
of no ordinary calibre, and yet, strange.
to say, like editing a newspaper, every
icypo thinks he "can do it" better than --
the man who is doing it.
Considering the fact that variety and
combination mills are long steps in ad
vance in Southern development they
have done well in every way. Ten
years from now they w'll be more comn
mon in the South than they are to-day.
Then the pioneers in the business will
be reaping the harvest of dividends
whilst a good many of the present
sheeting mills will have been frozen
into experiments in the direction of
combination mill just as the present
successful Southern sheeting mills froze
Eastern mills to the same ultimatum
T wo Professions.
"You ne'er can object to m~y arm round
your waist
Anti the reason you'll readily guess,; *
I'm ani editor, dear, and I always In
sist
On the "Liberty of the Press."
SHE.
"I'm a minister's daughter, belevin'
in texts,
And I[think all the newspapersbd
And I'd make you remove your.ar
were it not
You were making the waist plae