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XVIII.?New Series. UNION C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 13, 1887. NUMBER 19.
BILL ARP'S LETTER. I Dr. Ward oloaoa hik Snl rfi,l A.tZ I ? - " ? - 5
TIIEKE IS NO 6UCII TIIINQ AS THE 'NEW
SOUTH.'
The "Old South" is not dead by a long
shot, and I nui proud of it. Just let anybody
conic out aud fling at her and her
friends couio out like hornets from
a nest. Professor Tillctt, of tho Vanderbilt
University, has been vcntilatiug his
sophomorio opinions in the Century, and
bolittlcing the grand old geutleuien of the
olden timo ns "dependent idlers" and
"gentlemen idlers," and says they wero
little tnoro than overseers of tho blacks."
He asserts that "all our advancement in
industry and prosperity, and education,
and literature, and morals, and religion is
duo to tho emancipation of tho tvhitc man
from his bondage to idleness, which is inseparable
from tho ownership of slaves."
I don't know who this professor is, nor
whoro ho was born, but tho spirit of his
article is a foul slander upon the old South.
Ho either knew nothing about her or ho is
just writing for buncombe. Just such a
tissue of misconception anil misrcprcscnla
tioo was never gotten togcthcr-not ovcu by
Cable.
Tho Christian Advocate of Nnshviilo,
seems to bo intensely disgusted, and says:
"Is it all new? Was there no manhood
until now? Was tho great names that we
revered only the crcoturos of fancy?tho
myths that appear in tho early history of
all barbarous people ? Were Washington
and Jefferson and Madison incro creatures
of a mythologio ago? Wero Jackson, and
Clay, and Calhoun, and Benton, and Macon,
and Pollc, and Bell, and Stephens,
and Crittenden the demi-gods of a prehistoric
raco ? Is it a delusion that Taylor,
and Houston, and Crockett, and Travis,
and Leo, and Jackson, and Sidney Johuston,
and Stuart, and Morgan, and Forrest
belonged to tho old South ? Who aro tho
men that now load tho new South, but tho
men who led the old South ? Who represent
us iu tho halls of Congress, and who
administer our Stato Governments ? Who
ran our railways, \ factories, and furnaces,
and educational institutions? In a
word, what is there that is good in the
new South that was not rooted in tho old
South ?'
Then tho Christian Index takes it up
and says :
'We belong to the new South aud hope
to kocp abreast of her iu all ber progress
in wbat is good. But we also belong to
tho old South and aro proud 0/ her history.
We acknowledge our present as the offspring
of our past aud not of somebody
elso's post. What thoro is good in us is
? .,r :? ""
ukv ui (juiituu ungiu. mo puritans arc
welcome to their own glory, but they shall
not appropriate ours. We shall transmit
to our posterity what we received from
our forefathers?the history, traditions,
charictcrs and blood of thecavalier
But the most claboiate and admirable
reply to Professor Tillett comes from l)r.
B. P. Ward, in the Mississippi Clarion.
It is grand, it is cloqucut and convincing
It is worthy to bo preserved in every scrap
book. It swells the heart of tho truo
Southerner with prido. Lie reads it and
fcelft irnnil fmrt i-on/la il 'I"
VXMU ? H^UIU* 11U OUji) 111
tbo outlet that 'tho professor is skirmishing
to bring himself within tho scope of
the gale which has recently given such a
graceful swell to tbo sails of Mr. Grady,
but unfortunately his zeal is not tempered
with tho vein of native loyalty which (Ingles
through the eloquence of Georgia's
gifted and popular editor.'
lie says in his summing up for a poriod
of 64 years, from 1781) to 1853, tho South
furnished eight Presidents whoso terms
covered 52 years. She furnished fourteen
Secretaries of State, eleven Secretaries of
War, thirty-nine Presidents of tho Senate,
thirty-one Speakers of the House, two
Chief Justices of great eminence, twentynine
Associato Justices, twenty-one Attorney
Generals and niocty-nino ministers to
foreign couutrics.
There is no new South. The term is a
misnomer and a myth. It is simply a
phrase costume in which old prejudices
mnfqunrado through modern prints seeking
t) pervert the education of Southern
ohildren into the conviction tknt their anw
.w i
wc.vir, ? mi vuuiiiiuir, wcru lime more
than a race of id lorn, blunder* r?, blockboads
and failure*. The literature left by
our statesmen will stand as monuments of
wisdom and modols of classical lore. In
all the departments of government, in law,
literature and science, while the South
has boasted of no great army of writers,
he has furnished the minds productive of
the grandest results to the country and
the world. ? * *
' Wlun a prolific littlo animal, vain of
her progeny, twitted tho lioness for uurainif
|I,~ Ivi.. i:-.i .
mM'r> "" *J *'M* | IIIU uuuit- utuii. i? |mii;U ,
'Ycp, only one?but it is a lion.' ^
jnSfluit 1.
saying :
'Docs this order of men spring from a
raco of idlers whose energies have bccu
emasculated by the curse of slavery. *
* * * * Let Southern parents look
to tho education of their boys, and act
with circumspection when tho friends of
education come to us 'bearing gifts' in
tho shape of endowments for Southern
Universities, where the boys nro to be
taught to forget history and blush for
the character and doods of their ancestors.'
That's it ; that's it exactly, that's what
I have been thiuking for lo those mauy
years, and what I have becu tryiog to say,
but no man has over said it as well ns Dr.
Ward. I know him personally, aud was
his guest at Winona, Mississippi. I felt
that I was communing with a thinker, a
philosopher, a Southerner of the old school,
a typo of the grand men that the old
South produced nnd the ucw South wril
not produco nnd cannot produce. I affirm
this humbly, conscientiously and with
faith?reluctant faith?that our present
methods, will not and cannot produco as
grand and noble men as the last half century
beforo tbo war produced. I do not
mix it with the slavery question, but with
other questions more radically significant.
I have only copied a scrap from Dr.
Ward's defenco of tbo old South, her men
and measures, her patriotism, her integrity,
her statesmanship, but if I bad my
way I would have it published as a classic,
and have it planted in every school nnd
eollcgo in tho South as an authority not
to bo questioned. I say to my children :
fTherc is no taint upon your ancestry.
There was no curse iu slavery. Harriet
Becohcr Stowo wrote a romautio lio and
the whole fanatical crew revelled in slavery
?but slavery had its day aud served its
purpose. Its time was ont?let it bo out.
Wo arc glad of it if it was the will of
Providence, but be careful lest a worso
evil bofall us. Let us fortify and on'rouch
against the lovo of money, which tlie iiible
tells us is the toot of nil evil.'
We want no uioro slavery. It had its
mission, not its sin nor its curso, but its
mission both to whito and to black, and
we arc coutontIlerc
arc a whole lot of fools who strut
around on speculators' money and say let
the old South alone, she's a dead dog and
stinks. 1 heard a bloated bondholder say
that not long ago, and in the same conversation
lie bragged about a painting bo
bought at Stuart's sale, and said it was
300 years oid. We will talk about the
old South just as much as we please, and
no man shall make U9 afraid. Wo love
old thiugs, anyhow. They arc tho best.
Tho poet says :
'I love it, 1 love it, nnd who shall dare
To chido me for loving that old arm chair.'
There is Old lluudred and Old Lang
Syne, and hero are tho old trees and the
old landmarks and tho old men aud old
women with good old honest habits and
limited desires, who indulge in no folly
and hanker after no big thing, but live
calm and serene and covet nothing but
the happiness of their children! I sec
that Mr. Harnett has presented a shingle
that is a hundred years old to the agricultural
department. I expect it paddled
his grandfather, nnd is therefore a sacred
relic of the old South. Tho new South
don't paddle much. Hut the school
teachers do thrash around some in these
parts. Carl was telling me to-day how
the teacher whippod one of tho boys yesterday.
'I tell you what, papa, that boy
got forty-niuc licks, for I counted 'cm, and
he ucvcr blinked uor winked, and set down
laughing.' * Why> ho is a tough one,'
said I, 'ho must have a hide like un alligator.'
'No, sir,' said Carl, 'but ho had on a
big, loose jeans coal; aud he held back his
shoulders so that tho coat ucver touched
him, and nothing got a whipping hut the
coat.' Smart boys thoso days, and shifty.
The old South may whip, but tho new
South knows how to dodge.
llu.L A UP.
Dos't bk Devbauoko.?Westmoreland's Calisaya
Tonic is being imitated. See that you get
Westmoreland's Calisnya Tonio, mauufaeturid
by Westmoreland Bros., Greonville, S. C.
Ercry bottle should havo a rod metal cap oeer
llio cork, with the following imnriln: 'Westmore- I
land's Cnlisnya Tonic. Westmoreland liros.,
Sole Proprietors, Qrcenvillo, S. C.' Every bottle
of Westmoreland's Catisaya Tonic should
have the folloing :
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OrricR or Intrrnal Rkvrruk.
Washington January 26ih, 1883.
Messrs. Westmoreland Bros., Greenville, S.
C.?Gentlemen : Your formula for making your
Ciilisaya Tonic,' certified to under oath on the
JMd instant, has been examined.
My decision is that, for purposes of taxation
under the Internal Revenue Laws this Tonic, no
made, may be classed as n proprietary medicinal
Ionic, subject to stamp tax, and that sales
thereof will be subject to the provisions of Section
3243 U. S. Revised 8tatutes.
Respectfully,
GREEN B. RAUM, Commissioner.
. ?i
Kl(-r|>lcr* night", rondo miserable, by that terrible
Cough. Shi lull's Cure Is the remedy for you. For sate
y J. W. I'ooey A Bro.
iiBAun rui. ukeole Women,?The
aristocratic Creole lady is often n model
for the imitation of her sex, Sho is an
obedient and respectful daughtor, n faithful
wife and a devoted mother. Sho is
soft of speech aud has a graco of manner
which gives a charm to all eho docs. Well
educated and accomplished, with koeu wit,
she makes a brilliant figure in society, but
is nevertheless, an excellent manager of
her household, and gives a most careful
supervision to every detail that will enhance
tho comfort of her lord. Sho looks
diligently alter tho physical and intellectual
welfare of her children'; especially aro
her daughters trained undor bor owu eyes
iu all that goes to make women lovely in
mind aud person. Their tasks for school
are conned by her side, their music lessons
nre practiced within her hoaring, that sho
may detect the least falso note. Sho
shares in all their amusements, sho is their
companiou, their confident, their friond.
They oomo to her with all their little
hopes and fears, suro of her sympathy.
When her daughter is grown, tho Creolo
matron blooms again into a rich second
youth; her own girlhood is renewed in
that of a child; they arc scarcely mother
and daughter any longer, but a pair of
loving sisters. Tho young girl is educated
in a convent, aud leads a secluded exist
ence until sh? is l.innolij.1 in ?3
? ? .MMUvwvvt IU OUUIUbJT) UUU
then in tho joyous life that bursts upon
her sho always surrounded by the same J
watchlul caro that guarded her childhood.
Young girls arc not allowod to go into sooicty
without being accompanied by their r
mothers, or some other married lady, as
chaperon?one of the many Creole customs
which has been generally adopted by
the American residents of Now Orleans, j
These young girls are often wonderfully
beautiful. Good features, handsomo eyes ?
and graceful figures combine to mako .
them very attractive, their boauty being .
uot infrequently Oriental in typo, though 1
tho vivacity of their manner marks thom j
uscsscutially French in character, Many j
Creole women nro very aooowpliahetf. r
They have a skill in music and painting g
that is often artistic. In tho literary g
clubs which society women h:?.c inaugu- y
ratod of late years in New Orlcaus, tho j
American ladies have been astouished to
find the Creole ladies quite as well posted q
as themselves in English literature, whilo E
possessing a much greater knowlodge of t
the literaturo of other countries. But an
accomplishment still more attractive to s
the impecuuious young man seeking matrimony
is the exquisite taste with which I
these maidens fair will fashion their own e
gowns and bonnets when circutnstauces g
require them to make theso things at homo, *
Tho Creole women have inheritod the f
French taste for dress, and in a greater E
degree tliau other Americans, they regard t
the fiat of Paris as the supreme authority c
in nil f?rmf?f>rr>inr? ?K.i ' !!?? A I? ?
? - - ww?vv?t?>UQ VUV kVIIOV? il lOUj '
the Creole women of all ages and of all c
classes aro devout. Neither social engage- p
meats, nor weather, nor other obstacles i
aro allowed to interfere with the discharge c
of their religious duties. Aro they not
somewhat superstitious ? Some of thorn c
a little so, perhaps, in romcmhrauco of '
voudou stories told them iu their infancy 1
by old negro nurses.?Letter to Omaha *
Re})ublican: 1
f
Don't Kxpkiumknt.?You cannot afford to
waste time in experimenting whon your lungs
are in danger. Consumption always seems, at
first, only a cold. Do not permit any dealer to J
impose upon you with some cheap imitation of
Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, 1
Coughs and Colds, but bo sure you get the gena- t
ine. because he can make moro profit he may
tell yeu ho baa something just as good, or juat e
the same. Don't be deceived, but insist upon 'j
getting Dr. King's New Discovery, which is
guaranteed to give relief in all Throat, Lung 1
and Chest afTectiens. Trial bottles free at J. \
W. Posey's Drug Store. (
That hacking cough can he so quickly cured by '
Shiloli's Cure. We guarantee it. For salo l?y J. W
Poesy A Uro. '
WiiirvER in Jail at Last.?Tlio
l*almctto Post of Saturday says; '\V. J.
Whipper, Probate Judge of this County,
was arrested this week nud brought before
Trial Justice T. G. White of Beaufort, on
a charge of official misconduct, corruption
in office, fraud, oppression in office, preferred
by one Thomas C. Scott, of his ow n
color, who claims that Whipper has, officially
and individually, defrauded him.
I Robert Smalls, S. J. Biuipfiold, and a number
of other prominent colored citizens arc
material witnesses. Whipper was bound
over in the sum of 91,000 to appoar, Mes
are J. F. Hutching*, E. A. Schcpor and 1
Sammy Green going his security. It is I
due to Whippcr to say that ho has been '
the Attorney for Smnlls in tho contest
against Congressman Elliott, and claims 1
that Smalls owes him $138 for services in 1
such capacity and refuses payment. Sub- 1
sequently Whippcr had bceu arrested in a 1
civil action growing out of the same cause, 1
and being unablo to furnish requisite bunds 1
was committed to jail, wbcro he uow is.'
THBIWESTERN EARTHQUAKE.
San Frau cisco, May 4.?An earthquake .
ihock occurred yesterday which extended i
'root Ceutcrville, Cal., through Arizona x
ind New Mexico to Kl l'aso, Texas. The t
ihock was also felt at Guayuias, Mexico.
Tncson, Arizona, May 4.?An earth- g
lualce occurred horc at 2.12 yesterday af- t
ernoon. No person was injurod. Con- c
liderablo damage was done to buildings, t
jloods were thrown from shelves of stores, i
ind many houses were more or less crackod. c
Che shock was accompanied by a rumbling s
lound. Many clocks were stopped, and (
ho cntiro population of the city took to r
ho streets, terror-stricken. The Court- a
iouso cupola swayed like the most of a a
ihip in a turbulent sci, and the building i
tself seemed as though it wero toppling a
>ver.
When the shock struok tho Santa Cata- j
-
luo luuuumui, great sitcos ot tho moun- j
ain were tore from its side and thrown to t
ts base. Vast clouds of dust arose abovo j
ts crest 7,000 feet above tho sea level, at 0
;hrco different points from threo to four g
xiilca apart. It was believed for some time r
;hat a volcano had burst out on tho crest of \
the mountain. Quo towering peak ktrown ^
is 'Old Castle,' a prominent landmark from r
Tucson, has entirely disappeared. The ex- ^
,ent of the damage cannot be told for sev- (
jral days. t
This was the first earthquake ever ex- j,
jcricnced in Tucson. The public school ^
milding rooked to and fro like a cradle, and
? a
lomo of tho plastering fell, creating the j
ltmost consternation among the pupils. ^
The school was at once dismissed for fear j,
if a repetition of tho shock. According to
l gontlcman who timed it, the shock lasted g
ust four minutes. One or two slight viirations
havo sinco boon felt. Shortly
ifter tho eartbquako a volcano broko out at
i point twenty-two miles south of this placo
n tho Total Wreck Mountains. Tho sky e
i brilliantly illuminated. *
A House Destroyed.?Wilccx, Ariz., t
ilay 4.?A severe earthquake shock was t
?I* l^erc ut 2.10 o' oliuk after- I t
loon. Tlu vibrations wore from uo.th to p
outh aud lasted ono minute and forty-five t
cconds. The residenco of X. J. Wilson a
rafr ruinod by the shock. No one was in- ii
urcd. v
Contcrvillc, Cal., May 4.--A heavy earth- fl
[uako shock was felt hero at 7.12 vcstcrdaj
norning. The dircotion wis f**om North a
o South. B
The Shock was preceded by what
coined to bo a heavy rumbling explosion, j
The Ground Opens.?Benson Arizona,
day 4.?A person just in from the vicinity
if the San Pedro Itivor reports that the rj
;round opened about six inches and the Q
rater roso in places thai had hitherto been ^
>3rfectly dry. Smoke was noticed about j(
> o'clock, which appeared to be in tho
leigbborhood of Whetstone Mountains,
light miles from hero. Some say it is a j
'olcanic eruption, and as nothing of that t
iharacter has ever been known in this ro- j
;ion the greatest surprise and curiosity exst.
Several buildings in this city were
lauiaged by serious cracks. t
A JiAKE Goes Day.?Tombstone, Arizola,
May 4.?Ten miles from this city, a
akc covering an acre of ground was com- j
dctely dried up in twenty minutes. Em- 1
laukments along the New Mexico and A
krizona Railway were moved from their
ormcr positions, in many instances as much t
is twelve inches. 1
The Quake in Mexico.--Guaymas, t
ilex., May 4.?At 12 45 yosterday after- 1
loon two earthquake shocks were folt here t
it short intervals, lasting altogether a few <]
leconds. The direction was cast and west, t
The clocks all stopped running, but no v
larnago is reported so far. Similar shocks t
Tore felt along tho line of the Sonora ltail- 1
oad. Tho following is from an agent at s
rorrcs station : 'One minute after the first c
juivcring sensation was felt the highost cliff i
)f Chivato Mountain fell.'
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Wkk Tots as Hiudesmaids andUsiieus.?And
speaking of the bridegrooms
rocalls tho Tuesday wedding at Grace
I3hurch. Six young gentlemen from six
to ciirllt voars old- in durlc viitW Onnl lnn.
O ? . ? ^
md black velvet knickerbockers, acted as
ushers; tho bridesmaids wcro Cvo little j
girls. Two in Nilo green talle slips, carried
white hyacinths and maidenhair fern ; ^
two iu pink, roso tulips end carnations?
tho maid of honor, a dignified person
of three in canary color, had a bouquet ^
of yellow daffodils, lied with yellow satin
ribbon. Tho bri Jo woro a most lovely and
girlish costume of yollow tulle, (he skirts ,
held in place with bunches of pink bou- |
vardis, and carried a big bunch of the J
sauio flower. The veil is always thrown I
back from tho face, aud I tils tho length of |
the train ; the woddiug unroh is a relic of i
former years. Kvtgry wcll-coouuctcd couple 1
oouies in church and goes out by the
chanting of white-robed choir-boys.?JV.
T. Letter. ]
It Takes the Cai? and Bells?The
Weics aud Courier has added to i's suit of ?
notlcy the well worn cap aud bells of tho P'
Ibbovillc Press and Banuer and editorially tl
appeared on Friday in complcto uniform. .
Our Abbevillo contemporary promul;atcd
the sapient and profound suggestion i*
hat it will bo well to arui all prisoners in
tharged with capital crimes with Wiuchcs- In
er rifles as a method of preventing lynchng.
With equal sapioncy and profundity ^
tur Charleston cotcniporary accepts tho sc
uggestion as a good one aud argues in its ft
avor. All men who help to lyuch crirni- w<
lals aro murderers, and should be shot; but
\s they are cowards, tho fact that the per- mi
ions to be lynched arc armed and in shoot- ^
ng condition would keen the lynchers hack
' 'zs
ind pievcnt mischief. 00
We aro uot told what would become of pa
ho sheriff and jailer in the cveut of a lynchng
raid of the ordinary kind, but it is easy U<1
o imagine that they would be in a painful 111
losition, iftho reasoning and assumption of en
iur Charleston cotomporary would hold
;ood. Tho lynchers, being cowards, would 0f
cmain outside the jail and would therefore in
>o safe. Ouly tho officers would be in joo- aE
>ardy with armed prisoners having a dis m
ect interest in their early and painless ^
leceasc iusido and armed lynchers outside lu
damoring for vcngcanco for the arming of ]a
he priosncrs. With tho rule suggested a
>y our contemporaries tho offico of sheriff to
vould bo divested of tho monotony that el
ometimcs surrounds it but it would uot like1_
811
y bo regarded as desirable. Dodging nimbly 8t
ibout tho corridor of a jail with propelled bi
mckshot entering tho doors aud windows ri
ind riflo bullets emerging in rapid succes- ar
ion from tho cells would be an interesting ,JC
?wo may say exciting?amusement, but it 80
vould not bo wholesome.? Greenville Aeics
The Liquor Question.?Seneca, Pick- wI
ms Co., May 3.?Scticca is about to bo ,m
ladly stirred up. Three members of the '*
own council elected iu March were known kt
o be pronounced'wot* men, whilo tho in w,
endant and <fne Warden aro just the op* d?
losito ; but itVr... J ijf ir u<Jj 1 lit at. j
hero was no issue on tho liquor question in
t all. The ticket was elected as the work84
ngman's ticket, and a great many men
tho aro known as anti-liquor men wcro in
luenccd thereby to vote it. Now they a!l
cgin to show the stuff out of which they ^
ro made. Yesterday application was st)
nado by two mcu for barroom licenso.
The position taken by the liquor men lo
. aU-a ?1 at. -
? mat wucu iu2 otaiuce pt onioning t!ic IC'
ale of liquors iu Oconco County was retealed
it carried with it the Soueca bill. ln
[["he threo liquor men in the council passed
a ordinance granting license, but Iuten- ey
[ant M. N. Sittou and R. 13. Ilayes, who
} also clerk of couucil, refused to sign the _?5
rdinancc. These gentlomcn have the
uoral support of most of the property- ^
lolders and nearly all of those known as
ho best people, white and colored. The w]
iquor men tiny expect, if they go into in!
he fight, that the antis aro not going to hi
jive up till they wiu or are defeated in the fft
lupreinc Court?Cor. Ncics and Courier.
Faults of digesiiou cause disorders of the co
irer, and the wliole system becomes deranged. C)
)r. J. H. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and .
Jlood Purifier perfects the process of digestion "
nd assimilation, and thus makes pure blood. (h
.? iu
Aliex Landloudism.?A bill similar T]
o tho Alien Landlord's bill, passed at the tu
ecent session of Congress, is pending iu hi
ho Illinois legislature. It provides that
icreaftcr aliens shall not be allowed to
4,
?uy land in the State until they shall have fn
leolared their intention to become citizens ;
hat unless they shall become citizens SI
rithin six years their lands shall revert to
ho Slate, and that all aliens now holdinor m
ands in Illinois must become citizens 'll
hC
vithiu three years. This hill is aimed at ^
mo William Scully, an Orangeman wlio
s said to have imitated in Illinois the of
>racticcs that have made English land- w
ords objects of hatred in Ireland. Scul- Wl
y owns in the State from 75,000 to 100-,
)00 acres, which are tilled by wretched
' J m
cnauts upon almost hopeless terms. The gl
oases aro said to contain some of the 2
vorst features of the Irish lease in use ten
fears ago. Scully also owns about 100,- ^
>00 acres iu Kansa*. He lives in LonCl
Ion. The people of Illinois appoar to j,
lisvc determined that he must either sell ir
iut or bocomc a citizen, lor it is predicted | w
that the ponding bill will surely become a 01
law. 9C
pi
Saybd ilia Liir.?Mr. 1). I. Wilcoxson, of d<
Horse Cove, Ky., soys lie was, for many year.", |0
bodly afflicted with Plitliisic, also Diabetes ; (lio ^
pains were almost unendurable and would sometimes
almost throw liim into emvulsions. He e!
tried Electric Hitters and got relief from first su
bottle and after taking six bottles, was entiriely \
cured, and had gained in tles)i cightoen pounds. (r
Says he pos tive'y believes he would havedied,
had it not been for the relief afforded by Eleotrio
Bitters. Sold el fifty cents a bottle by J. w
W. Posey. ftI
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For Dyspepsia and I.lver Pomp aint, havo you _
printed guarantee on eiery 1 ottl of siiilob's Vitnlizer 1
It never faili to cure. For sale l>y J. \V. Posey A Pro in
Facts and Thoughts Fkoji a Trade 1'apkb.
-Wo arc not in our province in (bis paper (o
irticuarliic 01 defino the claims and facts pcrucut
to industrial agitation. We can, how
rer, summarize tbo ploblcm as being resolved
do a claim for lite principle of distribution as
jainst the corrective of monopolization. This
(ho kernel of the nut. Wo quote the followg
figures from a paper prepared for the Comcrcial
club of Chicago as illustrative :
The machinery of this country is controlled
r 21,000 men, there being 10,250,000 men
Tooted and governed thereby. Two mi lion
ven hundred and fifty thousand hands receive
wage oi a year. Ul these, 'J'"J,000 are
jnicn and 171,000 children. The nvirigc
igo of farm hands, of which thcro ?i o ciglit
dlions, is $280 a year, or less than 80 cents
lay. Vaudcrbilt tnado more from 1880 to
85 thin a tnilliou farmers. Tho profits of
XX) )>ank9 were equal to tho earnings of 500,
0 farmers ; the net gains of 100 railroad com.nics
equal to tlio earning of 2,500,000 farmers
0,000 stock-holders iu railways owning 17010
miles of road, representing with cquipents
about $8,000,(.XK),000, charge for their
Trice about $8,000,000 and pay some 300,000
iployces about a dollar a day.
Wc nro no guarantee for tho absolute truth
these figures ; there is, however, no disputg
tho fact that the increasing power of wraith
id the qualities in its distribution hare a tremulous
emphases in lnbor'discontcnt. As an
Ijunct and logical consequence wo find ourIvcs
Hearing the point in woatlh in which
xury makes pleasure tho object of lifo and
bor its worst misfortune. Wo pay $500 for
dress, $5,000 for a pair of earrings, and go
the White House with some $30,000 of Jewry
adorning fire feet and a-holf of ordinnry
imanity. We give $1,000 a night to an opera
ugcr, whilst in the same city some poor scamress
is earning 25 cents a dozen working at
itton holes, and men arc glad to pick a lieriig'n
bone in sight of a palace where others
o banqueting on wine$lCn bottle and strnwirrics
30 cents a piece., lfhistoty has a l?sn
for us on this matter, it lias au unpleasant
gnificancc.
Urcecc was in its noon of art and luxury
len Phidias was filling the Par thou in with
mortal sculpture, but tho stamina au I Tituliof
the people was gone and left them an easy
ey to the ruder races who fought well and
,cw nothing of luxury. Home went the .-ame
ay. The Prtr.thcon was but tho tomb of a
generate race. Franco was a banquet hall
r its nobles when the volcanics of revolution
auguralcd tho reign * terror. J?* ?
> run the same way wo will fall OTcr Iho
me ftump.?St. Louis Ant of Steel.
Fou Astiima,?Hoping to benefit some ono
licto 1 as 1 have always bcea with asthma, I
ill the following simplo remedy to loosea tka
login : Take one tablespoon sunllowor seed?,
iop, sti i'iti and sweeten. This will make
o-thiiJ.s of a tea-oup. Drink freely until it
oseus, then ns often as one likes. It is jer:tly
harmless, (splendid for coughs and colds)
ould be taken a little warm. Is a preveni
C not a cure for astluna.?L. M. r?on.
m
If you suffer pricking pains on moving tho
cs, or cannot bear bright light, and find your
;ht weak and failing, you should promptly
e Dr J. II. McLean's Strengthening Eye Salve,
cents a box.
Farmkrs Who Mean Di sinbs?.?St. Louis,
ay 7.?A special from Waco, Texas sa\ a:
te State Farmers' Alliance C'ottoa Cmjries,
liicli has been in session hero for a week,
jouvneu 10-uay. The object or ilic Assemage
was to arrange to cuter into the niauucturing
of wagons, agricultural implements,
lion presses and oil mills. Over $10,010,000
ere represented. Arrangements have been
tiCludeJ for collecting staticiicts and for an
rly charter under the laws of Texas. Five
indred thousand dollars weic appropriated to
ie erection of cotton mi ls. Other manufacturg
enterprises will be taken up right away.
lie liody was a representation of the ngriculral
interests of the State. There wcie one
indred delegates present.
A Ml.NINO UiSAsTKtt.?Victoria, 11. C., May
?A special dispatch from Manaiino, on the
stern shore of Vancouver's Island, says:
"A terrible explosion occurred in No. 1
aft of the Victoria Coal Company's mines at
o'clock last night. One hundred and fifty
cn arc believed to have been in the mine at
c time. At midnight several bodies had
:cn recovered, and twelve persons seriously
lined were rescued ulivo at tho same time,
icre w as little hope of recovering alive any
' those still in the mine. A rescuing party
cut down, but owing to the blaok damp,
ere unable to do anything. Ono of tho resling
party died shortly after coming out of
io mine. Tho scene around tho shaft was
ost heart rending. A special train carrying
irgeons from Victoria arrive 1 nt Maniatno at
o'clock this morning.
Dkspkratk Fioiit on an EsaisK.?Jessup,
a., May 5.?Joe Smith, a desperado, attemptl
to assault a colored woman last night, and
nring tho struggle cut her with a knife, leav>g
her to die. As train No. ID, on the Savanah,
Florida and Western, was slowly pulling
it of town Smith hoardo 1 the engine. It was
mietime before Engineer Crawford noticed tho
roscnce of his crouchinir companion. He or
?rcd Smith to jump off, which Smith declined
ilo, and a struggle took place in which
uith again used his knife and sloshed up the
gincer pretty freely, causing Crawford to
11-render and allow Smith to rcma:n on board,
bout fifteen miles out,?Crnwfordi8topped his
ain opposilo a loucly house, lie entered the
>use, secured a double-barreled shot-gun and
ith it returned to the engine, where his defiit
companion etill held the fort. Smith dared
i-nwford to move. Iiranill.iliiiitf hit linih.
rawfurd ilieu discharged Loth barrels shoot*
g the desperado dead.