The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, January 19, 1893, Image 4
LECTORA L COLLEGES.
CARRYING OUT THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE.
Foraslity of 0 atkus the Kicctoral Votes
for PrbdeatIall Candates Gone Thrugh
With in All the States.
WA SHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Presidential
electors met today in all the States and
discharged their duty as required by law.
without special incident, so far as heard
from. Washiagton cast 4 votes for
Harrison; Arkansas, 8 for Cleveland;
Iowa, 13 for Harrison; Wi.consln, 12
for Cleveland; North Dakota, I each for
Harrison, Cleveland and Weaver; Idaho.
3 for Weaver; Missouri, solid for Cleve
land; Colorado, solid for Weaver; Texas,
13 for Cleveland; South Dakota, 4 for
Harriion; Wovming, 3 for Harrison;
Nevada, solid for Weaver. [rhe bal
lots were solid silver cards, 2x3 inches
on which were engraved the names of
Weaver and Field.] Cali-ornia, 8 for
Cleveland and I for Ilarrison; Penasyl
vania, sold for Harrison; Delaware, 3
for Cleveland; Maryland, 8 for Cleve
nd; Conne.ticut, 6 for Clevejand;
na, 3 for Harrison; Oreion, 3 for
rison and I for Weaver; Nebraska.
lid for Harrison; Michigan, vlarrison
9, Cleveland 5. [ 'his is the first Lime
that a Democratic Presidential candi
date his received an electoral vote1'rom
Michigan.] Tennesst e, solid for Cleve
land; New Hampshire, solid for liarri
son; Illinois, solid for (leveland-the
first vote for a )enocratic President in
uearly forty years. Vermont, Maine,
Massachusetts and lRho4e Iland, solid
for Harrison; Indiana. solid for Cleve
land; Minresota. 9 for Harrison; West
Virginia. 6 for Clevelad; New Jersey,
10 for Cleveland. ''he totol vote is as
f-llows Celevand 277, Harrison 145 and
Weaver 22.
(4lve in Gooid Ronad.
Col.UIBIA, -Jan. It.--Governor Till
man hits decided to take a hand in the
National Road Convention, atid has re
quested Secretary lteid, of the Stale Al
liance, to suggest som' good active A l
liance men to take part in the muove
ment. For the present at least lie 1 not,
going to do an)thing specially in the
State. lie will doubtless wait ati sue
theresult of the ilational moveillent
and if that results in natight, he will
then see what can lbe done in t his St ate.
As a matter of fact (soverior Tillmaln
has been so very bosy that he has not
had the time to think aboutthe mat er,i
and he does not, want, to do anything
until he has thoroughly inattired plans.
The present and his re(luest for names
to appoint, as delegates were precipita
ted by the following correspondenct:
His Excellency, Governor Tillman
Dear Sir: I have been in coritspil)
dence with Gen. ]toy Stone, ot New
York, to whom I was referred by (ov
ernor Levi K. Fuller, of Veriont.
I send you a letter recently receivea
from Gen.Stone. My plan to whbich he
refers, is to send eirculars to every Al
liance in the State and to all the Stat e
and County Alliance ollicerti to enable
them to gain information on the sub
ject and to begin the organinition at
once.
My directory contains about a thois
and names of prominent farmers in all
parts of the State. Con-equently by
sending out circulars it would seatter
them well. Ile hiats sent the giriliars I
wrote for. I will Wo;o Washingion if
I am able to,W, out ai make the trilp
..orsrespectfully,
,' J. W. Iteid. Sec. F. S. A. of S. C. I
S Following is the aitOiinanying let
NEW YonK, l)ecemper 28, 1892.
J. W. lReid, Secretary l"ariiners' A Ili
anco-Dear Sir: I have sent you t lie
literature requiestedl andi shioiild be
pleased to hear f rom you when the samne
is received. TIhe executive comtmittee
think your plan of action admirable.
lie good enough to let us know itf we
can support vou further..
Governor Tillman has acceplted the
position of vice presidlent for the Mtate, I
but has not .vet named the State iree
tors, under Article 5 of the conistituit Ion.
page 40, of tho pamphletsent you. Will (
you kindly communicate wit h bhim, andl(l
please indicate that it wouilo be very
aglrcabie to have you named as oneO 01
the dIirect ors of' the State y
WVould you be able to come to Wash
ing to attend tihe general hoard ieet ing
on Jlanuary 17? V'ery trulv yours,
lloy Stone, General Vice l'resident.
The reply ot Governor Tiillman reads: I
Replying to your letter of yesterday I
Governor 'Cillmani directs me to say I
that lhe will be glad to receive sugges- I
tions of live and active men all over I
the State to be appointed vice p)resi-I
dents of the National League for Good
of Roads and would bie glad to ap)poittI
you one of the directors of' this State.
Very respectfully, 1). 11 . TIomtpkins.
P'rivate Secretary.
The work of the Alliance road diiree
tors will be watched wit,h genuine inter
eat, and they can (10 much good in this
State. The directors mtighit, biesidies
representing the State, take charge of I
the oirgai ization ror South Carolina.
-News and Courier.
The South',, Coadl Depomltn.
CHIATTANoooIA, 'Tenn., ,Jan ti.-T[he
Trradesmiani in its annual revIew fori
1893, just published, says that the coai
deposits of the Southern States are es
timated froim its returns to underlie
62,345 square nilles of territory.
Southern coal minin was 'rot prose
cuted extensively uinti 1880, when the
Souitput was :3,9.14.255 tons. In 18940 17,
640.280 tons were mined, atnd tihe outpu't
for 1892 is estimated at 19i,201,200 tonis.
West Virginia is at present the largestt
poducer of coal, followed by Alabama, I
KCentucky, Trennessee, Virginia. Texas,v
Arkansas and Georgia in the ordier r
-named.
When the extensivelimprovemnents in e
river navigation, now under way, are
Onished it is believed that Alabama aind
Tennessee coal can be delivered at t ide
water for exportation at from $150) to
$2 per ton.
Coke manufacture in the South, the
Tradesman says, is of recent origin, niot ~
reaching 1,000,000 tons till 1876. From
1888 a steady increase is shown, In
that year 1,030,6142 tonts ofi coke were l'
made in 18940 3,764,828 tons, and the I
manufacture of coke for 1892 is esti- 11
mated at 4,250,000 tons. d
'[be flgurea given show that a ton of 2
coke weighing 2 00pounds req tires an d
average of 3,ll1 pounds of Southeiun
ooal and costs 816.6'7. A labama coke,
analyzing 91.60 per cent of pare carbon,
Is now regularly produced.
Duael to the Death. (
DENIBoN, Texas, Jan. 5.-James and te
Will Nevins and d ack Langdon, all cow
boys bad a fight with Winchesters and
-sez-shooters at "Three Heart" Ranch
In the Choctaw Nati on, yesterday. Wilil
Neivins and Langdon were killed and
James Nevins fataily wounded. The
Nevins boys and Langdon worked on
different ranones. The former were a
chargdwith stealing a maverick, and *
allhon orsebacki began. The first C
- blkilled Will NevIns, and a sharpe
duel between James Hevlns and Lang
oni followed. The latter was killed at b
~4fth sot and Noevilo was riddled,
j h
THE D"N EAST."
1 1.ong and Wicked ife Comes to an
End L"t.
WASHIN0TON, January JI.-Gen.
B3enjani F. Butler died at 1.30 this
noralug of heart failure, supe.Induced
>y an attack of pneumonia. Ile retired
it 11 o'clock last night, and soon after
nidnighis hio'colored body servant, West,
Nho slept in an adioi.xng room, heard
fim coughing violently. Ile went to
bt: Gt inxl's room and found that he
isid goi-e Lo the hath room adjoining.
Ile lolowed H-im there and ollered as
istauce. Thbe General mentioned that
li It XllCt(I: it1ons haI been discolored
with bll0d, buI, <id not appear to think
aeriouRly of : h- matter. West assisted
iii to hed atid lie apparently went
tisleep, hut, died toon after.
'ill i ISTORY OF Il1s IJIFE.
It is r at.ed that when Aiildebrand
was on his deitli bed lie absolved all the
world excep t llenry the IV o Germany,
and Clenitent the I 11. When the career
At t i. 1. F. Butler is studied by the
4elf-i espe ting Southerner, even after
hiret, th cades, when the passions of war
have cooled and the animosities of the
it lie have, beeni dissipated, it is ditlicult
to reptk-es something of' the same fPel.
ii, wliti anitmated the fiery Pontiff.
Bet).iniinn Frailklin Butler wa, born
n Deertield. N. II.. November 5, 1818.
le was Lradiaited at Waterville Col
ege, Alaine, 1838; began the practice of
aw at, Lowell, Mass, in 1841 and has
ince haid a hiih reputation as a lawyer,
.sl;ecially in criminal casep. lie early
Look a promininent part in p,)lities on the
Demociatic kide and in 1860 was a dele
ritle to I lie Democratic Nationa! Con
vt Itionli iiin I his city and voted a number
A iimes Ior .1ferson Davis tas candi
ilate lor the Presidency. Mr. Butler
withdiew frmn the Charleston Conven
Lion as well its 1rom the subseque-it
Convei.tion which is--embled in Balti
more. loll wed by a ma jority it the Mas
11ch1uits dele--ation. In the same
vear he was the tinsuccessful candidate
I for GOVern10or of Miasachusetts.
In A pil, 18461, on President Dn
'olni's cull lr trols, he marched to An
na iflli With th( Sth Massachusetts re
eit. aiii, und on May I lie entered Balti
ouire at the head of nino hundied men
uid occliuied the city without opposition.
-)ia Mii I6 lie was made a major gener
ti ianid assignem-d to the command of Fort
Moroue and the department ot 'astern
Vr.iiiia. \Vhile lie was here some
veSi that 'iad colme within his lines
Nere dI uttinded by their iasters; but lie
'efiuol i deliver them) up oni i thei grount.
,laitL they we e Coiti'ailind of Wit'; hence
tr,xse the dles,ination of "cont.rauandi"
,iteh appi I Lo slav,es during the war.
[in Auus lie cotured Forts l iatteras
lnd Clurl oin the cott of NoithI Car
)-inmu. If(e then returned to Massachu
ettU to i crit, 1 an expeditioi for the
ult of Mx co and the Mississippi. In
Mai cli, 1S62, t he expedition reaclhed
-;hlu Ishaild, atid in April went up the
Missi.eipi. l'ariaiut and the fleet had
IsS ed Lilte 1oiA o A pril 2.1 and virtual
I)r caipttUred New cleains, and Gen.
I5itdur took pn.ssio (itf the city on
May 1.
lit"11,ER'S (iCOWNINU INI--U
.I3is itadai1inosiation of tifFairs," a
Northiri eit'vel., i ..demist,ially
nts sa nru yureat, vig,or,"1
Mif his couArse in halngilna William Mum
rd.! "lmr hauling down tKe United
;tittes il ug Irtini tLe mint, aid in issuing
(.der No. 28." initeiided to prevent wo
nen ai liim inuli ng itoldicisa, excit,ed
tirling leseiitineint, not onily in the
-outi b, hu tii mt Northi and abiroad, and
ni I )& ceinuher, I Mu2, ,JeIierson Datvis is
iiedli aprochulinatinn declari-.ig hima aln
ut law.'"
C >h. 10thardlX YeadIon, editor of the
hiarlestoin Courier. ollered a reward of
10,00t) for (en. Butler, dead or alive,
itd Ge n . ButLer, in festive nicod, re
atlia.ted itt the t:cse of the war by steal
ii Col. YeCadon's door plate from his
esidence in this city.
TLne only iili, of light in the (lark re
ord1 el ( en. iu tler's occupanc y of New
)rleans wats the strict sanitary regula
ionsl which lie enforced, and which
>robbly prevented the recurrence of
hie 3 ellow lever scourage. lie is saidl
o hiave p)rocuired his systemn of sanita
ion fromi La viticuis, andl hiskgreat pecula
ionis ini ct ton ad other personal
>rop)erty of the Louisianians sihow taiat,
ie had11 studied other b>oks of thle
'enitiateuch with profit, especially those
m~s c,es relatiog to t,he spoiling of' the
e puaniis. Iia May, 1862, Geun. But
er seizedl about $80i0.00 (lt) hichl had
>eeni deposited ini the oflice of the D)utch
onisuil, ehltiinih that arms for the C>)n
ederaite were to he bought with it.
L'hi i~ ltion was protested against by
Lil the loreIg:n consuls, and the Govern
nient at. Waisington, atfter an investien
ion, ordlered the return >f the money.
iIn Decemnber (;it. litler was re
atlleci, its lie bfumplitisly iaserted, at
lie un: Igati on of 1 OLous Napoleon, who
tluost-d the General to be hostile to
is Muxicang schemes. Near the close
I 1863 hie was placed in command of'
lie Ainy of' the .James, in 1 864 was
eut to New York to insure quiet dur
rig the elect,ions. In D)ecember lie con
luctedl the unsuccessfuli expedition
gauinst Fort, Fisher, and1( was soon alter
.vards removedl fromi commnanded by
;eii. Grant, aft.oi which lie returned t,o
is residence in Massachusetts.
In 1866 he was elected to Congress
s it lIepublican, where he servedh al
nest continuously unttil 1879, raking
lie leading part ini the attempted im
eachmienL of Presideint ,Johnson. iIe
ma the unsuccessiul lRepublican nomi
IC ior Governor of Massachutsetts in
87 1, anid in 1878 andi 1879, having
hanged his politcs. was the candIdate
f the lndependeint Greenback party and
I one wing of' the IJemocrats for the
amne eflee, butt was ag&aini deftetd. In
882 the Democrats tuni'ed upon him as
fiher tandhidate, and lie was elected,
hough the rest of the Stati ticket was
efeated. lie caused1 durimg his term
lie celebrated investigatioa of tihe al
agedl cruelties of the TIewksbury Alms
louse. In 1883 lie was renominated,
ut,defeated, in 1884 lie was the can
idlate of tihe New Y ork Sun andI the
Lnti-Monopolist part.Ies, or the Presi
ency andl receivedh 133,8'25 vot,es.
Ghen. Butler married Miss Sarah Hil1
roth, of Lowell, who had been an ay
ress, add who dlied In 1876. Their
aughter married Ghen. Adelbert Ames,
f the Unit.ed States arm ,'. James Par
an wrote an alleged history of "Ghen
lutler in New OJrl tans," and the G -n
ral published last year a very enter
sRining hut unreliable yolume entitled
'biutler's Book," which purports to be
t,rue story of his life and charact,er,
The attempt of the Republicans to
teal the State of Wyoming failed at
very point. The official majority for
Isborne, Democratic candidate for Giov
rnor, is 1,781, and the Legislature wIll
a Demnocratic by three majority, which
Innraa t.he Senator.
ANCIENT RAlNAS
The Financial Statue of That His
torio City.
Moslems Absorbing All the Trade and
Urowing Richer, While the Chris
tans and Jews Are Grow
IBg Poorer.
The British consul in Damascus, in a
report which has lately been issued by
the foreign office, gives some interest
ing information in regard to the condi
tion of that city and its neighborhood,
says the London Times. Damascus
sends to ileyrout and other towns in
Syria flour, grain and fruits, while inl
regard to the necessaries of life it 6
practically self-supporting, with the ex
ception of Manchester manufactures.
Cotton goods were formerly all hont
made, but the great cheapness ol
l1ritish cottons has destroyed the homn
production. The trade of the place if
almost stationary from year to year; il
there is an increase in the trade in ar
article one year there is a correspondinp
decrease the next, for luxuries art
scarce and the necessaries of life wil
only fluctuate with the population
while the exports depend on the har
vest, which rarely fails.
The population is given at about 210,.
000, of which about 180,000 are Moslems.
rhe number is supposed to be increas
ing, but it must be slowly, for the old
walls still surround the greater part ol
the population, and the houses built out
side are very few. The poverty of th(
Christians and .Jews is remarkable, the
Moslems having of late years absorbeI
the trade and wealth which were former
ly in the hands of the others. The Mos
Iteins steadily increase in wealth, while
the Christians and Jews as steadily de
cline. This unusual state of things if
said to be due to the loss of the througlh
trade to Bagdad, to the difileulties
which those who are not Moslems en
counter in business and to th-- insol.
veney of the government. The Damas
eus bonds, which were repudiated t<
the extent of ?500,000, were mostly hek
by Christians and .fews, and the repudi
at ion was a heavy blow to them.
lilt, it Lp)ears that the wealth of the
place has considerably increased In th(
last thirty years. and it is probable thal
I)aimascus wi-il still further increast
when the railways now projected froir
the coast are constructed. The ex.
portation of licorice root, however
seems to be doomed by the discovery ol
root of a superior quality in Asia Minoi
and elsewhere. Apricots form one of
the chief products of Damascus. It is
estimated that in a good year no fewei
thanl 17,000 tons are gathered. Large
qluantities are sent fresh into the neigh
boring towns and villages, while th<
rest is dried or made into paste and ex
ported to Egypt. Hemp, too, is an im
portant local production. Loca- indus
tries are numerous and some are of im
portance. The chief is weaving
There are about 2,000 looms V," cotton,
wool and silk weaving. The first
pro(luce calico, cur!ains and divan cov
ers, the materi;,i used for the long coats
worn 1T: Moslems and for the cloaks
which cover the native women from
head to foot. A hand loom can turn
out thirteen yards of striped cotton
cloth per (lay, but the average day's
work does not exceed seven yards. The
cotton looms are constantly at work,
wh4ile the wvool andl silk looms are fre
qluently -idle. The manufacture of
ropes, harness, hammered iron, copper
andI brass work is among the other in
dustries. The ornamental brass work
andl mother-of-pearl inlaid work are
chiefly supported by the travelers, who
pay exorbitant prices.
VENETIAN LIFE.
The Poetical City Described as the Most
Beautiful of Tombs.
Venetian life, in the large old sense,
has long since come to an end, and the
esse'ntial present character of the most
melancholy of cities residles simply ira
its b)eing the most beautiful of tombs,
writes lienry James in Scribner. No
where else has the past been laid tc
rest with such tenderness, such a sad
ness of resignation and remembrance.
Nowhere else is the present so alien,
so dliscontinuous, so like a crowd in r
cemetery without garlands for the
graves. It has no flowers in its hands,
bnt as a compensation, perhaps-and
the thing is doubtless more to the poini
--it has money and little red books.
The everlasting shuffle in the piazza of
these irresponsible visitors is contempo.
raLry Venetian life. Everything else ih
only a reverberation of that.
T-he vast mausoleum has a turnstile
at the door, and a functionary In a
shabby uniform lets you in, as per tar
iif?, to see how dead it is. From this
cold curiosity proceed all the industry,
the prosperity, the vitality of the place.
The shopkeepers and gondoliers, the
beggars and the models, depend upon ii
for a living; they are the custodian.
and the ushers of the great museum
they are even themselves to a certaiti
extent the objects of exhibition.
It is in the wide vestibule of th<
square that the polyglot pilgrims gathem
most densely; Piazza San Marco Is like
the lobby of the opera in the interval.
of the performance.
The present fortune of Venice, the
lamentable difference, is most easily
mer.suredl there, and that is why, in the
effort to resist our pessimism, we must
turn away both from the purchaser.
and from the venders of ricordi.
Old-Time Postage Rates.
An old almanac for 1813 gives tne fol.
lowing as thme rates of postage prevail
ing at that time: "For every single let
ter by land, for 40 mIles, 8 cents; 9(
miles, 10 cents; 150 miles, 12% cents; 30t
miles, 17 cents; 500 miles, 25 cents. N(
allowance to be made for intermnediate
miles. Every double letter is to pay
dlouble the said rates; every triple let.
ter, triple; every packet weighing one
ounce at the rate of four single letters
each ounce. Every ship letter orig
inally received at an office for delivery,
8 centa. Magazines and pamphlets, not
over 50 miles, 1 cent per sheet; over 50
miles and not exceeding 100 do., 1%
eats per sheet; over 100 miles, 2 centa
per' sheet. _________
Ten Days Without Food.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 7.-Ten days
ago a mine on the line of the Loneter
Railway was flooded. The miners fled
and all reached the surface in safety ex.
cept eight men, who it was supposed
had been dr owned in the workings, The
pumps were keep going night and day
and to-day a party of sliners went down
to recover the bodies of their comrades.
The imprisoned men were still alive,
but had their rescue been delayed only
a few hours they would certainly have
died from starvation. For the entire
ten days they had been without a mnor
sel of food and they were so weak that
they could hardly speak. The phyla
clans state that with extreme care the
eight men will probably renover.
WEALTH IN TOBACCO.
Onator Mayfieid Clears One Mandred
Dollae per Acre on It.
To the Editor of The News and Cour
ier: I have had so very many inquir.
lee about raising tobacco that it is im
possible for me to answer so I turn to
your columns to give the desired infor
mation. I take it that you will gladly
give the space, for The News and
Courier first urged upon the people of
South Carolina to plant tobacco, and
especially will you give aid through
your columns to anything which tends
to build up the material prosperity of
the country.
Select a sloping place with southern
exposure near a branch or pond. 13urn
the ground thoroughly by placing on
the bed dry wood or brush to a depth
of an inch. Then take a mattock and
dig the ground, rake it and get all the
clods broken and all the roots out. Lay
off the land or bed up the hill in rows
eight feet wide. From the centre of
furrow pull the earth up towards the
centre of your row, so as to raise the
middle three or four inches. The form
er furrows will be a drain taking off
the water from the centre of the bed
and a path, so that in pullivg plants
your hands can reach the centre of the
bed. Mix the seed with corn or cottan
seed meal, so as to be easily seen, and
sow two tablespoonsful of seed to the
acre. Use the Hester variety grown
by It. L. Ragland, Ilyco, Va. They
cost $2 per pound and one pound will
plant say fifty acres, allowing for bad
stands.
After sowing run a hand roller over
the bed and press the seed in. Set a
plank along the edges of the bed, and
on this tack a cloth to cover the beds,
so as to protect. the plants from frost..
Wm M. 11ird & Co, Charleston, keep a
cloth for plant bed covering that costs
3% cents per yard.
Select a piece of land having a fair,
open front RO the sun will shine on it
all aay. Shouid have from eight to ten
inches of s-11 with a good yellow clay
subsoil. Break the lan: well with a
two-horse plough in January; rebreak
with a small scooter plough in March.
In ADriH harrow over the land and
make-it fine; reduce to a powder if
possible. Lay off your rows three and
a half feet wide with a shovel plough.
In the furrow put whatever stable ma
nure can be had, and on that put from
1,000 pounds to 1,500 pounds of F. W.
Wagener & Co's high grade fertilizer
-same as you would use for cotton. I
name F, W. Wagener & Co's fertilizers
because I have tried them and know
they are quick and respond readily.
Bed as you would for cotton, only use
small ploughs, so as to have a 11lit bed.
TI e plants will be ready by the 20th ot
April.
Go into the woods and cut pine logs
22 by 20 feet long. Have two sides
rough hewn, leaving the bark on two
sides; then put up just as you would a
log house, making the house twenty
feet high; put in tier poles. every tWS
feet as you build anid four feet apart
just as you e;-ef, -a meat or smoke
ho.use. When the house has settled
Gaub with clay. Later on I will tell
you how to put in ilues and furnaces.
In the meantime, write Major It. L.
Ragland, Ilyco. Va, foi his pamphlet
on tobacco. Then (1o as near as you
can what he tells you. Get your seed
and sow this month.
I planted thirty-three and one-half
acres near Denmark, Barnwell County,
and have now sold my entire crop and
I must say some of my tobacco was
poor, but the larger portion was go3d
and some was Ale-very fine. I aver
ageJ about 1,200 pounds to tLe acre and
sold good and bad as it lay graded in
my barns for 13% cents per pound. I
might have done~ better, but I am con
tent to let good enough alone. I re
ceived aut $154 per acre. If all of
my tobacco had been like that grown
on a fild of lifteen acres I would have
averaged 18 to 20 cents per pound.
But I did not know that good plough
ing and high manuring was so essen
tial to successful tabacco farming.
You need not spend money for ex
spensive sticks to cure on, as I did, and
basKets, etc., but later I will tell you
how to save on this line.
One word about the kind of tobacco
to plant and what kind to plant for. I
used the Hester, and it made tobacco
which all judges pronounced fine, and
which c 'nnot be surpassed for wrap
pers and fillers for plug work. So ex
pert tobacco men say, and they back
their judgment with their money. It
has a wonderful adaptability for soil
and climate. The A merican Tobacco
Company has formed a trust and re
duced the price of fine bright tobacco,
so that that type ls not now so remu
nerative as it onice was. But tmahogny
tobacco can be grown all over South
Caroiina, from the coast to the moun
tains. From 500 to 2,000 pounds can
be grown to thA acre, accordmng to the
condition of the soil. D)o not plant the
Cuban tobacco, is my ad vice, and it is
based on what the manager of Cuban
tobacco in this State told me.
Plant, for strong, oily, working tobac
co, on land that will make half of a
bale to three-quarters of a bale of cot
ton to the acre. Manure with a quick
fert,ilizer and use it freely as above dIi
rected andl you cat. make the tobacco
and hire all of your lobor for $50 per
acre and less. I have cleared at least
$100 per' acre. Do not put in too many
acres. Build one barn this year and
succeed, aiid you will plant again next
year. A barn will cure flive acres.
Respectfully,
Denmark, .January 9, 18913.
A colossai Corton ire.
Li vi-uoi, .Jan. G.--Three cotton
warehouses on .Juniper street were
burned last night, with 11,000 bales oi
cotton. Loss ?150 000. The walls of
one wherehouse bulged out and fell upon
a p)art oh firemen, killing three and se
riously injuring a number of others.
Tihe lire, which was confined within
the walls e t the three w arehouses burned
itself out at about, 2 o'oclock this af ter
noon. The salvage will be trilling.
LA'rEn.--It Is now a sid that there
were 20,000 bales of cotton in the build
ings, all of which was destroyed. It
was the largen, lIre that has occurred in
Liverpool since the burning of the land
ing st age In 1874. It is belheved that
that lire was smoldering among the cot
ton for hours before It was discovered
The cotton was stowed close to the
walls, and when the water soaked into
the bales it. caused them to swell grea tly,
andl this is thought had much to do with
the wall falling upon the firemen.
Placing of Our Bonds.
CH A RLEs'roN, S. C. Jan.10.--A syn
dIcate orined In New York by Messrs.
R. A. Lancaster & Co., under contract
with the G,overnor and State Treasurer,
has placed a large block of new 43 per
cent, refunding bonds of the State 01
South Carolina, Issued for t,he redemp
tion of BJrowu console, which fall due
July 1st,1893, and will. In a shiort time,
offer for sale the balahee of the author
ized issue. These are the bonds the is
sue of whIch was provided for by .the
Legislature whIch has just adjouined.
It Is understood that Calden iThindiff of
Augusta, was ellective in effecting thIs
ngotIation,
WOMEN AS CRIMINALS.
AA Deteotive's Testimony Regard
ing the Sexes In Crime.
There Are More Wieked Men Than Womn
on@ Yet the Women Are More Cruel
sad D1eliberate In Their
Crimes.
"While man Is undoubtedly as a rul
the more prominent in crime, woman
on the other hand, is at once more crue
and cunning in what she does," says i
noted detective in the San Francisc<
Post.
"From the circumstance that a con
siderable less number of women that
men are convicted of crime, the infer
enee is drawn that in woman the erimni
nal propensities are weaker or undei
better control. Such a conclusion is
however, not borne out by the facts, foi
when crimes have been traced to womer
it has been found, in the majority o:
cases, that the guilty deeds have beer
comn1m1iitted not only with systematit
cunning, but also with a coolness anc
cruelty which have seldom been attrib
uted to men.
"There are several reasons," contin
tied the detective, "why so few womer
have been convicted of crime. Man'
natural sympathy for her often cause.
him to overlook important point.
against her. If there are men in thi
profession who are not susceptible to i
woman's plea, I, in my experience o
twenty-six years, have failed to finm
them.
"Another thing: It is seldom consid
ered that girls are watehed more care
fully than boys, and are under greate
restraint. Neither i. it taken into ae
coumint that older fearales spend more o
their time at home, while males of thei
own age are on the streetor minglin
wit.h pelsons whose habits are not alway
of the best .Many of the temptations to
erime come firon business complications
in which women have .ittle or no share
as they spend most of their time a
home with their children and femall
companions. Most homicides, yo
know, are the results of anger excitei
when persons are away from thei
homes and families, as violent quarrel
generally take place in the street o
harroom, and not in the parlor or sit
ting-room.
"Now as to the cruelty and delibera
tion of the female criminal. The hi,
tory of crime shows that most of th
murders committed by women are thos,
perpetrated by the administration o
poison. They show careful prepara
tion and great deliberation. In alinos
every instance treachery is employed
the victim being invited to partak,-o:
refreshments supplied >y one who i1
presumned to ;te a friend. Murder b3
Oh w :.nistration of poison is consid,
ered the imost foul and the darkest o
all crimes, but it is the one that womner
have been addicted to more generalI3
than imen in all ages and countries.
"Another very remarkable fact," con
tinued the detective, "has recently bewi
meitioned in a London paper by thi
ehaplain of Clerkenwell jail. It is tha
soni criminals are practically incura
ble. Fromn a table prepared by him i
was shown that during last year ther
were committed to the prisons and jail
of England and Wales 5,686 men an
),764 women who had been convicted n<
less than ten times previously. You se
thme force of the comparison.
"A partial explanation of this strang<
state of thigs may be found in the fac
that women are more thorough-going
in all things, good. bad or indifferent
than the men. '[hey do nothing b:
halves, lie the matter the constructio:
oif a shorteake, the making of a craz;
quilt or the poisoning of a rival, womal
dlevotes all her time, knowledge an<
talent to what she has in view.
"Then, again, a woman has les
chance of reformation than a man. Th
latter can go to a strange or distan
place, raise whiskers or shave those h
had, assume a diferent name andl comn
mnenee life anew. Hie can generally fin<
employment, but with the woman it i
more dlifficult. D)isguise is not so easy
andl if she goes to a dlifferent plaec
sonie one is liable to recognize her.
"A strange woman is always looke<
upon with suspicion, as it is presume<
that she wuord prefer to live in th<
town where she was brought up an<
where her o1(1 aequalintances are.
umani gets credhit for his enterprise if h<
goes to a new country anid engages in
business for himsel f, but such is not th
ease with a woman. If she is once dlii
covered her own sex are the first t<
point their fingrs at her, then up thei
noses, and( refuse to associate with her
the result of which is that she become
hardened and callhous and is again driv
en to c'rime."
A D)icuit P'roblem.
Weighing the earth is a problen
which has often intere'stedl and anmuse<
scientists, andio various efforts have bee:
Imadle to dletermine with some dlegree o
accuracy the probable approiximat<
we'ighxt of the globe on which we live
i n 1772 a series of curious experiment:
was made by P'rof. Maskelyne i
M(o'unt Schtihall ion, in Scotland, ba
which lhe determined the singular fac
that the attraction exerted by th
mnountaini mass on the plumb lini
-aused it to deviate nearly six second
frtom the p)erpendicmular. Long and at
trmuse calculations followed, (in the de
tails (if which it is not necessary ta
dwell, but the result was, taking th.
diameter of the earth as 7,912.41 mile
andmi the weight of a cubic foot of wate
as 623 pounds, the weight of the eartJ
was calculatedl to be 5,842,000,000,000,
0i00,000,000 tons of 2,240 poundhs each.
Yankee Notions in Spain.
An American traveler in Spain say
that Yankee notions andh the ingeniou
iittle inventions sold by our street ped
diers are ap)preciated there. Whil
walking in Malaga he saw women shy
ing aeross thme street to get away trort
somnethming. Making haste to ascertaia
the cause, he saw a man with a string
tiedl to a tiny mouse, which sought il
vain to ge't away from its tormentor ai
it glidled over the walk. He repeatedi;
jerked it back, however, and the tout
ist was shocked until he heard the ma
calling out: "Raton mecanico Ames
Icano!" (American mechanical mouse.
,A oed L.aw.,
COLUMBIA, Jan. 12.-The Secretar
of tate has received the following Iet
ter from John Edgar, of' Rochestei
Minn.:
"Please send me a copy of your nei
dispensarv law, as I believe it Is called
Some years [ published essentlallyth
same as embodied in this law and hay
been adVocatiDg it since. I rejoic
greatly, and congratulate your State a
ra leading our country and the worn
whi1h the only law that promise. to bei
athe drinking alon."
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Daats.rdsy Work om WVrecker,
IRMINOIIAM, Ala., Jain. 5.-At i
talia. shortly after midnight last rig
the Queen and Cresent south bound li
ited express was VhrecCKed, every c
mer ibe rear sleeper leaving t
track. The passengers were bad
shaken up, but no one seriously hiu:
as the train was slowing up for the st
tion when the mishap occurred. Solu
malicious person had wrasppedl a
achain about the track for the p'irpo
of wrecking the train, and the wo
der is that nobcdy was killed.
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