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S?OH^AI?I? JACKSON'S WAY ^Come; lads, stack arms ; pjle on the Tails, Stir upthe cambres'bright:; ^ Wejll make a roaring oigbt. Hefe Shenando?h brawlsal?ng, There hourly Blue Ridge echoes strong To ?we? the brigade's rousing sou g Of Stonewall Jackson's way. We tee bim now/; his old slouched hat ?octer a'er hif.eyes askew.'; - Bis shrewd, dry smile, bis speech so pat, So calm, so bold, so true. ^Blue-Light Elder knows 'em well ; tyshe "That's Banks ; he's fond of shell, sare-nis soul 1 WVH give him?well V* That's Stonewall Jackson's way. Silence ! ground arms ! kneel all 1 bats off! Sto?gwal?'s govpg to pray : fce foot-thatjdares to scoff, it's bis way. ding from his native sod ; . ns, w? pray, Almighty God ; bare thine arm, stretch forth thy rod, mien." That's Stooewall's war. saddle -now ; fall in 1 whole brigade ; | i ttjpff: he'll win -""fj I : ( before morn, way'. (ick the mists. )rge ! ling in the lists >rs?. i t I ! C M ^eS^%ed'^efof? " ^vv.??tooewa?? roar, 6d yearn vc - : *rr> [>e'on7 pray-ony rn:" ?ea born ?l'sr'wav. JWIDOW. Cljtckson, 'fiad?i?^r is married rich at m said Miss ] s was long-, ! ; lb-nosed, in-1 i ! What is ! I ?t anv man V \ \ (id Mrs. Click- [i ^sr folks haven ??phia, and j ] her new j i |s* harness j i We, and pur-j ?s to the kerridge j < >n is pretty sure she [ \ Tin her ears ' ] i igae M?rriou !? breath- j Miss Lorina Clickson. ; ] Jnaine. .And. a. brown tnd:a man in black, with ?r to take the visitors' Bess BariOL* saw it with son family looked at one speculative eyes. They Featured, high-cheek-bone bgaqae black eyes, thick threads'-of damaged vermil- j ?s all traversed' with small i I * , -, noses suarpened - to a ' < j i ! ] j??ld Mrs. Clickson, who j < brick farmhouse and- laid j w to all the neighborhood | j e pope; Air. Clickson, ! ] 'ount at all when his wife j i sMaurandi?, who taught j 1 school, and -Miss Lorina, 11 t>nriets; and Mr. and ! I ? silent pair, who i ! ept up a sharp : : when Mrs. : 1 i?e there that j t was boldly j could exist un- j i of a mother-in- j ] s. Clickson's pot- ! hilohad maintained j j int of a pachyder- j and had won the old ; i et lespect by economizing 11 ds, looking after stray crumbs \ and counting pennies with j i paTsrrrrony than she herself: le to display., ,.As .she never j ] rvtbing she could not very well j < BfJ^rs. Eben Ciick'sdn7"ati<3 so all j < Botv C?me to the ojd farmhouse, with a let- j ter from the ypuug husband who..had j taken to the sea and died in some p^fer-away Italian port?a letter written j I otHt?s deatb-bed, to commend thei ; l.poor^rittle -Eriglish wife to the tender; j ip mercies of the'' Clickson family?all] | Lwas diffjrent >; 'Married, without my sanction I't ?a>d Mrs. Eben Clickson, severely, j i \ -'Marriey, and never ask: our ad ^rice V chorused Miss Lorina and Miss j \ Maurandia. \ Mr. and Mrs. Philo said nothing ; ! only looked at one another, but |; t?lrjook plainly said: 'W? won't': west win": of the farm-: fason Clickson^s wife Lept with our lire !' [ttle pale, soap, could not engineer a 'family; wash, and-preferred her book to. heil needle. * % T She cried a great deal when ' she was by herself, w^irch old- Mrs. Clkkr son interpreted into a lack of resigi tion to, the will of heaven ; si brought wild flowers home, to 'litt<[ up' the place, and she was once caugjl giving half a slice of bread- and butt ter to the little girl who played thj tambourine to a hand-organ man' accompaniment, at the back door, ^inc Jfl^Kgon family^ in full parlia mentary cdnci?\~e,: agreed that thife wo?jd never do^1-Mrs. Eben tofd Clara, with characteristic- deh'cac^, that they could, not be exp?Citd^o . mamtain her in idleuess> and thft'j perhaps she had better look out for | something to do. : j Miss Lorina recommended " adv.ar- i tfsing m a city paper for some decent | situation ; Miss Mauraudia gave her ! a kindrfesutue'?f all- her ?faults and! ailings","and admonished her to correct ? them before she expected people 'to j tolerate her; and'Mri afid Mrs. Phjflo j sat and stared at her with hard, dull ; gleaming eyes, as if -they -enjoyed j every syllable of tu is 'figurative casti- i gatiou. ~ j Clara ventured on no :reply. She ! only sat. pale and silent, with down- j cast eyes and trembling lips. - But the next day she left the Cli son farmhouse, and the family troub themselves no more about her" ? the report spread itself about t Jason's widow had met with success. She had painted some pictures whSch \ commanded a ready market, and ine j of the rich gentlemen who bought j the landscape had fallea in love with j her and married her. _^?^ And then .the Ciickson farctf^ \!e- | cided, with one accord, th^ttthev l1;l^ ! always set a deal of sj^fe by Cl?*,a? j and now it was cji^flv their dutV 1? i sjo and see 'AndJfjMike the situation,' ! AdM*g^CHckson, 'I shouldn't vfO"-1 ie^if I stayed all winter. . My rfceu j natics are always better for ch?uge J >fair? I j Miss Lorina thought of the ?deis *n ! >onnet-raak?iig and-cap-trimmin&W'at j she could gain by daily promenades j >n Chesnut street. Mausaiidia -ton- j iluded that she wo^'?d abandon aj quarter's salary jA the district sphool-i tnd devote J^rs&?f to city society.3j kViiO kne^woivt whut there might ;b?>* Mr>r^a6ntag:ne Merrion soraewhe 1 \y store for her I Mr. and Mrs. Philo, as usuaU said j nothing, hut packed their handbag, j They had long wanted a 'stc^e-cM-pet' ! and a set of blue china, and now was j (.'heir opportunity. Jason's Jfidow j could not charge, them board,.; and \ theycould stay as long as they pleased I without incurring any extra expenses. Bat the Ciickson family woul<jf have | be^vsurprised, and not altogether j pleased, could they have seen ex- ; piession of "Mrs. Montague Merrion's i face when she received theirjoiit and H compound letter atvthe'. breakfa? ta- i hie. r * A breakfast table as different! from | the fried pork and'heavy bread fabom- j inations of the Ciickson house as pos- ; sible. While French rolls, pii<;d in ; a silver basket ; peaches, clear Jcoffee ; in egg-shell china ; birds broiled on ( toast, and eggs wrapped in damask j napkins; while a superb amaryllis, in i Ml blbom.-gave the element.of color, [ and Mr.-cMerrion, in a picturesque j rnprning^wrvapper?oi cherry silkj read \ the newspaper,^^feire Cfar? ' Bookc i ; i>vex Ji?r letters.^ - ^ y And-no one .-would have.fi?cogn?zed Jason- Clickson's^ale littlc?vi this bright, bjootning^irl. Fo uappjnessJ /Oh^MOTriagae-?' she cried,' ping firer Tetter, 'what am I -to< 'What is the matter, swe?t&eartV j inquired Mr. Merrion, calmlyj folding |. aver his newspaper. - j-: 'The whole Ciickson family if cried j Clara. 'All coming to spend fan in- j ?ef?u?te period of time with us V ''Ml' said Mr. Merrion. I 'Your j Srs?b?sband's relatives. Ila^e you i invited them V 'Oh, up?- no !? ?ried Clara. 'Invited j them, when they were 'so haird and cruel and inhospitable to me; [In my iiour of need, and all but'>;ttvrh)ed . irt??|: jut of doors at last V - .-. j I -Then,' s'aid Mr. Mc/ndn.^e-must ; treat them as we. would any^ ojherim pertinent intruders. little Clara | shall not be .itoTmenteeLbyr ajN'set of; harpies. Justrgt-ye me^ the! letter, j iove : I'll settle this busirreW.-^Oh/bT j the way, 1 have tu, run.out to XJhesaut ,. [Iill this morning'to ^sec*5'aBQut^'Hhe | new conservatories TfheJJe. $at JL'II ; send Phipps, my Iawy?r7io ?fiodepot i to meet them. Ile'il make it a|l right.'] 'But, M-ontaguo7S faltered* Clara, | [what.shall I d? if t?ir?y descend upon ; [ne like the locusts of Egypt, and you | npt Here.r - - ; * .- : I r??ey-woo-'trcome, my dear,' said j ^fr^errmh^shrevvdly. --^ ! Nevertheless Clara was very nerv- ; ;>ns all day, and could.not settre peace- ! fully to work'in the* exquisite little : ^lass-ceiled studio? '\vitb"'the? Ten'e-' tian red and ruby velvet .draperies, j which her husband's"affection had i provided for'herV'for the recollection f ^fMrs. Clickson's cold, hjlrd" tace j overshadowed her like a nightmare, j The two maiden daughters' sour I regards were still fresh rn her mem- j ory, and she could not think- of the j stolid stupidity of Mr. and Mjrs. Philo ; without a shudder. . i The Ciickson family an'ivai. at the i 3epot, hot. dusty,; crumpled* like all ! travelers. Miss ' Loriua's ;hat .w*^ crushed, Miss Maurandia's icomplexrr| ion was all washed away with pe^pi-p ration, Mrs. Philo had t?ie tt>otI?agje;j; and Philo had mislaid the kly of |js ! bag. ! . - *4 "{ The old lady was cross affd dicta. ,1 torial, inuclr inclined to findlault wTt^ the management of the roadl and old\ Mr: Ciickson sat all in a heap in the .i-. corner, about as amiable as an elderly j ti37ena. Into this cheerful family party Mr. j Phipps bowed himself?a courteous, : middle-aged gentleman, witfi :t per- r etual smile and a coaxing? way of; peaking, which bespoke your conS ence before you knew it. 'Do I address Mrs. Eben iid he, suavely. rdur corih rt.iriiiUs e, un?iummijiat 'You d?/ said the old lady, trying I to straighten out her benr^, spectacles, j upon which Mrs. Philo had sat all the | way from Yellow BrooJ depot. 41 represent Mrs. Merrion,' said he. | 'You have no doubt heard of the sick-1 ness iu the family andrhave come to help nurse Mr. Merrion's daughters V 'Eh? said Mrs. Eben Clickson. holding the spectacles by o o joint. 'He was a widower,; eh '? With a family ? Well, theti, Clara hain't \done so surprisiog'y ^ell, arter all. But what's the matteif with the young g?ls ? I pity 'em if Jason's widow is to tee their step-motlie?r I 'The* doctor hoples,' said Mr. Phipps* 'that it will ttot be anything more serious than scktrlet fever. The. indications, at present, are?' 'ScarletV fever !'I.screamed Mrs. Philo. 'Eueband, ( let's go back ! .We've neither of us] never had it !' 'Is it maliVnan? V gasped Miss Loriua. >v ' ' Why-didn't ?ft?on's widow tele graph to us V shrieked Miss Maurau ( .?ia. . 'She has had a g t deal to occu py her mind,'. J Mr. Phipps smoothly. 'You * perhaps haven"'t heard that her husband has gone away and left her ?' j 'And took all hip money ?' gasped the old woman. J ' 'It is but too rjrobable,' said Mr. Phipps. - \ . ' Left her V rep?rft^ ~Miss Lorina. i vIIumpb ! A grfess-widow I Didn't J { always say tfct Clara Clickson Wouldn't come to her;' said Miss M no good ?' -She can't cxpejpt us t0 countenance aurandia, severely. 'Indies,' said $?r. Phipps, 'will ) shoj-Ayon the wj|y to Mrs. Merrioti's residence V 'Certainly noff/ said Mrs. Eben Clickson. 'It awri'? mv 1 business to countenance antf vroman whose hus band has ciesert?f ^ her. Just let her know, please, tjl*t ner ^rst husband's family are v^-ylmuch put out and hope she won't cxpQjct them to receive her again P 'And I: think!' observed Miss Mau-i randia, 'that.is|very cool 'of her toi suppose tbatrwfe wilfrtuT-pTf^ge nurses to her aecond Aus^aVd's^rnfly^ when we're all delicate ourselves !' Miss Lorioal made no further re mark, b?t gatfhered up her parcels: a*id packages/ and started for the] train, v^i'tffrerjold Mr. Clickson and) Mr. and- Mrs.J Phiio had already . led* the way ; for,!dearly as the C!ickson| family cherisrjert the prospect of a-j rnoiHh's sojourn in Philadelphia, hotel exactions ai/>d boarding:hoiisc hi!'s were out of Ihe question. Mr: Phipps watched them until the last basket a Ad valise had disappeared into the.car poor, and then returned/ to the latid?w^ast outside the station^ whore Mrs. ^lontague Merrion sat. 'Yon hear^cJ it all V said he. 'Every wfey, \said Clara, whose, face was o copibhiation of amusement and annoyance. 'But, Mr. Phipps?' : 'It was quTte true", w?Wt it, about] yoa-r husband's daughters being ill off scarlet fever !' said the lawyer 'But they are' away at board in school.' 'Was it eecessaiy for me to men tion that? said Mr. Phipps, demurely 'And you said ri?y ?lisband had lef| me Hasnit he V questioned M Phipps. ' T-* } 1 'But hethas^Jily gone to -Chesnult nil! to se? ab\>ut t!j? buildings, an he will comeback* tlrs evening pleaded ?lara. ..^ 'They did net as^ nowhere he w &one, ox&iipnob1 served Mr. Phipps. But the m*ain object was achieved The visitation of-the Clickson famil had beeo-:.warde(i off ; and when. .M Merrion came home that evening froAj Ches??tft H|??,^wtth' the report that t!|e girls were getting ?n finely, and th conservatories almost complete Clara mrt lwp.witb^a radiant face. 'Mr. Phipps' diplomacy has wtfn th day/- sa?d?she. v? YVhilo the Clickson family, unloa ing their bags and trunks once mot at the {ajEmJipuse /door,^,declare gloomily,* Wat 'they vahvays *VneE Jason's widow - would: ^u'rn but failuie.' l-.-.t>" ...^? ?M3J?J&?i Pineapple Fiber. The piueapnlc ;is jus^Ly esteemed . Europe for its deiicious aromatic flavor and when grown. < in/this part: of thj world requires to be kept id hot-house"fe In the 'rubre sun?y regions of the Eas|t aod West Indies, South America, Mcxf. ico, and the Philippine" Mantt?, th piooagplo?j grows iu wild luxuriance) Yes however w:3espread its fame as table fruit, it if? dbubtful^fheCher ^man people kcojw;of the plant, in .couuectio with the te'xtUe. fiber it* produces. Ac| cording to one'practical authority, th leaves of both the wild, and th? -cultil vatcd'kiuds yield fibers which, whe; spunj surpass in strength, fineness an<^ 1 astre -tboW?f?tained Trb'm e*ax.r ?It further added that,. in its manufacture state', this product has been long know as au article of commerce in the counl tries/referred to. One of the leadin trade papers of the Gt-rman textile inf oTafbry has given attention to the invest tigatioQ of the properties of this' fibem Eroifu India and from Central Americf two/specimens of tissues woven from had been received. The former was nice - of striped muslin, and the lattAr as-J mple^f dress material in which tbf?, yarjf' had been bleached, thus showirJ thaA th?^ber is capable of unoV.-goin tljiju-.process successfully. As to t'uj[. :ip.which the fiber can he put, it W-ic? r'.that it. can be employed as rstif?fce' for silk, and as a matcri^] nrix?Bg with wool and cotton. It [?wise stated that for sowing thrca<i fist, trimmitigs, laces, curtains anu fe like, its particular qualities rcnd^r [ specialiy applicable. [Chambers Journal S - i?i ? f As W. J. Hunnicut was going homig from Walhalla, with his little son, yjears oM, he was brutally murdered ejn Schroder's Hill, and his boy had h^ cad fractured. 'J'hc boy is still aliv ad says a negro with an axo-hand|e ommitted the deed. A jury of iOflu%t s now investigating- the matter, J^Ho lue has yet been found to the mu erer. Great excitement exists. (Soudan's False Prophet. i . - j The Son of a Mahommedan Sbxve Who ft'iis Brought to this Country Years j Ago?His Wonderfid Influence?The irreat Uprising. : CbXNSi.?^v?LLB, Pa., b November \%?In the early part of the present ; eejntury a large cargo of slaves direct I from the Arabic speaking regions of I Northern Africa was secretly landed ! nejir Yorktown, Va. This ship load of i hu?man chatlles was delivered to await ing agents. Eight hundred intelli gent Maho.mmedan light skinned Africans were distributed among the pl-auters of Ear tern Virginia. Fierce as! untamed tigers, these wild follow ers of the prophet of Mecca gave the s;iave owners more trouble than ' any other eight hundred, bondsmen South of Mason and Dixon's line. Many of tbern could read their native language and of course were not loner in dis t ?overing surreptitious methods of learning to read and write English. The master's lash never fully subdued tfheir proud spirits. A large portion of them escaped North by the Under i ground Railroad, and many of their descendants now live in Fayette Coun ty, Pa. Among them are the Blues, ?jacksons, Muncys, Palmers, Mana ;w??ys and others, whose thin lips, [high foreheads, aquiline noses, supe rior intellectual capacity and splendid I jpbysique stamp them at once as supe Ijrior in every respect to the full ttriuoded negro. / the false prophet's father. I Among others who escaped and Icame North were George Johnson lUnd wife. George's real name was. I^Beyash el Azwah. lie was a sheik I and a piiest of the older of llami. |For several years he lived in the 'mountains, near Connellsville, but 'fearing recapture went to Canada, j In 1850 he returned to Pennsylvania \ and settled at Uuiontown. In 1854 he f; removed to Brownsville and subse |j quently to Pittsburg, where he died l! in 1877, at a *erv advanced aore. In il 1830, while at Connellsville, his son j Thonias was born. At the age of ten Thomas was learned the Koran from his father and could repeat hun dreds of pages in Arabic. No tur j reted mosque reared its massive walls, j no bearded muezzin called the cx i sla^e and his family to worship, but B?yash el Azwah never forgot 'There i is but one God and Mahommed is His ; Prophet,' and in aland of Christian J strangers secictl v adhered to the faith j.of bis fathers. j . In 1849 Thomas Johnson drifted to I California. In a storm of sea, near I San. Francisco, l.e astonished the { British Consul, who had travelled" ex i tensively in Oriental lands, by repeat ! ing passages from the Koran in his j prayers. About 1851 he returned to j his parents at Unioulown, Pa., with ! about a thousand dollars in gold. In 1853 he sailed for Europe, and, after visiting the British Isles, went to Paris and enlisted in the French army. across the great desert. With his regiment he was sent to Algiers, where,- to the surprise of his superior officers he learned to con verse with the native Arabs in a few mouths, and was detailed to staff duty. At the close of his terra of service he joined a caravan and crossed the Great Desert of Sahara, ! Southward into Soudan. For several years'.he lived among the natives of that almost inaccessible regiou. With his almost perfect ma&tery of ! the Koran and his superior knowlege of the artB of civi?fzation, especially of war, he forged to the front as a leader. In 1861 he sent a long letter to his parents at Brownsville, Pa., and a draft for three hundred pounds on the Bank of England, and asked them to return to the land of their nativity. But the aged couple, hav ing lived fifty years in America and fearing the dangers of the long journey and a change of climate,- refused to go. Iti the latter part of 1862 a num ber of boxes of knives and spear-heads arrived at Egrabi, in Soudan, from l^ssachusetts. The instruments were Vrrafppefj* with copies of American newspapers. Johnson eagerly read the; contents of the newspapers and for the first time.learned of the civil war then raging'in the United States. ;Fired with an ambition - t?; help free the slaves of t)Ke*Sontn, -fre ; wrote a I long letter to Pr?sident Lincoln of fering ..to, recruit a thousand Arab zouaves for the Union ' army, if the United States government would furnish transportation. The letter was received, fell into the hands of i the newspaper correspondents infest ! ing the White House and wa3 pub lished the length and breadth of the land as a huge joke. In 1865 John-. ! son came to America, but the war had j just closed. -Yet no more enthusias tic loyer of the Union cause stood upon-Pennsylvania avenue, in the city of Washington, on the day of the last grand parade of jthe ^Federal armies than the tall, red-capped sheik John son, fresh from the wilds of Africa. After calling on the Turkish Minister lie visited Connellsville, Un ion town, Brownsville and tbeuPittsburg to seo I his aged father. .? proclaiming himself the prophet. In August he went to Egypt. -There, as is the duty of all Mahom j medans, he made a pilgrimage to the i tomb of the prophet at the sacred ! city of Mecca. Returning to Soudan, j he acquired a greater influence than ! ; eve;*"over the semi-civilized inhabi- \ j tauls.of that extensive country and j claimed prophetic powers. As time \ roiled on his wealth" and power in-1 j cr?ased and when the English inva- J ! ded Egypt he proclaimed himself I ! Iman Mahdi. or the last propliet Allah J j sliali send to conquer the enemies of! j Islam and rule supreme over the j j world. While Arabi Pacha was suf- ' ! ferma: defeat rumor has it that the | ! False Prophet was achieving extra- I ! ordinary victories and flaying thou-j j sands of his foes. To such a person' ! all Mahommcdans will kneel and serve. ; j Were he to appear in this character at j I Cairo or Alex^adria the eclipse of Ar-i i abi and the l?^^^fe^nid beconrnlej,^ of such a potentate. According to Mahommedan belief Iman Mahdi is to come with great signs and wond ers just before the Judgment Day. He will appear on a milk white charger, accompanied by an innu merable army of bearded Mussul mans, all mounted on snow white stallions. The Iman Mahdi must be a visible ruler, with power and vic tory on his side. If he manages to spread the report that he is killing Jews, Christians and Pagans by thou sands, he may be accepted most will ingly by the Moslems. The defeat of Arabi, who claimed to fight for the cause of Islam, may cause all Ma hommedans to turn to Johuson as their coming prophet. Khartoum, of which he is said to be absolute master, is about 900 or j 1,000 miles South of Cairo, and is j situated among the palm tree6 on the Western bank of the Blue Nile. It may be added that one of the False Prophet's hundred wives is a native of Fayette County, an octoroon from Uniontown. She accompanied him to Mecca and to Africa in 1865, and is said to be the mistress of his harem. She, too, is a direct descendant of the Arabs of the slave ship of Yorktown. Siie still writes to her relatives in Pe n n sy 1 van i a.?Philadelphia Times. - w i mm Modern Education. There seems to be at present a gene ral desire on the part of the youth of our country to secure what is called a university education, and for the ac complishment of this wish parents are ready to make almost any sacrifice. In olden times universities were few and were sought out only by those who pur posed devoting themselves to the study of seme particular science, or the fol lowing out of some learned profession. ~ 1 But this is now entirely changed. The country teems with uuivers?tics, richly endowed, supplied with teachers gifted with ripe scholarship, and cpftomizing in their teachings the truths both of the ancient and modern schools. Still the question often arises if the education received there fits our young men for the practical duties expected of them in after life. No oian in this land can afford to remain idle. No matter how productive the soil may be, what wealth lies hidden in oar mountains or sleep ing in our prairies, it is OQ?y by hard, uncompromising labor, by contiuuous and unwearied exertion, that, we have ever been, or ever will be, able to ma terialize those forces aud utilize them for the beneSfc of mankind. In a country which boasts of a long ances tral line, with lauds already tilled and palaces already built, men can afford to sit within the shadow of some old and hoary college, poir over musty tomes ! and delve deep into the mysteries of creation ; but our future farmers, me chanics, artisans and business men need to study something which may be more prosaic, but will be more fruitful in the end. One fault of our educational system seems to be in not adapting studies to the capacity of the student. All are supposed to have an equal share of in tellect; there is one course of lectures given and one list of sciences and lan guages taught. A smattenug of each is obtained, and at the end of four years the young man, having .finished his ! curriculum, steps out into the world, in too many cases, utterly unfitted for the practical duties of life. The elementary education to be had in pur public schools, if properly directed, serves as a foundation on which to build the su perstructure of higher and more ex tended knowledge, and as it is impossi ble in a university career to study all the various branches claimed to be taught, it would be productive of more good to limit the studies, embracing those only which might suit the future vocation of the pupil or the particular subjects which he himself was partial to. 44It is obviously impossible," says Prof. Hux'ey, <4tbat any student should pass through the whole of the series of courses of instruction offered by a uni versity. The important points to bear in mi?d, I think, are that there should not be too many subjects in the curricu lum, and that the aim should be the attainment of thorough and.-; sound j knowledge of each." And then, in the same connection; Be suggests that* at the end.of the:first course of study a'tho rough examination should be made of what the pnpil has already learned, and if he be found wanting in capacity or industry it would bnly.be right to ex clude him from following out a vocation for which he is evidently U?fittcd. The education, then, for the masses, should be thoroughly practical. And this does not involve a departure from the true design and end of uDiversity education. A knowledge of chemistry is as necessary to the farmer as to the professional analyst, and an acquaint ance with the laws of weight and force as useful to the mechanic as to the as tronomer. Instil this practical learning iuto our young men and a knowledge of the higher grades will naturally fol low. What our country ueeds is-a race of men able to develop her-capacities, who can by labor earn the''bread of in dustry and in their turu.te?brhe public producers and benefactors; and to ac complish this both .0*? schools and universities should carefcflly watch the capacities of their scholars, and by ! sound and useful training., judiciously ! administered, help them to take their proper position in life. Charles Shaw, a negro, aged 16, is under sentence of death in Washington Until a few days ago he persistently denied his guilt, and if he had stuck to thcp!eaofiunoccnec.it is likely that his punishment would have been changed to imprisonment, as there was no mo- | tivo shown for the crime, which was i that of killing his sister. He now con- j fesses, and says that the reason why he | pounded her to death with a stone was j merely that in a convocation that had j been friendly he suddenly became dis- ; pleased because she doubted his state- j ments. '"Now that I have had time to j think it over," he remarks, 44I am in- j clined to suppose I did wrong, but they ; ought uot to hang me." The Legislature. fifth day. Senate.?Prayer by llev. H. 0. Judd. A number of bills were introduced arjd referred, among them : Bill to re peal certain Sections of the stock law, .?o far as it affects Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Georgetown and Williamsburg Counties. Mr. Patterson introduced a concurrent resolution providing that a joint com mute of the two houses be appointed, consisting of two on- the part of the Sonate and three on the part of the House, which shall be charged with the duty to inquire and report whether the hall of the House of Representatives was used in November last for a public ball and the State Library for a supper room,, as was stated iu the daily papers, and if true, by whom the permission to so use these halls was given and under what authority, and as to the propriety of allowing them to be so used. After remarks by Messrs. Patterson, Callison and Wallace, the resolution was adopted and ordered sent to the House. house of representatives. In the House, to-day, encouraging progress was made in dispatch of busi ness. A large number of bills, the most important of which have already been noticed, were read the first time and appropriately referred. The following bills passed a second reading : A bill to amend the law as to the time of meeting of county boards of equalization. A bill to punish any person who un lawfully and willfully takes away any horse or mule, saddled or harnessed or attached to any vehicle, and shall use the same without consent of the owner, sc. Bill to ome?d law in relation to chat tel mortgages and liens. By Mr. Lee, of Suinter, to charier the Bishopville Railroad Company. Bill to require butchers and.all per sons who are, or may hereafter become, engaged in the business of buying and selling live stock, to keep a record of the flesh and car-marks of .the stock ; the date of purchase, and the name and place of residence of the person from whom purchased. After discussion, the House refused to concur in Senate resolution requesting that a committee be appointed to ex amine into and report whether a ball had been held in the hall of the House of PvCpresentativtH, in November last, and if so, by whose authority. Adjourned to meet at 11 o'clock, Tuesday. sixth day. ?n the Senate, to-day, the first busi ness of importance was the election of United States Seuator, which had been made the special order for 12.15 P. M. Very few spectators were in attendance. Unfavorable reports were made on Senator Benbow's " bill, repealing the lion taw. On the latter report the r.gricultural committee stood three for to on-j against, but three members were absent. To-morrow Senator Leitner1? bill to the same effect will be considered. The Senate concurred in the Rouse j concurrent resolution regarding a com mission on the trial justice system. The measure was similar to that of Senator Ear le. A favorable report was made on the bill making the coupons of green cousoli receivable for taxes. house of. representatives. In the House, this morning, the fol lowing bills-were rejected. At quarter-past 12 o'clock the House proceeded to the election of United States Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of Gen. M. C. But ler's term of ofice. - The roll of the House was called, each member rising at his seat and voting for his choice. The total num ber of votes cast was 117, of which Gen. Butler received HI votes, Mr. Melton 5, and W. G. Pinckncy, colored, of Berkeley, 1. Eove? Effects of Electric Light. Prof. Henry -Draper, President of the Scientific Faculty of the University of the city of New York, gave a dinner last eveniug to the members of the Academy of Science, now in session here, at his residence, No. 271 Madison Avenue. The dinner was a noteworthy occasion, not only because of the pres ence of eminent scientists and the elabo rate menu, but because the aesthetic features of the electric ligbt were there first developed. The tables were set in the ample parlors. Depending from the centre of the arch between the two rooms was a massive chandelier of brass and bronze, representing a gigantic bouquet. Flowers bell-shaped like the morning-glory and convolvulus were reproduced in glass, with petals in modest shades of red, blue, and yellow, and a stamen of ground glass iuclosing ! one of the Edison incandescent lights. There were a dozen of these luminous flowers in this chandelier. Ten similar bouquets were placed on the tables at intervals, and, as a contrast, there were several bouquets of natural flowers in ; the centre of which nestled an electric ! light. Underneath the chandelier was j placed a handsome, vine-embowered aquarium in which swam several gold fish and an eel. The water was illumi nated by a submerged incandescent j light, and about this (he fish swam cu- ; riouslyJbnt without iijury. The effect j of this novel method of lighting was j very pleasing, and excited much favora- { hie comment among the gentlemen j present, who had certainly had no more novel experience th-n this. [J\rac York Times. The storc-hense and contents together with the books of Messrs. T. J. McNeill & Co.. 6 miles from Chcraw, were de stroyed by fire last night. Loss between $2.(100 and ?3,000 : no insur fire is supposed to h; United States Coins. Gold coins of all denominations are legal tender for any amount. So are silver dollar?, except the trade dollar, which, though seven and a half grains : heavier than the standard dollar, is not j legal tender for any amount. Halves, ] quarters and dimes are legal tender to j the amount of $10. Twenty-cent I pieces, half-dimes and silver 3-cent pieces are legal tender for amounts not exceediug $5. Nickel and copper coin from 1 cent up to 5 are legal tender only to the amount of 25 eents. A gold dollar weighs twenty-five and eight tenths grains, and it will take about 223 gold dollars to weigh a pound. When a gold coin is reduced in weight ! by use or otherwise more than 1? per | cent., or is in any way mutilated, it is no longer legal tender, and will only i be received at the mint for its value in bullion. Whea gold coin is presented for payment at the sub-treasury it is carefully inspected, and if found below* the required weight, it is stamped with the word "Light" and returned to the depositor. If he has been careful to note of whom he received it he may recover the amount for which he ac cepted it, or he may send it to the mint, which will return him whatever it is worth for re-coiuage. . The standard dollars weigh each 412.5 grains, which is about/ Impounds for the weight of ?1,000. The weight of ?1,000 in gold is 4| pounds. One hundred dollars in gold weighs the same as 150 new ?1 greenbacks. Green backs of a larger denomination are. a little heavier. Silver is about fifteen and a half times as heavy as gold, and about twenty eight and a third times as bulky in proportion to its value ; or, in other words, a dollar's worth of silver is a little more than twenty-eight time^ larger than a dollar's worth of gold. Our gold coins contain 900 parts of pure gold and 100 parts of alloy; the silver coiu 900 parts of silver and 100 parts of alloy. The 5 and 3 ceDt nickel coins are one-fourth nickel and three- ! fourths copper. The small cent is 95 j parts copper and 5 parts tin and zinc. It is estimated that the gold dollar is used by 80,000,000 of people; the British sovereign by 35,000,000 ; the French fraDc by 77,000,000 ; the silver dollar of all countries by about 552, 000,000.?Boston Traveller. How He Saved the Train. The usual crowd of Autumn liars were gathered together in the store, occupying all the grocery seats?the only gross rc -?pts that the proprietor took no pride in?when a little, blear eyed, weazen-faced individual sneaked in by the back door and slunk into a dark corner. ''That's him." said the ungrammatt cal bummer, with a green patch over his left eye. 5'Who is it ?" asked several at once. "Why, the chap who saved a traiu from being wrecked," was the reply. "Come, teil us about it," they de manded, as the small man crouched iu the darkness, as if unwiiliug that his heroic deed should be brought out under j the glare of the blazing kerosene lamp, j After much persuasion, reinforced by : a stiff horn of apple-jack, he began : "It was just such a night as this? bright and clear?and I was going home dowD the track, when right before me, across the. rails, hiy a great beam. There it was. Pale and ghastly as a lifeless body, and, light as it appeared, I had not the power to move it. A sudden rumble and roar told me that j the night express was thundering down and soon would reach the fatal spot. Nearer and nearer it approached, till just as the cow-catcher was about lifting me. I sprang aside, placed myself be tween the obstruction and the track, acd the train flew oo unharmed." The silence was so dense for a mo ment that one might have heard a dew drop. Presently somebody said : "What did you do with the beam ?" "1 didn't touch it," be replied ; 4;but it touched me." "Well," persisted the questioner, "if you couldn't lift it, and didn't touch it, how in thunder did the train get over it?" . "Why, don't you see," said the sad faced man, as he arose from his seat and slided towards the door; "the ob struction was a moon-beam, and I jumped so that the shadow of my body took its place, and?" Bang ! flew a ham against the door ; and if it had struck the body of the re treating hero, there would have been a much larger grease spot 'frescoed on the panel of the door. Docked for Lost Time. At a certain manufactory in Fall River, where there are a number of young ladies employed, it was de termined on their part to present their employer with an album and a large family Bible as a testimonial of their regard for him. The monev was col lected and the articles purchased On the appointed afternoon the girls col lected at the office of their employer, and in a neat speech presented him with their offering. The recipient accepted the gifts and thanked the givers in a few choice words. After conversing some time the overseer glanced at the clock and said : 'Girls, 1 think you had better go back to our work now ; you have lost three quarters of an hour already.' The girls were taken aback, and feeling j much disconcerted, went back to j their work, but great was their sur- ; prise and chagrin when the next pay j day came round to find that the over- i seer had 'docked' every one of them ! for the time lost in making the pre-1 seutal ion.? Worchcsler (?fass.) Spy. j ? i ) I jjm In 173G there died in the Fleet Pris- j News and Gossip. The gin bouse of Mr. A. R. Barks dale, of Laurens, wirb 1C bales of cotton, was buried od the 24th of November. Mr. W. C. Gerald's fine residence in Camdeo was destroyed by fire last Tues day. The property was insured. Major Tioimens, of Cberaw, lost his gin, 10 bales of cotton and several hun dred bushels of seed by Are do Friday last. _ A colored man named Rufos "Warred was killed by a young man named W. H. Barron oo Mr. J.. A. M. L. Stewart's* plantation, 15 miles from Bock Hill, on Sunday evening last. The origin of the difficulty which led to the killing %& not known. ^ - Leesviile, in Lexington Oounty, ? small village on the Charlotte, Colum bia and Augusta R. R.. bas elected the "Dry" ticket, with the approval and rejoicings of the lovers of law and order, but'the rum sellers were greatly dis-' gruntled at the result. Cairo, Dec. 3.?The courc-marlial, whieh had been announced to meet to day, assembled this morning. Arabi Pasha pleaded guilty to the charge. of rebellion. The proceedings were very brief, the Court sitting only a ffcir min utes. In the afternoon the Court re*, assembled and pronounced -the sentence, of death against Arabi. The Khedive subsequently commuted the sentence to exile for life. It is believed tbat Arabi will retire to some part of the British dominions. His demeanor before the Court was very dignified. Besides the sixty colored emigrants: who left here yesterday morning for. Arkansas, about fifty white people liv ing iu the vicinity of Charlotte were among the passengers, beiog do their way to Texas. Another party of tweoty colored emigrants will leave here this morning for Arkansas It is said that about thirty will leave Anderson for the same point on Tuesday next. A num ber of them are in town nearly every day purchasing outfits for their journey, actively preparing for emigration. [Greenville Hews, Dec. 7. . Biographies of Adelaide Neilsou, the late successful actress, have heretofore extended to a period no further back in her life than when she was a bar-maid in a London gin palace. She made no i secret of having been thus employed, but, on the contrary, was proud of it, as showing how far she bad climbed (to* reach artistic eminence. Amelia Bl Barr has discovered the childhood home of Miss Neilson in Yorkshire, England; s and she says, in Lippincot?s Magazine, ' that the girl was employed at a verj tender age in a mill. Her step-father was cruel and neglectful,' and she ran away to London when only 14. She arrived in that city penniless, and the first night slept on a bench in Hyde Park. In her will she provided a small income for her mother, of whom IVliss Barr obtained these particulars. WAsnixcTox, December 1. ?The President has received a communication from Professor E. Stone Wiggins; LL.D., astronomer of the Canadian Finance Department at Ottawa, pre dicting a tremendous storm in the early days of next March. He says that *?tbe force will be sufficient to submerge the lowlands of the American coast, while the air currents for several hundred miles along .the East side of the Rocky Mountain range, owing to the great atmospheric 'pressure in those regions; will spread universal destruction. Th? New England States will also suffer severely from the wind and floods. No point outside of harbor in the whole area of the Atlantic, especially North of the equator, will be a place of safety; for this will be pre-eminently the great est storm that has visited this continent since the days of your illusjrjoifc first President." Among the persons who purchased tickets at the Union ticket office, ? f?# days ago, was an elderly lady wboSe" destination was St. Paul, Minnesota. Save the presence of a small dog, which she declared she was going to take with her, the lady was alone After secur ing a check for baggage, the lady and her dog entered the ladies'coach, where the former took a seat, while the latter crouched down at her feet. Soon after she had assumed a peaceful attitude the train band entered the coach, and, 00^ tieing the dog, started to drive it ourt; The old lady objected, but the train hand would not yield, although hesasr the dog's mistress in tears. A com* mercial tourist who had been a silent witness to the entire conversation^, stepped up and asked the train hand to' let the dog remain until he could return. The traiu hand complied, and the tour ist left the coach in a hurry. He. re turned, bearing a cheap valise id his4 hand, which he opened. After cuttiog a large hole in the side, he placed the* dog iu the valise, and, pulling his head through the bole, closed the valisteV With a smile be deposited the valise oil the seat by the old lady, and quietlV laughed when the train hand came back to kick the dog out. [Atlanta Constitution'. The followiug important decision is1 reported by the Scientific Americdti .* "The decision of Judge McAdam, in a late suit before the Marine Court of New York, brought by Thomas J. Kelly against the dentist. Colton, to recover for injuries caused by allowing a piece of tooth, which was being ex tracted, to drop down the plaintiffs throat while he was under the influence of laughiug gas. is one full of import ance, not ouly to the dentists, but to* general surseons as well. It is alle, that the pieco of tooth slipped from tb forceps, and for four weeks thereafter the plaiutifT was troubled with aeo until ho finally expectorated the The Court held that while a under the influence