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SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, IS50. ?dasoHdated Ans. 8, 1881.1 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends then Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " THE T2UE SOUTHKOK, Established Jane, 18?? SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1888. Sew Series-Yoi. VII. Ko. 39. mm Published "STodnosda.7, . ... Nt OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. tiV -J. TKEMS: 4. JBwo Dollars per anama-in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS. 0>e Square, first insertion ..................$1 00 Kvery subsequent insertion_........ 50 Ooirxacts for three months, or longer will b4 made at red need rates. AH communications which sabserve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charred for. m - lt K POWDER <-' Absolutely Pure. "j--*- "; " This powder never varies. A marvel of 'parity, strength and wholesomeness. More '?eonomical than the ordinary kinds, and can cot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test,-short weight, aram or phosphate - powders. Sold only in eon?. ROYAL BAK-. Sff POWDER^CO., IPS Wall-st., N. Y. lg ^1. CATABHH Cream Balmp?>?p?^*? Cleanses the ^^^iMBr^l - Nasal - P^^^-B^^SS^S? Allays Pain andP^^O^ ^ INFLAMMATION WftVtf{?| Heals 'the'iSores.K' / Restores the ML ^if^Wm SENSES OF TAST fcBB3l^^?iff8 ??nd Smell. v |fjP^>^^al TRY THE CD?E.HAY-FEVER is a disease of the macons membrane, gener - ?Hy originating in the nasal passages and maintaining its stronghold ic toe head. From this point it seods forth a poisonous virus i into the stomach and through the digestive organs, corrupting the blood and producing other troublesome and dangerous symptoms. A particle is applied into each nostril and if agreeable. PriceSO cents at Druggists ; by naH, registered. 60 cents. ELY BROS.", 235 Greenwich Street, New York. BEST AND CHEAPEST. ALL 600DS GUARANTEED. Estimates furnished by retarn Mail. LARfiE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMEMS. eeo. e. min -i ca, KANTJFACTTJRERS OF AND WHOLE? SALE DEALERS IN DOORS, MI, BLIPS, MOULDING, -A3ro OS3E&?L BUILDING- MATERIAL. Officeand Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Hay ne St., CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 25 o Thc ?argot and mott complete establishment South 6E0. S. HACKER & SON, oe > Manufacturers ot Doors, Sash, BMs, Mil ASD BITILDUTa SSATSSIAL. OFFIC2 A5ii WARESOOMS, King, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Aog 10 0 C. 0.- BR0fl\ & BRO.. COLUMBIA, S. C. LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. Fns?aiAffls?aiil!iIsf&l2ss,| : PAINTS, OILS I AND VARNISHES. ?ARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best io the Market. Special Attention Given to Orders ty Moil. C. a BROWS & BRO., V v - Opposite Poet Office, , ^ COLUMBIA, 9. C. LINES ON MEMOBIAL DAY, BT HON. W. 2. LEITNSR. The tenth of May, memorial day Of those who nobly died for naught, Returns again, but brings co stain To shame the cause for which they fought. Io each low dale and sloping Tale Of ibis bright and beautiful land, There sleeps in might some noble knight, Who grandly fell with Sword in hand. Along each rill and on each hilt That gently rises o'er the plain, There sleeps in dust a sacred trust To ns, some gallant soldier slain. By ocean tide and mountain side Our heroes fell in thickest fight, And there they rest, their spirits blest, In the realm of heavenly light. Then matrons sear and maidens fair, Go where the woodland echoes ring, Then come and crown each hallowed mound With the sweetest flowers of Spring. Go search each nave and secret cave To find where lie your gallant dead, And crown the grave that died to save You from oppression's ru th less-tread. Bring, too, the wreath from Southern heath And lay it gently at the head Of tomb of Lee, whose spirit free Still leads his sainted, gaitant dead. And Jackson, too, the^ood and tree, Who grandly led bis legions brave To win the right by dauntless fight, And thus his bleeding country save. Land of the South, Oh 1 glori?us South, Cans't thou forget thy coble slain ? Then curst the name and lustrous fame Of them who nobly died in vain. Land of the brave who died to save, Oh ! forget not thy noble slain ; Bot lift a shaft of stately craft To "them who nobly died in vain. Then mothers dear ! and sisters fair 1 - Rouse ye now to this work of loTe! And point that shaft of stately craft Proudlv towards the heaven aoove. The Prohibition Call. 'A call is made for the Prohibition? ists of South Carolina to meet ia mass convention Muy 22 and 23, 1888. The j undersigned believing that a more j definite and organized work for the legal prohibition of the trafic in alco? holic liquors as a beverage should be undertaken and prosecuted by all tem? perance workers in the capacity of both State and local associations, and that tn all measures so important to the real prosperity cf our commonwealth as those touching the question of prohi? bition there should be the utmost wis? dom, efficiency and concord ; therefore, tn the name of the grand army of work? ers for prohibition now fast covering the globe, we formally reou>;t and urge j that there shall be a convention at Co? lumbia, ?- C., beginning at 8 P. M., I on the 22d of May, io the Y. M. C. A. | Hali, to consider various matters per- i tirient to the advancement of prohib? don in our State and country at large, j 'We make this ?ppeal because we ! believe there sho" 1 Le a State orga?- ? izat?on and local alliances, and that j general efforts should be made for more i thorough restriction and prohibition of ! the liquor thaine. We urge this com- j ing together at this Hime because we j can conceive of DO*wisdom by further j delay. It is earnestly desired that j every community in each county should be represented by men and women who are most earnest and ioyal to the cause in the interest of which j the convention is called. It will be j left to the present temperance organi- I zations and such gatherings of Prohi- j bitionists as may be called in various; places, to send delegates of their choice.' j The foregoing cali, with signatures I of a large number of citizens of differ- j ent parts cf the State has been publish- j ed. Prof. Haynes of Columbia, who j is one of the movers in the matter, having ! been interviewed said ihat by holding such a convention the Prohibitionists hoped to revive interest in the cause, to ascertain the reasons for its success and non-success in different localities, to form a perm?nent State organization and county alliances, and in general to follow the plan adopted by the farmers' movement. He could not, of course, say what the convection would do, but j it was probable that the Legislature would be asked to pass a general pro? hibition law. The Professor said that the call was being sigued by a great many representative citizens all over the State, and that in a few days he could furnish a strong list seiected from the signatures affixed. In Favor of the Weeklies. Mr. H. II. Warner who spends annually in advertising what would be a large fortune to almost any njan. re? cently said that he regarded the weekly paper as the surest to repay judicious expenditure of all classes of newspaper publications 'I would rather have a hundred thousand weekly circlation,' said he, 'than 250,000 daily. The readers of a daily paper rarely read it through. It is glanced over The salient points of news are indicated by big head lines, and those are read through. Then it is throwu away But with a weekly it is different. In the country, where a family takes only one or two weekly papers, every word and every line of it is read over and over again. Advertising io such a medium is sure to be remunerative. It is sure to be read, which is the first con? sideration, and leads to the purchase of any commodity advertised.' South Carolina's Gold Mines. The following gold mines are in operation in South Caroliua : I?a?e mine, Lancaster county ; Dixie mine, Lancaster county ; Glendale mine Spar tanburg county ; Brewer mine, Chester? field county The capital invested in these mines amounts to something over $300,000; about one hundred hand? are employed and the value of the annual product is ?100,000 The ilaile Gold Mining Company claims to have more capital invested and to be produc? ing more gold at present than any gold mine in the South. Mr. Watterson, of the Louisville Courier-Journal, knowing bow wilful and bad was his son, refused to rescue him when he wa? lodged in the barracks for plunging his ku?fe into tue body of a young widow who refused to accompany bim to an entertainment. Editor Wat? terson telegraphed to his friends not to interfere, bat to let the law take its course. It was not the boy's first devilish manifestation. Our State Contemporaries. l'Plie Same old Coons and the Same old Tunes. E<1 ge field Chronicle. \ Whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the establishment of an Agri? cultural College, there certainly can be I none as to the desirability of agitating ! for retrenchment and reform. Our own I county candidates for office, especially i those for the L?gislature, lower and i upper house, will be expected to take j positions on these questions, either for i or against, and may the Lord have j mercy on their souls. If we remember j aright, in the last campaign every can ! did3te for the Legislature in the county > pledged himself to work for the estab? lishment of an Agricultural College, and as we hear that the same old coons, the present incumbents, are to run again, there will be a good deal of cu? riosity as to which way the cat is going to jump this time. If the same old coons, then it would sing the same old tune-but we will see. Greenville News. There can be no doubt, of course, that the farmers of the State are glad of the opportunity of accepting the Clem sou's bequest and that an agricultural college will be established on the Fort Hill estate. It will be the first and only agricultural college in the State. Can there be any valid objection raised why this farmers' college should not have 1st. The Land Script fund, amount? ing to $6,000 annually ? 2nd. The Hatch fund, amounting to $15,000 annually? 3rd. The privilege fertilizer tax, amounting to about ?30,000 annually ? Do not all these funds, amounting in round numbers to ?50,000 a year, belong to the farming interests of the State ? Ought not this money be de? voted to the support of a first-rate agri? cultural college at Fort Hill? Carolina Spartan. In North Carolina they are having a spirited contest for the Governorship. It seems to be the general opiuion that Judge Fowle has the inside track, with Steadman a spirited second. In that State they discuss the merits of the dif? ferent candidates and enlighten the people on their record and ability. In South Carolina editors and correspond? ents are too *mealy-mouthed' to bring this sharp discrimination into the can? vass. They prefer to remain silent until the convention blindly makes their nomination and they privately kick and find fault. It is better to do all the kicking before the nominations, so as to be ready for a steady, united, harmo? nious pull after they are over. A Needed Test. Christian Neighbor. Candidates for office are generally subjected to various tests as to fitness JOT the place to which they aspire. This sifting impartially done is due the people and nothing unjust to a candi? date. There is one important test, which, as far as memory serves, we have never known applied to candidates, viz : promnt payment of debts. Does be pay his debts? But as some men would pay who honestly are unable to do so, the test Q?2V be expressed somewhat differently : Has the candidate the rep? utation of being a good paymaster; or if from some misfortune or mistreat* ment by other men, he is unable to pay, does he give a sufficient proof of a willingness and purpose to pay and that as soon as he eau honestly do so. A man who will evade, dodge, re? fuse or decline to pay just debts should not be sent to the Legislature, or Con? gress or be put in any office of honor Or trust, high or low. In sifting candidates it would not be out of place for voters to inquire, Does he pay his debts ? Docs he try to pay ? All officers should be men that 'do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with their God.' Those who nominate men for office ! should not put any man before the peo ; pie whose moral character is so crooked j that a sincere Christian cannot coosci ! entiousiy vote for him. If those who nominate for' office fail j to put forth men who have a clear moral ! record and nominate others of bad I morals-gamblers, swindlers, men who j will not pay their debts, or those who j use 'whiskey and mouey' to secure suf? frage of voters-then let a Christian voter cit-ar own conscience before Ged whether it be bv voting the 'ticket,' by 'scratching" cr by not vot? ing at all. I In case of defeat for the lack of Chris ? tian votes, after the 'party,' or thc j 'primary,' or the 'couventiou' or the I 'ring,' or the 'clique,' had nominated I uuwor?hy men. "let the 'lash' of 'party j loyalty' be applied to those who nomi j oated the 'unclean* rather than to j Christian men that decline to vote for a j corrupt 'pet' or aspirant who by nom ; i nation had been placed astraddle of a ' 'principle ' 'The king's gate' was all ; right but Haman who sat in it was such I an ambitious and proud rascal that Mor I decai would not bow to him. A False Assumption. Or-jy>?eburg Times and Democrat. The Charleston World was made ex I ccediugly happy last week by the re ? ccption of a dispatch from Washington j in which the Mills Bill was declared to j be as 'dead as a door nail.' In giving j vent to its joy our contemporary ignores j entirely the existence of tariff reform I ers, and all clas-cs who would dare ? raise their voices against the iniquitous j burdo:) of taxation imposed by tho pres I cnt war tariff, as free traders and cne ; mies to the working-man and American '. industiies. ??. leaves no doubt as to its j position lr is for protection, and de I clares that it is rn sympathy with the j great majority of tho American people. . For our pnrt we do not believe that a ! majority of our people would favor thc j adoption of a fr;wj ir.-tde policy, neither j do we believe that they favor the cxist j ence of a' protective tariff. They be j lieve in a tariff for revenue only. This j is the true Democratic idea of the tariff j and will constitute the slogan of victory j in the next campaign. The efforts of j the World to frighten the Democracy I t>y exposing the evils of free trade, will I fall flat. The people are too intelligent to be ensnared by such sophistry. They have not asked for free trade, do not want it in fact, but they have demand? ed that the surplus be reduced by a modification of the present tariff rates, aod the man and the paptr tbat heeds not their demand, will not fare well at their hands. After all we think the joy of our cotemporary is somewhat premature. Tt should not forget that ! 'he laughs best who laughs last.' The r Mills Bill is not yet dead. It lives and hopes to be a blessing to millions of our people. We wish it success. We op? pose free trade. We oppose protection. We favor a tariff for revenue only, and on this platform we expect to see Grover Cleveland receive the endorsement of the united Democracy at St. Louis next June, and at the hands of the Ameri? can, people by a triumphant re-election. The Clemson College. Barnwell People Mr. Gideon Lee has written another letter giving the reasons that have de? cided him to contest Mr. Clemson's will. It is a strong aod pathetic state? ment of his case, but there is a flavor of jealous insinuation that- weakens its force as an argument while adding to its plausibility as an appeal for public sympathy. According to Mr. Lee all Mr. Clemson's kindred are in straight? ened circumstances and, of course, dis? appointed at bis disposition of his es? tate. The most affectionate relation? ship existed between Miss Lee and ber grandfather, and for months before his I death be was very anxious to have a visit from her. This was prevented by Mr. Lee's precarious health. ! According to Mr. Lee's theory there 'is nothing new or surprising in the situation. It has repeated itself many times, in all countries and ages, and has been portrayed in both comedies and tragedies. An old man of four score years, weak in body and almost imbecile in mind, living alone-with only bis housekeeper and her daughter to care for him, and with considerable property to dispose of,-makes an unnat? ural and unjust will, in which he prac? tically disinherits his granddaughter and sole living descendant for the sake of erecting a monument to bis vanity, a posthumous one. to be called tue Clem? son Agricultural College.' Whether or not he is correct will be established at the trial of his suit, but we are very sure that the Courts of this State will not be influenced by the char? acter and value of the bequest to deny him the fullest and fairest justice. It is evident that Mr. Lee cherishes a latent animosity against Col. Simpson, the executor of thc will. He is fond'of quotiog Mr. Clemson's expression, 'trusted friend,' applied to Col. Simp? son, and dwells lingeringly on the com? pensation that will come to him should the will be sustained. Just here we differ with Mr. Lee. He may properly find fault with Mr. Clemson's disposition of property but he should rather blame his own negligence of his kinsman for such a disappointing result than seek to transfer any portion to a man entirely worthy of the title, 'trusted friend,' given him by Mr. Clemson. Wc have known Col. Simp? son from boyhood and can say with con? fident knowledge that while this State has bad more distinguished sons she has never cherished one who has gone through life 'with cleaner hands, truer heart and whiter soul than Dick Simp? son, of Pendleton. The Clemson Contest. SOME NEW FACTS THAT SUED NEW LIGIIT ON MR. LEE. Greenville Xtws. A variety of misleading reports have been set in circulation recently about the Will and the Estate of the late Col. Thos. G. Clemson. Many of these originated from the published letters of Mr. Gideon Lee, Col. Clemson's son-in law, and their general tenor has been the belittling of the bequest made to the State on the one band, and the rep? resentation on the other, that by that that bequest Miss Floride Lee, Col. Clemson's granddaughter, was being cut off with a pittance, the State in case it accepted the bequest being placed in the light of an usurper. Certainly no man living could be found better prepared to furnish the facts about Col. Clemson's will than Col. R. W. Simpson, the sole executor of the will and the friend and adviser of the testator. A representative of the Greenville iSews had an opportunity for a brief interview with Col. Simpson a few days ago and quickly seized on thc moment to ask Colonel Simpson about the report that Miss Lee would get only a small share in thc property left by the Clemson will. Col. Simpson said that the reports were erroneous altogether, and needed but a plain statement of plain facts to contradict thc whole batch of them. Miss Floride Lee gets, he said, ?15, 000 io cash under thc will, and her I share of .the Fort Hill place valued at j $5,000. Besides this, ?he receives an amount deeded by way of settlement by j Mr. Clemson to thc descendants of Mrs. j Ciemson, which amount is outside of] and has nothing to do with Mr. Clem? son's estate. This sum, $5,U00, is in the hands of Col. Simpson in State bonds, and is subject to the order of her guardian. She gets also Col Clem? son'* handsome and costly family silver, valued by thc appraisers at $1,800, in addition to the Calhoun silver, which she already has; also the family pic? tures and any one article she may select from Cul. Clemson's house, and certain? ly one-third, and most probably one baif of the tract of land owned by Col. Clemson in Maryland, which was bar? gained for just before Col. Clemson's death, fer .510,000. Further, .-lie already ha? $1.800 in her father's hands, given her by Col. Clemson, and on which eight or ten years' intercut has accumu'ated. Cul. timpson did not think these amounts inconsiderable by ! any means. I Asked if Col. Clemson had seen his j granddaughter, during the late years of ! his life. Col. Simpson said he had not. 1 Col Clemson had time and again bej? O O I ged Mr. Lee to allow his daughter to come down and visit bim at Fort. Hill, and Col. Simpson himself had written ? to Mr. Lee directly beforo Col. Clem? son's death, repeating the same requost and emphasizing the wishes of tho old gentleman. But Mr, Lee bad ia every case refused, and it -had been eleven years since Col. Clemson had seen his granddaughter. Col- Clemson was deeply fond of her, aod earnestly wish? ed to see?ber before he died, and Mr. Lee's continued refusal to allow her to come grieved him sorely. In answer to a question whether Mr. Lee knew the extent of his father-in law's wealth before he died. Col. Simp? son said that Mr. Lee did not know that Col. Clemson had any property out? side of Fort Hill. As an evidence of the impression Mr. Lee was under about Col. Clemson s circumstances, Col. Simpson said that a short while before the death of Col. Clemson, a merchant in Pendleton had received a letter from Mr. Lee telling him to let Col. Clemson have $100 worth of supplies and he would see the bill paid. He evidently believed Col. Clemson very near to, if not in actual poverty. Referring to the published statement of Mr. Lee's that Col. Simpson had told him the whole estate would be ?60,000, Col. Simpson said that he did not tell Mr. Lee that. What he did tell him was what he had told the representative of the Greenville News before, that the investments in bis hands would at a very low estimate amount to ?60,000, outside of all other property. Continuing, Col. Simpson said that he had informed the repr?sentative of che News who visited Fort Hill, and it bad been published in the News two days before the time that Mr. Lee al? leged Col. Simpson told him ?27,000, that Col. Clemson's investments would probably realize 'between $50,000 and ?60,000.' This statement was in print and widely circulated before the time when Mr. Lee charges that Col. Simp son informed him they would amount to afcout ?27,000. In response to an inquiry whether or not Mr. Lee was acting solely, on his own account in making the contest over the Clemson will, Col. Simpson said that he had positive information that he was not. 'In fact,' Col. Simpson said, 'I am in possession of the fact that Mr. Lee is rccieving money from outsiders to aid in contesting the will with the in? tention of speculating on the place if he succeeds.' Pressed with the inquiry who those 'outside parties' were. Col. Simpson said: 'I have seen a letter from J. C. Calhoun, of New Yoak, saying he and Pat Calhoun were backing up Mr. Lee io his cootset and if the will was set aside they were to get Fort Kill.* In connection with these facts, which in tbomselves throw much new light on the subject, it may be stated, that the representative of The News bad a con? versation with a gentleman who knows Pat Calhoun, now of New York, and who stated incidentally that Mr. Cal? houn had told him that it was one of the ambitions of his life to get posses? sion sf Fort Hill, the old "Calhoun ; homestead, and make of it a place worthy of the memories associated with it. That Hot Springs Convention. Christian Neighbor. As will be seen liberal space is given to what some of ouf* exchanges have to say on that .'Hot house'* convention. Read what they say about this Immi? gration "Trojan Horse'* Siled with Catholics-Komieb priests riding and driving and piously and patriotically urging the Southern States to pull the b'.g bellied monster into their midst. This is an instance where the Jesuits pushed out the cloven foot of Romanism a little too far, except with such men as would? for office and money sell their country into the hands of the enemies of civil and religious liberty. A Denominational View. Associate Reformed Presbyterian. There was a convention held last week at H,ot Springs, N. C.. in the in? terest of Southern immigration. The object wears the appearance of a patri? otic movement. It was endorsed by roany of the Governors of the Southern States and other distinguished citizens. But he is blind indeed who does not see the real movers io this scheme--it is a scheme-and thc Roman Catholics are at the bottom of it. They are the heart and soul of it, andRomau Catholic immigrants will be the fruit of it. Please make a note of that. There was a sig? nificance too plain to be misunderstood in the presence of Cardiual Gibbous, thc highest official of Rome in this country. Ile was not only present, but be was conspicuous, making an ad? dress on the occasion. There was a significance also too plain to bc misuodersrood in the presence of ten ecclesiastics of the Cat holic Church. This movement means, we repeat, Ro? man Catholic immigrants for the South. It, should die still born. The people of thc South should declare themselves agaiust. ii in unmistakable terms. We have some grave difficulties to meet io thc South with the negro as an indo? lent, thriftless laborer and an igooraut venal voter, but with all these disad? vantages, we prefer him decidedly to au alien population-alien in religion and all ttieir ideas of civil government. A Roman Catholic peasantry in our society would be the entering wedge to Catholic dominiou. That means the autocracy of the Pope. It means priestly rule in the family, the school and the State. It meaus thc Confes? sional with all its corrupting influences. If. means antagonism to everything dis? tinctively American. IL means Jesu? itical interference in everything polit teal and religious The Spaniards have a proverb, 'The least hair makes a shadow.* Our prayer is that this Southern i m m ig ration j scheme may prove a sigua! failure. Dr. [JJiincoaib; X. C.) V.mcieer :;? Carolina j Spart in. Tuc Southern States r>.rc getting along | very well, if our Kaders will just bf ! patient and let 'well enough alone.' ! These great 'immigration' conventions ! are all wrong, and gotten up by n few j men to show* themselves tind get some ? line liquor. Everybody knows where j we live and that we have thc best coun-1 try on earth, and that our people arc j brave, aud gallant, and liberal, and af? fectionate, and pretty, and need no | trumpeting to the world. Everybody knows that wc can raise cotton, rice, surtir, tobacco and turpentine, ami they know just as well that the balance of the world can't. Everybody knows that we have an agreeable climate, fer? tile soil, gushing rivers, billions of coal, inexhaustible forests, ores, gran? ite, fruits and everything else needed for the highest culture, and prosperity. And to organize 'Immigration' Bureaus and pay men big salaries to spurt over the country and tell and write big tales, is a reflection upon the common sense of the world One Hot Springs hum? bug said, 'tax every town of over 5,000 inhabitants and make a grand 'bureau' in New York and pay experts and up? starts big salaries to drum for custom? ers down here in 'Dixie,' when really, we have more men now prowling and smelling over the country hunting property than we want. Every town over 5,000 pay pay so much, but poor old tax-ridden South Carolina would have to pay one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars annually. What a good thing it is to bave a little old fashioned sense, when it is so badly needed. The Southern States are doing as well as they can do. They don't need a siogle thing but patience and prudence. Already the eyes of the civilized nations of the world are turned this way. New England is worn out, the Northwest has no regularity of sea? sons, or temperature. Democracy is thickening and widen? ing every moment, everywhere ; the negroes are nearly all Democrats, and before six years we will net only have a large majority in both houses of Con? gress (as well as the President's cabinet) but we will pass a bill paying a moderate price for every slave that was unlaw? fully liberated by the failure of the Southern (half-fixed) army to thrash out the world. Into the bargain, every single one of us poor weather-beaten Confederate soldiers, will draw a pen? sion commencing at the apple tree near Appomattox. The country is peopling as it never did. The danger is inunda? tion. Why if you don't hobble some of your leaders, you'll have to enlarge your corporate limits to make room for cotton factories! Frog Culture. Charleston World. Any man who has a pond on his farm can try the experiment of raising his own frogs. First, let him buy, say, eix.pairs of fine New Jersey breeders and dump them into the water. With these for a starter you may select a quantity of domestic bactracean, and then you will have the neucleus of a fortune. Don't interfere with your water investment any more for a year than to keep your growing stock well supplied with food. They require^an abundance, but as they are not very dainty in their taste the expense ac? count will be light. For a young farm two barrels a day of hotel table scraps will keep the frogs in splendid shape, so that at the end of twelve months you can begin marketing all you can fish out at the same price as spring chickens. A writer thoroughly posted on the subject says : "Give me the time and facilites, and I will wager that at thc end of two years I will be living on an income of ?5,000, and my frogs will pay all ex A commercial tourist informs the Anniston, Ala., Watchman that as he was coming over from Atlanta a few days since, an old lady boarded his train at Tallapoosa, occupied a seat near him and, from her actions, was experiencing her first ride on the cars. The train was moving at a high rate of speed, when it ran on the high trestle between Anniston and that place, where it seemed as if the train was suspended in mid-air The old lady convulsively grasped the seat and ' seemed to hold her breath until the opposite side of the chasm was reached, when she gave a deep sigh of relief and exclaimed : 'Thank God, she's lit !' migg i t I i - - "Coconut," atul Not "Cocoannt." It may interest readers to know that ? recent number of the new quarterly, Annals of Botany, contains a short article by Professor Bayley Balfour upon thc correct spelling of this word. He shows that etymology and early authority alike make "coconut" the correct form for the fruit of the coco palm, and that "cocoanut" is merely a relic of the igno? rance of those who supposed cocoa and chocolate to be obtained from the coco? nut. This "ignorance, madam, pure ignorance!" was unfortunately shared by Dr. Johnson at the time when he prepared his "Dictionary," and although ho afterward learned otherwise, and in his "Life of Drake" correctly wrote coco, plural cocoes, this was after the publication of the last edition of the "Dictionary" in his lifetime, so that he had no opportunity of correcting his un? fortunate and misleading error. Botanists, however, long continued to use the correct form-some have never ceased to do so-and Professor Balfour now calls upon them to unite in ban? ishing the blundering "cocoa nut,''and in putting an end to a mischievous con? fusion between coco, cocoa and ceca, which are the three entirely distinct veg? etable products. For coco he is able to cite no* only Dr. Johnson's own use as opposed to his Dictionary, but the use of the laureate, who in "Enoch Arden" writes: The slendor coco's drooping crown of fievrers. Dr. Murray is also quoted as writing, .'I shall certainly use coco in the dic? tionary, ".^and treat cocoa as an incorrect by form.-Notes and Queries. Prione?? In tho 17 o nv* ti o ld. There is heat enough wasted around an onljnnry kitchen range-to say nothing of the furnace--to furnish all the power needed to run the sewing machine, pump water for an elevator, and light the dwelling hy electricity. Tho same waste ^ of heat of tho rooking apparatus mighl l?e marie to ecol the house in summer-:.ud to dispense with thc ice hil!. When nitrate of ammonia, fer exam? ple, is dissolved in water it ?*.^orbs an. enormous amount of heat aiv\ the prin? ciple is readily applied ir. the construc? tion of refrigerating cha'abcrs. Properly elaborated and located chose could be so arranged as to Ieee;, iv ?nts, etc., better than the ordinary :ee x>x, co cool water for drinking rucie v. ^olesomelv than the i average ice sirppl*;, and to send volumes I of cold air 'low-j through shafts to reg^, j tors in tho ce^fogs of rooms so tb\L {?0 ! heat of su'jrtmer might be tapered as ! certainly RS the cold of winter. Tho same Ripply of the ammonia salt may bo used, repeatedly by - vaporing the water, ror which p?nase th* xvast* heat a!x>vo spoken of orjuld bo utilized. The possi? bilities of applied scienca in the house? hold have not, b_eeu even nibb?oci at. T-gc News., ? " i Pftc^HViNG FOOD IN CANS. Vast Proportions of t?:c Industry-The ?JousckeepsrN I?'?O?I. An industry ia this country which has ^rown ta enormous proportions is that cf preserving food products by canning and bottling. * in ISO? M. Appert, a distin? guished French chemist, found that or? ganic substances remained fresh an in? definite cime by being kept from contact with the air. Comparatively little use was made of this invention for many years, except by sailors. About the year I80?. however, a small local trade sprang up in this country in canned oysters and tomatoes. The discovery of gold in Cal? ifornia gave an. impetus to the trade, but tlie first great expansion of it was during the civil war. Since that time the canned goods trade has advanced by leaps and bounds until at present there is a capital of $11,000,000 invested here in fruit and vegetable canning alone, giv? ing employment to 35,000 persons, who earn yearly $3.000,000, and turn out of goods $20,000,000, leaving a net profit of about 20 per cent, to the investors. During the war advantage was taken by the Union commissariat department of the economy in bulk and the ease in transportation of conned goods. Canned meat was found useful for rations in forced marches; conned milk was a val? uable substitute for fresh milk in the hospitals when the latter could not bc had, and the health of the army was largely maintained by canned fruit and vegetables. At the end of the war those engaged in the manufacture of these goods turned their attention to supplying the European markets with salmon and lobster. The lobster export-4rade had started ten years previously in the New England states. Soon after the Canadians began the sal? mon packing industry, but lid not meet with success. But the utilization of the enormous run cf salmon up the Columbia and other rivers on the Paciac coast put. new life into the industry. Some idea of how much the trade has grown may be gathered from the fact that, while in ISO G the pack of ealmon was only 4,000 cases, during the past four years it has averaged 3,800,000. The next great era in the trade was the compression of corned beef. Chi? cago, being a great cattle center, at once embarked heavily in this enterprise. Foreign governments largely recognized the value of this system of preserving beef. They ordered large quantities of it for consumption by their war forces. Much of this was stored as a reserve in case cf war, but as the supply was ex? hausted it has been continually renewed, to the profit of the American. The success of the Americans in can? ning goods provoked the English and French people to emulation. Unable to compete with the United States in what had been already done, they turned their attention to the canning of delicacies. This trade was developed to a very large extent ia Europe, and extended to this country. But the importation cf these goods has fallen o?r in recent years, as this country has gene into the manufac? ture of this class of goods, and produces a much cheaper article, net at all inferior to the imported. The development of the canned goods industry has been great, but the variety of articles treated in this way has been even greater. Beginning as it did with ship's beef, it has extended until it em? braces nearly all the desirable products of the animal and vegetable kingdom. Lieut. Greely, after his famous arctic expedition, said that canned apples, peaches, pears, rhubarb, green peas, green com, onions, potato? and tomatoes were ah subjected to the temperature of 60 degs. below zero. They were solid for many months at a time, the second sum? mer they thawed, and the fellowing winter they wore frozen solid again. When these articles were eaten they pre? sented the same appearance as though freshly canned, and their flavor was as good when the lost con was opened as during thc ?rst month. Canned goods have proved a great boon to the housekeeper. In cities, at any rate, the goods preserved are cheaper than if bought in the fresh condition. Tliis arises from the fact that they ore always packed where the material is cheapest and most abundant. A great economy is exercised, too, by the whole? sale preparation of meat and fish. The popular idea that canned goods are injurious to health is a mistake. Tin, which forms the coating of the thin iron plates of which tl ie cans are made, is not acted cn at all by any ordinary acids or by the gases of decomposition. Certain firms in this cit> have fellowed up every case of alleged poisoning from canned without finding a single one of authentic. The ordinary pr?cau? tions of taste and smell as applied to fresh goods are a salaci?n: protection against danger in similar goods when canned, and, judging by the progress of the past decade in this method of food preservation, it seems likely to have a still larger future before il. -Nev/ York Sun. Tho irliintifactnro of Cr?ltcI?CS. There are but three factories in tho United Stares ir. which crutches are ex? clusively manu?actnrexi, one each in Dos toa, Philadelphia and New York. Tin crutches which meet with the readiest sale aro those with clastic tors, which are generally made of rosewood, lancewood or roc'?: maple; with a patent rubber cushioned bottom. They sell for ?12 a pair. Ti ie "cow horn" crutch is mactc of a cheap grade of maple with nickel plated f?rrales. Tile handles are securely fastened by a wiro rivet naming through lx>?h sides of the crutch and handles. This is light, tasty and durable. The arm pieces and handles r.re made of black cherry. Tins crutch brings $10 ::t retail Bia ny crutches ::re mode to order, then price depending upon the material em? ployed in their construction. Some cos*" a? high as $-100 a pair.-Detroit Fl-ee Press.* Almost :i desecration. What more melancholy sigh*, (han an old person so far down the \,jp, fnat thc tuninl: and din cf toe sr aggie upon its crest is already duli i;r _,n theVar-a vicar old lady, with dim ?yes ?nd ihittcrme foots:??-san-; Mini?: ?j hearing; condemned to the crowd, i\iQ ?rl?re, thc manifold exigencies ot -A hotel? Dot-* il not seem a de? ^oratio" a 0f the solemn quiet of old are, toe gentle pence th st should -. ;:>: rino too last v-csrs of a wei! spent life ? Mrs Fran!. Leslie in Philadelphia Taues i J Dtda't Ilniw ?T? rt:s No^tiVcr?. A distinguished clergyman once asked a gentleman to contribute money for fort i;;n mission.;, and received the reply: '%i don't believe In fort missions. I won't give anything except to home mis? sions. I want to bo.eoiit my neighbor^" "Weil," responded roe doctor, -whom do you regard as your neighbors?*' '*\^fhy, those around tue." "Po von mean the.se wl?cse land joins you i's-' "Yes." '?Well how much land do you own:" '?About SCO acres." "How far down do you own ii?" .'Why, I never thought of it before, but I suppose I own lialf way through." . 'Exactly, '* was the reply. ''I suppose rou do, and I want ibis rooney for thc Chinese, the men wb<ve loud joins yours on the bo^om^-Pacnlc, THE TRUE BLOODHOUND, A Descendant cf the Dear Hounds of Old England-Characteristics. : The true bloodhound originated from the old Talbot breed of Northern England. From these deer hounds of old England j the modern Texas bloodhounS is de? scended. Of course there art other spe? cies of bloodhounds, viz., the Siberian bloodhound, which is an immense ani j mal, and too entirely ferocious to use in j the pursuit cf any human being, and the j Cuban cr Spanish bloodhound, which is i nearly akin to the one just named. These latter were used by the Spanish colonists ! to track Indians, and in later times to re j claim fugitive slaves, but they have ? rarely, if ever, been used by any ene in i the United States, They-are, besides,' an entirely different breed of dogs. The Cuban bloodhound is a combina? tion of the deer hound, the ferocious mastiff and the Russian (cr Siberian) greyhound. They thus unite the uner? ring scent of the deer'hound, the savage bloodthirstiness of the mastiff and the fleetness of the greyhound. They will track a fugitive, and, having 'bayed*!! him, will tear him in pieces. Far different from this terribie animal is the genuine Texas bloodhound. The name "blood" hound is, in fact, in a cer? tain sense, a misnomer. The Texas hound is net a savage animal, save when . wounded, or when resistance is made. They are true descendants of the splen? did animais which made such royal sport for the Norman kings and nobles. Gen? tle, patient, untiring and magnificent ia strength, they are at once the patricians of their race and the favorites of their masters. The cruel admixture of blood which gives the Cuban hound his devil? ish hatred of a fleeing foe is, l?appily, absent from the physical development of our" American hounds. Indeed, public opinion would not for a moment tolerate the use of the Cuban hound in pursuit of criminals, even cf the most desperate character. The object to be attained by the use of bloodhounds is not the death or mangling of rho man pursued, but his capture, and the hound is, therefore, called into recraisition not on account cf his powers of destruction, but- because his unerring instinct will guide him straight and true on the path the culprit has taken, even though twerir^foar hours may have elapsed and rains hive fallen and winds have blown to render . the scent cold and faint and perplexing. These nobie animals have inherited all the instincts cf their forefathers.-who gave back the deep and mellow echo of their bay in English glades in response to the notes blown by royal lips. When Cour de Lion and his noble train pursued the fleeing stag through sunny Sherwood's forest aisles they knew* by the note of the hound that the ant? lered foe, arrow stricken and bleeding, was bayed by the faithful pack, but only bayed. The panting animal did not at? tempt to slake his thirst in the blood of his majestic prey, as the Cuban hound would have done, but sore and farnishing as he was, he kept the buck on the de? fensive until tie hunters arrived,, ard it was only when the arm of his royal or noble master had driven home the sharp steel bia'qe that he ventured to feast on the rich, red current which flowed from the stricken throat of the gallant foe which had led him many a-weary milo that day over bog and moor, mountain stream and bosky thicket. And in this power of restraint consists the great, the.true value ^of the.Texas blocr?.?und. He responds fai^ollyto the inherited instincts of his race^Tramed to track a stag, he will follow brm until he has bayed him, and will leave the victim unharmed until the arrival of the hunter. Trained to track man, he will do the same thing exactly. Hence, as sheriffs do not desire the death but the capture of criminals, it wilr easily be seen how far superior the Texas hound is to his Cuban "cousin, and how mach better adapted to the needs of a homage and civilized people. It may be taken as an absolute fact that no fugitive need fear harm from a Texas bloodhound if, when brought to a stand, he will remain quiet until his * captors come. If he offei*s resistance, continues his flight or wounds the hound, why, then the hound will do just as his master would do under similar circur.i stances, and resort io extreme measures to defend himself.- Galveston Cor. Globe Democrat. The Avlona Are Tew* In speaking to his daughter of his early struggles for an education, the kite Judge Jere" Biack told her that in his youth he considered thp multitude of law books and despaired of learning law. Recover? ing himself, iie set to work manfully and became one of the greatest lawyerscf. the country, not, as he tolls us, by learning ail the books contained, but by learning that all right law rests on a few plain # principles. The mastery of these and the ability to apply them makes the great lawyer to whom the world looks as to one "who speaks wi?h authority." It is so in every department of human knowledge. TIH> axioms are few. The difficulty is in reaching them, h-dden as J tliey are under a vast multitude of con- ? elusions, legitimate and legitimate, true " j anet false. Ability togo straight to the I first principles is the highest gift of right j education. A trained memory is a mess j valuable mental faculty if it results in j this faculty cf penetration. Without ii the trained memory has little value ex j cept for display. Cr, we might say more? i correctly, that it has no result reaching ! value. -St. Louis Republican. A .Tudro cf Horses. A city tail officio! who has owned a bay lior?^ for. the last seven years has I been tallr ^g of buying another to match ! luV% z' jji tl ie ether day some of the boys j we'-.?, up to the barn and brought his I Cquins down and hitched bim : i front cf I the building, and then had the owner j come out and took at him. I "That Least/" he said, as he looked into his mouth, "is ai! cf 20 years old. I also notice that he is spavined and weak in the back. " "Oh. you arc mistaken, sir," replied thc seller. "I warrant Ima as sound as a dollar." "Don't attempt to jockey mer said the owner. "I wouldn't give-you $73 ! for han. Talle about a match! Whv, j he's three shades lighter, COO pounds j heavier, and looks like an old cow beside my horse! You'd hotter make a dicker ! with same expressman.M^ Detroit Free j Preis. j _._ **n<??.i::-?" tho MRChtne. Thc schemes whereby the knowing ; cues nowadays beat tlic "drop-a-nickel" machino aro so numerous dat the?husi ness is threatened with ruin. The man? ner in winch the weighing machine ist swindled is thus told by one who has. tried it on: "Just place the scle of your ! boot against the edge of the upper plate form, push hard and sudden and thens jump quickly on thc platform: that big: hand of fate will tell you your weight just as surely and correctly as if you*, hadV. . acted 'straight' on the machine and pail - your lonely nickel. Some fellows have been dropping lead-slugs, just the weiglifc ^ of a nickel, into the slit; eo* f rom;a?^?pf. pearances, I think t?ie^t?ay-of the *<iror>-^ Jv . a-nickeF schemes is Lu the^jpa^.''3^^ I cago T?^^^w?i?i^?Sf