The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, January 16, 1891, Image 1
( About a century ago Paris hv! only
fcbout fifty pickpockets; now the police
; {reports show that their number has
(reached 4000 iu the metropolis alone,
and about 10,000 in the rest of France-.
The Madrid (Spain) police liavo been
directed to submit an exhaustive report
to the Minister of Justice ou the subjoct
of bull fights with statistics as to the
number of fatal accidents in recent years*
A reform is said to be contemplated.
Coal mining is on the increase in the
United States. In 1888 tho grand total
of tho output was 132,731,609 tons,
L showing an increase ol thirt^-threo por
y cent, in quantity during threo years.
^gp^^JQy^American output, in fact, bids fair
Groat Britain, .which was, id 1888, 169,935,219
tons.
The Salvation army has money nnd
property in the different countries where
it is established valued at $3,213,690.
The trade effects, stock, machinery ani
goods on hand are valued at $560,000.
Some idea of tho trado department may
be gathered, suggests tho Chicago
Herald, from tho fact that they sell 23,000
army bonnets every year to tho
female soldiers.
The agent iu charge of taking the livn I
Stock enumeration of tho Kansas range,
7. G. McCoy, recently stated that enough
data was in to show that the total number
of cattle now on range would not exceoc^d,000,0000,
or 4,000,000 less than
in 1880, while sheep would show 28,000000,
or 9,000,000 more than in the la9t
census. The last census showed 8,000,000
hogs on the range, but this census
will scarcely show half that numbor.
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. ' The Cincinnati ChrUtian Standard
sarcastically observes: Poor, belated
^"Japan has got ahead of us in providing
postal savings banks for those of moderate
means. They wero established in.1875,
to encourage thrift, and the first year
* showed 20JO depositors with $15,320 in
bahk.jpJiast year's report showed 356,000
depositors in Tokio alone,with $10,400,000
to their credit, and tho deposits
in all Japan amounted to over $20,000, ??~"vm'itt,
reaily serious in their purpose to build a
yacht to come over here and compete for
w"m:> tho American cup. We have no doubt,
adds our informant, that American
yachtsmen would be very glad to welcome
their Gallic brothers, although
there would bo so little chance of their
taking the cup back to Franco tbat.
not a groat deal of excitement would
be stirred up over tho contest. But let
the Frenchmen come. They will be sure
of a good time in any event.
' The American bison la nearly extinct,
and many a farmer has regretted the
fact, because it has cut off the supply of
"buffalo robes" with which ho was wont
to protect himself from the winter's cold
when obliged to be on the road. If reports
from Illinois are correct, states the
Amtriean Dairyman, a substitute, having
all the advantages of thooiiginal article,
has been found in the hides of the Galloway
and Augus cattle. If, as seems
likely, the skins can be readily cured to
equal samples which havo bceu exhibited,
they will bo of considerable value for use
oa robes, and the breeders will havo an
additional argument in favor of theso cxcellent
animals, which havo long bcon
poled for their beef-producing qualities.
The following statistics are takon from
i a memorial presented to the United
{States Senate by Charlotte Smith, President,
and Catherine Berffan. RnrrAtArv
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of the Woman's National Industrial
League of America: According to the
Labor Bureau of Pennsylvania, fullgrown
women do not average fifty cents
a day the year round. Women spinners
get seventy-one cents a day; spoolers,
jfifty-three cents; weavers, from forty to
ninety cents, paid only to experienced
:hands, and finishers receivo only fiftyfour
cents a day. In the textile factories
women spinners get from forty-seven to
'fifty-five cents, winders sixty-six cents
y and finishers forty-three cluts per day.
In the knit goods factories tho women
are paid fifty-five cents a day for winding;
twisters of yarn receive sixty-five
cents, spinners sixty-six cents, reclcrs
sixty-five cents and spinners of cloth or
garments fltty cents a day. In tho boot
and shoe factories female labor averages
fifty cents for a day's work of ten hours.
That is five emits sn hour. In New JerWflritTover,
wages in the jute, cotton and
thread mills average $1 a day, but the
work Is so hard that even the strongest
girls cannot work more than six months
in the year. The hands in the silk mills
)f?|W 80t from $3 to 910 a week. Wages are
raised on the penny system, and one will
3nd gray-haired women of fifty or sixty
T who have been at the f^gme since childhood
getting $8, $9 and $10 a week in
the ribbon and piece goods factories.
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SOUTHERN STATE NEWS.
Happenings of Importance For A w
Week.] r(
Dwellers in City and Country Get a M
Write-Dp Here Freo of Charge, n
and No Questions Asked.
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VIRGINIA. q
A little girl was accidentally shot and (j
killed in Fnirfax county a few days ago o
by her brother. ?
The Port Norfolk Land Company, has 0
l)ccii organized by twenty-five Baltimore |,
capitalists. Friday they purchased for |,
$100,000 valuable Norfolk water front
laud. ,
A Merchants' Association has been or- t(
gani ml ^ I^^ille. Non-bill payers ^
Mayor Ellvson, of Richmond, has signed
the ordinance which gives the Jeff f
Davis Mausion to the Ladies' Confederate *v
Literary Association for the purpose of s
making it a museum for the preservatian
of confederate relics. ^
Portsmouth had a delightful sensation (
Thursday morning. Miss Ada C. Tabb ^
ami .1. (J. Hudgins, both of whom are ^
just 18, escaped parental watchfulness
and lmardcd a train for Halifax, N. C.,
nucic uiry were marnen. n
Gen. Charles 11. Peck, late general o
manager of the Atlantic and Danville
road thinks the counties aid towns in
Virginia subscribing to the company's
stock will lose their mouey if they do not
do something at once to protect their in- a
terests. General Peek claims that the receivers
appointed represent only the Kng- A
lish interest*, which have as yet been ou- 1'
ly partially paid for, while the Virginians ti
have fully paid for what stock they got. '
Jacob \V. N. Keeling was found dead
in his room in Portsmouth with a quart ii
bottle of whisky lying beside him. The
deceased was 72 years of age, and was at n
one time a practicing physician in Nansemond
county. , t
Reports from the hay say that the ovs- ?
ter gunboat Chesapeake is making it hot
for the dredgers. During a tight near t
the Maryland boundary line several days I,
ago between the Chesapeake aud the (
schooner C. W. Keach, a sailor on the f
latter, named Albert Ket/.man, was badly
wounded. The schooner was not cap- j
turcd, but nnothcr vessel, the Joseph W. ,
Brooks, was. ?
NORTH CAROLINA. n
An important measure int rodueed ir
the Legislature is a bill to rcdistrict the t
State, both Congressional and Senatorial r
dirtricta. f
The office of the Argonant and Warren 8
L. Pitta's largo store at Rocky Mount, ii
. was burned Monday, The tire is report- t
?ed to be accidental. Loss several thous- a
?M*?^alfatofl, rdne mHos trom 2
John Beam, seven years hid, fell in the 8
fire during the absence of his parents and 11
was so badly burned that he died in half K
hour. 11
At the opening of the Legislature all of
the fifty Senators were present and 10(1
of the 120 members of the House. Nearly
all the members nrc of middle age and "
are substantial men, mainly farmers. u
Richard A. Dougliton, of Alleghany
county, was elected speaker of the lower '
house.
E. K. P. Osborne, lato owner of the
Charlotte city railway, has failed. The
assets and liabilities arc not yet known, J'
but the latter greatly preponderate. Al- '
ahuma land speculation was the cause. I1
Governor Fowle, in his message to the
Legislature, recommended that increased '
provisions be made for the public schools iX
of the State, lie also advised that the |
proposed system of tonnage tax on fertilizers
be adopted. (
Enoch Wei I man, a well-to-do Clew- v
land county farmer, was robbed of $800 j
one nay insr woeK. IJuring the absence s
of the family some one entered the house
by cutting a hole in the floor. t
SOUTH CAROLINA. ?
The legal executions in the state tlur- c
ing the year were eight in number. 1
Dr. Kinloch in jected anothcramall dose
of the Koch lymph into the negro man I
at the Charleston city hospital upon whom 1
the experiment is being made. As far as r
judged the.lymph is having the desired I
effect. c
"When the appointments of guano in- '
specters were made some time ago Gov.
Tillmnn and J. K. Wannamaker, of Or- ]
angeburg, were empowered to select a
fourth Inspector. The appointment has
Irecnmadc, W. A. Mackay, of Orangeburg I
being the man.
One of the plans of the trustees of the J
Clemson College, as described by President
Simpson, is "to keeb a large mini- '
ber of sheep on the College farm, from '
the side of the wool of .which it is pro- '
posed to furnish a clothing fund to aid 1
poor young men," students at the Col lego, '
m supplying themselves with clothing.
Governor Tillman has offered a reward '
of for the capture of Alva Scott, who [
is wanted in Marion County for the mur- j
der of Fairlee Ilall on Christmas eve. .
Prof. F. C. Woodwanl, of Columbia, I
:.. i ..l.l ? .l?1 .1 '' I '
I in it ifiriii nuuir^, niiu inni- lilt' HOUin, 1
I and America, in fact, are too young to
have n literature. When Kugland had I
been founded 800 yearn, she had hardly '
the beginnings of a literature. He inti- ?
mated that it would be generations lreforo <
our writers and their books cut much of a .
figure in the world of letters. (
G'apt.George1). Wallace, who was killed *
by tho Indians in the battle of Wounded
Knee, was buried Wednesday morning
in the cemetery nt Yorkvllle. his old
; ? ..<?? v. ..ere conducted at ;
the Presbytersan church, the Jenkins '
Rifles pnrticimting. The casket was ,
placed immediately in front of the pulpit !
and was drancd with U. 8. flagR and cover- !
ed beautiful floral offerings. It was guarded
throughout the night by a sentinel 11
at tho head and foot, and in tho morning
was delivered to Gen. K. M. Law, aeonfederate
brigadier, as chief marshal of the "
ceremonies. C'apt. Wallace was a son of ,
Hon. A. 8. Wallace, republican congress
man from this state, and a brother to ?
t'ol. R. M. Wallace, U. 8. marshal for f
South Carolina under Grant and Arthur. u
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GEORGIA.
The president hns nominated Laura H.
Wilder, of Forsyth, as postmaster.
Atlanta is to havo a new station house
>r city prisoners. A
A photographer pitched his tent in n
Ion roc Monday and that night some ?f 11
tischievous hoys cut the ropes. The
iud blow the tent away, an<l the phoigrapher,
thinking it was a warning to *?1'
lilt, fled the town.
The death of the little ten-year old !.y|
uugliter of John Brantley, au engineer )(.ss
f the Savannah cotton mills, was a sad (j(a)
ud terrible one. While she and several ,,
tlicr children were playing brush fires
er clothing caught fire and she was ry (
urned to a crisp. |i|e
Governor Northern has written a letter aud
a the secretary of war, asking thnt Lieu- mot
onant C. 11. Sattcrlve, of the United
Jutes ariUYj be detailed as instructor ami low
Sspecfor of tlie Georgia VOiuntcci funis regi
It. T. Mullikin, who has been raiutng
rom Walton county for about ten days,
ras found dead in a creek near Richard's a".V
tore, in Morgan county. wh<
A company was formed at Cordclc to oaV
>uy out 2.000 acres of land at the juncion
of the Savannah, Americas and . Cl
lontgomery and the East Tennessee, Vir- NC,1
inia and Georgia railroads. The com- ,aa
any commences business with a paid-up wo1
apilal stock of $100,000, and will comtence
business at once in the new town .)ns.
f Helena. JV8<
stni
TENNESSEE. ?'
E. S. Teck, of Frankfort, Kansas, has ^cr
ecu appointed receiver of the Farmers thei
ml Merchants' bank, of Clarksville. orc'
Governor Taylor appointed Hon. John Wlt
i. Moon, of Chattanooga, judge of the ^ ''
uurth judicial district of Tennessee, to ,oli
II the vacancy created by the death of '
udgc I). I). Trcwhitt. wlJ
.There were five men executed by law rnn
n Tennessee during the year 1800. pC(]
The American Dialect Society held a Thi
icctiug in Nashville this week. The yoi
..?nU ...k.. * 1 1- ? ' .... '
? w,,n- mm n?-i m> miicn interest in <lia- niu
i*et arc the very first to turn the cold fioi
houldcr to those wiio speak it. me:
The funeral of Judge Trcwhitt at Chat- ^ol
anooga Tuesday, was attended by a ,n '
urge concourse of people. Few men in no^
hattanoogu had more warm personal
riends than Judge Trcwhitt. P
In electing presiding officers for the ^
wo houses, says the Knoxville Journal, fj^,
he Tennessee Legislature seems to have
undo a good choice in each instance,
nen of character ami ability. *
Twenty-seven of the worst prisoners in con
lie county jail at Chattanooga, who had
cvolfcd and refused to enter their cells
rom tho corridor, have l>ccn starved into
uhmissiou. At 11 o'clock in tho mornng
twelve submitted, and at 5 o'clock in s<
ho aftcrnton tho other tiftscn, hungry j r?
nd cold, gave in. The janitor and na- I t c
iatanta
angwa^l^adcd by Bud Gordon, who
aurdcred Deputy Sheriff Gordon, and |
cvcral of the convicts would stop at
lothing to gain their freedom.
FLORIDA. 1
Tho Masonic grand lodge of the State '
if Florida will assemble in Jacksonville P?r
u Tuesday. Rlv
Florida is to contest with a Chicago
nam for superiority in live-bird shootiug, ^ii11
nd tho Times-Union predicts that Flori- (jlc
la will win.
The annual meeting of the State Teach- |nt?
rs' Association which was to have been for1
?.1,1 *? *
......... m..?>. iiiiiuui, nits ucen vio
>ostponcd until March. (nx
H. A. Tanner has sued the city of De- of |
.and for $">,000 damages. He fell from Pri
sidewalk several months ago and has be
ecu lam: ever since. ,(L
, . olli
On Arbor day, January 8, a new Uui- jjai
e<l States flag, presented by Dr. Chase, rm
vas hoisted, with suitable ceremonies, on (.uj
he Observatory of the Clruded High ci(.(
ehool building at Ocala. jftU
The casting of a turn-table plate for am
he use of the S. P. railroad at Kissim- pre
nee was recently successfully accomplish- ilni
d by the South Florida foundry in Or- du<
undo. The casting weighs2,950pounds, anr
A mass meeting to organize the phohi- 0,1
?ition party in the State of Fiorina has
icen caller! at Ocala by Samuel Dickey,
hairmau of the national committee; J.
jloyd Thomas, secretary of the national
oni ui it tee; and T. McQueen Auld of Or- a,
ando, chairman of the State coinmittce. 's'f
^ one
me
Productive and Abandoned Farms in a(j(
Maine. to
Auochta, Jan. 12.?The report of the rnl
Bureau of Industrial and l.alior Statistics cor
'or the State of Maine for 1890 shows that ca>'
lie average number of acres in each of cav
lie 870 farms reported is 18-1; total value ?
if those farms, tl. 088, 425; average val- I
le, 2,800; number of farms growing oi
productive, 280; less productive, 41;
nimlier holding their own. 49; number W1
if farms mortgaged, 64 ; total value of
hi sc farms, $201,150; amount of mort,- I j
(ages, $52,5000; average interest, $0672. trs
i'lie average profits ot farms reporting Mjn
5ains with cost of family's support reck- ()|,j
ined as "expense," is $288; average loss, m>s
1810. The average profits of farms re- Rjft,
jorting gains, without reckoning cost of
umilv support, is $291; average loss j
i1141' ma
The aggregate number of abandoned wo,
arms reported is 3,818, and, estimating (|rj
he numlier in delinquent towns and (
ilantHtions at 80, the total is increased to W(?]
I,898. The total acreage of chose report m0
id is 2A4,518,oi an averacrc of 767 toeaeK
drin. Their assessed valuation is $1. jJ0
I68.769. ^ tha
tin
A K1m Lands Him in Jail. ^ rr i
Ruhhikwht, Jan. 13.?OwenMcUinnit Th
n nmiablo mid loving mood, Rtrollcu >"K
dong the street of West Norwalk, and tim
necting a pretty girl with blue eyes nnd Fri
osy he accosted her, suddenly slipped wai
lis arm about her waist, and imprinted n the
dss on her red, ripe lips. He aidn't see girl
my harm in the act, he protested to Jus- 8ht
ice of tho Peace Austin, but both the
udgo and tho comely young woman did,
>nd Owen is now in jail for thirty days
barged with assault. A very explicit A
tonnecticut statute provides that no man saw
hall kiss a lassie against her will, and 64,
lehind it is a still more rigid old blue ore<
w that says a man shan't kiss his wife sect
u the Sabbath, nssn
HEYAkeVPRIHH
Colored Man's Felicitations on the
Advantages of His' Race. 1
gentleman who has the management
business that requires a large numlier
cgrocs said to one of his employes re- <
ly, according to the Savannah (Ga.)
rs: "Saui, the colored people area
dei ful people, are they not ?"
was dinner-time, ana Sam looked up
n his tin dinner kettle and replied:
\s. sah. They can can.get 'long with '
money and havo more loafing time
i any people I ktfcw of. !
Tliey are heap totter off than white i
s. They don't lave anything to wor- I
hem. You knov, boes, colored poo
get their eating for almost nothing, 1
if tlicy don't irink whiskey a little i
icy goes a long way with them. t
If a colored irkn has friends around
n he can alwaylJget a good dinner, a i
uTkr white man'adiaUaer, for nothing.
. folks don't dbp^lo their ci^oks^
, nnd if he has a few acquaintance*
f i;uuk iic geyj amng vcrj wen in me
ng line. <
'Of course, some colored mou have to
rp house,'. but that don't always pre
t them from going around and don't
tc living cost much, because his old
nuu, if lie has one, takes in washing
loes other things to help along. And
s, you know colored men get along
. as well single as married or married
?le.
'Yes sail; tho colored folks arc a wonful
people. Anybody's clothes tits
ru. Your clothes will tit me. A coli
man with* your old clothes on and
li his shoes blacked looks just as well
i white man with a new suit. He
i't mind wearing any white man's
thes, never mind what his size is; they
1 fit or lie will make them so.
'Then, boss, you kuow a colored man
sleep anywhere. He don't want a
I. lie can lay fight here and sleep,
is plank is good-erwii^WW me. And
i know the colored man, if he is civjl |
I handy, can get lots.of good things
ni the white people for nothing. I
an from people down this way. I
i't know how it is in the North or up
the country. I ain't got a thing on me
v that cost me a cent.
'Yes, boss, colored people is the Lord's |
iplc. He takes caro of them. If a
orcd man don't get along in the world
tcr than a white man it's tiis own fault,
c colored man, sail, is just what you
of him, 'a wonderful man.' If he
rks a little he cnu sleep in the sunnc
and almost wait for the victuals to
ac to him."
ALLIANCE LEGISLATION.
I
Is that Will Be Introduced at this
Bflsion of thrftansae legislature.
ipeka, Kan., Ja>. 12.?The Legislative
umittec or the Kansas Stato Farmers'
iaYe"1! "
1 soon convene. Tliesc bills have
n approved by the sub-all iauce*, and
1 reeeivc the united support of tho
mers' Alliance legislators. The titles
the bills arc as follows:
"or an extension of the Stay law for a
iod of two years; a redemption law
ing the mortgager three years in which
redeem land not exceeding 320 acres,
1 under foreclosure; revision of the
attel Mortgage law; a law requiring
mortgagor to pay his proportionate
t of taxes; a reduction of the rate of
crest to 0 per cent, with penalty for
feiture of principal and interest for its
lation; a revision of assessment and
at ion laws; a reduction of the salaries
public oUlcers, a reduction of State
nter's expenses; school text books to
published by the State and furnished
the people at cost; revision of court
ccrs' fee bills; adoption of the Austrai
system of voting and the Crawford '
mty ryitrqi i f ^rifrnifffn" Vrfrtw- rering
Rattrbad Commissioners to be
I'ted by the people; a law reijuir'ng
d sold under foreclosure to bring the
ouut of judgment and costs;a law supssing
the Pinkcrton detectives orsiin
organizations in the 6tate; such a region
of railroad tariffs as will yield an
inn! income not exceeding 0 per cent,
the actual investment.
The Caucus Will Rule.
S^ashvii.le, Tknn., | Special. |?Nothstanding
the very large democratic
jority in each branch of the state legdure.
the caucus will prevail. Fifty
: leprcsentatives and twelve senators
t Saturday night in joint caucus, und
>ptcd a resolution to select all officers
be elected by the general assembly in
icus. They pledged themselves to
isider all measures of importance in
icus, and abide by the action of the
icus.
WHY NOT COME SOUTH ?
iere Such Scenes as This Can Never
Take Place.
Ikimcinr f.nixik, Kans.?Two brothnamcd
Hell, aged twenty-two and
c years, and a sister nineteen years
, attended a meeting near here Wedday
night and a blizzard arose as they
rted for home at 10 o'clock. When
' yards from their home, the elder
thcr remarked that they could not
kc the distance against the storm, and
old have to go with the wind. They
fted south about a quarter of a mile
I took icfuge in a canyon where they
rc soon covered by snow Thurrday
ruing. The elder brother crawled out
the snow and attempted to get home,
called to his sister tnat he was ro stiff
t he could not travel, and in a short
ie Fonto'"- T*1? younger hroth- .
_ I A (Thrfr.
e |Z. .^y'tl?tfa*fr?'fUB|^B,*irsday tnornto
find the cl^^^Bnd in a short
ie searching ]>arn^^^Brd Organized,
day morning the bod^Hhe young man
i found, and then t^^Barci,cr8 found
girl, who was out hours. The
I did notknow hcrl^^^H'" were dead,
is in a fair way
A Rich Nogro^^Hdered.
l Helena, Ln., fipc^^Hports the aslination
of PrinceIsland
Saturday night. was a col1
man and the rh^^Vman in that
ion. Three m groos^^Mpected of the
filiation have t&capcc^B
; "
Preaches on Sectionalism and the c?l
Farmers' Alliance. j-(
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'Th? Christian Manhood of America cr
Owes to the Farmers A Debt u<
of Gratitude."
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Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., pastor of the
Thirty- third street Baptist church. New -p]
York city, addressed his largo audience <lt
Sunday morning on the subject. "What
is Religion?" It was preceded by t lie
following review of current events: p.
At hist the bloody chasm has been | j
bridged. The war has really ended and
firing must soon cease. The farmers of
the West and North have joined hands
with the farmers of the South, solemnly
covenanting together to forget the bitterness
of the past and throw off the curse
of traditioual sectionalism. H
Thc Uhiistiun manhood of America
owes to the farmers a debt of gratitude
for undertaking this divine work. General
Sherman has said,
pi
"war is hem,." pr
It is. And we have had enough of it. m
Every effort to revive the bitterness of ev
the Kite war is inspired only by the dev- sh
il. The curse of the nation for the last. d?
l wo decades has been the determined ef- lu
forts of a certain class of demagogues to gl
trade in the memories of the dead. When m
the soldiers laid down their arms and re- la
turned to their homes and loved ones, of
these ghouls began their ghost dance over a
the fields made rich by the blood of lie- l'i
roes. While the war was in progress fu
these men were in it. "When the fighting it
erased they whetted their jawbones and M
began, aud they have been at it faithful- tu
ly ever since. They have driven the sections
further apart by slander and mis- sii
^presentation. They have wearied the tli
ears of heaven and earth with their sin. m
They have fanned the dying embers of < 1
hntr?*l i??i? flume again, and again, that II
in the conflagrations which followed tbey j u
might rob ami steal. They have made ai
progress impossible because they have | v
made igjjUES OK MKMOKIES,
and marshaled the hosts of the living to <
fight the Slopes of the dead. They arc
neither brute nor huinuu; they are ghouls.
The farmers have declared that they are .j
going to hang the ring leaders of this
gang and put an end to their business. ,
In this God given task they should have t,
the earnest prayers ami co-opcration of
the Christian manhood of the North and
South. ,]
The Christian exclaims with the farm- j;|
ev, 'Tn the name of God, the common t*|
Father, let us be brethren. Let us cease
this foolish wrangle over memories and ,
turn to the great work of to-day."
The men and the organizations who re
fuse to ?jivc heed to this cry of the heart of
he nation for peace and fraternity will
be (rushed by the resistless sweep of dc- |
together pi ess forward to the goal of a ' '
regenerated nation. The issues of the ssad
past are all settled. They are histo- !'
ry. Mississippi rises from the lethargy 1
of traditionalism, turns her face toward ! '
the rising sun of a new day, drops a tear
over the grave of Jefferson Davis, for- '
mally repudiates in her new Constitution
the doctrine of secession, and extends .'
her hands to the struggling farmers of .'
Kansas. Slavery is uow only a memory '
for flic aged. It is ancient history foi "
the young. I never saw a slave. The '
negro is enfranchised; and it only re v
mains to educate him and he will be free.
There is no
neoro riiom.EM ?
to-day outside the imagination of political
schemers, except the problem of education
and growth of the uegio race. Such n
men as J. C. Price, of North Carolina, /
President of Afro-American League, have
long since recognized this fact, and have j,
entered with energy and entluisiasin upon
Hie gignimt; nurs 01 II1I1S upilinug tlieir
race. The problem that confronts ihc t,
negro in the South is the same that con (j
fronts his white brother in the North nn<l ](
West. It is not tlie problem of ballot, e
but of bread. a
The real issues of our life have been ^
obscured now long enough by the fog of
sectional animosity. We must address f
ourselves to living issues
a new generation s
of men has came upon the scene. They i
have new problems, new hopes, new aspirations,
new fears and new dangers. !
This younger generation of men are sick
and tired of listening to harangues about
memories and issues of a great past by ''
loud mounted demagogues, who contri- .
buted nothing to that past, except an ad- ^
ditional name to the census roll which .,
cannot Ik? found on the army muster.
They aie tired of this sort of thing for r(
many reasons. They feel ihat it was not j,
-their fnuH"thtltThev wcit? not boru earlier c
and could not shine in that golden age. ,,
They feel that it is a crime to rob the v
living of the highest possibilities of life,
though it lie in the sacred name of the
loveu and sacred dead. They refuse to (
immolate the living on the altar of the ii
dead. This generation of men will join ?
bands with the horney-hantled farmers in a
heir determination to rid a suffering na- <
tion of this pest. We are confronted to- a
day with u
THE ORAVERT IMtOBLK.MH
ever submitted to the human lacefor so- 1
lution. It may be that the destiny of 1
the world hangs upon the solution of I
America will give to these problems. Wc (!
feel even now the cai th trembling beneath '
out feet with the shock of the first bat- '
Ties ot a world wide social stniggle. Can '
the clashing interests of conflicting class- (
cs be reconciled, and our civilization snv- '!
ed irom a catastiophc) Wc must answer '
^.his question. The interests of the hosts j1
of the lata contending hi mies nro piactic- "
ally one. When the battle ceased, true
men of both recognized I his. The South- !'
ernraan now fervently thanks Ood that liis 1
Country is freed from the curse of slavery. a
The Christian manhood of this nation c
ought to be a unit in purpose, ideal, and ?
effect.
YOL'R ItKARTS AHK ONK. ?
You are separated only by externals, and
they are mostly traditions. At the close v
of a battle, during the war, a dying l'Vd- ^
eral ofliccr asked a passing Confederate
to have a few moments prayer with him (
The Confederate dismounted and kneeled
by the side of the dying man. He prayed
earnestly and tenderly. Up in the 1
^ arms of a loving heart ho took the sufferer |
In n he closed, Hie deafl head of the of er
lay on his bosom. The inf* man
id used what strength he had left to
awl up and wind both arms around the
ek of his late enemy in batttle while
prayed. The battle had cease*I. To
at hour of sorrow their two hearts beat
itli a single thought. They were one.
M"0 and brethren let us rcmemherthis
In- battle has ceased. Wc areehildien
a common Father.
The era of fraucidal strife between tlx
cti"ii< of this nation is passing away
ie day of the real fraternity is dawning
t men, North, South, Fast, West. tak<
ti*-e. The grave already yawns to re
ivc him who refuses to hee*i his fact.
ONE GIRL" LUXURY.
or Beautiful Rooms and How They
Aro Furnishod and Arranged.
An American princess, whose father is
cotton king, has just completed in the
itcrnal mansion the furnishing of hot
ivatc apartments. They are four in
imber, and could Ninon do 1'Knclos, or
cn the late Madame dc Pompadour bo
own through, certain it is the ancient
ivotces of the toilet would lose their
a*ls and stand embarrassed before the
ories of Miss Pnrvcnuc's boudoir. Kvcn
the loftiest dreams those luxury-loving
lies never conceived the minute details
elegance surrounding this daughter of
millionaire. From the silver-wreathed
tyche minor that swings to reflect her
ill-length loveliness to the repousse spirlamp
burning to warm her lotions,
ademoisellc is incompasscd by a surnpousness
unknown to Quecus.
Tlic scheme of color decorating the
lits warms from white to blush pins in
ie both, and in toilet and reception
urns melts into a rosy lilac. Her bed
timber might have been designed for
ans Andersen's snow maiden, s<> tine in
s Immaculate purity. Mural decorations
? in white ami silver. On the wide sillt
frieze dogwood blossoms bloom,
bile by a wonderful bit of fresco paiutig
the ceiliug seems enveh^rcd in a
loudy drifting fog.
Mere and there the soft mist curls about
agucly outlined figures, with a sharp
111 111 1110 centre from which hangs a
rystal chandelier blown to resemble u
oui|iiet of lillies. All of the white
namelcd furniture is finished in silvci.
ud from the carved bed depend drupees
of heavy silk brocaded in silve;
cur dc lis. The spotless fleece of lectin!
sheep provides a fluffy carpet f?>.
ic hard white wood floor, and glauciug
ver the many tall screens, low rocking
hairs, long divans and even rare has rents
on the wall, one is impressed the
azzling whiteness of every part.
Gorgeous at the bath-room proves will.
;s pink marbles and roseate hangings, i'
< in her boudoir that this young money
T woman has evidently found her mo.n
nnpathetie surrouudings. The apart
lent is a study in that rare shade of rosy
lac that when found beaut itics all wolankind.
It is called the wistaria-room,
mm the wealth of pale purple flowers
coiating the walls and woven into eurlins
and through the inesii of the thick
iirpet. Here all the wood-work is of
lack mahogany, upholstered in a warm
eliotrope silk, with many bronze ornalents.
valuable etchings and mirrors in
c ved frames.?New \ork Sun.
IORTH AND SOUTH MATCHED.
L Great Inter-State Pigeon Shooting
Arranged for Next Month.
t int woo, Jan. 13.?Preparations are in
( live progress here and in New York
'ity for the grand championship contest
t live birds to take place between the
hatband the South during the first two
reeks in February.
It was first proposed when a renrosen
utive from the Dixie Ouu Club, of Floria,
II. W. Simmons, came to Chicairv
ml held a consultation wilh local shoot |
in to make the match between Florida
nd Illinois crack shots. A challenge
roin the Southerners resulted, and ni
angemcnts were shortly afterwards per
ected to take a Chicago team with a
pccinl train, which will start South on
he afternoon of February 7. Charles E.
Villard, one of the best known amatuers
n the West, will be the captain of tlie
nam.
After this team had been chosen it was
imposed to send another team, which
roiild meet picked teams in New Or?ans,
Mobile and Petisacola for a chal nge
cup to he emblematic of the chain ionsliip
and shot for under the Anierinn
Shooting Association rules, the repnsciitntivc
winning the majority of shots
> hold the cup for one year. The match
s will probably bo at twenty-live birds
nclr per man nnd held under the supcrisioirtrf
(he local gun clubs.
The Art Interchange
)pens its XXVI volume with n chnnn
ng number dated January 8, 1801.
leveral improvements are notieal?le,
inong them a handsome new colored
over and smooth finished paper and the
ddition of a Home Decoration dcpait
aent.
The most pronounced features of the
ssue are a very beautiful picture of Prim
oses in color, which is very cleverly
tainted. It shows n row of enrthern tlowr
pots, each bearing a mass of blooming
lowers. The picture is well worth a
rame. Other illustrations are a pretty
tarlor, blue birds and golden rod for
hair hack, arbutus design for after din
icr coffee cup and saucer, cut-work hor
icr lor euniromery, neaa of "Mmiush
or brosp work, wood carving design for
g of stool, design for carved scat for
tool, decorative initials "M. & 1'." The
i\xt includes careful directions for carrytig
out all the designs, notes or current
rt events a New Year's ghost party, Ifltst
fashion in home decoration, a course
if art rending, a cotillion?Sir Roger dc'
'overly?decorations for dining room at
;olden wedding, over mantel treatment
tc. The issue is filled with information
aluahle alike to the art student and to
romen interested in pretty homes. Price
f issue, including colored study of Primuses,
20 cents. For 8ulc by News I)ch1rs.
The log book of Christopher Columiius'sfirst
transatlantic expeditiou is said
to have been discovered.
writes to tlid JacksoovillcTNm^^ioiraw-~~-?
follows:
The state of Florida is wcleomc to all
T have learned about immigration after
three years incessant advertising, travelling
and correspondence without "a $2,500
salary," preferring my own hard
learned business as now established?to
any public office.
Fifty dollars each is too much to pay
<o secure Florida immigrants; $50 for
each family is different; but this is too
much and will be reduced when the hundreds
sure to follow, as the result of past
years work and advertising, arrives?as
arrive they will, for I have narrowed
down my system to a certainty?i. c.,
each dollar spent in advertising must
bring ten replies (the Times-Union does
ibis for me.) When a paper does not
bring this proportion of replies, something
is wrong cither with the paper or
the way the advertisment is worried. To
so word an advertisement as to bring ' ?
this result without a tingeof exaggeration
is a line art, and I still believe the advertisement
that is to bring its thousands to
Flondn is yet unborn. As it is, you may
now see my advertisements in nearly every
northern magazine and in over 2,000
uortliwestern weeklies.
From each 1,000 replies (if 1 do my
duty. i. c., follow them up with my
monthly pa|H>r, keep on writing theiu
personally, mailing circulars of cheap
excursions, etc..) 100 will eventually
nine m r inrmu as seniors. mvosior.s i?r
tourists, though this takes from twelve to
thirty months from the time of their first
writing inc. Immigration built up on
these lines will not, however, consist of
a roving, visionary clugs, so often nttrader
I by co-called "paper city" builders,
but they are of the hone ami sinew of th
land, viz., the farmers and nicehanies of
tire North.
To prove the above statement. I will
snsr rW tr.,onn sprout in advertising
1 r an show f>00 real estate sales already
made?:J10 during the p;rst year- ami t nl ly
20(1 new settlers already ill the state;
and I have good reason to exper t fullv
three hundred more before spring. What
they do after they get here for a liviug
and other like details, would take ton
mueh of your valuable spaee to tell; l?ui
the facts are yours when you want them.
To a legitimate immigration agent selling
the land ami securing settlers are but the
first steps in a long ladder of work and
worry which is often dropped at this
point by the real estate agent eager only
for his commission.
Surely there is enough of the big "I"
in this screed to clear nrc of the charge of
being "too modest," and I hope it is
etpially cleat to the reader that 1 will not
under any circumstances accept a salary
I or :: position as state imiuigratiou agent,
but will do my utmost to encourage the
existing management. *7 hope f/rcstv fiiTrtS'
given above may stimulate greater effort
and success. O. M. Citosnv.
Simple Explanation of Gravitation.
Gravitation is a subject that nearly
everybody is somewhat familiar with,
but there are some things about it that
you may not know. For instance, suppose
you were weighed at the top of u
deep coal utine, and afterward at tho ^
bottom, do you suppose that there would
be any difference in the result? Yes,
there would. You would bo lighter at
the bottom. If it were possible for you
to go ou downward 2000 miles in the
earth, aud there be weighed you would
probably be surprised to tiud your weight
only one-half of what it was at the surface;
and if you could go to the center
| of the earth you wouldn't weigh uu ^
ounce.
This is because the ceutcr of the earth
is the center of its attractive power,
which is exerted equally iu all directions.
If you ascend from the surface of the
earth, your weight will also decrease,
but not in the same ratio as when you
descend. In going upward the decrease
will be iu proportion to the square of tho
distance. Thus, while you would weigh
nothing if you should go downward 4000
miles from the surface, you would still
weigh one-fourth your actual weight if
you could weigh yourself 4000 miles up
in the air.
The law of gravitation is at once the
strangest and the most sublime in all
nature. Light travels at the amazing
rate of 180,000 miles in a second. There
arc visible stars so far away that if ono
were blotted out at this instant it would
be seen on the earth thousands of years
lienee, because rays of light, starting
now, would take so long to reach us, even
nt ii... .f..i/v?u.. a *?./...
travel. But if a new slav were now
placet! out there in the depths of space,
where the blotted out one was, its attractive
force would reach us instantly.
That strange force which dominates tho
universe would at once he felt, though,
of course, inappreciably, between the new
star and our earth.
Gravitation differs from all other forces
in another respect. The intervention of
bodies in the line of attraction makes no
difference in the attractive force exerted.
For example, when the moon comes into
direct line between the earth aud tho
sun, there is not the slightest difference in
the reciprocal attraction between the two #
former. The enormous power of this
attractive force is utterly inconceivable.
We are constantly reminded of the power
the earth exerts in pulling us downward,
hut think of the attractive power of a
body like the sua, more thuu a million
times larger than the earth. And this
power controls every speck of light
that we sec in the heavens. ? I'hilaUcl*
I'hia Timet.
Kmporor William, of Germany, ha*
issued a hook of regulations ordainiog,
among othor things, that "tho distance
between tho rows of gold lace on a field
officer's alcove shall bo .277559 of an
inch."
A European statistician tolls us that tho
Sultan of Turkey has flvo wives of the
first class, twenty-four of tho second
clawt and 250 of the third claM.
O
Pans can now bo reached from London
an hour sooner than Bdinburg,
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