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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
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before morn,
way'.
(ick the mists.
)rge !
ling in the lists
>rs?.
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^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