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BILL ARP Bill A rp Grows Cans of Xjyr Atlanta Cc The lynching of Sam Hose is over. The press and the preachers have ex pressed their horror or their approval and the world move3 on-not a stay nor a stop nor a jolt is felt either soci ally, religiously financially, or commer cially. . The fulminations of the north ern press nor the apprehensions of editors nearer home amount to any thing. HiBtory is just repeating it self. Every few years something like this happens and the press and the preachers explode in about the same language until they get tired and then. subside and wait quietly for some other harrowing thing to happen*. We remember well what the press said . about the burning of the brute at Dal las a few years ago and the same ad jectives were used and the saine ana M ' themas hurled upon our people. The brute who ravished a child of six years and then killed her and threw 1 her mutilated body in the bushes ac tually found friends among our ene mies. They said it was brutal "to burn him: We remember when the ; negro assaulted a little girl near Mad ison as she was going home from school alone and then cut her throat and ^1; threw her body in a gully and covered it witt'brush. When vengeance over took him the northern press howled as ? usual. It is their business to howl. They ff?i like' it, and no doubt are glad this ; thing has happened. It feeds their ? appetite and nurses their wrath and will last them a week, perhaps longer. . Tn the language of Governor Oates, I would rise to a point of order and ask, 1 "What are you going to do about it?" Nothing, of course, nothing. Such things will happen sometimes every where at long intervals, but. they do not affect a single item of civilization. Who is afraid, to move to Georgia or Texas because of lynchings? Nobody, j . save*, perhaps, a few bad men who' |"'y;;$r?nk. of coming because they are in | "bad -repute at home.. Fitzgerald was not afraid to come, nor afraid to stay, ? ^ and the northern people in that grow ing city are celebrating their content with picnics and other hilarities while . . I write. The wicked flee where no y man is in danger of the lynchers. No law-abiding* citizen has any fear for himself or his household. It tokes a terrible crime to arouse a * : whole community into such a remedy, and so I feel no personal alarm ? Reader, do you? The truth is that lynchings are not ...as frequent in the south as they have been, but are getting quite common over the Hoe. We read that they tried to lynch a mali in New York the other day for stealing a horse. Why they have long since quit that in Texas. Mr. Inman is right or nearly so. He says in his answer to the symposium of opinions that "there is no just icause for alarm among the country people-no greater cause than there has been. That 95 per cent of the people, both white and black, are harmless and law-abiding and we will have to watch and punish the other 5 per cent just as we have been doing for many years." The per cent of bad negroes is greater than he thinks. The nmnber in the chaingangs prove this, but their crimes are generally misdemeanors, larceny and burglary, and education does not correct this. Booker Washington says it does, but observation and the statistics of the prison commission prove the reverse. We old men who owned slaves be fore the war are established in our opinions that edncation does not les sen crime, neither among whites nor blacks. Mr. Stetson, the chairman of the school commission of Massachu setts, declared this in a pamphlet sev eral years ago, and proved that educa tion increased crime not a little, but -. to an alarming extent. I have great respect for Booker Washington, and believe that the kind of education he . is giving will lessen crime among the pupils he is educating. Our slaves were educated by fear of the lash or the whipping post, and you can pick . them out to-day. It is their children, born since the war, or their grand children who are in the chai.ngang. Why should there be 4,000 negroes in these State and county chaingangs - of Georgia when there are only 240 white convicts? It will not do to say the negro is punished and the white man escapes. That is a lie, and every observing man knows it. My own ob servation is that the court's lean to the negro rather than against him. No small per cent of the colored con victs are now serving a second term and some a third term, which proves that imprisonment does not reform the negro. When he comes out his last condition is worse than the first. But the whipping post would so thor oughly reform a young negro that he would not repeat the -offense. Con finement in jail nearly crushes the soul out of a white man, but a negro is perfectly contented there. Ask the sheriffs or the jailers if this is not so. Now it will take perhaps ten years to S LETTER. stic About the Critics lehing. institution. do it, but my candid opinion is that the number of convicts would in that time be reduced from 4,000 to 400 were the whipping post used instead of the chaingang. Delaware has ex perimented with this for half a cen fcure and will not abolish it. It is "a8ed for all colors-white, black and mulatto. If that little State was south of the line wouldn't she catch it from the northern press and north ern preachers. Bat how can we make the change, for as long as the negro has a vote he j will vote against a candidate* who favors it and the candidates are gene rally demagogues and dare uot dis please the negroi No, they won't j even pass a dog.law fox fear of offend ing their constituents. Every now and then my wife asks me to buy some mutton and says we used to have mut ton. Bat the negroes own the dogs and the dogs have exterminated the sheep in Bartow county. We ought to change~~the constitution and elect I lawmakers for four or six years and after that they should be ineligible. Then they wouldn't talk asid vote for buncombe. Some of the symposium writers . thought that the law's delay and the lawyers were to blame for.these lynch ings. Not so. A lynching for that crime is bat the outburst of human indignation. The law's delay is not in their minds. If I know myself I am as good a man as any horror stricken editor or preacher. I am kind in heart and love my f ello tv* men and fellow women. I respect the su premacy of the law just as much as Governor Atkinson or any other gov ernor, bat I rejoiced when the brute was caught and barned. How much he suffered is of no con sequence to me, nor am I afraid of the crowd that did it or that will do it again. It was the unanimous verdict of a very large jury, a jury of men and women, andi am not chicken hearted about such suspects as Lige Strickland, nor* would I take very mach sympathetic talk from other negro leaders who raise their bristles. I know and feel that the white people of the soath have been kind, yes, overkind to the negro since the war I and that yankee emissaries have alienated him from as and we have got no thanks for all we have done. Sooner br later we will have to take away his vote and establish the whip ping post and then, and not till then, will we have peace between the races. If these remedies affected a few bad white men, let them share it or leave the conntry. Some of as remember wheo the kuklax was oar only pro tection j^and it raised a howl that was heard across the ocean, but it saved oar wives and oar daughters when the world, the ? flesh and the devil were against, us. And so, let the procession proceed. BILL ARP. . Watering With a Bake. The New York experiment station gives the following sensible advice in regard to saving and uiiliziag the mois ture that is in the soil : "Let me tell you how to water the plants. I wonder if you have a water ing pot ? If you have, put it where you cannot find it, for we are going to water this garden with a rake ! We want yon to learn in this little garden the first great lesson in farming-how to save the water in the soil. If you learn that much next summer, you will know more than many old farmers do. You know that the soil is moist in the spring when you plant the seeds. Where does this moisture go to? It dries up-goes off into the air. If we could cover the soil with something we should prevent the moisture from drying up. Let us cover it with a layer of loose dry earth ! We shall make this covering by raking the bed every few days once every week, anyhow, and oftener than that if the top of the soil be comes hard and crusty, as it does after a rain. Instead of pouring water on the bed, therefore, we shall keep the moisture in the bed. "If, however, the soil becomes so dry in spite of you that the plants do not thrive, then water the bed. Do not sprinkle iL but waier it. Wet it clean through at evening. Then in the morning, when the surface begins to dry, begin the raking again to keep the water from getting away.. Sprink ling the plants every day or tw.o is one of the surest ways to spoil them." Whooping Cough. I had a little boy who was nearly dead from an attack of whooping cough. My neighbors recommended Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. [ did not think, that any medicine would help him, but after giving him a few doses of that remedy I noticed an improvement, and one bottle cured him entirely. It is thc best cough medicine I ever had in thc house.-J. L. MOORE, South Burgectstown. Pa. Fer sale bv ii ill - Orr Drue Co. A NOBLE DEED. Gratitude of an Ex-Confederate te His Federal Preserver. On Mernifrial day in 1895 Mrs. Sarah..Bowen, of Hoboken, paid her annual-visit to Cypress Hills cemetery to decorate her husband's grave. Mrs. Bowe?Lwas in such poor, almost indi gent circumstances, that even the trip to Brooklyn, not reckoning the money for flowers, was a strain on her slender resources. She was a veteran's widow, and the $8 a month pension allowed her on that account by the national government was all she had to support herself and an invalid daughter. Nevertheless she had performed her obligations to the memory of the brave for 13 consecutive years with religious devotion. When she arrived on the ground on this occasion, her nervous system re ceived such a shock that she was obliged to lean against a railing adja cent to save herself from falling. "What is the meaning of this?" she murmured, closing her eyes and open ing them again in the expectation that she was laboring under an optical de lusion. The cause of the widow's astonish ment was a change that had taken place in the grave since her last visit. It was covered with flowers, it was bordered with evergreen plants, and a handsome granite column rose at its head, with the sub-joined inscription engraved in deep black letters: "Sacred to the Memory of Edward C. Bowen, a Brave Soldier and a Loyal Friend." . The widow glanced wonderingly to the right and the left. She looked up and down, but there was no mistake. The grave was that of her husband, but what a metamorphosis had been effected ! While deliberating as to what she would do in the premises a tall, mili tary-looking gentleman of aristocratic bearing and with an empty sleeve alighted from a carriage near by, and taking a wreath from under its seat approached the grave. He hesitated when he saw the widow, and their eyes met. Hers had a questioning look in them; his one of deprecation, as if he were a trespasser. "Madam," he *aid, .placing the wreath on the grave and. lifting his hat as he would to a duchess, "have I the honor-" "This is my husband's grave," she replied, with an almost imperceptible strain of jealousy in her voice. "Then I must offer an apology and an explanation. I should have con sulted you before effecting alterations here, and. so, in fact, I would, only I could not find you, though I tried hard." "It was very kind in you, sir," said Mrs. Bowen. 11 You. would find it hard, for no one in Brooklyn knew that I had moved to Hoboken." "Thia.is my explanation." said the gentleman, after a pause. "My name is Chas* J. Gray-Judge Gray, lam called in South Carolina-and I am an es-Confederate soldier. I belonged to the Montgomery Guards, and served in the Army of Northern Virginia the i la?t two years of the war. You must know;-though perhaps you don't-I that sometimes Federals and Confede-1 rate soldiers in the field were excellent friends, especially when doing out- j post duty together, if I may use the ! words. It often occurred that nothing but a fence separated our sentinels, and that, instead of firing at each other we chatted sociably and ex changed views on the situation. Our superiors did not sanction this, but they connived at it. On the night of the fourth day's battle of the Wilder ness I was posted as sentinel on the extreme front of our lines. On the other side of a picket fence was a young man of the One Hundred and Forty-Fourth New York regiment, his name-well, there it is engraved on that stone. We entered into conver sation. I gave him a plug of tobacco; he gave mc some coffee, and we be came quite friendly. I was utterly exhausted, and would have given the whole world for one hour's sleep." "Poor fellow." said the widow, commiserating not thc elegant gen tleman in front of her, but the ragged, war-worn soldier of one and thirty years ago; "it was terrible." "It was, madam. I told my Yankee enemy that I was ready to drop and begged him not to take advantage of me. He laughed. " 'Sit down on that stone,1 he said, 'lean your back against the fence and sleep. I'll wake you up when your relief comes along.' "It may seem incredible, but I took his advice, thus placing my life in thc hands of a foe and a stranger. I slept, oh, such a sweet sleep. I thought I had been in slumber for a few min utes, while in reality I slept au hour, when Ned Bowen roused me by throw ing some water from his canteen down my back. ?;'Jump up. Johnny, he said, ;my relief is coming. You are all right, for 1 received your officer of thc guard going his rounds, and he gave me thc countersign without suspicion. I guess all the poor fellows like you are half asleep oi they would have dis covered the trick. Now, don't go to sleep again, old man. Good-bye.1 "It appears that while the Confedc rate night officer was approaching, Ne Bowen, heaven rest him. jumped ove the fence and, failing to wake me u* took my rifle and challenged, thu placing his life in peril. "When ha! an hour later I got back to the guar tent I learned that two other sentinel had been found asleep on their posts They were shot next morning, an now madam, you will, I trust, be n longer surprised at this monument have erected to my preserver." The widow extended her hand whil the tears of pride and emotion rolle down her face. "God bless you," she said. ;;yo have a kind heart." Next day Mrs. Bowen received letter enclosing a treasury note fo $1,000, and since then on the first da of every month she gets a check o the First National bank of Atlanta fo S50. What it Means to Keep House. Many a housewife has seen that he husband did not understand what i meant to keep house, and that he ha wondered why she was worn out. H thought of the things he knew she hat to do and could not see why the; should tire her so. But there are : hundred and one little things a mai will never see. fie enjoys his well cooked meals, likes to see the housi neat and pretty, knows his socks ar< well darned, and takes pleasure ii seeing his wife look bright and smiling All this he takes as a matter of course but he fails to realize that one pair o: hands, in mosteases, must do all this and one brain plan to get it done. Many an uncharitable remark ha? been uttered by a husband to his wife on the subject of her housekeeping Forgive them; it is their ignorance Even if a man were set to housekeep ing by himself he would fail to see thc little thing3, the things that a womar, does to add to the comfort of each member of her family. Never does she put from her the wants and needs of her husband and children. It is tc mother the children come when theil books, hats and playthings are lost; tc mother in their trials; and so mothei is in demand all day long. Who can count the steps a woman takes each day in her household du ties? Many a man would be worn out if he had to do the work of a woman about the house. He would have to learn to leave a task unfinished and - Bee to some urgent call in another part of the house, or in the midst of im portant work ansver a oail to the doo:c and politely dismiss an agent or usher in a friend who had "just stopped for a moment." If men would under stand the magnitude of a woman's work they would give due credit where they often give blame. It is positively necessary that a wo man should get out each day. She needs a li td 2 fresh air and companion ship as well as does her husband. It is a fact that more farm women go crazy than any other class of women, and why? Simply because of the hard work and solitude. They do not go out because they have no place to go, and so it is work, work all the time, with few pleasures, and a great lack of something to divert their minds from the daily routine. A woman's best efforts should be for the comfort of her home, for hus band and children, and a reasonable amount of work she will gladly, will ingly, give. But when it becomes a mountain of labor and crushes out her life, hope, ambition and youth, then it is too much, and the beauty of home is spoiled. When the wife becomes a slave in her own household it is time some one should rescue her. The most sacred name in any household should be that of mother. Let the boys and girls remember that never i will they find on earth a friend like mother.-Exchange. Supreme Court Decisions. Since Chas. 0. Tyner began the man ufacture of Ty ner's Dyspepsia Remedy, many people have inquired as to its efficacy. Chief Justice Bleckley, of Georgia, has tried it for indigestion and dyspepsia, and gives this as his decision : "Atlanta, Ga., March 14.-Chas. ?. Tyner, Atlanta, Ga.: 1 have used, and am now using, Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy. It is a mental as well as a physical elixir. With its aid and a pair of spectacles I can frequently sec the law in spite of unsuitable or too much diet. "LOGAN li. BLECKLEY/." This is a splendid decisiou and peo ple are profiting by it. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite. Sample bottle free on application to Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Co., Atlan ta, Ga. - Congressman Charles Curtis, of Kansas, is au indian of the Kaw tribe. He is a Republican from the district embracing Topeka, and has served three terms in Congress and holds a certificate for the fourth. Ile is a lawyer by profession, an earnest and accomplished speaker, and :i conspicu ous friend of his race. The most vigorous workers have spells of "tired fucliug'" now and then. This feeling is caused by derangement in thc stomach, liver and bowels. ? few doses of Prickly Ash Bitters quickly corrects thc disorder and sends the* blood tingling through the veins, carrying life and renewed euergy throughout the system. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. Effect of Storms on Birds. The effect of approaching storms upon song birds is the subject of an interesting contribution by Mr. C. E. Linney to The United States Monthly Weather Review. It appears that during the night of August 15-16,1898, severe electrical, wind and rain storms prevailed over the northern district of Illinois. An observer in Henry coun ty, Mr. W. W. Warner, noticed that for forty-eight hours before the storm not a 30und was heard from the nu merous song birds in the district. This observation was so full of inter est that Mr. Linney wrote for ad ditional information, with the result that he received numerous letters, some confirming it; others stating that birds sing louder and more persistent ly before a great storm, and nearly all agreeing that they are more restless than usual at such a time. Mr. Lin ney has found the following weather proverbs referring to song birds and storms : When birds cease to sing, rain and thunder will probably occur. If birds in general pick their feathers, wash themselves, and fly to their nests, expect rain. Parrots and cana ries dress their feathers and are wake ful the evening before a storm. If the -peacock cries when he goes to roost, and, indeed much at any time, it is a sign of rain. Long and loud singing of robbins in the morning de notes rain. Robbins will perch on the topmost branches of trees and whistle when a storm is approaching. The restlessness of domestic animals and barnyard fowls before an approaching storm is well known, and many of their peculiarities have been noted ; but the actions of song birds do not appear to have previously received particular attention.-Scientific Amer ican. "No Quarter!" There is* no sense in trifling with disease. Death is a foe ready enough to over power poor human ity at the least op portunity without our adding any thing to the deadly ?chances by uncer (tainity or inaction. Death is not the sort of an enemy to dilly-dally with, nor give the slightest 'quarter. He should be bayoneted to the earth with a sure and vigorous thrust. There is just one medicine which can be counted on with absolute certainty to over come the deadly assault of wasting disease and restore the rugged, masterly power of perfect health. The " Golden Medical Dis covery" of Dr. R. V. Pierce of Buffalo. N. 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