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POLITICS OUT WEST, j i WHAT EX-GOVERNOR NORTHERN, OF i GEORGIA, SAW AND HEARD. ( He Travelled Incognito, and Finally He- , lleves that Bryan Will Carry Illinois and 1 Iowa?A Very Interesting Interview. j Atlanta, Sept. 29.?Governor Northern has just returned from a West- ' era tour of three months, during ] which time he went through eleven * states and slopped at 1(H) or more towns and cities, lie made the trip ' on immigration business, but took ad- ( vantage of the opportunity to study the political situation. In order that 1 he might get at the facts better, he ' went about the political headquarters 1 and mixed with the crowds incognito, ' heard their street discussions, sounded ] men of every class and every shade of ' political opinion, and took note of 1 every straw that showed which way ] the wind blew. Ife had some inter- ' eotinrr ornerienees and comes back 1 probably the best posted Georgian who has been West. lie tells what he found and relates some of his ex peri- 1 enceu in the following interview: * "The West is not solid by any man- J ner of means," said he. "I have never ? seen such political conditions. J'arty lines are obliterated. If you address e a man as a Republican he says: a "Don't speak to me as a Republican, ^ we are not known as Republicans or s Democrats any more, but as advocates e of the gold standard or the silver stan- c dard." c "Old landmarks are gone. You have <to seek new means of measuring for- c ces, and when you do it is so mixed ? that you can't tell anything about it. ' Nothing short of a count of heads will ? reveal the result. Th3y are constantly polling the trains and the people who ^ travel are usually gold standard advocates. The best result I saw was four ' ~ OO am n olnonnx vines xur urjrau uutui uu a A laboring man said. 'That's pretty A good for a sleeper, but wait till the work train comes.' "I couldn't get any satisfactory information from the party headquarters t: on either side. There it was all gold s or all silver. The polling of trains h showed nothing. The best method I t could find was to take up each class or 1 occupation separately and question 1 the most intelligent men in that pur- p suit as to the sentiment of his associ- 1 ates. In this way I tried to get at the s sentiment of business men, farmers, Jd mechanics and all the classes I could a think of. When I got through the I evidence I had collected was so con- a Hicting that I could not form any con- c elusion." t When Iowa was mentioned as a d State which some Democrats and Pop- b ulists conceded to the Republicans, the n Governor said: b "On the contrary, I can give you f< just as strong evidence on the oiner ii side. At Cedar Rapids I talked with ii the clerk of the court, a very intelli- 1j gent man. ll know this State will go for Brvan,' said he, 'and I will show tl you wny I think so. There is Clar- o ence, a town of 647 population, with a c voting strength of about 125. Of this fi number I personally know thirty- o eight Republicans who will vote for n Bryan.' Besides him sat a dealer in r hats. 'I am a Republican,' said he, h 'and I shall vote for Bryan. My paH- t] ner is a Republican, and he will vote a for Bryan.'" f One of the most interesting facts si brought out by Governor Northen's a study of the situation is that iiJmois is f< likely to go Democratic. He did not a reach this Conclusion until he had p studied the situation for several weeks, ti "I canvassed Illinois thoroughly," c said he, "and was in different parts of r the State. The first thing that made a ti deep impression on me was the Popu- a list convention at Springfield. I saw f< it, and it was an enthusiastic indorse- n ment of Bryan. The McKinley paper at v Springfield said that this meant a vie- "V tory for Bryan in Illinois, and remark- p ed thai it was strange the Kepublicans c had overlooked such an important fac- r tor as this convention. Still I was t not convinced, for I knew there was an immense population of working- a men, and that the Kepublicans were l canvassing this element with tremend- I ous energy. I thought the labor vote t would give McKinley a majority in t Illinois. This opinion was changed f on Labor Day. There was an im- r mense demonstration and 40,000 peo- r pie went out. The Republican nation- e al committee adjourned out of respect ? for the occasion and started out to at- c tend the exercises. Then it occurred l to some ol them thai they had received t no invitation to be present. Some v one went to the master of ceremonies f and suggestedjto him that he had over- e looked Mr. Hanna's committee. 'No,' a said he, 'Mr. Ilanna has not been in- r vited, nor will he be invited.' If this i incident is anv indication of thesfinti- T merit of the workingmen of Illinois, c it is important, for if they go against j McKinley he loses the State. It is my ( opinion after what I saw that Bryan j will carry Illinois." j In regard to fusion. Governor Nor- j then said: "Until recently Kansas t and Nebraska were regarded as safe e \ or Bryan, but complications connected j with fusion have disturbed matters very much and the result is not certain." The Governor gave a picturesque ] description of the street debates which J constitute an interesting feature of the j Western campaign. "The discussions are continuous and uninterrupt- 1 ed," said he with a smile. "They ] know no Sundays and night is robbed of sleep. Two neighbors will meet on ' the street and begin to talk about gold ; and silver. They get animated and : talk louder. One or two others come ' up. People see disputants shaking their fingers or their lists at each other ' and come to see what's the matter., Pretty soon the group grows to 100 and keeps growing till it blocks the street, in nunareus 01 piaces me police forbade these discussions because they obstructed thoroughfares, but they were called partisans and the re- j striction was take* off. I saw a crowd , gather about 5 o'clock, and it lasted \ till I went to bed about 11. The next i morning the hotel man told me he , drove them away at 1 o'clock. ( "The disputants in these discussions ( are well posted. If you evince any in- 3 terest, a bystander will pull a wad of j literature out of his inside pocket and ( ask you to read it. The discussions , are mostly good natured. Thers is ' head cracking sometimes, but general- \ ly,' when things get warm they guy each other and laugh it off. When a fellow makes a point you will hear them say 'good boy,' and the other ] side says ratsP At Minneapolis, wnere 1 the Journal was displaying baseball i news in an unusually attractive man- i ner, the time betweeu bulletins wan i cV~l _ <' - j > . * . " illed up with argument for silver or jold. The street was tilled for a block ind the discussion amounted to an open lir mass meeting. "I found the newspapers very liberal," continued the Governor. "Silver papers printed a gold orator's speech and put in all the applause, and the ovation. The gold papers did the ?ame when a crowd went wild over a silver orator. That is my idea of the way to run newspapers. And they liad enormous sales. They sell their i papers for a cent a copy and the cir- i dilutions are enormous. 1 saw a poor j woman buying- a paper for a cent. < The boys carry immeiice bundles and | lon't have to carry them long." < Governor Northen's first business | was with Mr. Fitzgerald at Indianapo- , lis. They are organizing a fruit colony < Lo cover about 6,0UO acrcs of Georgia ( land. (Jovernor Northern is t<> select { Lho land and Mr. Fitzgerald will people ( it. The fruit farms are to consist of t forty acre tracts, and all the conditions ( 11eeessary lo successfu 1 fruit growing will be provided. The Governor ] wishes to interest a number of repre;entali ve Georgians in the enterprise, j rhis is regarded as the most promising , jndcrtakingtheseerentlemen have yet j ;et on foot. The recent exposition at < Fitzgerald has attracted wide attention , ind this State is very popular out < .Vest. Governor Northern said that j ivery man who heard him say a word ( tbout Georgia immediately said he \ (ranfo<1 ififninA liprp A orpat. manv l poke of the exposition, and the farmrs are coming here as soon ss they an sell out. When he was being converted by a free silver enthusiast Jovernor Northen left him with acirular containing of picture of the fam>ur train load of provisions that went rom Atlanta to Nebraska. The man tood with eyes wide open at the hought of lecturing a Governor of Jeorgia.?Atlanta Journal. r BRYAN'S VOTE IN 1892. [ ~ \ L Canard That]'\3honld be Repudiated by s Descent and Honorable Men." There is one little canard in circula- ( ion which, as we see the matter, hould be repudiated by decent and t Lonorable men, no matter whether t hey be Republicans or Democrats or 1 ^pulists, and that is the story that in c S92 Mr. Bryan bolted the Democratic t arty and cast his vote for the Popu- t ist nominee for the presidency. This r tory is having a wide and somewhat t lysterical circulation. His opponents c re not satisfied with insisting that c Jryan is a reckless and windy infant, i . firebrand, an agitator, an apostle of s lass-prejudice and hatred, a me nance I d our national peace and safety. It f .pes not suflice them to declare that c te is an ignorant and unprincipled t aountebank and a fool whose words t etray him. They must get out this a aolish story about his having voted t or Weaver in 18D2 instead of stand- d ag by his party and voting for Cleve- \ ind. Now, everybody understands by t his time that, whilst The Post is the g rgan of neither party to the pending s ontest, but takes its opinions ana s rames its utterances according to its \ wn judgement and conscience, we do r tot approve or advocate the policies t epresented by Mr. Bryan. If we t ave failed to make that fact clear it is a lirough no lack of effort on our part, j nd we shall concern ourselves no arther in the premises. JBut we do ' tand for fair play, for an intelligent nd honest statement of the issues be- \ are the country, and for the exposure t nd denunciation of falsehood, stu- 3 idity and malice. We do not believe c bat the triumph of the gold standard 1 ause needs these vicious and abhor- F ent aids. We should deplore a vie- r Dry achieved by sucti malignant i gencies. If Mr. Bryan cannot be deeated without the help of scandal, J nisrepresentation and false witness 7e should prefer to see him win. a Vlien the American people reach a 1 >oint at which their political destinies a an be manipulated by a lie there is 10 further degradation possible to t hem. a We do not know whether Mr. Bry- r n voted for Weaver or Cleveland in d 892. What we do know is that the t )emocrats of Nebraska were urged I iy the Democratic National Commit- a ee- made up of Mr. Ceveland's party 1 riends anil prompted by Mr. Whit- c ley?to vote for Weaver and to ig- i tore the Democratic ticket altogeth- c r. In Nebraska, as in several other I >tates in the Northwest, the Demoirats had no Jiodb of carrviiifr tliedav. C ?hey were in a hopeless minority, and > heir one alternative was to combine \ vith the Populists and take the State ii rom Harrison by electing the Weav- t r men. There was no secret about it it the time. The manoeuvre was a s natter of common knowledge and of i iniversal discussion. If Bryan did i rote for Weaver, then, he did so in s >bedience to the earnest request of his > mrty's leaders, at the instance of Mr. < Cleveland's campaign managers, and ? n the discharge of his duty as a loyal i Jemocrat. It is impossible to make a < joint against him on that score. It is i liscreditable to those engaged in the snterprise to try to make one. Wash- 1 ngton Post. Panic In n Theatre. < Aberdeen, Sept. 30.?During the progress of the performance in the L'eople's Palace theatre this evening, ] i fire broke out and the audience were | thrown into a panic and made a rush , for the exits. A number of those ] present were seriously burned and , man-iT otViorc rcora f?rnchp(l ill fhft wild endeavors of the crowd to reach the < street. It is stated that at least 40 per- , sons were injured, while a number of ] others, who are known to have been in the theatre when the lire started, j are reported to be missing. Aberdeen, . Oct. 1.?Up to this time three bodies , have been found in the ruins of the | theatre and fears are entertained that . the search will reveal more. Terrllic Wreck. Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 1.?Freight ! train No. 7i was cleraiJecl at Wilson, a station near Sand Patch, on the eastjrn slope of the mountains, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, 12:15 s'clock this morning. The entire train :rew, consisting of engineer, fireman, j ;onductor, two breakemen and a fire- ' nan and two tramps who were steal- ' ng a ride, were killed. Thirty-four ;ars, which ware loaded with coal, to- , jether witn tne engine ana me caooose, ire piled up on the track, and trailic ;nth east and west is entirely shut off. , Ten Thouaand Dead. Morv, Turkistan, Oct. 1.?A malig- ( aant fever similar to that which ap- i peared in 1893 has ravaged Turkistan for thn past two months. Ten thous- I md persons have died from the fever, 1 most of the victims being childreu. A KEEPING UP THE FIGHT. THE MATTEROFCOTTON COMPRESSES AND WIRE TIES. kVliatthe Coinnil*Bloiior of Agriculture ol Georgia lias to Hay 011 tlie Subject? I'ne ol Tie* Continue*. Columbia, Oct. 2.?The fight being made by the compresses against the new tie that is being so generally used is creating widespread interest at present. The farmers began the use of this Lie for the purpose of defending themselves against the steel tie trust, and .hey do not intend to be frightened all' by a few compresses The Alii mce exchange continues to receive orlprc fclpailiW frnm fill niiflrforc; nf thfl -itale. Here is a letter received by Joi. Duncan yesterday from the comnissioner of agriculture of tin State )f Georgia: Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 30. VIr. D. P. Duncan, Columbia. S. (J. Dear Sir: I regret to see from the Japers that compress men are lighting pou at Charleston and Wilmington. I ;ee that you don't propose to surrenler tamely to their dictation, and if ?our people will back you you can easily bring them to terms. Divert til wire baled cotton to Norfolk and Jharleston and Wilmington will soon )c begging for mercy. There will >? nnihinfr anf?r*mnUaViAfl in flArtraio. his year, because we commenced too ate. but we are getting in shape for hem next year. We now have a tie hat I think will supercede all wire ies. I send you a clipping that you nay see what it is. I think this will >e the tie next season. Very truly yours, R. G. Nesbitt, Commissioner. The clipping referred to gives Comnissioner Nesbitt's answer to the quesion as to what had become of the wire ie from a Georgia farmer. Here is vhat the commissioner says and he ihows that compresses are. going to iccept the wire tied bales, though the ie be the one he refers to or some )ther: "Owing to the rapidity with which he crop has been gathered and also to he fact that most merchants and giniers had already purchased a supply >f the flat ties, it nas been impossible o introduce the wire tie generally his season. The first ones tried did lot give entire satisfaction, but you vill see from the following certify :ates, that the improved Hitt wire tie, louble strand and patent buckle, is lot only a substitute, but is considered uperior to the Hat tie in many res>ects. A bunch of these weighs 50 >ounds and costs $1.10 at present pri;es. The flat ties weigh 45 pounds to he bunch and cost $1.35. We trust hat farmers will read these certificates ,nd investigate the merits of these ies. Any questions addressed to the lepartment of agriculture, Atlanta, fill be cheerfully answered. *'The Brunswick compress, where he ties were tried, is one of the lar;est in the South. The certificate peaks in no uncertain tones as to the uperiority of the wire tie. The ties rill be on exhibition at the agricultual department, and we would be glad o have farmers come in and examine hem. The two additional certificates ire irom iwo aiuereni compress com>anies in Albany, Ga. "Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 23. 'To Whom it May Concern. "I am now handling cotton upon yhich Hitt's wire tie and patent tuckle has been used, and, having 25 wears' experience in stevedoring and ompressing, will say that I can highy recommend the Hitt device to the ublic as being in every way far supeior to the Hat bands and buckles leretofore used. "First. It is cheaper, hence the >lanter gets a benefit. "Second. Wire bands will not break md can be tied just as quickly as the lat ones, hence the compress people .re benefited. "Third. Wire bands can be tied ighter than llat bands, which means . greater density, and as there will be 10 broken bands the cotton arrives at lestination in much better condition han if it had been compressed with lat bands thereon, hence the shippers ire benefited in two ways: First, by ower ocean rates on account ot inxeased density, and pecondly by havng cotton reach destination in better ondition than if pressed with flat >ands. "Fourth. There are no sharp ends >f bands to cut the hands of laborers vhen handling cotton compressed vith the Hitt devieo, hence the sievelores will prefer wire bands upon colon. "Fifth. Underwri'ers should make i reduction in insurauce rates on coton with wire bands upon it, and no loubt they will when they are generilly used, as in case of Gre wire bands Nill stand more than double the heat >f llat bands without breaking, hence i great deal more cotton will be saved n ba'es than if it were in the loose :ondition, as loose cotton burns very apidly. Respectfully, "A. F.Churchill, 'President the Brunswick Terminal Co." "Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 24. 'Hon. It. T. Nesbitt. Commissioner of Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sir: I forgot to mention in my letter of yesterday to you that I have iad considerable experience in the use jf wire bands upon cotton. I have used them in the past when doubling sotton (putting two bales together) un ler great pressure in our Brunswick :ompress. Necessity compelled me to use wire, as the flat bands would not hold doubled bales. "Wire bands will not cut the bagging of cotton bales when two bales ire pressed into one, let alone upon single pressed bales. I have proven this fact from practical experience, and I make this statement without Fear of contradiction. Furthermore Lhe tensile strength of wire is far more than tensile strength of ilat bands, hence there will not be any broken bands or bursted bales when tied with wire, which must certainly be a benefit to everybody who is interested. "I cannot discover anv diaadvant age in the use of the Ilitt device, but, vice versa, it has an advantage over Lhe Hat band in every particular. Very respectfully yours, "A. F. Cuckcuill, "] 'resident the Brunswick Terminal ? Albany, Ga., Sept. 24. 'To whom it May Concern. "In a trial of the "Hitt bale tie" at Dur compress we find it altogether ivailable for compress requirements. "It secures the bale at the density ,o which the press reduces it fully as (veil as the band tie. Respectfully, "A11?any Compress Co., I "H. Nott Parker, Sec. and Treas." Albany, Ga,, Sept. 24. "Dear Sir: After having tried the ' Hitt bale tie I find the strength of the tie and its method of buckling entirely effective. Yours truly, I *' A1 bany Cottcn Com press, ? r "J. R. Whitehead, Manager." j [ A leading South Carolina farmer, , who is but one of the many, writes to ] Col. Duncan: "The bagging and ties . are very satisfactory. You may al- , i ways count me in the fight against a , trust. ] loping the farmers will stick | to you in this light, I am, etc.?State, j < "no whitewashing, please." j ( I.arry Oantt, Father of the DMpenHiiry. i WautH A Searching In ventilation. The partial investigation of the dispensary management was only breaking the ice, and far from satisfactory to our people. The work will be resumed in October, when the whole ^ business must be investigated from j bottom to top and from start to finish. ' _V. 1 1 I .1 1 I I jMiuugii iias aireuuv utjen uevciupcu ( to show transparent evidences of bribery and corruption, if not deliber- 1 ate stealing. If there are thieves and j bribetakers connected with the dispen j sary management, why let their names J be known, that they may either be prosecuted, and if the iaw cannot j reach them, then they can be branded j by public execration and retired to * the deepest and most ignomineous ' shades of private life. The Editor of the Ileedlight is a Re- j former and a friend to the dispensary \ law. But at the same time the great ! mass of farmers, at the back of this ' movement, are honest and incorrupti- * bio, and will not endorse anything J Viof smsmlrs nf mismftnacfimftnt nr * rascality. If necessary, let the entire ^ profits of the dispensary lor a year be expended in investigating the business ( and straightening out tangles. Let 5 competent accountants go through ! those books from the day the business started up to the hour that the inves- I tigation commenced. Summons those ( dealers from whom whiskey was I bought, and then require every man . who is or has been connected with the J dispensary to answer truthfully every 1 question propounded. ] It has been the history of every country that any party, to hold su- ! preme power for a long term of years, will gradually become tainted with corruption and must be watched, Now we do not charge our Reform officials J with venality; but we do know that 1 grave charges have been made against ] some of them, and Which charges have (" never been satisfactorily answered. ! There is a cloud of black smoke of ' suspicion ascending from the dispensary building, and there must be the ! fire of corruption somewhere. Well, let us go to work, discover, and then stamp out the last spark. Unless we 1 do this, the Reform movement will ' surely be held responsible and should 1 be held responsible, too. But if the men who have the task of investiga- 1 tion in hand will go to work and puri- ! fy every public office, aid fix blame ( where it belongs, so far from such ' disclosures injuring the Reform party ] they can and will only serve to 1 strengthen the confidence of the mas- ' ses in the purity of our moveman t, and give us a new lease on power. ' And when they are through with that dispensary investigation, let a 1 legislative committee then make a ' careful investigation of that bond ' deal. We believe that Gov. Evans 1 will demand this, for he owes it not only to himself but to those friends {. who so loyally supported him for the ] United States senate. Let Mr. Rhind be summoned, and every other man ] who knows aught of the transaction. ' The Piedmont Headlight does not 1 intend to support any party that ' cannot show a clean balance sheet. Our Reform movement is made 1 up of honest farmers, and they de- ' mand that the officers they have 1 placed in power be held to strict ( account, and if any of them have be- 1 Imawa/I 4of MAt\AflA/l in 4V*am nrHiy ' II AJCU tuu bl UOb 1 cpuacu au buwuij n*?; let their names be known. They don't want any whitewashing report. ; Let evry questionable transaction be ; sifted to tne bottom, and if there is corruption, why they want to know 1 it.?Peidmont Headlight. 1 Flpnre Out a Victory,. CniCAao, 111., Oct. 2.?Managers of 1 the National Democratic Committee 1 today compiled a table of States and electors showing: whence they expect theelertoral votes that will elect W. I J. liryan. In the "absolutely sure1' ! column they hive placed twenty six States, having a total of 203 electoral votes. Here they are with their re ' spective votes: Alabama 11 Nevada 3 ! Arkansas 8 North Carolina..11 1 California 9 North Dakota... 3 ( Colorado 4 Oregon 4 Florida 4 South Carolina.. 9 j Georgia........13South Dakota... 4 Idaho.... 3Tennessee 12 ; Kansas lOTexas...........15 Kentucky 13Utah............ 3 Louisiana...... 8Virginia 12 ' Mississippi 9 Washington,.... 4 Missouri .17 Wyoming 3 Montana 3 ? Nebraska 8 Total. .203 The States considered "reasonable certain" were these: Maryland 8 West Virginia... 6 Delaware 3 ? i Minnesota 9 Total 20 i These, added to the 203, would bring the total of Bryan electors up to 229, 5 more than would be required to elect him. Under the caption "Conrnu "\X7i11 " 4V*** ctoHcfiniano UUCU t liioj TT 111) miu uiMwouuiHuu ? placed the following: Iowa, 13;Mich igan, 13; total, 20. Three of the big Western Central States are put down, as '"the commiti tee has every reason to believe they i will go for Bryan." They are Illinois 24; Indiana 15; Ohio 23. Total 02. Recapitulated, the situation as view; ed by the Democratic leaders, is as fol- ' lows: Bryan has a chance of getting 1 i 317 out of the 447 votes that comprise 1 the electoral college, and they claim them as follows: Absolutel v certain. 203 Reasonably certain 20 Confident of 20 Every reason to believe 02 , Total 317 , Killed Four People. Chester, Pa., Sept. 28.?The British tramo steamer Sirrus. bound from Philadelphia to Norfolk, Va., met with a serious accident to-night while olf this city, and three of her crew and an unknown stowaway lost their lives. 1 The dead are: Alfred T. Bechs, first mate; Hans Jaggers and Fred Ililner, i sailors aud the unknown stowaway, i The accident was caused by the burst- ! ing of a barrel of oil which was being i i lowered into the hold. jl - ' \ INOT SURPRISING. Why the State of Vermoiil Huh Alwajs Been Republican. Much ado about the Vermont elec;ion has been made by the goldites?it jeems to have elevated them into a rool's paradise. A few facts may explain why Vermont is always Republican. 1. Vermont refused tD become one if the original thirteen colonies, and, although some individuals did join i,he patriotic forces, not one man was furnished by Vermont as such. (See ipofFord's American Almanac, 1886, [>.23) It established an "independent" State in 1777. Its leading men were in constant negotiation with the jnemy (the British), and it thereby jscaped much of the troubles of the revolutionary period, not being accounted by the British as one of the "ATrniiilinnnrv rnlnnies. fHee almost iny full history of Vermont, and J. II. Colton's "Geography and History," 1857.) These facts are not denied jy historians favoring Vermont, but ipologized for as being "adroit," j 'shrewd" and "by her artful policy I iverted invasion for three years." [See Coolidge and Man field and Ilall's litsory of Vermont.) Vermont was in ove with the British then as now. 2. Vermont, like the other New England colonies,maintained slavery, aut it was the last of the New England States to abolish it, and did not do so J jntil 17yy, over tmrteen years aner Massachusetts. It is true, in 1777, it lid provide that all persons then slaves should be free, males on arrivng at twentv-one and females at 18, but this would have kept some of them is slaves until 1798. Vermont hugged ilavery to the last. (See history of the smancination Acis of the New England colonies.) 3. As to intelligence, the statistics if 1880 exhibit the fact that the illitericy of the Vermonters exceeded that if any other Northern State, but one. rh? onmnAnrtiiim nf the tenth census. page 1649, states that of white males jf twenty-one years of age and upward returned as unable to write the Vermont per cent, was 7.1. Only one Northern State exceeds this as the ilass designated. Intelligence reigns in Vermont forsooth! 4. As to religion and churches, the remarkable fact is reported (census of L870, the last giving a full statement), 399 organizations and 744 church edifices, showing that there were more ihurch edifices than church organization. It seems the Vermonters used to want more churches than they would have any use for. Bob Inger3011 evidently has been there, and successfully. E A ? A_ il 1 ? J T u. xia HI LUD cuuuituuu auu auuuuic, Coolidge and Mansfield's History ot Vermont, pages 727 and 728, states "That there has been far too little in terest felt in Vermont on the subject af popular education is very painfully manifest" and further states "That L04 of the districts were without schoolhouses; 101 entirely without schools, 222 without blackboards or ather apparatus, and in respect to the jondition of the houses, 1,029 are reported good, 781 middling and 760 bad." The qualification of teachers were reported poor. The census of 1880, page 1C40, shows that the average amount paid monthly per teacher was only $21.81, which was $16 less than the average monthly salary at that time in the entire Union, and, ex3eptingone Southern State, the lowest paid in any State. 6. As to pauperism, the compendium DI lb8U census, page states mat in 1880 Vermont had an aggregate of 1,564 paupers with a total (then) population of 332,280, or one out of every 200 was a pauper. Vermont was then the champion pauper State in proportion to population. 7. As to growth, Vermont fell from the seventeenth in 1830 to thirty second in 1880, and from then, in 1890, to thirty-six. It had the least growth of any of the States from 1870 to 1880, and its growth from 1880 to 1890 was only a total of 130 persons. 8. Vermont paid the least internal revenue of the Northern States (see 3poft'ord's American almanac, 1886, page 71,) only $29,890 in 1885. By reference to other States of about equal proportions it is insigniGcant. 9. Its excess of expenditures over receipts in postoffice business is conspicuous among the Northern States, according to population (see Spofford's American almanac. 1880. paere 00.) 10. As to patriotism, as at the beginning its later career it is not conspicuous for lighting proclivities, notwithstanding its one hero, Ethan Allen. Its per cent, of troops furnished to population in the war, 1801 05, was with one exception, the least of the states denominated New England, middle and Western States (see Spoll"ord, 188G, page22.) 11. There are more persons in Vermont in proportion to population (not in actual number,) who are in the compendium of census, 1890, volume 2, page 136, designated and classed as insane, feeble minded, deaf, independ ent of deaf and dumb, deaf and dumb, with one eye, blind in both eyes, than in any other of the forty-five states of our country. Each of these classes is separate and distinct in the census report, and each class in Vermont exceeds the same class in any other state in proportion to population. Par ticularly do the leeDie-minuea 01 v ermont predominate in the census report. This last would account why Vermont is strongly [Republican, but taking the eleven divisions above together obtained from authentic records it is no wonder at all that Vermont is and always will be Republican.?Cincinnati Enquirer. Four Hollers Burst. Hazletown, Pa,, Sept. 28.?Four boilers at the iiarwoou coiuery exploded this afternoon with terrific force, instantly killing Peter Pasker, and fatally injuring Andrew and Michael Ilarga. Pasker was in charge of the boilers and it is supposed that he neglected to keep enough water in them. The building in which the boilers were located was wrecked. A Sensible Populist. Buffalo, Oct. 1.?Lansing E. Lincoln of Buffalo, nominated by the People's party of New York State for governor, has written u letter declining the nomination. His reason for this action, he says, is that he feels it his duty to vote fcr Porter and Schraub fhfi Democratic; nominees, and he urges every People's party voter to <1 > likewise. Watson to Withdraw. NAsnviLi.E, Tenn., Oct. 1.?A special to the American from Atlanta, (Ja., ?T? it- 4Koi Tnm Wftf. sttys; At ia iiHiuiaicu tuab *.%***+ ?? ??on, Populist Vice Presidential candidate, will withdraw from the Populist ticket tomorrow, in disgust, j It Is Said That of all the diseases that affect mankind, diseases of the kidneys are the most dangerous and fatal. If this be so, how important it is that the kidneys be kept in a healthy condition . The use of Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys will do this. It is the "ounce of prevention" in these troubles, Glv?n Big Damages. Chicago, Oct. 1.?Mrs Rosalie J. 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