Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I a company tuta oeen nrmcd tn Rio Jaueiro, Brazil, with a capital of $5,000,000, to explore and develop the natural resources of the Amazon. Col- ^ onies are to be established and means provided for reaching a market for a region heretofore practically unexplored. ^ A few old toll bridges do.vu in Maine bear signs that perpetuate the memory of a curious law. These sigus proclaim that all persons save "paupers, Indians . and clergymen," must pay toll in cross- t ing the bridge. The indulgence showu 1 to paupers and clergyineu is easily un- 1 derstood from the practice elsewhere, f U-X *- ? v i? uut wuy me loaiaas were exempted, v o cleSr, unless, indeed, it was a recog- ? nitiou of the aboriginal right to the free- f dora of the region. t ________________ t t The Czar of Kunia plan? a return to r serfdom for a portion of hi3 people. t Many village communities have so in- ^ creased that the land of the commune, 'j which they hold iu common, will not a support them. Those arc to bo colonized on the vast plains st:ll unoccupied and ^ started in farming. Of their crops onethird is to be used by their community, S one-third goes to the State t > pay for tho J1 debt incurred and one-third is for taxes. q The pea3aut is bound to rcaiaiu there, and under conditions that ma'to him a *( serf. - tl y i The iclative decline of New Vork City ,, as a port of entry is,observes the Courier- I 'Journal, worthy of mention. In 1893 tc Itho Port of New York received sixty- V) five per cent, of the country's imports; 1 li !in 1891 it had only about sixty two and h a half per cent. This was not because ^ there was any decrease in the business of w 'New York, but solely owing to the in- bi crease of busiuess at other ports. Bostot CI > is the second city in the matter of im- {** ports, Philadelphia is a good third am; w San Francisco fourth. New Orleans, though its imports are less tiia;> onethird those of Boston, is the second c'.ty tj, of the country as to expoits, and the ex- xli ports of Baltimore are but little loss than ^ those of Boston. j ( *f M Cowlev. a oioncor in the Northwest, who for mauv years dealt in iuta p"j' .with the Calispcl, Spokane, C<eur d'Al- to cne, and Columbia River Indians, and BU is one of the best informed men on all matters pertainiug to the tribe? in the i0 Northwest, says that the Indians are ?u dying off rapidly. "Take the Cieur d'Alcues, for instance," he says. "1 ju was among them for a long time. They be have a magnificent reservation an 1 tine ^i ex f ? ?..A = K,.? ll.n K. IUI IU3 tlUVI l/IIV VIIV HWVI^UJ f|*j are killing thoin. They c.m'fc stand ih roofs. Wheu I was located on the Spo- is kane River, there were immense bands tl( ' so of the C<Btir d Alene, Catispol, Spokaue, f] and Columbia River Indians about there, se They were engaged steadily in huntinj s,l and trapping all kinds of wild animals. j.', I bought black and si'ver gray fox skins at of thom at $1.50 and $2 apieoc, 500 cc martins a year at $10 cach,fishcr, grizzly," black bear, beaver, and other kinds of foj skins without number. Then the whites a had not encroached on them, and they p< were robust and healthy. It is a mistake to try and civilize them. They ci must he wild or they are nothing. If 'l we keep on civilizing them, we shall ^ * t have no Indians. Apparently this Is CI something the Govern meat will not un- st derstand." ?, - ? CI Chicago is not -r.i r:.Vo a monopoly of the celebration of Columbus's great dis- ^ covery, aunouuce3 the Nesv York Ledger. 8C Every city in the Union will do some- tc thing to signalize the ipiatrocentenary P1 of this memorable event. New York j City has hit upon a unique way of cele- It brating it. A great food exhibition is tr to be held at the Madisou Sqnnre Garden ^ . I)( in October. The object of the exposition is to improve the quality and to elevate b and maintain a high standard of purity *,( and wholesomencss of our food supply. Aii the States and Territories of the ei Union will be invited to participate, and m it is proposed to show the progress made in feeding the world in the past four e( hundred years. This is the tirst. cxhibi- tl tlon of the kind which has ever been held. Not even England, the birth- 8t place and home of exhibitions of all bi kinds, has ever hit upon one of this do- g1 ncrintion. Prohnblv the reason is that , ? ? w England is a manufacturing country, and a| ^ not, like the United States, a great food- fi producing country. This country is, in P fact, the granary of the world, and af- ^ fords material for one of the most inter- p esting exhibitions of modern times. 3 Only food products will be allowed on '' exhibition, producers and manufacturers tl only being allowed to exhibit. The ex- v elusion of middlemen, it is thought, will 0 r furnish a guaranty of the bona tide char- H acter of every article, and that it. is the f same as is offered to tho public. Every * article exhibited must bear the name j and address of pro luccrs or manufactur- s ers, under whose exclusive direction th fexhibition will be held r S HILL IN MISSISSIPPL Fhe Senator Makes a Rousing Speec At Jackson. 3e Defines and Eulogize* Pui State*' Bight* Before the Mississippi Legislature.? Jackson, Miss.?Senator Hill spob n the hall of the House of lie present; ives. Early in the afternoon thegallei lad been filled with colored people, bi hey were cleared out by the poiict an ooui was made for the white men an or the ladies of Jackson. Some of tb rives of the members were admitted t ailed to ordsr by Hpi ikanfltm st >. m., while at the other end of the caj tol Lieutenant-Governor Evans calle he Senate to order. Five minutes latt he members of the Senate appeared t he door of the House and were forniall eceived, the Lieutenant Governor mair llillillir Ml* l>li?tfr.rn? l.<.ci.tr. ?t... W?. ? --- Itiv. 'I'1"1*1' t few minutes before 2 o'clock Goveruu tone appeared, escorting Senator IIill 'he whole assembly arose to meet thei nd the galleries and floor npplaude rudly. The Governor escorted Senato I ill to the rostrum where he took a sen eside the Speaker. When the assemblies had quitted Gov toue arose and introduced Senator Ilil i a speech, replete with warm praise fo is services to the Democratic party whil iovernor of New York. After the applause had subsided Sena >r Hill spoke as follows: "I am deeply sensible, gentlemen c le Legislature of Mississippi, how rar our bestowal has been of the disting ished honor which, with open nride come here to receive at your hands am > acknowledge with gratitude. Wha atcsmen of our great republic, the mos snerable, the most renowned nmong th ving or the dead, in the flowering o is fame would not have travelled ioiij >r the gathering of such a leaf to bim ith all its laurels. In this new world here the people rule, shall we no righten every tic that links our Demo ntic denominations, principalities an< owcrs iu the banded sovereignty of ni ipcrishable union. I will trust you liitc-linired veterans, familiar with pub ; cares; I will trust the young man, win r the first time treads these halls and i: truing to hurl his part in the service o c State, to know what thankfulness all ever feel, gentlemen of the State o ississippi, to have been for an hour tin cus of that reciprocal good will whict owe to the favor and return to you 01 bulf of flio "V?... V ? w. V* A1CW IUIIV. There is good icason at all times for iu cot insure one auothers liberty in tne pur it of happiness. But there is excellent ason at the present time for such inter mnge between men whose political phi sophy and practical politics alike an mined up in preserving for our owr netit, for times to come, the great Dem ratic faith and tradition. It was nevei such peril. Scarce ever until Novem r two years ago and November next d popular elections put in issue sucl ;treme danger, or so large deliverance lie ground upon which Democrats o e State of New York have their stanc the whole Democratic faith and tradi jn ?not some corner of it merely, no nic splinter of it merely, but the whole iiis is the ground upon which I wouh e the Democrats of the State of Missis ppi, with all Deuioorata north, south st and west, both of the regular organ at ions and the Farmers' Alliance unit id take their stand in the approaching mtest. Other duties for another day o? Like the victory of Jefferson, thi lion, this victory will close a chapter o story; will doom to final disintcgratioi detrradicir nartv and wil i the direction of you ilitical progress for some decades i ie century to conic. Now, as in prin pie, I depend for triumphs upon par ts unci the organization of parties hey create parties. It is the Demo alio principle which created the Dena atic party. In its union lits a grcatc rength than all its enemies combined in ever finally subvert. It survives cv y disaster. It is the great and most efficient 01 in of the people's power. The Detti iratic party is stronger than any man c (t of men. No man is ever dispcnsibl > its success, for its strength is with th eople. It is more powerful than an as9, however numerous. Therefore i large , tolerant, liberal, progressivj invites to its membership, to its con ol, all men who will uphold th emocratic faith and apply them to th eople's needs. Continuing, Mr. 11:11 urged a close ad ercnce and strict construction of th institution of the United States, whic e said "was the standing maivcl i ie hi?iorv ol civilized men." The now a which grants it are lew an 1 specified id it concentrates and centralizes thes >w. After the centurv of tin- stnnn nni Tcss it remains almost wholly unruptui 1 and has emeioged umimpaircd fror le torsion of our war. It is not nu galized excursion by Congress outsid ie constitution which explains why w ill liv* and move and have our bein eueath its aegis. It is in spite of trans ression, not by help of them that w ill live. We have not profited by ther e have survived them. It is the ol t>ridgment and the limitations of th motions of government to its on-, roper business despite transgressions; i the distribution and devotion of it owerB, despite usurpations, it is th rohibition of State powers; it is th eclaration of State rights; it is the ro ;vation and surrender of the* residue t he states respectively of the pcopli diich we have truly lived and still bci ur life; it is individual freedom, not jovornnient rule, which explains ov svift expansion from a fringe of thirter ccb'.c colonies to a continent of might tntes. It is individual freedom, m Republican force bills, not congression eadiug strings, that w ill enable you, tl trong and high'y civilized rare juide forward your less gifted fello\ ili/.en from the plane of equality befo he law tho higher lovel of thrift, econ uy, good husbandry, social order, se imposed an<T aouaehold virtue and transform the present difficulties and shared burdens of the South in ths-noNd 'oundatioo of still more proepecpap end u more powerful States. It must lis remitted that for a few brief years oar constitution did not perfectly a rail to insure domestic tranquility. That was in the -e last generation, and broken hearts must be healed by time or death, and ons or two more generations must pass away. Jn doubling and redoubling your incredible achievement ol the past 90 years your magnificent progress in the ' productions of the field, farm, foreat and mines, before it becomes palpable that j* war. with its devastations, its passions, its gticf6 may not. perhaps, have all been j too high a price to pay tor transmitting IC an insoluble political problem. we 0 must live un to that constitution. New IC; ' (jf 'fttA aMd d exists, every disaster that impends, and ,r every dauger that is feared, throughout ,j our whole laud, uot merely in some part y of it, is the direct and obvious consequeuce of Hepublii an legislation in disregard of the spirit of the letter of our ir coustitution. Not for one hour during 1 the last thirty years has the Democratic n party possessed, nor does it now possess, the power to reptal or amend those laws, ,r the fount aud origin of every present lt disturbance to the general peace and prosperity. A little while the Democratic party had [*j the Senate, a little while the executive; foi T longer periods i he House of Represanta0 tives but not foi a moment during 80 years has it had all three, so that all the evil producing laws have been absolutely beyond our reach aud went on operata[ ing and are operating now just as if the e overwhelming Democratic majority in the House of Representatives were a Repticlican majority. i | Senator Ilill spoke at considerable ^ length nnd made a fine impression on t the large crowd that heard him. Ht e was frequently interrupted by cnthusisasf tic applause. * SHE FED THE CHICKENS POISON. I. ' A South Carolina Woman's Peculiar I and Fatal Method of Thief-Catchinff. 1 Columbia, S. C.?Colored people r living in (he outskirts of the city hare boon greatly excited of late over the sud.. den inexplicable death of several of their s neighbors. It is now alleged that an old f colored woman living in that quarter, I who had been losing many chickena flnalf !v bought some poison and fed it to a t- few old hens, which would fatten them, i but prove certain death to any one who l ate them. One negro in the neighborhood soon sickened and died. Shortly two or three others followed. Chicken X. US VUIUUSO... t Coi.cMUia S. C.?The result of the pri mary elections for mayor and aldermen is - announced. In the mayorality race no ; candidate received a majority, and a sec? ond primary was held Tuesday at which W. C. Fisher was elected mayor, r Col. F. W. McMastcr, the present, - mayor, was the other raudidate t and the result r.s reported by tho raanai gcrs gave him second place, but the executive committee decided the contest in f Ward 3 in ^Joan's favor, making Sloan 1 second. The aldermen elected are: - G. V. Allworden, Charles Nary, Henry t Altee, saloon keepers; J. T. Barron, . lawyer; Kufus Muller, E. J. Brennen, i W. B. Lowrnuce, Joseph Allen, groefcra; - T. J . Harper,drayman; Frauk Ehrlich, , shoes; F. S. Karle. druggist. George ! Shields iind Henry Ilcnnies will run e over. ? Railroad Changes. Maj. John C. Winder, Superinten? dent of the Seaboard and Hoanoko Rail' i >?>>). Iim boon appointed Slipt. Of til? , Georgia, Carolina and Northern Kailroad and also General Agent of the 8car board Air Line System, with hcadquar11 tors at Atlanta, where he will at once [" move his family from Ilaleigh, and Capt. T. W. Whistnant has been Supt, of the Seaborn<1 and Koa- oke with headquarters at Norfolk. r , The wife of W. G. Oakman, who sue ' jceds Mr. Irman a# president of the llichmond Terminal System, is a daughr tor of the late Roscoe Conklin^. Mr. i Oakman, who was only a division s*jr perintendeut at the time of his marriage, e lias since risen rapidly in his profese sion. y . ... " t joyncning near uraineaviue. s. Alexandria, Va.?A special from Wari renton says: Lee Hstflin and Jas. Dv?, who e last fall murdered the Kines family, were e this morning at 3 o'clock lynched near (iainsville, Prince William county. The 1- men were to have been hanged, but stay e of proceedings had been secured. Warli renton authorities fearing violence in the u night took the men from jail and placed r- them in a vehicle ami started with them | for this city. A party of sixty men was e hastily formed, who overtook the vehicle d near Gainesville, overpowered the guards and hanged the murderers to a n tree and riddled their bodies with buly k't9- M ^ A Chilean Popular ilererage. g A pleasant beverage called "cfcica de i mirtiila" <s obtained in Chile from a e species of myrtle-berries. These are 11 about the size of a large pea, of a deep d red color, and of a peculiarly sweet and c delicious aromatic flavor. They are pre" pared by crushing them in water, and r allowing them to ferment for a few days. 8 The black cluster-berries of the mollec tree are also gathered for this purpose by e the Indians. They have a combined flavor of juniper and pepper. ?Once A 0 Week. ^ Haven't Sense Enongli to Avoid Kaln. a For gomo months a number of wild ,r monkeys were daily fed by Mr. Kipling >n and his family in India; and they soon ty learned to distinguish by smell between ot freehand stale biscuits. Yet these raonal keys arc not sharp enough to provide ic thcm-ielvoa with shelter against the heavy to rains of the country. In the Simla region they may be seen in troops, sitting r? shivering for hours within a few yards ?" of covered spaces.?New York Post, ! HARBINGERS Off SPRING. 1 Hew* Nfttes m Fr-*k u |ke Crisp < Air. ' MM? ' i Th? Most Utomtint Imto Bap* piaiaf in ram Statu Chroniclod Hart, vmuu. The Baptist Aprh' at Charlottesville ; has junt cslebrstlrher coutcunial. J sine j O'Brien^ the' agent of the Balti- 1 more and Ohio R. R at Lexiugton, has 1 mysteriously disappeared. The tniekiu#iQt?rq?ta in the vicinity of i aaq^^t Pdot w Ul be larger t lionaire founder of Cape Charles City, has been admitted to probate in Northampton county. He bequeath* all his j immense Cape Charles property to his ( two daughters. 1 W. L. Watkins, the oldest member of i the Petersburg bar, died last Thursday. 1 $20,000 life insurance will be paid to his 1 heirs. Elbert Carrico is suing the Bertha i Zinc Company at Wytheville for $20,000 ( damages for the loss of both arms. I Boys set fire to three barns near I,ov- t ingston, destroying much tobacco and ^ hay. 1 A great fruit and flower exhibit will be given in Norfolk next fa I br the Nor- j folk Pomological and Horticultural Society. The land tax books of the commission- a er of rovonuo for the year 1892 show an t increase in real estate values of Danville ' of $120,000 as compared with 1&91. f o NOPTH CAROLINA. The Baptist State Sunday Bilrool Con- J vent ou will be held at Winston on April 14th. A fac ory is to bo built at Besscircr ( City to manufacture soap. dyes nnd stove polish. ' ' A large amount has been subscribed to * the Jefferson Democratic Club of Wins ton. t Winston board of aldermen arc discus- t sing the question of taxing all retail { drummers The Guilford Battle Ground Company will make a lake on their grounds t near Greensboro. i, Baptist revival meetings will be held |i in Charlotto beginning with May 30th, uoder the leadership of Kov. II. M. t Wharton, a noted divine of Baltimore fc Mr.<. Boyd, formerly postmistress of 11 New London, confessed on h r death-bed " which A great many fish are being caught all n along the Neuse river, and the lishing n down at Morehcad City on the coast is t) finer this season than lor years. Over n $*, 000 worth were shipped from there in one day, reccut ly. ? Judge John A. Gilmer died at Greens ti noro i numiay. ins ucumi nnu uccn |t failing for two yrars, having Bright's disease, aud his end was quiet nnd peace- c ful. Ho was born April 22, 1828. The funeral took place Friday. p The State Hoard of Pharmacy, in scs- t sion at Greensboro last week examining v applicants for license to pr ctice phnrma- e cy, grautcd licenses to the following who a passed the examination ".scecssfulSy : E. c V. Howell, Wake Forest; H. K. Kysci a and P. B. Kyscr, Selina; II. S. Scd- r berry, Fay. ttcville; F. W. Parker, Hal- a cigh; Thomas N. Hill, Moorcsville, a d Mrs. P. B. Kyscr, Selma. Mrs. Kyser is r the first lady in the State who has ever t received license to practice pharmacy or a who ever stood an CAntniuntiou. ? SOUTH CAROLINA. Canning factories are to be built at 1 Aiken aud Bruuson. 1 The Carolina M'dtand Alliance Ware- * house aud Banking Co., of Seiglingville, has been chartered. The survev of the Jonesville and Lock hart Shoals Ha hvuy will be commenced ( in a few weeks , A dog case wns tried nt 8:>ai tanburg < last Saturday. The plainulT had a setter i who was fond of eggs, and when caught i in the act of poaching last week, was i fired upon, putting out an eye. i 1 The Canal Dime Savings Bank has been organized at Columbia, with E. W. Robertson, president; A L. Gnubcrt, vice-presideat, and (i. M Berry, cashier. 1 The capital stock is fo0,000. A little South Carolina girl, only tO ( years old, Mif&jfortha Visanski, is inak- ^ ing quite a furore in New York City as n pianist. She lead the Notional Co::oC; vatory Orchestra at the Matli o r Square j Concert last week. Columbia is Miss Bertha's home i The Superintendent of Education advertises the inrcling of the Mate board of examiners, when applicants for State.1 ' teacher's certificates will be issued, to take place April 1. ' ' During the past week the Penitentiary authorities have received convicts from the following co.nlits: Charleston, 19, Darlington 4, Lancaster ?, Sumter 5, Pickens 2, Union 2, Hampton 1, Edge- I , field 2. Out of the forty two prisoners j two were white. j ' The Columbia I' i<ebali Association, i ' which will nsnfntni I it team in the South- I j ern Inter State I.(n?ue, has orgauized i 1 with President, .1 Bennett; vice, F. | H. Stevens; secretary and treasurer, A. I ' T. McCnnts; corresponding secretary, ' i Clair Taylor. Pittnnr.i and Campbell will do the box \\i> k. The team secur- 1 ed is one of the finest Columbia ever had. Swygcrt will decline the offer to go with the Mobile "Southern League" in order to remnii\, South Australians urge more constant inspection of cattle, also the prevention of the salo of milk and meat from diseased animals. The Burmese, Karon?, llancrerc and Ghans use .silver in Imillou lor currto :y W J - FARMERS' ALLIANCE. The Latest News Of And For The Order. "The Onus* of Hard Timet" Accountad For By a California Fapar. The graded income tax sentiment is growing palpably stronger. If it can b< crystalized so as to be brought to direel pleasure upou the proa.-nt Congress thej may grant it recognition. Ben Butler declares himself in favor ol iasuiug all the paper currency the country wants. "Put," he says, Kufr?I! is fhe gflHUiMth'fsTmtbf2?WfclH which makes money, anyhow." They have the right kind of girls up iu Nebraska, says an exchange. At Sortorin a young lady won't dance w ith a roung man unless he belongs to the Aliance, and the tripping of the light fan:astic has got to be done on the Ocala platform. On a fashionable night at the theatre n New York, from $7^,000,000 to $100,100,000 gleam from the boxes of the Asore anil Yandeihilts in the form of glitiring jewels Old Mrs. Astor, the leadsr of the ultra fashionables, is described >y the New York World as covering her leek and shoulders with diamonds estinated at $2,000,000, and sitting smiling ike a bride in the gaslight. Senator Poller's eulogy of the late Senior Plumb, on the l?th inst., awakened he admiration of his conferees. It creted a wonderful impression, mid was reerred to later by Senator Halo as "one if the most beautiful tributes he had ever i aid offered i*i the chamber." The Kansas Senator > laurels grow fast and hick. The committee of agriculture have eased homings upon the option ami fume bill, ami will shortly report it to Congress, it is admitted that the oppoition have won concessions, hut the scling of futures will he stopped, and no ales for future delivery will ho permitcd, unless the article is in hand or paries to such agreement arc in u position o carry it out. By itKUt'KHT. the demands ndmitrd !>%. he confederated organizations at tlieir necting in Washington Inst winter is irintcd below: 1. We demand the abolition of naional banks a> banks of issue, nnd as a ubstitute for national bank notes we demand that legal teudcr treasury notes e issued in sufficient volumo to trnnsct the busiucss of the country without amn^c or special advantage to any nd private, au?l' sucn "iiotCrf* trtltu landed by the people shall be loaned to tiein at not more than 2 cent per anuui upon non-pci ishublc products as idicuted in the sub-ticasury plan, and lso upon real cstute with proper liinita ions up at the quantity of lund and mount of money. 2. We demand a free ami unlimited oiuagc of silver. y. We demand the passage of laws irohibiting alein ownership of land, and hat Congress take prompt action to deise some plan to obtain all lauds now iwncd by aliens and foreign syndicates, nd that all lands held by railroads and ithcr corporations in excess of such as is dually used and needed by them be ccluimed by the government anil held for ictual sett lets only. 4. llelieving in the doctrine of equal iglits to all and special privileges to lone, wc demand that taxation-nationd, State, or municipal?shall uot be ised to build up one interest or class at lie ouponwi ot iiuot hcr. 0 We demand that all revenue*? tin ional, St ?ie or county?shall be limited o the necessary expenses of the gov a . . II.. . 1 1. I ] irnniem, ecmiuuuLHuy uuu uuuuhiiy nuniuislered. G. We demand u just and equitable lystemof graduated tax on incomes. 7. We demand the most rigid hon;sty and just bt itc and national control iud supervision of the means of public communication and transportation, and if this control and supervision floes nol remove the abuse- now existing, we ile mand the government ownership of such means of communication and transportation. 8 Wo dom md that the Congress of tire United States submit an au.cn iment to the Constitution pj ?vidi:ig f.?r the election of United States Senators by tlie iirect vote of the people ol each State; ilso tire UrcsiJent and Vice President try a popular vote. U llcsolved, That this coniedaration industrial organizations demand that iu caelt Sf;tt" a system shall be provided iud faithfully executed that will insure id honest and accurate registration ..of all voters, a free, fair, secret and official ballot, nnd an homst public count; and we denied Ilia each State legislature sliall make it a felony for any improper inter ference with tinX'icise of the rec/istra tiou, ballot, or count. * * * * " *. TOWN AND COUNTRY. rheVn a prejudlee alius 'twixt country and town Which I wlsht in i.i.v hi-ait ivasi'iil vi ITon lake city people, Jii I si|iiare up mill down, Am) thoyr mighty good people to know. And whare's better pe ph- a livin' today. Than us In the coiiutri ? Ylt gieal As both of lis |s, we're <llvor-.ed you might 'ay. And won't coinporinlse when we eotild, Now as nigh Into tow n for ye: pnp, ef yon please. Is the what's called the roolmrbs. l-crthare k'ou'll at least keteh a whiTY of the breeze and s snlfl Of ths breth of wild II iwi . ev'rv wliare, rhey's room for the ehlhlr n to p ay. an<t grow, tooAnd to roll In the grass. < r to climb tip a tree and rob nests, like they orient to do But they'll d'> ?", ho'.v ? . iy nine: M v sou In law said, when he lived In the town, lie Jest natchurly pined, night and day. Fera sight of the woods. era aero of gioitnd Wliare the trees was.-ul nil e|eai"?d away. And he says to i:e* onc't whllse a.vlsllli.g its On the farm. "It's not tmnee t declare. T!.ai wo can't coax you folks, without ral'ln' a fu?? To come to town, visiting tharr." And savs I, "Then git back whnie you sorto lielongAnd Madallue. too. ail I yer three Little elilhlren." sa\s I. lit d don't know a bird song N'-rn hawk from a ohleky lee dee. ftll tiaek," I savs I, ( > the blue of the sky And the i.K i n of ilu field , and the shine Of the sun, w Illi n laugh In >er volee and yer eye As linriy as mother's and mine. Well -loii" and sir rt of It lie's ecin|?crmlscd some lie's moved In tin*, .oi.tiib- And u av They don't liar to < ?*. wlen taey wan' US to coitj Cau'i1 we tm ii ii> an i go any h ? Fit th.ire -well, tie '* room for the tongs and pel fume Of ?hi> (tsm iimI tho oM orehurd an Mad. Aa<l Uwri room for Uk chiMrra on than-, aad thrr - iMw lar thfjr (ran' pap to waller >m round' ?{Jamra Whltcomb Riley. ) ****** CAPSM OF 11 AIU> TIME*. Vegtora (Cal.1 Unit.] Our merchants solemnly contemplate shelves loaded with gjoda and cummerrial hills coming due while many of out heat farmers are borrowing mouey to carry them through the season. The number of mortgages filed for record ah i most equals all other documents. The } unemployed ran And nothing to do and t the army of tramps is receiving largo nc, cessions. On the other hand, our houses are full, farms are well tilled and harvests have been uniformly good for years ' Ventura county is rich in houses mid lands and has rich goodsiu store. Why, then, in there universal coinplaiut of a ^ portation of oiir produce to the con?uin~ ~ er is carried on at a pticc that is ruinous t< us and that yields a profit of 40 ner cent to the railroads. This and the in k famous combinations of speculators who control the chief markets to suit their caprice, is the cause of the distress that has hi ihsi nrouseu me people to icmonstrnnce and perhnr 4 icbellion. If the business men are shrewd enough to sec 1 where their interest lies they will join with the Alliance ia demanding a complete revolution in the financial rind transportation system of the couulry. A Week of Southern Progress. The Manufacturers' ltecord of March 10 contains the following: "deports from all sections of the South indicate a steady inflow of capital for investment in the new enterprises. The establishment of uew industries, ns indicated by the incorporation of com |>hii ies,shoes that n large amouut of new money is being wImw it will U o( immeusc benefit to the South. The railroad situation is still complicated by the un uncertainties of tho Hiehmond Terminal reorganization, but proseut indications point to a plan that will place this system and allied interosts upon u sounder basis than hitherto, nud relieve the properties of the great burden of oblig e t ions it was proposed to impose upon llicra. "The irou trade is strengthened by the consolidation of the two greatest pro dueers, the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Itnil road Co. and the Do Bnrdelebcn Coal & Don Co., and there is still n prospect of me inclusion 01 uic moss meet & Iron Co. in the ileal. "Our record of new enterprises for the week shows the fob..wing ns tlie more important items: A $125,000 electric plant at Richmond, Vu; a $#00,000 stockjnrds company nt Louisville, Ky.; u $50,000 school desk manufacturing company at Newport, Ky.: a $1,(05,000 coal and coke companv nt Corinth, W. Vn ; a,$500,000 iroD ud zinc company at 1 fAw-wHre, ? *.,?Wa.% ootu ftoiie-niwaerv- i tine, Texas; a $25,000 manufacturing company at Salem, Va ; a $1,000,000 manufacturing company at Hnltimoic, Md.; a $20,000 woolen-mill company at Salem, W. Va.; a $550,<>00 phosphate company at Plaut City, Kin.; a $10,000 brick company at Louisville, Ky.; a $500,005 loan nnd trust company at Charleston, S. C.; a $1,000,000 inincral and mining Company at Ilarrimnn, Tenn.;a $275,000 coppermining company nt Henrietta, Texns; nn iron furnace at Queen City, Tex ts; a $500,000 cotton factory company nt Newport News, Va., and a $200,000 coal and coke company at McDowell county, W. Va" Norfolk to Charleston. Wei.don, N C., |Kpccial ]?The engl? nee s of the No folk, Wilmington and Charleston Railroad Conipary have completed their work of surveying the entire length of the r ad 252 miles, nnd arc now ?ugmfod in locating the line. Starting from Norfolk the surveyed raulo /ollotva almost an air line to Charleston, passing through a neclinn of country which is now almost without rail road facilities. The surveys show that the construction will he easy, the greatest difficulty to he encounter! being Dismal Swamp, which the road run directly through. The main line will run through Norfolk county, in Virginia, Hertford, Bertie, Martin, Pitt, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Peuder, Bladen, Columbus and Brunswick in North Carolina, and llorry, Georgetown and Berkley counties in South Carolina. Among the larger towi s through or near which the route has been surveyed are Wnllectown, Vu., and Yardley, Colc1 mine, Windsor, Willinmston, Pacto!us, Johnston's Mills, Dover, Pink Hill, Wirshington, Point Caswell, and Wilmington, N. C , and in South Carolina, Conway, Frazer, Georgetown, Sant? e and McClcllnuviiie. ! Foster Gets Home Witb a Black Eye * I . a .i ?I1 VT ana urines onver nown. N'f.w Yohk.?-Tlio North German* i Lloyd steamer Spree, with Secretary Fos ! ter on board arrived at port. The See- j rotary had a rather rough voyage. On j the 12th the sea was very rough. Mr 1 Foster was seated iu a steamer chair on the upper deck when the steamer lurch- j cd heavily, throwing him to the deck, i his head striking the port rail and black cning his eye. His health has been ! much improved by tbo trip. Secretary j : Foster touched upon the silver qui at ion 1 i which he said grc.itly int< rested the En- | j gli?h people, the manufacturing cities 1 strongly favoring bi mctalism, but Lorn- j bard street, which corresponds to Wail | street, being strongly opposed to it. j There was, however, a growing senti-! nunt in Euiriauu in favor of n double , j standard. There wus 110 arrangement 1 i uindo for a monetary conference. m _ _ ! Inspected the Troops in a Confederate i Uniform. A special from Louisville says: Ad1 jutant-Uem-Aal Gross has created a sen ; sation by inspecting the State Guard in a gray Confederate uniform. He did this at Howling Green last Saturday night. When asked why he did so he f is cpioted as saying that ho had said ho would never wear the blue during J?is term of office. POLITICS, CROPS, ETa ^ News From the Entire United States * _ < Reported By the Hon. Eli Perkirie, Philosopher end Lecturer. N. Y. City.?On the Erie train lMt night was Eli Porkins, just arrived from au extensive trip down through the Southern States "Yea," he said to a Sun reporter, "I am just from Texas and Missouri, via Charleston, Savannah, Atlanta, Birmingham, Vicksburg, San Autumn, Galveston, thu staked Plains of Texas, Arkansas, x> ah g States. What do you want to know?" "Well, how are "the cropaf" "The immense cotton crop is swamping the entire South. They raised 9,(100,000 Imles, and a million bales moro than the world wants. The price'has ihi ion n oiu 1U cents to in Texas, and the surplus is piled up around tho stations with uo one to buy it." "Who is hurt by the low price?" "Tho cotton merchant. Many farmers s >ld at eight touts. but ruin stares the Southern merchant in the lace. Tho entire South is suppressed, and they cry out to the North for sympathy I saw 80,000 bales piled up in Fort Smith. The Ked and Brazos rivers arc lined with it. The farmer's corn bin is empty, and the merchants who have not failed are not able to curry him through another crop. Meetings arc bsing held all over tho South recommending the restriction of the crop this year." "How uo they expect to restrict it?" | it) mmktlmm ? mora mum, ti~- ?ad ?,n corn. The price dropped too late for a wheat crop. They are iu trouble in the sugar country in Texas and Louisiana, because just as they want to plant more sugar Mr Hrcckiuridgo of Kentucky jumps up iu Washington ami oilers a resolution to take the two cent bonus off of sugir. This would destroy the sugar industry and throw a million more bales of cotton upon the market. Then South t i 12 -.1 - ? ' * iiiininn, which uwii io niuKc 1,1 uu,uuo burielt of rice, and Louisiana, which made 1100,000 barrels of rice, want a tariff against cheap Chinese lice, which has about broken up American lice planting." ' What argument do they use in speaking of a tariff on Chinese rice and Egyptian cotton?" "They say: 'You Yankees put a tariff on tobicco and wheat to help your farmer, and why can't wc hnvo a tariff on Chinese rice?'" "How is the winter wheat crop?" "1 bring good nowa ab^ut wheat," said 31r. I'erkins. "It is simply superb everywhere. I have not seen such a ataivd S& ot wheat" in sixteen years. The last ' nmt* >.?17. _*. t , , Carolina to tho Staked PfaTns liT'lexwJ nnd every kernel sowed has come up. Ir could not he hotter in Kentucky and Tennessee, and the farmers in Texa", Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio have told me within four days that they uover had such a prospect. The wheat is short. It hugs tho ground, hut it is even,and looks just as they want it to look for a aplcndid crop. Along ? tho Atohisou nnd Missouri Pacific ronds, clear into Colorado, the ground is Bonked with a long, warm rain. "Did you see any political chnngos?" "Yes; the Farmers' Alliance is petering out like the old Greenback party. They have all come out for fro - silver, nr......... ?i,. ni.i ,i,.,, Lr . mill. miu m;uvui, mv vn? vnv\M>/i?vn v....... <lntc, is their man for the Presidency. The Farmers' Alliance iu Texas legislated against aliens holding property in the Stutc, and millions of dollars were driven out of Texas. The Teians blame Governor Hogg,the Alliance Governor, for all the depression in Texas. Clarke, who is no v running against Hogg will be triumphantly elected Governor. He says: 'Hogg drove out the Scotch and English aliens, null iiiey now let their money to the Yankees at four per cent , and the Yankee comes down and lets it to the Texan at 10 percent.' The Alliance fellows in Kansas have so ruined the State by talking repudiation and free silver that ulmfmt all mortgages in Kansas are now written 'payable in gold.'" "What about the old Southern Democrat ?" "The old cast-iron Democrat has given up Cleveland. The 'ifluffed Prophet* never enthused them, and now that he has spoken free silver the Democrats have dropped him They have also began to talk about Gorman. They buy Gorman can carry the solid South and all the silver States because he traded his silver influence with Wolcott for votes against the Election bill.'" A.t\: 1 nnidliiiiff funn v lis tllA "I., .......J . ? South?" "I found the Texan is given to making fun of the Arkausan. The Hev. Dr. Pritchett, President of the Normal College at Iluntsville, told me that ho asked a passenger on the Texas Pacific where he came from. " 'WhnrM I kum from?' repeated the man, 'why, you're the twentieth man that's asked that today. I kum from Arkansaw. Now, dog on you, laugh!'" "At Texarkana, where they lun ned the .> - i._ 'I r.'i! of negro ai uie niim-, kvuuuutu ? saw a little Texas boy in the depot. Patting him on the head, I asked inquiringly: " 'Are you n good little boy?'" " 'You bet I am,' he said proudly. 'I'm the best boy in Texas; you nsk mj father and mother.' " 'I)o you say your prayers every dnyf i continued. " 'No. not every day,1 he said thought fully. 'I didn't say 'em yesterday, nnd i I havn't said 'em today ?and?if I get along pretty well I shan't say 'tin enny i more't all.' "'Why not?'" I " 'O. caiis' paw and maw's goin* to live up in Arkansaw.'" The 300th anniversary of the death of Tnsso will bo celebrated witl? oonsidornble pomp this year in Home, Italy. The ('ar iinal-Vicar Parochi is President of j the Committee of Arrangements. A bronze monument of the poet will be I erected.