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THE DUTCH PORK.
B >Y iR. 0. 1. MAYIZ, SH.
NO a.
:it thy com:an'l
Agtain the eru:bled hans haill rise;
Lo! as on Evan's b:l>lk we stand.
The past returns-the present flies.
('A)Yow CASTLE.
In history there must be many gapz
resulting froi contradictions or silence
among the chronicles consulted, which
have been bridged over by inferences
fairly drawn from established events,
and thus the current of narrative has
been made smoothly continuous. So
it is in biography;-and remarkably so
in the life and adventures of the first
white man that ever stalked through
the virgin :woodlands of the Dutch
Fork. I have gathered niany truthful
records which, strewed along his career
like stones in a boggy path, enable mne
to step from one to another without
mishap, and thus to present a narra
tive not only highly romantic, but
probably very slightly deviating from
the true account.
I think, then, that I may safely be
gin the story of this adventurer, by
stating that he was born in Wuerten
burg, : -tiong the Odenwald Mountains.
It will ' een, further on, that the ro
mantic admiration of the beautiful and
the novel, so certainly manifested by
him in his developed manhood, had its
origin in the charming scenery that
surrounded the cottage in which lie
was born. The first out-door objects
that tmet his infant gaze were the beau
tiful mountains with their acclivities
so gradual that their sides niore than
half way up towards their tops were
Cultivated in narrow, alternating red,
yellow and green strips of various pro
ductions, presenting appearances not
unlike Scottish Highlanders, whom be
long after saw, with their plaids
wrapped around theni. I can fancy
this pioneer visitor of the Dutch Fork
strolling forth in his boyhood among
the valleys of the Odenwalds, follow
ing the murmuring brooks invisible
under the luxuriant grass overlapping
and concealing their channels; and I
can admire the eager a ttention he gives
to the old peasants telling him of St.
Hubert's chase-St. Hubert who, with
his pack of dogs, often passes through
the air over the mountain tops,
"The hunter and the deer a shade,"
impressing his young imnagination with
this old legendary superstition by re
counting how often they had beard this
aerial chase of the weird monk. Then,
no doubt, the boy would sometimes
stand after dark before his cottage door,
listening to the flight of a flock of storks
seeking their roost, (the true explana
tion of St. Hubert's chase), and believe
that he heard the phantom monk with
his dogs in full bry tl:rough the air.
He has grown to manhood. He has
become a stalwart Peasant, laboring in
the meadows. From time to time he
has wvalked northeastward along the
Bergst rasse-t he great thoroughfare
designating the sharp line that divides
the Odenwald MIountains on the right
hand from the vast valley of the Rhine
on the left. On this great highway
did he often look northwvestward, be
yond the Teufelstein in Rhine-Bavaria,
far away into France, and wonder at
the wide-stretehing Donnersberg, dim
ly defined like a misty cloud against
the evening sky; or turning his eye di
rectly northward have his gaze arrest
ed by the conical form of the MIelibo
cus, forty miles awvay, and hard by the
('ity of Darmstadt. Then, some Sab
bath evening, after spending the morn
ing in striet, devotion at his church, I
follow him to Ziegelhaussen on the
Neckar, where he dances like a demon,
and falls in love with a dozen rosy
cheeked, fat-armed maidens whose
shadows cast upon a wall would meas
ure eight feet across by dine of the mutl
tiplicity of undergarments.
hBut G3ermiany wvas in distress. The
wave after wave of war, that had for
centuries been sweeping over the coun
try to satisfy the whims of potentates,
left little security for life, property, or
hearthstone. Vast numbers of people
were forced to become soldiers, who,
during wars hired themselves to ambi
tiotus princes, and in peace were divided
into robber-bands who chose their cap
tains, and committed depredations
uponi the unprotected peasants. A rn
mior had reached the Odenwald region
that many G ermns had tied from this
lawl1essne.ss to the new- countries across
t he gr-eat waters5. My hero was not
long making up his mind. He would
go and1( establish a home in these far-ofi
lands. Nowv, lie has left his native
valley, anzd there he gos working his
way on a timtber-raft down the Neckar.
Hie enters the Rhlinie at M[anhei::and,
after toiling day and night for a month,
lhe reacbes lRotterdam. His ofl'er is ac
eepted, to work his passage to America
on a D)utchgalliott freigzhted with Hol
land gini. Forty days is he on the A t-1
lantic Ocean, tossed and sea-siek; and
le arrives in New York. There, he
iindt's conmpatriots who tell limi t hat in:
a c-outtttry fuzrth'er S)u thi. cal led Penn
sylvania, he enna ild large~ colonies of
Ge;,rmanus. Th itifer he go es. What<
trange appeatranee~s meet his gaze:1
What vast forests: What strange look
ng people inhabiting thiemi! He meets
with the Inians1. lie becomes fasei
nated with their habits, -th ir end u
rance.-thteir con);tempiht ot danger.
Before he left hiis fat herlanrd, agents
camne thIirough Wu ertembuharg, fo r the
purpoVSe of I purchasingmi men not less
t 'an seven feet hi::h~ for the giant regi
mentt of Fredlerh- Williari 1, King nfj<
Prussia. M\v hero escaped forcib:e
enlist mien t by just eighit iches. WhI en1
he saw thet her.uean mien of the forest,
in Pennsylvania hte thought that here:
wctil be the nlace for the King of.
PrusSia to procure his men. He felt
that he would be willing to return once
more to Germany, to see five hundred
seven feet Mohawks, exasperated by
tyrannivai discipline, tear off five hun
dred scalps-one of them tie Kin's
and go leaping thrILugh the streets of
Berlin, brandishing their hatchets and
yelling war-whoops.
Among the Indians there was a
young chief, between whom and the
German adventurer there began an in
timacy that grew rapidly into the
i warmest friendship. They were al
ways together, sharing each others iare
and lodging. At last they betook
themselves to wandering far from their
hones, and were sometimes absent for
weeks. In one of these expeditions
the (0- rinan saved the life of the young
chief. It is impossible to conjecture
what was the character of this rescue;
but that it was signal is proved by the
intense friendship which not only the
tribe to which te youngchief belonged,
but all the adjoining tribes or encamp
ments, manifested to the strange whlte
nian. The danger from which the
young chief was rescued was so great,
that his father would not permit him
again to absent himself from his tent,
-longer than one day. But this con
fined life did not suit the adventurous
spirit of the German. He made known
to the extensive colony of his compatri
ots, that he would take his dog and
gun, and wander towards the South,
having heard that there was some
I w here in that direction a colony of
white people, among whom were some
Gernans; and that the name of the
colony was Georgia.
When the Indians became aware of
this determination on the part of their
white friend, a conversation not unlike
the following must have ensued be
tween him and the old chief. Conse
quences resulting from such a conver
sation did certainly take place, as will
soon appear.
"Wid left ear to sunrise and right ear
tosunset you go long way?" asked the
old chief.
"Yes," replied the German," I go
South."
"You big fool," rejoined tbe chi.f.
"What go for?"
The object of the journey was ex
plained; and after it was very plain
that no dissuasion would be of any
avail, the Indian resumed:
"If you go sure, den wait ten day."
"Why must I wait ten days?" in
quir- d the white man.
"1ou see, may be, in two Cay, after
3 gone," was the reply.
The adventurer remained among his
countrymen and his Indian friends ful
ly two weeks longer, and then he set
out on his solitary journey. That day of
departure caused throughout the colony
deep sadness to which, no doubt, many
a maiden gave her contribution of a
tear; and there was one, I must think,
who many and many a day sighed and
sobbe*d as she sat at the buzzing
spinning wheel, and drew out and
twisted the woolen or the flaxen thread.I
Many settlements of European peo
pie lay along his way, but he avoided
themx and sought out the Indians. The
miystery of the "ten days'' was, as the
old chief predicted, explained on the
seecnd day of his journey. Hie must
have been a man of v-ery remarkable1
app-earance. I have a child's recollec
tion of t wo of his soins, in their old age,
wvhom I frequently saw, sixty yearst
ago. They were singularly tall, gaunt, I
broad-shouldered, long armed men, a
with features expressive of mu ch kind- E
ness, combined with obstinacy of pur- t
pose. Their father, the pioneer, niust I
have had some prominent traits, by a -
description of which he could be easily 3
recognized; for the first Indiai:s he en
cou:ntered, which was on the second C
day after his departure, ran forward to
meet him, as if they had been. expect- C
ing him; and they showed him their 2
will.ngness to serve him in every possi- 3
ble way. It was easily percei'-ed that
the olid chief had requested him to
tarry yet ten days, so that he could
send messengers before him, to secure
for him every where kin d reception and
service. This message preceded him, j
fron: tribe to tribe, from encampment .y
to er.campment, all along his route, as
he ex;perienced it, up to thbe day when
he stood on the top of the eminence a
known as RufPs MIountain,-the very t
first white man that ever viewed the b~
surrcunding landscape, from this ele-a
vatedl point,.
I have no facts to guide me in follow- i
ing thle pedestrian through MIaryland,
\'irg uia, and North Carolina. When
be er. tered South Carolina he followed
P>roadl River on its eastern bank, tinder
the guidance of (Catawba Indians.
M1any years ago-not less than forty
[ visited a friend near the small village a
>t M1onticello, in Fairfield. The site of 'M
:hat gentleman's residence was a very t
?ligh ridge, and his back piazza com- a
'inanded an extensive view towards n
:he southwes~t. I looked from a win- b
.low in the second story across the n~
calley of Broad River, and saw Rufls T~
\iountain more than twenty- miles a~
(way. The line of the horizon formed b
>y piney wvoods was as level as the it
)cean, and in the center of the view
he little eminenees constituting RufPs
f'ountain gently broze the continuity
)f this horizon, and were condensed by
listance into a delicacy of outline as n
lieasing as the tracery of the third
evening's new moon upon the sunset h
~ky. I (do not think that a stranger,
ne hundred and( forty years ago, could a
myve travelled along the highlan -I upon
vhich M(onticello stands to-day. witl --t
>ut catching a sight of what is now
nowni as lRutrs M1ountain. I can ti
igure to myself my wanderer pausing C<
iponi this ridge with his Catawbaguide, P
md)( gaizing towards th)e blue eminences. ti
Xfe a no,nent, he so,ites himserf
twice or thrice upon his breast wit
his open hand, points to the distai
elevations, and, in his inability to spea
the Catawba dialect, makes a gestui
by tbro Ning forward both bands an
stepping firmly one step in the sam
direction, to intimate by such pant<
mime that he desired to reach tha
part of the country. I can hear th
Indian grunt his acquiescense; an
they start off.
It is said they crossed Broad Rive
by stepping from rock to rock in tb
shoals at the place where now is Frost
Mills. They became satisfied arte
crossing, that they had gone too fa
down the river. They therefore ri
traced their steps on the western banl
until they came to the mouth of tb
small stream, at this time known a
Crim's creek, near which the town o
Peak is now situated. Here they en
countered an incampment of Indians
probably Cherokees-by whom the,
were instructed to follow the stream or
the bank of which they were standing
and taking every left-hand branch, th
third one would lead them within E
mile of the desired point. So they tak4
their way along this pleasant water
course,-creeping under heavy festoon.
of wild grapevines,-watching the gra3
squirrels skipping along the branches,
and the spotted fawns flitting amonj
the trunks of the countless tress. The5
pass through the very heart of what i.
to be the Dutch Fork in after days
and at short distances the wanderei
pauses, to admire the beauties of thf
woods. The sun is now near th(
tops of the trees westwardly, and tb
moon nearly full is appearing above
the forest towards the east. Suddenly,
to the surprise of the Indians, thE
white man halts,-turns around, so as
to look bac z upon the course he has
.ome,-and gazes alternately upon the
right hand and then upon the left.
What does he he see? He sees his
atherland;- the Odenwald Mountains
>n his right hand, and the valley of the
Rhine on his left. Truly is it so,
.hough in miniature. There, before
hin were the gentle hills, known now,
is the Stone Hills of Lexington, that
-.uld not fail to remind him of the
.nountains among which he was born;
ind stretching away into what is now
Newberry were flat lands that recalled
;e valley of the Rhine. So impressed
vas he with the resemblance, that he
itruck his camp there for the night,
)arched his Indian corn grains, and
)roiled the savory venison. Deep in
he night, be was aroused from sleep
)y unearthly shrieks and wild halloo
rig in the air; and he thought that St.
alubert had been following him to his
iew country. It was the flight of the
)ie cranes (herons) from the Saluda to
he Cohees Shoals, in Broad River.
The next day, he found the little
ountain, ascended it, and viewed the
urrounding country. At nightfall, he
vas again at his camp. That spot did
i select for his permanent home, be
ause it so forcibly brought his father
and to his remembrance. He soon
etu rned to Pennsylania, and made
snown his discovery; and it will soou
>e my pleasing task to make mention
>f some of the many who followed
hiim,--among whom, no doubt, was
he maiden that sighed and sobbed at
he spinning wheel. My friend, Cap
ain George Epting, can point out his
irm grave, a few hundred yards down
he 'etream from his old mill, though
L tiace of any dwelling house can be
een at this day. It bas not been long
ince I and my friend made our way
brough brambles to the crumbling
iersimmon tree, at the foot of which the
pring of the daring first settlers still
ields good water, of which we took
ach a memorial sup by means of a
ipper improvised with poplar leaf.
luch was the first white man that ever
ame to the Dutch Fork. It was
bout the year 1735-10; and his name
ias JOHN ADAM SUMMER.
Dame Nature is a Good Book-keeper.
She don't let us stay long in her debt
efore we settle for what we owe her.
he gives us a few years' grace at the
most, but the reckoning surely comes.
ave you neglected a cough or allowed
our blood to grow impure without
eeding the warnings? Be wise in time,
nd get the world-famed Dr. Pierce's
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r, a lung-healer, and a cure for scrofu
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s Olympus overtops a mole-hill. To
-arrant a commodity is to be honorable
rid above deception, and a guarantee
a symbol of honest dealing. You get
with every bottle of the "Discovery."'
y druggists.
Why Some Marriagea Are Failures.
[From the Somerville Journal.
One reason why marriage is so often
failure is that the average man falls
love with a woman because she has
vo or three of the qualities which he
tributes to the ideal woman, and
ever gets over blaming her afterward
sause she doesn't have the rest. Wo
en don't make any such mistake.
hey don't expect to find in the aver
e man any of the qualities possessed
their ideal, and they are very sel
>mi disappointed.
Three Year's Expenses for a Quarter.
From the Front Royal Gazette.]
Austin Daily, a rich farmer, residing
ar Hum.bolt, Tenn., asserts that he
21y spent 2.3 cents in three years when
Sbegan to get a "start" in the world,
id hat 15 cents of that was bpent for
poket comb. Mr. Baily is now es
mated to be worth at least $100),00I.
The value o,f a remedy should be es
mated by its curative properties. Ac
irdirng to this standard, Ayer's Sarsa
rilla is the best arid most economical
ood medicine in the market, because
Ie mLost pure and concenutrated. Price
h . ASYLUM INVESTIGATION.
Lt --
k Dr. Griflin Replies to the Charges of the
Committee-He Alleges Bad Faith on
'e its Part.
d..
e CoLUMBIA, April 29.-The reply of
Dr. Griffin to the committee of inquiry
had been submitted to the board of re
e gents of the Lunatic Asylum and a
copy was sent to the News and Courier
bureau this evening.
r Dr. Gritin begins by stating the con
0
e ditions under which the testimony
S concerning him was taken, as follows:
r The committee sat with closed doors
r in the rooms of the board at the Asy
- lum. Of their proceedings I had no
knowledge at that tine, except from
i the fact that most, if not all, of the offi
S cers and attendants, some of the pa
f tients and a few former employees were
- examined on oath. During the exami
- nation I was called before the commit
tee. No statement of any matter of
complaint was made to me, and my
explanations were directed to ratt,:rs
as to which the conimittee chose t> in
terrogate me. From these questions I
was authorized to infer that charges
were contemplated against my admin
istration, and I then protested that
if any charges are to be made I
would like to have specifications. To
this the Governor replied in these
words, quoted from the stenographer's
report:
"The committee would say here that
as soon as the testimony has been taken
you can cross-examine witnesses on
any points you desire. We do not care
to have any feeling displayed in the
investigation. We are simply to in
quire into the condition of the institu
tion, and we shall give you or anyone
else an opportunity to show that wit
nesses have or have not been telling the
truth."
To this most satisfactory assurance I
answered: "I cou'd not possibly ask for
anything more."
The investigation was concluded
without notice to me and without op
portunity to cross-examine witnesses
who had or had not been telling the
truth.
The testimony during the examina
tion was not submitted to me. Nor
was there any information given me of
any matter of censure developed dur
ing the investigation. Instead of this
on a purely ex-parte inquisition I am
arraigned by the committee in their re
port to the Governor upon most serious
charges of negligence, misfeasance and
incapacity in the conduct' of my office
affecting me personally as well as pro
fessionally and officially. These charges
bear the date of the day when the ex
amination of witnesses was concluded.
The board do not need to be informed
that a copy of the testimony taken
before the committee has not been
given to me, but that I have from the
board, through their courtesy, access to
some eighty pages of manuscript con
taining portions of the testimony of
some of these witnesses such as the
legislative committee chose to seloct,
while, as I am informed, the largi rpor
tion of the testimony taken during the
investigation has not been furnished to
the board, including whatever evidence
may have been given by aniy of the
witnesses tending to exculpate me from
these charges. This meagre amount of
information was not available to me till
Tuesday last, the 21st instant.
This statement is submitted without
comment. I have fault to find, and
wish to express through the board to
the committee of investigation and to
the Governor all due deference, but I
have the inherent right to say that jus
tice has been denied me. I am con
demned without the opportunity of
plea and defence and without semb
lance of trial, without knowledge of
charges and specifications preferred
against me, without place for confront
ing the accusing witnesses, and with
out right of testimony in my behalf.
Under such singular and untoward
conditions I can have no adequate an
swer to submit to the board save that
of a general denial, and my demand for
a fair and impartial investigation of
the charges according to the approved
forms of trial.
.)r. Griffin states that in the manage
ment of the institution he followed thei
modern doctrine of non-restraint, andi
be quotes Dr. Hammond's treatise on
insanity, in which are described the]
methods of Pinel and Connelly, giving
theory and practice of non-restraint,i
and also the practice in the more im
portant institutions in this country
and $urope.. The principle on whicht
Dr. Griffin lays stress is this, fromi Dr. t
Hammond:
"Restraint is never necessary to se
cure the lives or the conmfort of others,
and when used it should be with all I
the safeguards against abuse which
sound policy and humanity dictate." I
The next part of the paper deals with
the system of caring for the patients,
the number of attendants, duties of the
physicians, etc. Replying to specific
points Dr. Griffin says:
"The killing of Dr. Kershaw by an
other patient named Denaro was deplo
rable. Denaro was permitted by an
attendant, contrary to orders, to wan
der from his ward to another, and
while the attendant of the other ward
was in the presence and within touch
of Dr. Kershaw Denaro suddenly
struck his victim. Perhaps the utmost
vigilance of Dr. Kershaw's attendanit
could not have averted the tragedy.
Certainly the superintendent could not
provide provide against it unless thee
rules and regulations prescribed by the
board had been abrogated and thue
met bod of treatment changed to that I
of close and mechanical custody of all
patients liable to fitful, dangerous
moods."
Spe.king of \Milnie he ,avs:
"In this instance my desire to redu<
discipline to the minimum of restraiE
may have caused me to err. In rels
tion to every patient this discretio
must be exercised, and I submit tb
1 it is cause of congratulation that in
population of about nine hundred pe
sons so few errors of this kind occurre<
I repeat that I was not informed <
Mine's having this key until after tb
assault on the attendant, and when it
formed I caused it to be taken fron
him. To my great regret I have deer
ed it my duty to subject the patient t
a close custody, which renders his cas
almost hopeless to cure."
Dr. Griffin says he visited the ward
and made inspections at intervals an(
at times to the best of his judgment
he also says, speaking of the culinar;
department, that an inspection wa
made in 1889 by a committee of whicl
Senator Hemphill was chairman, an<
that the committee exonorated tha
department from adverse charges.
Speaking of keeping patients at th(
Asylum who should not be there, Dr
Griffin says:
"To this abuse of the public charit3
the superintendent and the board o
regents have regulary asked the atten
tion of the Legislature. Under th(
laws the evil is beyond our power t<
remedy. This gross ab:ise of a most
magnificent charity is not referred t<
by the legislative committee, although
L;idently under the impression that
the fault is with the officers of the
Asylum, the defendants who were ex
anined before the committee made fre
quent reference to it."
The state ment of Dr. Corbett is very
brief, touching only the subject of ill
treatment of patients. He states that
whenever there have been instances of
cruelty the attendants were discharged.
Dr. Thomson makes the reply for the
recent case of suicide. He says:
"As far as I can judge the only com
plaint which might reflect on me is
that the attendants were not instructed
at the time she was admitted of the
suicidal tendency of the mind of the
patient who recently killed herself.
She was admitted on the 24th of Jan
uary, 1891, and was then too feeble to
attempt to commit suicide. Hence we
did not 'nstruct the attendants as to
the matter. She was immediately put
on treatment, and in the course of three
or four weeks had improved a great
deal, both physically and mentally.
About this time she expressed a wish
to be changed, as she wanted to go in a
ward where the patients took the meals
in their own wards, as going to the
general mess hall made her nervous,
and she would rather avoid a crowd,
especially as they were noisy and bois
terous at times. She was removed to
the old building and put in a quiet
ward, as she was when in the new
building. She remained here until she
committed suicide."
Dr. 0. ThomrQon eays that he did
not know that Milne had a key to the
female department until after the row
with McCowell.
The following is the letter of trans
mittal to Governor Tillman:
"To his Excellency B. R. Tillman,
Governor of South Carolina: In giving
the defence of Dr. Griffin and his assis
tants to the world we feel it due to
them, to ourselves and to the State at
large, whose servants we are, to say
that in a constant official intercourse
with him of ten years we have always
found him a polished and refined gen
tleman, an accomplished and skilful
physician, a kind, humane and atten
tive superintendent, and and officer at
all times ready and apparently anxious
to do his entire duty as conceived by
bim. Accidents may have occurred,
but as to the general management of
this institution by him we confidently
u-allenge a comparison with the re
aords of any insane asylum in any State
>f the Union. By order of the board.
"B. WV. TAYLOR, President."
FHE ALLIANCE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN,
a.n Army of Thirty-Five Thousand Lec
turers to Take the Field and Flead
for the Cause.
NEW YoRK, April 29.-President
Poik, of the Farmers' Alliance, hasjust
ssued a proclamation to the order, in
vbich he sets forth the plan of cam
>aign which the National Executive
Board has adopted, and counsels the
ub-alliances to cease internal bicker
ngs and to get rid of disloyal mem
The plan of campaign consists of lec
ures, by which an army of 35i,000) lec
urers will plead for the cause. It is
dIso stated in the proclamation that
LrraIagements are being made fo'r the
olding of two or more grand Alliance
niass meetings in each of tihe Alliance
states during the year, or as many
nore as the brotherhood may desire.
An Army Officer for the P. M. I.
[Special to the State.]
A NDERsoN, A pril :30.-Col. .Joh n B.
'atrick received information from the
Nar Department to-day that Second
~ieutenant Donaldson, Seventh Cay
Iry, U. S. A., had been detailed as
rofessor of military science and tactics
or Patrick Military Institute, Ander
on.
A Lady of 8s swears Of.
[Lewiston Journal.]
A lady in Islesboro, 88 years old, who
mad used tobacco all her life, has dir.
arded the weed this winter.
"'Ayer's Hair Vigor is a most excel
ent p)repartion for the hair. I sim-ak
f it from experience. Its use p~fromotes
lhe growth of new hair, and muakes it
lo.svy and soft. The Vigor is a sure
urc~for dlandrut.-.J. W. IBowen, Edi
or- E11uibr, 11e-rthur_ Ohio.
e LIEUT. TOTTEN AND '-HE MILLEN
t MUM.
Curious Calculations in Chronology Bape
Upon the Scriptures.
a NEW HAEN, April 14.-The wilt
spread excitement of the North Atmeri
can Indians a few months ago over th
f expected coming of a Messiah for thei
e race by a curious coineiden'.:e had fol
lowed closely upon a marked revival c
1 the discussion of the millennial doe
trine in various parts of the country
) Now we have an interesting contribu
t tion to the subject in the calculatiol
just made by Lieut. Charles A. L. Tot
ten, Fourth Artillery, which fixes thi
date of the Second Advent for March
1899. Lieut. Totten, who is detailed :
professor of military science and tactic
at the Sheffield Scientific School o
Yale University, has for several year
made remarkable applications of math.
ematical science to the Scriptures
Recently lie fixed upon the exact dat(
when Joshua commanded the sun t<
stand still; and he has alsu-made curi
ous calculations to show that the fun
damental dimensions of the Greal
Pyramid are founded on distances in
the solar system, and employed tht
inch unitof measure knows to our En
glish syster. of long measure. He has
further made studies to show that
Americans are the lost tribes of Israel.
It is not impossible that now, in one
form or another, there may be a con
siderable revival of millenarianism.
One of the last noteworthy agitations
of the subject was that of Dr. John
Cumming, who had fixed the begin
ning of the millennial period for about
a quarter of a century ago. But a quar
ter of a century before that a far more
widesfread and famous excitement
was caused in the United Stai s by
William Miller, who had predicted the
Second Advent for 1843. But more or
less important predictions and agita
tions can be found during many cen
turies. The grades of belief on the sub
ject have varied from that of an ap
proaching destruction of the world at a
fixed hour to that of a coming in of the
Golden Age without any physical
crash. In various countries there have
been sects that hare held from time to
time that the millennium had already
begun, and that they were enjoying its
opening years. Perhaps the greatest
period of modern mil*enarianism was
the one between 1600 and 1860, but
during the first and second centuries
it was a very generally accepted tenet.
Taking together the Book of Daniel
and the Revelations, the endeavor to
find in current events the fulfillment,
or a tendency to fulfillment, of the
prophecies there made, was then almost
universal.
The last decade of years of the pres
ent century, on which we have now
entered, is likely to turn speculation
anew in this direction; and presumably
the twentieth century will see it still
me;e rife, and gaining in intensity as
the year 200 approaches. A learned
divine os the Dominion has for some
time fixed upon that date for the Seconal
Advent, arguing that the greatest crises
in human history have occurred at in
tervals of 2,000 years from the creation,
assuming this last to be about 4,000
years before the Christian era. The
same date has been fixed by those who
hold that the six days of creation signi
fied or typilied six periods, of 1,000
years each, in the world's history, de
voted to toil and endurance, to be fol
lowed by a seventh of blissful rest.
But what isnmost singul ar is the variety
of texts and calculations adopted by
those who deal with this subject, Lieut.
Totten, for example, finding all the
material he needs in a chapter of the
Gospel of St. Luke and another of the
Gospel of St. Mat thew, without resting
upon the Apocalypse or the earlier
prophets.
The expectation that the last day of
the world would come in the year 1004)
A. D. was wvi'espre-ad, as the history
of that perion shows. The approach
of the year 2t000 is likely enough to see
history repeating itself in that particu
lar. rrhe millenarian doctrine, how
ever, is obviously quite distinct from
any such foreboding, since by its very
terms it gives -:he world another thous
and years of existence, and under far
happier conditions than any it has ever
known. Lieut. 'rotten, if he is correct
ly reported, dloes not look for the end
of the world sooner than a muillion
years; and in any case the conception
of a millennium, assuming, as it is not
dlifhicult to do, that the period is not
already running, is not to be confunded
with that of r.hose who look for the
near approach of the wvorld's endl.
AGAINsT TIMIE.
A Canadian Pacific Train Itaclng Across
the Continent.
W1xI.:Ni.:, MAN., April :sn.-The
Canadian Pacific tiyer, whiebl is racinzg
across the con t.nent, passed here- at 11
a. im. Gehnera. Manage-r Van Horn
and p)arty are on hoard. The train
has averaged thirty mziles an hour fronm
the Paciftic co,ast to this poinut. whichl
is remarkable time, when the heavy
grades crossing the mountains are con
sid1ered.
The train is racing to catch the En
glish mail steamer, wvhichi leaves Newv
York on Saturday night. On the le vel
road bursts of speed up to) fifty mtikIs
per hour for long st reti-hes have be-en
frequent. From rainudon to Winnie
hours andi a half.
Sing HIt in the I(ight Pliace.
[ Fromt the Bostonu Heraid..]
A Chinaman named Sing Hii has
taken the nosit iin of ttenor, in t I) -r
HUsTLING OUT THE HEMEWS.
Rmsia'% Cruel and Suicidal Policy of E
d pulsion- Heartles- Treatnent by the
Rusian Police.
- ODEss., April 2.-Eight hunIr
At-wish fa:niles have been ordered
e quit Kieff forthwith. The well-to-(
r have already gone, but the poor,
- chIsses are in thegreatest straits. Mar
,f are arriving on the Austrian froiiti,
- in a de-tittite condition, but the Au
trian olicials refuse to domicile ti
- paupers. The Kieff police accept r
1 ex,-use, raiding the city with the u
- most severity unless bribed to dela
e action. The daily expulsion for Mo
cow numbers from 100 to 150. On Sur
i day an exceptional raid was mad<
s when 690 were expelled.
f The rigor of the authorities frighter
away many %ntitled to permanent res
- dence. The effect is felt.even in th
city, which is the great centre for Jev
with permits to engage in busines
Th emnigration of Jews from this cit
-ha quadrupled. Permits guarantee
by the minister of foreign affairs, miir
ister of finance and minister of interioi
any one of whom has power to quas:
their tenure, are the considered of pr
car--ous value, and the principals c
large Jewish firms are placing the!
business in the hantis of Russian agent
and are themselves departing.
SEEKING A NEW CANAAN.
LoNLox, April 28.-The Pall Mal
Ga2ette give, great prominence to :
scheme which is said to have beer
dra.ted in order to transport Hebrew:
frora Poland and from the southeast o
Europe to an immense tract of unin
habited land in Australia or Brazil
Baron Hirsch is cr--uited with havin;
originated this idea, and he is said t<
hav3 had a long conference in Pari
last week with a number of the mos1
able advisers in charitable matters,
The Baron, according to the report,
then decided to give-$15,000,000 himseli
with which to start the project.
Full details as to the plan for whole
sale Hebrew immigration are not given,
but It is understood that Baron Hirsch
will be supported in this undertaking
by other opulent Hebrews. It is ex
pected, for instance, that the Roths
childs will contribute even more largely
than Baron Hirsch to this scheme
The adoption of this plan, it isasserted
is greatly due to the fact that the
United States are closing their ports to
destitute persons.
TLe Pall Mall Gazette adds:
"This dec'sion comes atan opportune
time for England, for the new United
States legislation against immigration
of destitute aliens might result in con
verting the United Kingdom into a
dumping ground for all the Hebrew
refugee of Europe. They arrive here
already at the rate of 18,000 annually."
Successful Skin Grafting.
R EA DING, Pa., A pril 25.-A pr.a'cal
application of the surgical process
known as skin grafting has just been
made in this city by Dr. John Ege, the
physician who aebieved so much celeb
rity by the recent skin-graftingexperi
ments in which he succeeded in trans
planting white skin on the arm of a
colore?d man and black skin on the leg
of a whiite man. In thbose ex periments
he demonstiated that transplanted
white skin spreads and becomes domi
nant, while the black does not, and
thence deduced the conclusion that
wnmte must have been the original
color of mankind. Ten days ago he di
rected his operations in a more usefu1
channel by transplat.ting thirteen
pieces of skin taken f:om the leg of
Eddie Kramer, to the foot of Harry
Kramer, a younger brother who had
been frightfully scalded in an accident.
The surface has already healed.
A Bovine Monstrosity.
[Special to thbe State.]
SUrrERa, S. C., May 1.-Mr. T. M1.
Mims, of Silver Station, Clarendon
County, has in his possession a mon
strosity inl the shape of a calf with twvo
perfectly formed heads and necks, two
back t>onles and tails, but with1 but one
body and one set of legs. He bought
it as a curiosity from a negro named
C;opel and, who lives in thi- county and
near Silver. The calf wa born (lead,
but Mr. Minis had it carefully skinned,
stuffed and mognted, and it now looks
almost as natural as life. He states
that the calf had two throats, which
lead lato) but one stomach. He thinks
of taking it to Co!umbia dhurinlg the
Centennial and placing it on ex hibi
ton.
The Log Cabin Grant Suilt.
St. Louis, A pril :7 -The historie old
log caJin1 inl St. Louis countiy which
the late Presid ent 1 . S. Grant erectetd
with his own hands anld with logs c~ut
and hew n by himsel f, is ao ut to be
remioved from its ; -esenit site, and
shipped-( to (Chivao. where it will be
re-ret.ted fo r ex hibhition at the Worli I'
Fair. The cabinl now stands on a inirty
acre tract of land, abo ut ten m:ih -sout h
we- of this city a::d live mZiles weSt er
Jeherson Barracks.
Mrs. Spriggin's OpInion.
"T'his I taliani mtatter is very serious.
\eU., I ,boul. :think .*.' re urnI
DI-ASTU.IS FI:E IN CIIATI'ANO0GA.
x- Property Coverin :Twnsity .vr ., ot Gro,nd
Quart--r qof a .ii ion.
er facorv ini I2ne .: ES
yand de-t r''yed er .
Ir a res of zr.1v;l ( t).
s- of which there * a a c of
ie $1II,00 .
o The losses, as nearly as can now be
t- estimated, are as follows: East Tennes
y Aee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
s- Company, on depot with contents, and
t- fifty loaded ears and twenty-tive empty
3, freight cars, $125,000; Campbell & Co.,
2-,n000; G. G. Lilly's new unoccupied
is block. ,loO; Peck's warehouse, 315,
i- 000: Mjer small buildinis,$20.000. The
s newly ereeted Mountain City flouring
s mill, valued at $20W 000 was barely
;. saved.
y During the fire several carloads of
d fireworks and other combustibles ex
i- ploded, terrifying the spectators and
, those working to stay t*e flames. The
b fire department has only three engines
and could do but little effective work,
if especially as a second fire occurred
r while the first one was still in progress.
s The second blaze destroyed a few cot
tages on East Montgomery street, with
a loss of $20,000. The citizens organ
ized volunteer brigades and helped the
firemen battle with the flames. In
eluded in the property destroyed was a
quantity of lumber near the depot and
f part of the contents of the Morrison
Lumber Company's yard.
OLD BUTCH MISSING.
The Famous Chicago Wheat Speculator
Believed to be Demeuted.
CHICAGo, April 29.-B. P. Hutchin
son, the veteran wheat speculator,
known the country over as "Old
Huteh," has been missing since last
evening, at which time he bid a friend
good-bye .and said he woula never be
seen again. He has many heavy open
trades, and the many rumors circulated
in regard to his disappearance have
greatly disturbed the market. His
family say he is demented.
Hutchinson's liabilities are placed at
$2,0,000 to $3,000,000 but his friends are
satisfied that his assets will more than
meet his obligations.
He purchased a ticket last night for
the South, and is supposed to be on his
way to Florida.
"OLD HUTCH" IN INDIANA.
EVANSVILLE, IND., May 1.-Hutch
inson of Chicago has been found here
by the police.
LATER.-B. P. Hutchinson, the mis
sing Boad of Trade man of Chic2go.
is now in tbe custody of the chief of
police who is awaiting instructions
from yc.ng Hutchinson to whom a
message has been sent to Chicago.
The old man was walking aimlessly.
about the streets when arrested, and
appears to be entirely unbalanced in
his mind.
OLD HUTCH'S wHIEREABOUTs.
TERRE HAUTE, IND., Mfay 2.--B. P.
Hutchinson was located this morning
at the Exchar 'e Hotel, where he was
joined by a Chicago detective who has
instructio~ns to stay with him and bring
him home if possible.
CHICAGO, Mlay 2.-"Old Hutch" ar
rived here from Terre Haute this,even
ing, He declired to be interviewe 4.'
TO EXPf-ORE THE EARTH'S SURFACF.
A Well to Be sank as Far as Human Skill
Can Fenetrate.
W HEELING, \V. VA., April 24.-An
eight inch well which is being sunk
near this city by the Wheeling Improve
nment Company ln a seareb for oil or
gas has reached, after several months
of boring, a depth of 4,100) feet. Both
oil and gas have been struck through
out in paying quantities. It has gone
through several thick veins of coal and
has traversed layers of gold quartz,
iron and numerous other minerals.
Professor J. C. White, State Geolo
gist, who has watched the drilling
closely, has succeeded in getting the
government interested in it. The re
sult is that after the well has been
sunk to the depth of one mile the gov
ernent will take up the work, and~
under the direction of two exp)ert offi
cers of the Geological Survey drill into
the earth as far as human skill can
penetrate.
The temperature and magnetic con
ditions will be- ob)served as far as possi
ble, and by means of an instrument
constructed for the purpose a cmnplete
record of the drilling and all d:scover
ies made will be kept. This r(c )rd
will be p)lacd in the G;eologicai Sur
vev's exhibit at the World's Fair and
P'rofe-ssor White andi the gove rnmuuent
omleers say this will be one' of the most
noe and Ij Iiprtantt exliit s at the
fair *ad will at!tr w't thes atte'ntionI of
the -(ewntisi ofI the worldl.
'Somzx.-where uponi our unknown shore,
WVhe.re the streams of life their waters
There sit three sisters, evermore
W\eaving a silken thread."
Lovers of claussic paintings are famni
li:, it h r ih: f:inu= 'roulp. ealle-d the