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ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THITRSDAY, APR THE BOOERS OF THE PROMISED LAND. . Lively Times Looked For in Oklahoma. Thirty Thousand Boomers Already in Line-The War Department Antici pating Serious Troab3e. CHICAGO, April 18.-A dispatch from Wichita, Kansas, says: The first se riousaffray amongtheboomersoccurred yesteday, about ten miles North of Keowa. Two boomers claimed a cer tain quarter section, and one, named George Kramer, undertook to put the other, Charles Heidke, off the land. Both men drew revolvers and Kramer was shot and instantly killed. Heldke was shot through the groin and may die. Oklahoma Harry Hill, one of the oldest boomers in Kangpm- left for the Territory last Frida d has not since been heard He was expected to return'8 y, and his disappearance is ysterious. The last heard-of ' .a$ from Purcell. He left that village Sunday evening saying that he would ride over to Oklahoma City. Monday noon his dog was found shot throng the head. A reward of $600 has been offered for his discovery, and this reward will be greatly increased. A dispatch from Arkansas City,Kan sas, says: If the bearing and general get-up of the men who have arrived here thus far go for anything, it may be pretty safely assumed that Oklahoma after the openinggdays, will be the scene of many bloody conflicts. The streets of Arkansas City are filled with men, each one of whom is a walking arsenal. Every man regards his neighbor with distrust. Everybody that-arrives here and takes in the warlike appearance of the surroundings beginsstraight way to look out-for the authorities, and the most well disposed settlers are horrified to hear that in Oklahoma there is scar cely any law other than that of a strong band. Already there has been formed an organization called the Oklahoma League whose object is to protect, by force, if necessary, what they claim to be their rights. The members have all selected theirlands as far back as fifteen years ago, and now claim to own them by right of preemption. He will have to be a better shot than the members of the League whose tract he claims. THIRTY THOUSAND BOOMERS IN LINE. ARKANSAS CITY, Kansas, April 18. At 5 o'clock this morning a rumor just infrom Capt. Haye's camp says the camp is alive and getting ready to ao company the boomers across the Chero. kee:Strip. Nearly 30,000 are here and in-line. They have been or dered to move in an orderly manner along the established trails. If any fences are destroyed or other depreda, tions committed the whole line -will be stopped and the guilty ones turned back. The grand procession will be accompanied by twenty to thirty re porters on ponies, now stationed with the cavalry at Chilliecoo Creek. The trouble, if any, will soon begin. The Chicago camp began moving is line-last night. It is reported that 100 of the tough element started at mid. night for the border to sell whiskey and cigars to those who had any money '. left. Plunder will be their next move. United States Commissioner Bensell and Captain Hayes allowed two men to construct bridges at Salt Creek and Chilliccoo Creek, and for their compen sation charge boomers 25 cents to cross. An old ferry boat on Salt Fork, which~ lay idle for years, will be brought intc service. Arrangements for the press to enter Guthrie on Monday have been com pleted. At a meeting of newspapei men last night, Mr. Eckert and C. C. Cox of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat were appointed a committee to labor with the Santa Fe officials for special service. A special car will be provided on the first train on Monday morning for the journalists, reaching the line .between the strip and Oklahoma ex actly at noon. The comniittee has power to start a special train back and drop any special matter at Winefleld an here. EHe scarcity of wires in this has obliged the reporters to h combine and send out as much of their news as possible to the first repeating stations in duplicate, it is the~ Only way to get matters through. A-heavy electric storm is interrupting the working of the wires this morning. LIvELY wORK FOR THE ARMY. WASHINGTON, April 1S.-It is very apparent here that officers of the army are tiled with the liveliest apprehen sion regarding the opening of Oklaho ma. The Secretary of War has au thorized the statement that the govern. ment is fully aware of the situation, .and has arranged to take all propez .steps to prevent trouble. It is knows .that the subject has formed the main topic .for discussion at recent Cabinet meetings, and that the Attorney Gen eral has been called upon to decide questions as to the authority tf the War Department to act in case of strife, bloodshed or violence in the newly opened country. The instructions sent to commandants of troops in Oklaho ma, at the result of the opinion ren. dered by the Attorney General, were extremely guarded. They are under stood to direct army officers to assist in the maintenance of the law, but to carefully observe regulations defining their authority and leave arrests for violations of the law to the Marshals. The President might in case of serious disturbance, declare martial law over the Territory, but this could not be d-Avance of a breach of the peacE the machinery of the governmnent would, it Is feared, be too slow mov ing to meet the great emergency whic iy arise. The arrny regulation on the subject provides for interference by the troops in an emergency only in case of interruption to the carriage of the mails or assaults upon United States property, but under a somewhat strained construction it may form a reason assigned for the use of troops to prevent or restrain bloodshed in the Territory. CURIOSITIES IN GEORGIA. Suecessful Deer Farms and the Pretty L4ttle Guinea Cow. [Atlanta Constitution.] VALDoSTA, April 13.-Did you ever hear of or see a deer farm: Whether you did br not, these are two here and deers are raised just like chickens or irrkeys. It costs no more to raise venison than it does turkey and there can be no argument as to which is the finest meat. Deer farming is now a venture, but it has been tried and proven a success by such men as Mayor W. L. Thomas and Mr. J. C. Hunt. Each of these gentlemen have a drove of deer that run about in a pasture like cattle. The only difference between the two pastures is that it is necessary to enclose the deer within a wire fence about twelve feet high. Each of the above named gentlemen have a. pasture of this kind planted in rye, upon which their herds of deer graze and keep roll ing fat. In the winter it is, of course, necessary to feed them upon grain, but as a deer can be fed on the same quan tity, or very little more, than a turkey the cost of raising them . is very slight while they sell at a high rate. At present neither Messrs. Thomas nor Hunt raise more than a dozen annu ally, and consequently they have not yet cormenced selling the venison, as their families will consume that amount. But within a few years each of the gentlemen will doubtless realize a handsome sum upon their deer farms. The original stock came from the country below here on the Florida line, which abounds in - deer at present. They were captured when young, and the herds are now as gentle and kind as Jersey cattle. THE GUINEA COW. Lowndes county also produces a little cow which is indeed a curiosity. It is the same distance in beigth, length and width, and is supported by legs not more than twelve inches in length. It bears the name of the guinea cow, The first were. . ught bere fr)m Spain by an old Spaniard who came to this country before the war. ~ The cow is very small and chunkey, but it keeps rolling fat on al most nothing, and is a splendid milker, the average giving from three to three and a half gallons of milk per day. Mr. R. L. Stapler has a herd of fifty perfect little beauties. He disposes of young cows for $100 each, which almost equals the price paid for Jerseys. While their milk is not so rich os the Jersey, the people here prefer the guinea. THE BLACK LYNCHERS. Governor Richardson Warmly Applauded for Pardoning Them. [From the New York World.] In pardoning two negroes convicted of murder for participating in the lynching of a white man Governlor Richardson, of South Carolina, has shown himself to be a brave and just Executive. Many negroes have been lynched in that State for crimes against white women, but no white man, be forethis instance, has been subjected to the same fate for a similar crime against colored women. *As ne white man has been hanged for .helping to lynch negroes, though the cases have been numbeous, Governor Richardson does not think it just to hang the first negroes ever convicted of imitating the example of white mobs. This is right. Nothing is more fundamentally demo cratic than equal justice for equal citizens. There should not be one rule of morals or one law for white ruffians, and another rule and another code for blacks. In emphasizing this truth Governor Richardson has done his State and tbe South generally a notable. service. Equal and exact justice for all classes and conditions of men is the essence of good government. [From the New York Tribune.] Governor Richardson, of South Caro lina, has taken a courageous and just stand, for which he deserves great credit. T wo colored men were recently convicted of lynching a white man wbo had commltted ashocking crime. They were the first men who had been con victed of lynching, and the Governor granted them a full pardon, saying frankly that he would not allow them to be made an example of so long as white men had never been punished for the same crime, especially in view of the fact that it was the first time colored men had lynched any one. It *was Governor Richardson also who lately pardoned out two little children who had been sentenced to imprison ment for life for stealing a few dollars' worth of things, and released a number of victims of the barbarous laws of South Carolina. Verily, he shall have his reward. To dream of a ponderous whale, Erect on the tip of his tail, Is the sign of a storm (If the weather is warm), Unless it should happen to fail. Dreams don't amount to much, any how. Some signs, however, are in fallible. If you are constipated, with no appetite, tortured with sick head ache and bilious symptoms, these signs indicate that you need Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets. They will A STATEMENT FROM GEN. PRYOR. He Denies that He Walked Into the Lines of the Enemy. [Charleston World.] A few weeks ago there appeared in the Abbeville Medium an editorial pur porting to be an account of the manner in which Gen. Pryor "happened to re linquish his Southern citizenship," in which occurs the following statement: "A short time before the fall of Peters burg, he came to the picket line of Mc Gowan's Brigade and crossed over, pre tensively to get news about the Yankees. He waived a newspaper at a Yankee officer. They met between the lines and conversed for some time. Pryor locked arms with him and walked into the lines of the enemy. He turned his back on old Virginia. his own State, and everything Southern. He left his people in the darkest hour in the face of the enemy, who had their cannon trained on the city, where he had left his wife. We know this to be true, for the editor of the Medium wrote out for General Lee the full particulars of his desertion as it was narrated by Lieutenant Reeder of Orr's rifles, who was in command of that part -of the picket line where the desertion took place." In response to the above, General Pryor has sent the following letter to the Charleston World for publication: 11 WALL STRRET, NEW YORK, April 11, 1889. . DEAR SIR: I have to say that the story contained in the paragraph en closed is a cruel and atrocious calumny. The custom of exchanging tobacco for Northern newspapers was common on the outposts of the two armies; and was of great use in supplying General Lee with information of the movement of the-Federal forces. Burnside's corps having disappeared from our front, it was important to ascertain whither it had gone; and to get the information I undertook to procure the Northern papers in the usual way. I was invited, by a signal from a Feaeral soldier to an exchange of papers. and suspecting no bad faith, I advanced to meet him. But it seems, orders bad been issued by the Federal commander to stop a prar tice of such service to us; and accord ingly, when I met the soldier he seized my right arm; and my pistol being buttoned under my"overcoat, I was in capable of resistance(agaiust the power ful man who griped me with one hand, while he held a pistol in the other. Moreover, I was within range of the fire of a party of Federal soldiers: so that escape was simply impossible. I am not ashamed to confess that my capture wrung from my tears of unut terable anguish. The circumistancesof the capture were well understood at the time, and were published in the news papers. I was carried a prisoner to Fort LaFayette; detained there for months, in close confinement; and finally paroled for exchange. I imme diately returned to Virginia; but, an -iateraaption ie the esehuinge of prison ers, preve=ted'my entering again into active service. With the officers of the Confederate army, from Lee down, I maintained after the close of the war, relations of unbroken confidence and repard; and from the people of the South I have received nothing but tokens of esteem-several of which are conspicuous and, to me, very precious. My life, in the South as well as in the North, has been open to observation; and I leave those who know me to say whether any act of mine, betrays me to he capable of the infamy, no-'so ruth lessly imputed to me by thosa who thus seek to discredit my political opinions. Those opInions may be mis taken; but God knows that they are inspired by no other motive than an anxious solicitud,e for the welfare of the people of the South. Very respectfully, ROGER A. PRYOR. P. S.-The enclosed letter from Gen eral Wilcox to my son, of then exist ence of which I am just infornmed, gives the facts as it was known to be at the time. RA. P. .WAsHINGTON, June 6, 1885. DEAR. DR. PRYORt Your letter of the 2d instant received at this moment, and I reply at once. Gcneral Pryor, when captured, was doing what had been done on many occasions. but with out orders-exchanging newspapers with the enemy. At least, this was the report made to me at the time, the truth of which was never questioned. The point where he crossed our skirm ish line was a little to the right of De Boissean's house, as reported to me. Whilst it was against orders to hold communication with the enemy, both sides were very glad to have late papers from the other side; in fact, they were eagerly sought after by both Federal and Confederatecommanders. When the details of the manner in which the General was captured were reported to me I went to General Lee's headquarters and imade report of the same, and reqiue ted peimmssi>)n to wvrite to General Meade, asking it' he would return him. I wrote Meade that while it was against General Leec's orders to hold conmmunication with the enemy, and no doubt his own orders forbade it, yet, as it was donecontinually it seemed that the return of General Pryor as a prisoner could be dispensed with, and I noped he wouid return him. Genera,M eade replied very promiptly stating that it was against his express orders to hold comnmunication with the enemy; and he had but .a short time before, dismissed t wo Captains for that very'thing-exchianging newspapers and Pryor would have to except the re sults of his own indiscretion. This is my recollection of the case, and it is no doubt correct. It was never intimated or suggested that he has gone volun tarily into the enemy's line with the intention of remaining. Had this been supposed for an instant, I would have never requested permission of General Lee, nor would he had given it, to wrIte to General Meade requesting the return of Pryor. General Meade's letter, stat ing that he had dismissed two officers for the same thing-exchanging news papers-tells what Pryor was doing at the time he was captured. Regretting that I should, at this late. date, be re quested to write a letter such as the above. I am very sincerely and truly your friend. (Signed) C. M. WILcox. It seems to us that the paper which originated the cruel story, as well as those, which by reproducing it, have done a grave wrong to a brave au<.good man, should, in common justice to General Pryor, give as great publicity to this denial. Don't hawk, hawk, blow,aspit, and disgust everybody with your offensive breath, but use Dr. .Bage's Catarrh Remedy and end it. 50 cts., by drug areater Prosperity Than Ever Before I Known in Ar,erica. - Cl [Manufacturers' Record.] The great industrial development :hroughout the South continues :to show an ever-increasing activity, and :he attention of Northern capitalists is eing turned Southward as never be- L ore. New England, which has here- at ofore sent itssurplus capital and energy K o the West, is now making heavy in- di vestment in the South, and Hon. He..- r ry B. Pierce, Secretary of State of Mas- su iachusetts, in a letter to the Man ufac- of turers' Record, published in this ieek's m ssue, referring to this fact and to the PI vast mineral wealth of this section, re ;ays: "I am thoroughly convinced of that it is to be the great iron center of w he world, and that the people will marvel at the growth which will be L Drought about during the next twenty- S Eve years. * * I predict for the New tb south an era of prosperity which shall selipse any which has ever been Z4 ichieved in any other seeEion of our P( reat country, so remarkable for its of ;uccesses in that line." Governor D. H. Goodell, of New Hampshire, in an tk nterview with a correspondent of the tb &tanufacturers' Record, referring to ,the reat success which has attended the R Drganization of a $4,000,000 company of N New England capitalists to ~build a town at Fort Payne, Ala., says that 0r there are over 1,900 stockholders in this 1. :ompany and "the success of this ven- nm ture will have for its effect the diver- sI sion in great measure of New England sl. apitalists to build a town at Fort Payne, Ala., says that there are over re 1,900 stockholders in this company and cr 'the success of this venture will have 18 for its effect the diversion. in great measvre of New England capital from w the West to the South, for this solitary ar enterprise has done more to awaken 3ur people to the opportunities offered D by the South than all other attractions that the last ten years have brought V rorth.3' Thus New England capital as well as the vast accumulations of A wealth in New York are turning southward for investment. This means Cl in era of unprecedented activity. As illustrating the progress .which is now G being made throughout the South and which should stimulate the people of R every town in that section to renewed mergy. Florence, Ala., which seven Ti months ago had probably not over 2,500 inhabitants and comparatively few in- G Justrial enterprises, has since the first >f last September, been able, by the S mergy of its business:men, to secure the location there of twenty new factories, H every one of which is either at work or L :lse Its buildings .are under construe- te tion, the aggregate cash capital of these plants being $1,500,00, and the el number of hands to be employed up= tt wards of 5,000, while about 1.000 dwel- b lings and business houses have been comimenced since the first of January, L and still greater progress is predicted. 01 While Fort Payne's development is :lu. to New England men and money, 01 this wonderful growth of Florence has E come" almost wholly through the work hi of Southern men. A mong other enter- ri prises reported by the Manufacturers' ra Record for the week are $200,000 coal and coke company at Birmiingham; of rolling mill and pottery works at Fort fi< Payne; the purchase of 30.000 acres qf Alabama coal land by New England ti espitalists; a $1,000,000 coal mining ti company in Arkansas; six cotton-seed :>il mills, three of them to be very Si arge, one at Baton Louge, La., one at S] Charlotte, N. C., and one at Uouston, of Texas; a 150,000 furniture factory comn panyat Ashville, N. C., a $150,000 furni- b4 Lure company, Lenoir, N. C.; 5,000- L spindle cotton mill at Concord, N. C., where a 300,000 cot ton mill and a $1,- Jo )00,000 cotton bag factory were reported of ast week; a cotton mill at Laurens, S. C. D. In every part of the South this re- h rnarkable activity is seen, and every te lay adds to the list of enterprises which* ar tre destined to add so immeasurably to jo the wealth of this whole section. One town after another steps into line, and Fa is Mr. Frederic Taylor, the New York 3anker, said in his letter in the Manu Facturers' Record last week, there is "a tU aontinuous and unbroken strain of a what has been aptly termed the music f progress, 'rhe whir of the spindle, n the buzz of the saw, the roar of the bi rurnace and the throb of the locomo- ti~ tive.' '.'1 RAIN DEFEATS FEVER. -- C BrazIl's Awful Epidemi e Shows Signs of Disappearing. e [From the New York Hearld- um Rio JAEIRo, March 23.-Dr. Rain p md his assistant, Dr Coolness, arrived se *n Rio on Sunday last and have done mE ~heir work so well and rapidly that e, within a week the mortality of the city tl: Iropped from one hundred to forty, the tl atter little more than one-fourth the b< umber on the Sth. And from all the places aff'ected with yellow fever except at santos, wherein, although much re- st luced, the mortality is still excessive, at idings have been received indicative )f the immediate disappearance of the iv ~pid.emic. of Relieved, therefore, from the strain of 0 :heir numerous calls, the Rio medicos tt iave taken to a bitter quarrel not only p, is to the causes of the extraordinary sa miortality earlier in the month, hut also is to the nomenclature of the epidemic, is though it.mttered anything to the victims what Latin or Greek neologism killed them. The majoriy of the medi :os appear, however, inclined to the tc >pinion that the deadly "pernicious tl .ttack" was merl yellow fever, ren jered fulminating bythe great heat and ~ by the unusual development of the d< ewer gas ao scientifically laid on in Rio a tevery house and discharged bf venti THE KNIGHTS OF HONOR. ose of the Grand Lodge of the State Election of Officers for the Ensuing Year. [Special to News and Courier.] COLUMBIA, April 18.-The Grand >dge, Knights of Honor, reconvened 9 o'clock this morning in the nights of Pythias Hall. The first scussion of-the day was upon the port of the committee on laws and pervision, recommending that four the elective officers and six com itteemen be dispensed with, and their aces filled by appointment from the presentatives elected to each session the Grand Lodge. This proposition as defeated. A motion to change the Grand adge's time of meeting from April to ptember, was freely discussed and en defeated. Messrs. M. A. Carlisle and L. N. aly, of the committee on finance, re rted that they had found the records the Grand Lodge correctly kept. The committee on appeals reported at no cases of appeal had come before em The following resolution, offered - by epresentative G. W. Holland, of ewberry, was adopted: That the Grand Lodge offer to sub dinate Lodges two prizes as follows: A cash prize of $20 to the subordi Lte Lodge reporting to the next ses )n the largest increase of member. 1p by initiation. 2. A cash prize of $10 to that Lodge porting the largest -.rcentage of in ease in its membership on April 1, 89. The election of Grand Lodge officers as then entered into with the result inounced below: W. W. Simons, of Charleston, Grand ictator. P. K. McCully, of Anderson, Grand ice Dictator. W. H. Lockwood, of Beaufort, Grand ;sistant Dictator. N. N. Burton, of. Batesburg, Grand iaplain. J. W. Moore, of Hampton, Grand uide. G. W. Holland, of Newberry, Grand eporter. J. T. Robertson, of Abbeville, Grand -easurer.. N. W. Trump, of Columbia, Grand uardian. - J. L. Addison, of Edgefield, Grand ,ntinel. J. A.. Henneman, of. Spartanburg, . Ryttenburg, of Sumpter, and F. H. Dndon, of Rock Hill, Grand Trus es. W. W. Simons, of Charleston, was ected Supreme Representative for e term of two years, and M, L. Bon tm, Jr., of Columbia, alternate. The per capita tax of subordinate adges for the next year was fixed at ie dollar. After the installation of the new ficers resolutions of thanks to the nights of Honor of Columbia for their )spitalities and courtesies, and to the ilroads and hotels for reductions in tes, were unanimou'sly adopted. Past Grand Dictator Edmund Bacon, Spartanburg, then gave an exempli ~ation of the secret work of the Order. The Grand Dictator then announced te following sitanding committees for .e ensuing year. On Laws and Supervision-John C. ieppard, of Edgefield, E. Bacon, of artanburg, and M. B. McSweeney, Hampton. On Finance--M. A. Carlisle, of New ~rry, B. M. Lebby, of Charleston, and N. Zealy, of Columbia. The Grand Lodge then, at 12 in., ad. urned sine die. The representatives the Order made a fine impression in >lumbia. Few conventions ever held tre have been composed of better ma rial. The weather has been delicious id the visitors have apparently en yed themselves thoroughly. Ietories Built oun the Assesernent Plan. D. A. Tomnkins of Charlotte writes in c Baltimore Manufacturers' Record follows: "In Charlotte, N. C., two mills are >w in operation, both' of which were iilt on the building and loan associa >n plan, the assessment on the shares one of them being at the rate of fifty nts per week each, and the other renty-five cents. At Rock Hill, S. ,and at severol other points in the edmiont region, rmills are no0w being nstructed on the above plan. "The assessments continue of course itil the entire one hundred dollars rshare is paid in full. The plan rves not only the purpose of being a eans,to get a factory, but creates an :cellent saving institutiod, much of e money which is paid into it being e vestpocket money which goes no dy knows where. "At fifty cents per share per week out tour years is required to pay the >ck in full, and twenty-five cents lout double that time. "One of the companies at Charlotte ill have a capital stock, when paid up, $125,000, and the other about $100, 0. Many a dollar is being put into em by men who pay regularly and omptlp, but which would never be ved at all except for the obligation hich this stock creates. New bank Bulking at Anderson. ANDERSON, April 18.-Anderson is have another beautiful structure on e public square. The Farmers' and erchants' Bank of Anderson have .cided to build, and have purchased lot from Capt. P. K. McCully. Work ill hgin hy the 1st of August. A s.y-Goat. One of the humorous episodesin th< y book is the description of the characte f and adventures of a bucking-goat oncA e owned in a mining camp by Mr.. Pep f perell, and suggestively named "Per cussion." Of the general nature o: t this animal, who would atiack any d thing from an Indian to a landslido e Mr. Pepperell said : .. "Now, as you know, gentlemen b there is a good deal of dynamite in s .. billy-goat. It won't do to drop an te I one suddenly, unless you want to lx t lifted. Any man who runs againsi a goat without telegraphing -him be t forehand, acts as if his business educa, tion had been neglected. -For a goal is the embodiment of a terrific energy when aroused, and nothing starts hin quicker than a sudden appearance t Any man who approaches him with. . out circumspection is liable to lose e some part of himself. More than one man has lost his balance and his self esteem by such carelessness. Both s these essentials of standing and char t acter are apt to remain absent during . the entire interview. "A goat is endowed with greal o quickness of apprehension, and he acts on his impulses. When a goat of t the masculine gender stands and gazes r at you with a look of curious delibe - ration in his eyes, you will, ifyou arn a rational being, promptly pick the ,f nearest tree and get behind it. This i. e the only wise course to adopt. Npi should you be slow in doing this. Il t is not safe to take any chances with s s billy-goat if he is within fifty feet o1 Q you and has in his own mind decided e ta act. You can not rely on his remain. s ing where he is any considerabl( e length of time. He is apt to move 9 suddenly, and when he moves he al. r ways. moves in a straight line, and with his objective point clearly it view. "To know a goat thoroughly, gentle s men, I am convinced that a mar should begin his investigations it t c 'dhood. The knowledge needed is e n acquired readily by an adult. A man can pilot a steamboat better thaL a boy can, but to steer a goat success fully into a paddock without any back r action of the paddler is a feat at whici a boy will beat his. father every time The innocent sprightliness of ear3 life is an essential element of success it suclh an undertaking. A deacon of ma ture age and dignity of character migh1 do it, but he would never be fit to hoRi the office after he had inished-the job t His record would be brokei, as*it were What he had gained in fluency of ex pression he would have lost in resigna t tion of spirit and the sweet placidnes t of his vocabulary. A deacon shouik always leave the management of t a billy-goat to his hired boy, and keel out of hearing, too, when the boy an< the goat are in close communication 'Any material departure from this rnu 1will always result in unhappiness The man ners of the goat will be spoiled tand the deacon-if the matter be fulla d reported-will surely lose his of file "A.- goat is like any other highly or ganized creation. He learns evil fasa and forgets it slowly. He is a creaturu of vanity and relishes success. Afte: he has learned a man's anatomy b2 a experiment, the knowledge is fixed ir o his mind forever. Time may obliterat .the impressi'on he has made.on you but it never oblitrates the impressior r. he has made on him. Years may pass d your hairs may be whiter and his t coarser, but if he ever gets a chance tA e hit you again, your years and venera ble appearance will not save you. Th< Sold reprobate will hit you in the samu 1l spot. I1 never been able to satisfac torily explain this to my own mind a but the fact remains. I have seen i y demonstrated." .The Equipment of the Richmond and D'an U vmle. n3 -- e General Superintendent W. H. Greer says: "There will not be a frame bridgu -on the Richmond and Danville roac sbetween Richmond and Atlanta, 0: rrather between Manchester and Atlan ta, after this year. Iron is taking thu e place of wood. The contracts now ou tfor thisb bridge work amount to $365, r000. The company is considering thu Sadvisability of substituting.the sixty d pound rail by a seventy-four pound rai -seventy-four pounds to the yard The Richmond and Danville equip ment is 500 per cent better now than i rwas tenor twelve years ago, and im -provements are constantly being made The increased traffice is well known eand to give some idea of the develop ment of the operations in my depart tment, the first pay-roll I signed for thu Manchester shops-it was in Novem Sber, 1875-footed up $5,000. Now the pay-rolls for the Manchester shopi b amount to over $30,000 por month." The Charleston, Cumberland Gap and ChI reago Ranlroad to be Extemned. (Special to News and Courier.] ABBEvIILE~, April 1S-A let ter reached here yesterday atin 'that if local aid was given betweei .Edgefield and Abbeville, the Charlei ton, Cumberland Gasp and .Chicag r,Railroad would be built to Abbevill at once and thoroughly equipped. Act d-ing upon this information an enthusi astic meeting of representative citizen Ewas held in the Court House this after noon, and the To'wn Council was unaa mously requested to order an electioi is to decide upon Abbeville's subscriptioi isto the enterprise. The election will b -held three weeks from now, and AbbE "ville will assurealy vote thirty thou sand dollars towards the extension'c the rode that promises to do so mued fe for her material advancement, an< which will but this rich'section so nea d. to Charleston. A. E. G. George Washington's Schooldays. [Harp'r's Young People.] To school at Wakefield came the bo George Washington in the autumn ( 1743. Tradition has handed down th names of a few only of the pupils < Mr. Williams. Richard Henry Lef who was afterward sent to the grea Wakefield Academy in Yorkshire, an who came back to be immortal as on of the signers of the Declaration of Is dependence; William Fitzhugh, wit: whom it is said Washington often qual reled in his youth, as he did afterwar during the military movements again, the French about Braddock's time Lawrence Washington and Rober Washington, distant cousins of Georg( from Chotank-were among his schoo: mates. But the school comprise many more, and the boy Washingtoi has left us with his own hand, if no portraits, shadow pictures, the old fashioned "profile" rather than th modern photograph. These pen-pictures may be seen be tween the lines in Washington's rule of conduct which he drew up while a Mr. Williams' school. They have sel dom been conned over, most of then never published, and this descriptiei of rude boys at school which we cop; from his school-boy book is now firs given, nearly a century and a half afte it was written. Washington is pictur ing the boy whose manners he shouli avoid, and the roughness of some c the boys in those days could not b more strikingly portrayed. He write: "Do not Puff up the cheeks, Loll ou the tonge [so he spells iti rub the hand or beard thrust out the lipsor bitethen or keep the lips too long open of Clos "Kill no vermin as Fleas Lice tick &c', in the sight of others. If you se any filth put your ' foot Dexterousl; upon it. If it be on the cloaths of you Companions Put it off privately, or if i be on your own Cloths return thank to him who put4 it off. "Shake not the head Feet or leg rowl not the Eyes, lift not one eye brow higher than the other wry no the mouth and bedew no man's fac with your spittle by approaching his while you speak. "Put not off your cloths in the pres ence of Others nor go out of you chamber half drest. "Shift not yourself in the sight c others nor -Gnaw your nails. "Keep your Nails clean and shorl also your Hands and Teeth clear without showiug any great concern fc them. "When you Sit down Keep your fee firm and Even without putting ther one on the other or crossing them. "If you Cough Sneeze or yawn do i not Loud; but privately and Speak nc in your Yawning, but put Your;hanc kerchief before your face and tur aside." The Wakefield mansion, Washing ton's birthplace and his school, wa burned on Christmas Day, 1779. Wasi ington was with his army, butted o the heights of Morristown, the darkes Christmas of the Revolution, ami cold and threatened hunger. A Big Business in Oconee Lumber. .[Keowee Courier.] We understand that the Senec Lumber Company are preparing to d a big business in putting on the mal ket large quantities of ash, poplai white pine, and other kinds of lumbe cut from trees growing on the hiea waters of Seneca River. It is said thi they have logs enough cut now to mak over 1,000,000 feet, and are only waitin for a rise of the water to fioat thet down to their large boom and mi near the railroad bridge over Senec River at Ravenel's. This compan have spent thousands df dollars i building and equipping thgir boom an mill, arid their out-put of lumber, whe they get fairly at work, will be th~ largest perhaps ever made in the Pied mont section'. The work being don by them is doubtless some of the fruit of properly advertising Oconee's timbe resources at the first New Orleans E, position a few years ago. To Ocone belongs the honor of having.the fines and largest collection, comprising ove one hundred varieties, of any count in the State, and South Carolina ha the finest exhibit of timber at this e: position. The large and extensive es hibit fronm Oconee, we would say, wa due to the efforts of Mr. G. Wanne more than any other citizen, who cor triquted about three months of hi time to procure the, specimens. Th knowledge of our immense timber ri sources gained by the outside worlda the New Orleans Exposition wa doubtless instrumental in the estal lishment of the Seneca Lumber Con pany, and many are the fruits wh.ici the future has in store for our people i; the proper development of the lumbe interests of our county. A Terrible Threat. The editor of a weekly newspaper re ceived the following from a subscribe: "Gents for the 3 and last tine I ri quest you to stop sending your pape we (my wvife and I) have aloud it to re main on our takle with respectab: papers for one year. We (my wife an I) don't want it there any longer w~ (my wife and I) took it under protesti first place and got bet at that, a ma stoped at our house (Hotel) and in tI moning shoved out yo6r paper for hi bill one year-"Then follows a long le ter covering four sheets of foolsca nearly illegible, closing with the fc lowing words: "Will you please st< the papper if you do not we (my vwi add I) will write you once more. "MR. -- & WIFE. That waennngh. The paper stanna THE EIFFEL TOWER. How the Tallest Artificial Structure on the Earth Look&s [From the Vossiche Zeitung.] 'l%e monstrous tower designed by Engineer Eiffel for the Paris Exposi has three stories or divisions. The first story is sixty metres high (a metre is equal to thirty-nine 'Inches) and rests - on the arches which join the four foun dation columns that carry upon them.. the entire weight of the huge tower. - The tower has four distinct sessions. Each wing is provided with a' ment saloon that may be reached by a means of winding staircases underthe foundation piers. Notwithstanding the centre of the space has been set' apart for the elevator there still remain 4,200 square metres of floor room for the accommodation of visitors who ma desire to promenade and enjoys vie of the city from the heights. The apartments are very roomy, and precautions have been taken to insure the visitors against all possibility of accident. An iron railing about four feet hI with an arched roof to exclude the m tense rays of the sun, surrounds the extreme edge of the platform, as it may-' be called, which has been reserved ssaw promenade for those who desire to walk about. The requirements for the comfort of the inner man, too, have not been forgotten. Kitchens, storerooms;.6-_ ice-chests and the like have been fitted up in the most handy manner un~ aginable, so that there is little occasida to. fear that the supply of stimulating. refreshments will give out, even in the:1 days when such lodgings in the hotels' and private houses will not be ob= ' - tbinale for love or money. Each one. of the four cafes is provided with a ee r lar capable of storing 200 tuns of wine. Everything about the structure is ab solutely fire-proof, for iron is the only material that has been used in its ,on-: struction. Two thousand persons per, hour can ascend and descend the stair-~-. cases leading to'the platform, and 4,000"a can find seats to rest upon in thecafes at one time. The second story, which is sixty me tres above the first one, is also reached by four staircases built inside of ai supporting columns, which makes sharp inward curve, leaving but1,40O square metres of surface for the plat form and promenade. Here, too..ia the commodious and handsomely:deo orated cafe the thirsty and tired sigi#: - seer, may find-something mr:p~ote . than Seine water to rcuerate strength. This story is 91 metres above the tip of the Notre Damesteepidi higher than the tower of the palace of the Trocade ro, on the othersideof the river. and, as may easily be imagined;the : view of the surrounding country to be had from such an altitude is almost in describable. From here on the col- -. unmnsof the tower fallin towards ese1V other until they ascend a distance of __ 275 metres above the ground, where -3 the third and last story is situated. 1 Only one.staircase leads to the third story, which is for the exclusive use of the persons employed in thetower, and all visitors are -expected -to use thee- e~ vators, two in number, to reach that point. The platform is 18 metres square, still large enough t. eret' thereon a comfortably sized dwelling d The view here is simply superb. The story is equipped with reflecting mir rors and a laige supply of feld-glasss' for those who wish to use them. It has been estimated that the ordinary eye can discern objects seventy. miles away. The tower terminates in what is ~ known as the lantern, 25 metres above -- the third section, but this place has been set aside for the use of the scen tists for making observations. To the White Teachers ofNewberry Coun The South Carolina Teachers' Asso ciation, an organization having for its . object the professional improvementof its members and the advancement of Educational interests generally, Is de andou of increasing its membership an fextending its influence. This can only be done by means of earnest and hearty co..operation on the part of the Teachers of the State, and with a view of securing that co-opera .tion, I address you this circular and invite you to become a member. The~ dues are only one dollar a year, paya ble at the annual meeting. The Annual Meeting for 1889, will be held in the Female College building at Columbia, on the 16th, 17th and 18th July; an attractive programme is being prepared by the Execntive Comtte the railroads will reduce their rates,* and no effort will be syiaredto make the meeting both interesting and instrue tive. Send your name and post offee ad dreeaaLonce, to Yours respeetfbllr, President &C. Teachers' Aanitinn Charleston, S. C., April2d, 1889. Beware of Oiuntments for Catarrh that Cen tains Mercury, As Mercur will sueydestroy the sense of sm'~l and 'oplteyderange the -whole system weentering it a through the mucus surfaces. Such articles should neverbe used exeton asth dmaethy:ila re ten fold to the good yoimcan possibly de 1 rive from them. HamPs -Catarrh Cure, e manufactured by F. J.~C~e & C. Toledo, 0., contains no iryand is taken internally, and decy upon the blood and mu s~e o f the system. In buying HaflUatarrh i Cure be sure you get the it is j taken internally and m ii Toledo, *Ohio, byF. J..Cheney &Co. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. perb -.