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NOT LIKEO
By Frederick Van
A.utlior of "Tlie Urotlierliooi
of a 81r
Copyright, 1901, by Frederic Van Renss
CHAPTER V.
craig Thompson's wisdom.
rpTlRAIC THOMPSON did wish
I I to go. The fact was un
luupjl precedented in the experience
ityMn thJit others bad kuown of
him, byt It was true, and when at the
close of the second day they arrived at
the ranch Lisle remembered with surprise
that he had never knowu his father
to be so companionable with a
stranger before, but In this case he bad
appeared to find much that was congenial
lu their tastes. It Is possible
that his owu Intense love for Lisle permitted
him more readily to appreciate
the good qualities of another who also
loved bim. It may be that he Intuitively
foresaw the time when Lisle
would need a friend and that be discovered
in Thompson the man whom
he would select for that position.
Thompson's ranch adjoined Maxwell's.
although 30 miles separated the
buildings which the respective owners
called home. In that laud of magnificent
distances such an interval of
space was trivial, but Richard Maxwell
had always Isolated himself from
his neighbors lu a way that utterly repulsed
friendly advances, so that be
was knowu more as a ranch owner
than as a man, but now be volunteered
every outward demonstration that he
desired to create more friendly relations
with his nearest ueigbbor.
During the Journey to the ranch
Llsle's father permitted It to be understood
that be preferred that no reference
should be made to the lasso duel.
He seemed to have blotted it out of his
memory as utterly as though it had not
occurred.
At home the old life was taken np
where it bad beeu left off. and with the
exception of the presence of a guest?
and within the memory of Lisle an invited
guest had never before been a
part of the household?it was the same
as It had always beeu. Studies were
resumed at the poiut where they bad
beeu abandoned, occupations recommenced
where they had broken off, and
everything resumed its accustomed
routine, for the masterjgf Cresnwtf gild
^Jros^.y,v\er- fr'nirtTTedanything to in,?'
" terfere with the rules of his dally life.
But the week of Thompson's stay
came to an end. and Lisle was surprised
wlieu he remembered that during
the eutire time he had rarely been
alone with llieir guest?uever. In fact,
except at such times as they passed
upon the broad veranda, where the
old frontiersman loved to sit and smoke
aud chat with the "kid." Interspersing
his stories uud anecdotes with wholesome
advice that was always given in
his Inimitably blunt and forcible manner.
Lisle was often astonished by the
deep learning of the strange man,
whose customary disregard of correct
English was at once a mixture of assumption
and carelessness. The youth's
Intuition revealed to him that behind
and beneath the rough exterior of his
new friend there existed a fund of tenderness
and sympathy most profound.
LI ^ "-no lil'iv o 111 in n nf rinh r% tin rt7
tbe intrinsic value was all there incased
within tbe roughest and hardest
of substances.
Od tbe otber band Crelg also met
with surprises which puzzled him
greatly, although he made no comment
unless to Lisle In person. One
of tbem came during an evening when
Klchard Maxwell was not present.
Craig was smoking his pipe on the veranda,
lolling back in oue of the comfortable
cbairs. when be beard the piano.
%
"That's right, boy." he called out
"I'm in just tbe mood for some music.
Couldn't you sing something for a
change?"
There was no reply In words, but the
melody changed, and presently a superb
voice, in tender coutralto. floated
out to him. With increasing power it
swelled into the pathetic air of Asber's
"Alice" until the clear high notes
swept out across the starlit plain so
sweetly, so purely, so longingly that
Craig forgot his pipe, forgot Lisle, forgot
where he was. forgot everything
except a memory that the song conjured
up. His head sank lower and
lower upon bis breast, tears stood in
bis eyes aud splashed unheeded upon
bis tightly clasped hands, and when
tbe melody ceased be did not move.
Lisle left tbe piano and went out to
him. but Craig Thompson was not
aware of his approach until he felt a
touch upon his shoulder.
Then lie started up with a cry as one
who has been rudely awakened from a
dream.
"Come here, boy." lie said Id a tone
that shook with emotion. "I want to
look at you. Who taught you that
song? Who gave you that voiceV What
strange mixture are you?"
"Craig." said I.isle In surprise, not
heeding the questions, "what is the
matter? Are those tears iu your eyestears
because I sang to you?"
"Yes. they're tears. Do you think
that l am ashamed of them? Men shed
tears only when they are necessary to
keep the heart from bursting. Mine
burst long ago. hut somehow 1 got it
together again, and maybe the cement
I used wears a little with time. Anyhow.
that song of yours opened a seam
or two in the old wound. That song
brings back memories, and memories
' are p'izln things to have around if they
ain't just the sort that a feller wants.
Who taught you that song?"
"Nobody. 1 learned it myself. It
THER MEN.
i Rensselaer Dey,
a of Silence," "Tlie Quality
i," Etc.
elaer Dey.
?amo tpifii anmp music that father or
dered years ago. He does not like It.
I never sing it to him. I have not sung
It before In a long time. I do not know
why I thought of it tonight."
"I do. It was just my heart speaking '
to yours. Lisle. Will you be offended,
boy. if I tell you that you have got a
voice like a woman's?Just like the
voice of a woman whom I used to
know, the sweetest and best woman
who ever lived? She was my sister,
Lisle, and she used to sing that song
to me. I liked It because her name
was Alice, like the song. It's a good
many years since 1 saw her, Lisle, and
I don't know whether she Is alive or
lead. Don't you see. kid, why my callous
old heart tilled up with tears so
that it would have burst if 1 hadn't
shed a few?" ^
"I am sorry. Craig, very sorry, that
I selected that song." 1
"Don't you be sorry; be glad. It '
saved me from one of my fits, for one
of 'era has been coming on ever since
I have been here."
"Shall 1 sing something else for you?" j
"No: don't slug; don't play. I don't
want to get the taste of that one out 1
of ray mouth. Sit here and talk with '
me. We won't have another evening 1
together for a long time?maybe nev- '
er."
"Why do you say that?"
"I'm going to light out In the morning
before that fit comes on. You
think I am older than your father, don't
you?"
"I should say that you are. by sev- ,
eral years."
"Well. 1 reckon I am in some ways.
It comes of having fits. I suppose, but
Dick Maxwell Is five years older than
I am. He's 48 or thereabout, according
to bis say I look about 58, but I'm
only 43. Do you know what I am getting
at?"
"No."
"This: I'm preaching, lad. Every one
of those years that rest on my head
without having come into my life was (
put there by a piece of scoundrellsm
that I committed when I was Just the
JW flifit yon nrr
more excuse for getting Into it than
you have now either. I don't say that
you'll ever get into a place where you
may be likely to do anything that ain't
right, but If you do there will be time
to think-there always Is. for thinking
Is mighty quick work ?and If that
time ever does come you rememDer
what I have said Just now and stop
long euough to hum that song over to
yourself before you cut loose from the
outfit and go it alone. Life ain't going
to be all roses for you. Lisle Maxwell,
and don't you forget It! Your father
hasn't brought you up right, to my way
of thinking. You needn't get huffy. 1
ain't criticising him. I'm analyzing
you. You don't know any more about
the world outside of this ranch than a
hog knows about skating, and that'
ain't much to speak of. I've been
watching you while I've been here,
and there are a-wbole lot of things that
you have got to learn between now and
the time when you will have to go It
alone, and nobody ever knows when
that time Is coming. It's Just like a
blamed Injun and draws a bead on
your vitals from behind a bush or a
rock when you ain't looking, and It's a
dead shot every time. You can't throw
a loop over circumstance and drag It
along a willing captive, like we did that
steer. It's got a way of slipping out
and roping you instead, and you've got
to post yourself about things so that
you will be ready to keep one hand out
in Just about the same way that you
poked yours through the loop of Jim
Cummlngs' rlata over In the Smoky. I
don't wonder that some of the boys
have said that you look like a woman.
You do. and you do not. You do because
you have got a tender befiirt. like
a woman's, and It sticks out through
your masculine garb Just as plain as
daylight when you ain't thinking. Dick
Maxwell has trained you right enough
as far as he has goue, for all 1 know,
but he's a good ways from going far
enough. I want you to make me a
promise. Lisle."
"What sort of a promise. Craig?"
"You'll be 21 some day. and when
the day comes that sees you that old I
want you to promise that you will ride
over to my ranch and see me. Will
you ?"
"Certainly. I will ride over a great
many times in the meanwhile, too. if
you care to have me."
"That's all right. Of course I care to
have you. but I want you to remember
that promise anyhow."
"I'll remember it."
"And now. while we've got a chance
to talk. 1 want to say one thing more
to you about women. This idea that
you've got that they are abominations
on the face of the earth is all wrong. If
your dad did teach It to you, and some
day I'll prove it to you. I've been looking
through your library, and there
aim a noos mere tuai win mi ,?uu a
bin mcd thlnp about tlieui?not one. To
my way of thinking you oupht to have
a few, even if you road *om against the
wishes of the old man. They won't
hurt you any, and In my opinion they
will do you a lot of pood. Do you
know where that old corral Is, down iu
the southwest corner of my ranch?"
"Yes."
"Well, next Sunday you ride over
there. It ain't much more than a dozen
miles. I'll leave some hooks there
for you to read. Maybe I'll meet you
there if you come about sundown.
They will be books that will tpuob you
something that you ought to know, and
don't, and?bere comes Dick. Ix>rd! 1
never delivered sucb a long lecture before
In my life. It all comes of your
singing that song."
Wben on tbe following morning Lisle
would have accompanied bis father
and Craig?for the latter was going to
bis own borne, and tbe former, having
an errand In that direction, rode out
with blm?be discovered that be was
not wanted. Later, when tbe two men
Maxwell'8 eyes were fixed, upon the summit
of the ridge as Thompson disappeared.
were on the point of parting. Craig
Thompson swallowed his reluctance to
speak upon the thoughts that were uppermost
In his mind and said:
"Maybe you wou't like what 1 say.
Maxwell, but I'm going to say it
whether you do or not. You ain't doing
right by that kid. He's too much
like a woman in some things, and he's
too blanket! ignorant about a lot of
other things that every man and every
woman on the top of God's green
earth ought to know. While you're
riding home just turn over in your
mind what would become of your boy
If you should be killed before you get
there. Good day."
"Good day." responded Maxwell, and
he sat there In bis saddle for an hour,
with his eyes fixed upon the summit of
the ridge over which Craig Thompson
bad disappeared.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Wood That Look* Like Metal.
A European scientist has discovered a
method by which wood may be given
the appearance of metal. Outside of
the added value for decorative purposes
which this may give, the advantage
to be derived is not clearly apparent
The wood is said to be rendered
exceedingly hard and strong, although
It Is equally uncertain what
pHrtoftheprocess may be assumed
HfffflWWWProll^ttequalltles upon
wood which was soft anff^tik before
treatment. "
The process is described as follows:
The "wood Is first soaked for three or
four days in a solution of caustic alkali
at a temperature of from 75 to 00 degrees
centigrade and is then transferred
at once to a hath of bydrosulphate
of calcium, to which a saturated
solution of sulphur in caustic alkali Is
added after 24 hours. The wood remains
In this bath, which Is kept at a
temperature of from 35 to 50 degrees
centigrade, and finally it is soaked for
about 30 to 50 hours in a solution of
acetate of lead. The wood is then dried
at a moderate temperature and may be
polished with a burnisher of hard wood.
In this case it can be made to acquire a
brilliant metallic luster, and if the surface
is previously rubbed with a piece
of lead, tin or ::luc and a glass or porcelain
burnisher is used the effect la
increased. The wood treated In this
way resembles a metallic mirror.?Chicago
Chronicle.
The Eloquent Bolter Crock.
On one of the desks In the house was
an old fashioned gray crock. It was
covered with a snow white cloth, to
which clung a moist layer of salt. It
was the simple product, "mother's butter"
from the farm. The Jackknives
were dipped into that crock and the
butter reverently tasted as if it recalled
happy memories of the old home. There
was something in that butter which no
chemical synthesis could imitate, and
although It spoke no word that sample
of "mother's butter" was eloquent.
Many of those congressmen no doubt
recalled the days when as barefoot
boys they sat with the churn between
their knees trying to make the monotonous
splash of the dasher drown the
shrill whistle of a chum on his way to
the old swimming hole. What an age
it seemed before the little white flecks
appeared on the dasher handle, showing
that the butter had "come" and
with It an honorable discharge! And
then at night those biscuit, with sorghum
sirup and "mother's butter"?oh.
what a charm in such memories?those
worn hands, that sweetest face, long
since gone to rest!
There was an eloquence in that jar of
mother's butter?pure, genuine, whole
some?which even science, money, an,
political craft and congressional oratory
could not overcome.?National
Magazine.
Thinking Alond.
This habit is more common than mosl
of us imagine. In fact, many of us do
it without being aware of it. We become
absorbed in our thoughts?preparing
some argument in support of a
course we propose to take, for instance!
?and the passersby or our friends are
amused by hearing us express our
thoughts aloud.
Ask j-our friends if you do this.
This habit is said to be a sign ol
madness, but you need not be alarmed,
for almost everything is a sign of madness
according to this or that authority.
But the habit is more common
among older people than among the
young and vigorous. It is one of those
things which come with increasing
years. You are far more likely to think
when you are greatly worried than in
any other mental condition.
Tin; CAM
MpSION.
Senatorial Candidates Speak In
Spartanburg.
SENATOR TILLMAN
MAKES A STATEMENT.
Mei?ri. Hemphill, Johnstone, Latimer,
and John Gary Evans Tell
the People of McLanrln'a Republicanism,
and Mr. John C. Cary
Makes a Plea For Commercial
Progress.
The political meeting at Spartanburg
last Tuesday -was held In the court
house Instead of In the open air. It
was because of the rain which had fallen
during the night, and which continued,
at Intervals, during the day.
The attendance was not nearly as
large as had been expected. It may
have been because of the weather and It
may have been because the people are
not especially Interested; but anyhow,
no one who desired to go Into the court
house to hear the speeches found any
difficulty In so doing.
The speakers of the day were Messrs.
Hemphill, Henderson, George Johnstone,
Latimer and John Gary Evans,
candidates for the United States senate,
and Mr. J6hn C. Carey, president
T AnlrVio nf rv-illla aanQtnrial
VJL IIIU uvvnuat v iiiiua? Aug ovttu>w? ?u>
quintette spoke against Senator McLaurin
and in advocacy of their respective
claims to the position he
holds, and Mr. Cary spoke in advocacy
of commercial progress and development
along lines calculated to benefit
all classes in the south.
Senator Tillman was not present.
He had the misfortune to get a cinder
in his eye while passing through Pennsylvania,
and he was suffering great
pain because of the circumstance. He
gave out to the press, however, the following,
which he had Intended to incorporate
in his speech:
SENATOR TILLMAN'S STATEMENT.
There has been more or less strenuous
effort made in various quarters to
cast imputations on my Democracy
and to charge that I have been disloyal
to the organization in the past. Senator-McLaurin's
supporters seek to defend
his own treachery to the party by
making these charges, while on the
other hand some of my old political opponents
who have never been able to
give me any credit for anything that
was worthy or good, have Joined in
this accusation^'and I. therefore, feel
that it is nothing but right that I
should let the younger, generation of
voters, who kiiL nothing of the facts,
hear the plain truth so they may know
how much credence to give to these
charges.
I made my entrance into the political
arena at Bennettsvllle in '85, purely by
accident. The agitation began there arid
was followed up in the News and Cour
fer in a series or letters ana aaaresses
In advocacy of a farmers' college and
took a political turn In '86. In the Democratic
state convention of that year I
had a large following: but we were
beaten by those In possession of the
machine, (the ring, I called them,) and
I was among the first to move that the
nomination for governor be made
unanimous, and to pledge my support
to the successful candidate. Continuing
the agitation, which broadened
' Into a demand for general reformation
of the state government, and the abolition
of various abuses?we were again
beaten In '88 by a very narrow margin
because Attorney General Earle, our
candidate, refused to allow the use of
his name after the balloting begun,
and I again moved to make the nominations
unanimous, thus showing my
loyalty to the party In state affairs.
In 1890 I was put forward as the
nominee of the March convention to
run as a candidate for the nomination
for governor In the regular Democratic
convention, and the system of joint
discussion was Inaugurated. I was
overwhelmingly elected In the Democratic
primary, and although there was
a bolt and effort to elect an Independent
candidate. I was chosen governor
In November following by a large majority.
The Alliance had been organized
In '89, and was a very potent factor
In the success of the reform movement:
but there was a very powerful
political current flowing before the Al
liance was born. In '91 I discovered
that Ben Terrell, the lecturer of the
National Alliance, was systematically
going from county to county sowing
the seed of third partyism and preaching
the doctrine of "voting for Betsy
and the baby" rather than the Democratic
party or any other party. This
led to my challenging Mr. Terrell to a
, joint discussion on the subject of the
sub-treasury and other Issues upon
which he was basing his propaganda,
' and the debate was held before the
| State Alliance In this city. I pointed
out In the debate the danger of the
white people of South Carolina risking
any division as long as we had such
an overwhelming Negro majority, and
I insisted that nothing should be done of
i a political character outside of the
Democratic ranks until we had held a
constitutional convention and taken
I steps to safeguard white supremacy,
i I demanded and secured a pledge in
! that meeting to make the fight against
Clevelandism, and the other undemocratic
policies that were being urged
by the New York wing of the party
' inside of the Democratic ranks, and
i there are hundreds of witnesses to the
fact. The result was in '92, notwithstanding
the Alliance was in absolute
l control of the political affairs of the
i state and there was an overwhelming
! sentiment in opposition to the Demo/
cratic party tenets as they were then
promulgated by Cleveland and h IB
crowd, there was no effort made to organize
a Populist party except in tw\
counties even arter uieveiana naa received
the nomination at Chicago. Our
state convention had denounced him as
"a prostitute of Wall street," and declared
that he was not a Democrat; but
when he received the nomination, I returned
from Chicago and counseled
acqule8ence in the result, and I make
bold to assert that but for my influence
and the influence of the men allied
with me, the state would-have gone to
the Populists that year by an overwhelming
vote. As it was, South Car
olina was the only southern state where
Populism did not make a bitter light
against the regular Democracy. I
spoke very bitterly of Cleveland's policy,
and proclaimed my desire for a
union between the southern and western
farmers, and declared I was ready
to lead a revolt against the Democratic
party as then led and leave It, If need
be, whenever I saw anywhere to go,
and made allusion to "a light In the
West," as a signal.
In the meantime I set myself zealously
to work to secure a constitutional
convention so as to take steps to
disfranchise as many of the colored
people as we could under the 14th and
15th amendments. During the period
'OO 4 n 'AC 4 V* n?r? n Klff Af? o nrl
1IU1I1 lu fu, U1CIC yy cw uiuci auu
constant agitation In this and other
states against Cleveland's policy, and
I denounced his betrayal of the Democratic
party with all the bitterness
that I felt. I proclaimed that if he
was a Democrat I was not, and I merely
gave voice In all of my denunciations
of Cleveland Democracy, and
threats of leaving the party to the
overwhelming sentiment in control of
the state. In other words, I was absolutely
loyal at all times to the majority
of my fellow citizens who were Democrats,
but not of the Cleveland type,
and what I said about leaving the par-*
ty then was the prevailing sentiment
in South Carolina.
I made a speech at Memphis and one
in St. Louis, in which I denounced
Cleveland and his policy as undemocratic,
and proclaimed my willingness and
purpose to fight to recapture the Democratic
party from the wreckers, and
failing there to organize a genuine
Democratic party, which should maintain
the principles of Jefferson, the
father. I announced this policy as the
spokesman of the Democracy of this
state on the floor of the senate on the
1st of May, 1896, in a debate with D. B.
Hill. I announced it in a speech at
Denver, Col., in one at Wichita, Kan.,
at Lexington, Ky., at Dallas, Tex., and
Atlanta, Ga., in all of which the slogan
was "16 to 1 or bust" The South Carolina
State convention which sent delegates
to the Chicago convention in 1896,
was so thoroughly Imbued with the
purpose to have a different kind of
Democracy from that of Cleveland and
his followers, that they sent a deleRation
to that convention with Instructions
to withdraw and return home for
further counsel In the event we did not
pet a platform to suit ^ >S
I have never at any moment or any
time or any place Riven voice to any
feeling or sentiment about the Democratic
party that was disloyal to the
will of the majority of my fellow Democrats
in this state. I have always
claimed to voice the will of the majority
of the people of the state, and to
be a representative of the majority,
and every well Informed man In the
state knows that what I have spoken
Is capable of proof from the records,
and, therefore, I repeat what I said at
Union that any man who charges me
with disloyalty, or with any purpose at
any time of opposing the genuine Democracy
of South Carolina, as represented
by the majority, lies, and knows he
lies. I am called a Populist now by
Republican and goldbugs papers that
are so much In love with commercial
Democracy. I always have and always
will spurn Cleveland's Democracy as
nothing but thinly disguised Republicanism,
and McLaurln's Democracy Is
even less respectable. Cleveland never
played the hypocrite, while McLaurin
was as eager once to press Populism
pure and simple as he Is now to advocate
McKlnleylsm, and Bowden, the
apostle of Populism In South Carolina
in 1892, was the first man he gave a job
to after his appointment to the senate,
and it is said that this same populistie
leader is now a strong supporter
of Senator McLaurin's last brand of
politics.
Some of the newspaper editors and
other ardent supporters of Senator McLaurin
have been very much shocked
and outraged by what I said at Union
as a warning to the mill presidents not
to attempt to coerce their operatives.
It is considered an unpardonable sin
that I should dare to threaten to interfere
in this matter. What I said on
that occasion was for the purpose of
warning these men against attempting
to go too far.
I recognize the right of every man
to try to persuade others to vote wi'.h
him: but I deny that the employment
of men in mills carries with it the right
on the part of the owner of the mill to
coerce or control the votes of the employees.
The relation between the mill
owner and the worker in the mill is one
of mutual advantage, and the mills
were not built for the purpose of giv
lflg HIipiUJIIlCIIL IU lauui , uui. uiv
purpose of making money. All men
who work in the mills give labor for
the money they receive. The interests
of the mill owner and the mill hand
may be identical or It may be antagonistic.
It has been common in the
north for the laborers employed in the
manufacturing establishments to be
driven when they cannot be cajoled
into voting the Republican ticket, and
the threats of discharging laborers
and closing down works in '96, and
even in the last presidential election, no
doubt secured McKinley's triumph.
The owners of the cotton mills that
have sprung up so rapidly in South
Carolina are in many Instances North^
ern men, and possibly more northern
capital has been invested in this industry
in the last 10 years than home capital;
but that does not carry with If
\ A
any ODiigauun on wie pan ui mc upci
atlves to vote for a Republican wh<
comes either openly or In disguise.
The mills In South Carolina hav<
been treated by the state government
which is Democratic, with great liber
ality; but If their owners attempt t<
drive our native born South Carollnt
Democrats into the Republican camp
the other Democrats of the state wll
not calmly submit to it, and the opera
tlves will be the first to resist sucl
action. There Is no proof In the worl<
that manufacturing in South Carolina
to auj inu<5 ww tuv ihwpuuuvaii j/**?
The mill operatives are natives o
this and adjoining states. They an
as thoroughly grounded in Democra
tic principles as the farmers or an:
other class of our citizens. They an
as good people as we have, and I onl:
declared my purpose, if an attempt t<
coerce them was made, to go to thi
mills at night and explain to these peo
pie Just wherein they are being misle<
or being unduly influenced or driven
In doing this I do not propose to ar
ray labor against capital; but I do I
for the purpose of warning capital t<
attend to its own business and not at
tempt to make slaves of our white peo
pie. If the mills are closed on cam
paign days so as to allow the men t<
hear the speeches, there would be n<
need for any one going to speak a
night. But I am resolved they shal
hear the truth before joining the Re
publican party.
I meant what I said and h&ve noth
ing to regret or apologize for. I hon
estly believe that if such a move ii
made by any considerable number 01
the mill owners of the state, that it wll
result in legislation that will do awa:
with some of the special privileges nov
enjoyed by the mills. The people o
South Carolina are ready to welcomi
capital for investment in this or an:
other manufacturing industry; bu
every freeborn South Carolinian wil
resent any effort by northern capital
ists or southern superintendents an<
presidents to dragoon freeborn whit
men into becoming Republicans. An:
man who wants to join the Republicai
party and vote that ticket has a per
feet right to do so; but I again wari
those who may think they have a righ
to drive the free white men in their em
ploy into the Republican camp, t<
take heed how they press that idea
And I warn the men, many of whon
are and always have been my friends
to watch closely and weigh all of thes<
questions fully before voting.
THE PARDON OF COLONEL NEAL.
Governor McSweeney Makes c Gen
eral Reply to His Critics.
Governor McSweeney yesterday madi
public, a statement in regard to th<
criticisms that have rec^itly been madi
of his exercise of the pardoning power
criticisms that have bpwr-"very pro
nounced since his action in the case o
, iS^r-i^eal. In giving his statement t
the press yesterday he remarked: "
do what I believe to be right, irrespec
tive of Judge, Jury or anybody. Whei
I get so that I have to truckle to any
body in the exercise of the power give!
me by the people, then I want to ste]
down and out of the office of governor.'
In the statement given yesterday th
governor says that any governor 1
subject to criticism, and that it is wel
that men In public office should be crit
icised; but he seems to think tha
some of the criticisms that have beei
made against him are unfair and un
jusi, ana are largely me resun. 01 nu
knowing real conditions. He wishes 1
understood, he says, once and for al
time, that all pardons he has Issuer
are subject to criticism, and he woul
like everyone to look Into the matter o
the pardons granted by him and com
pare them with those of other govern
ors. He says that when a pardon ap
plication reaches his office It Is no
pigeonholed; but Is acted on, and If h
had pigeonholed applications as other
had that It might be easier for him
but it will continue to be his practic
to meet issues as they come up. H
says It Is doing him a gross injustlc
to Intimate that any pardon is In an;
way connected with politics. He say
that he has never done any official ac
because of the politics there was In It
and Insists that he Is in no comblna
tlon and has never been and he doe
not think of combinations or politics.
He wants It understood that he ha
not been In any political alliance witl
Col. Neal or any of his friends, or fo
that matter with anyone else. Col
Neal, he says, has always been op
posed to him and worked against hln
in his candidacy for lieutenant gov
ernor; and the only time that Col. Nea
ever approached him on a politica
matter was when he asked him to taki
$500 stock in a newspaper enterprise
which he absolutely refused to do, am
then he had the prospect of the mori
intense onnositlon of Col. Neal.
Gov. MeSweeney says that he has of
ten acted on applications for pardon
without referrring them to judges o
solicitors, when he thought the merit
of the case warranted his action, an<
that in a number of instances?thi
Pons case for instance?he went direct
ly contrary to the recommendation o
the judge and solicitor who wished thi
pardon granted, which he refused.
Gov. MeSweeney says that so far ai
there being any political deal or com
bination, or anything of the sort, hi
wants it understood that he has no
now, never has had, and never expect
to have any with Col. Neal, McLaurli
or anyone else. He is responsible fo;
his pardons to the general assembly
and to the people and to no one else.
The pardon of Col. Neal, he says
* /># r?Ai
Was 'graiueu mure UII auuuuui \ji. vui
Neal's wife and family than because o
Col. Neal himself," and that view o
the matter he thought had been takei
by most of those who urged the grant
ing of the pardon.
Gov. McSweeney says that he doe.1
not expect to take up the specific in
(slnuatlons and attacks that have beei
made on him for granting the Neal par
don.?Columbia State, August 27.
>
Denurnont Guiher Kills Two Men
a and Endanirera a Town.
The famous gushers of the Beau.
mont oil field claimed the lives of two
j men last Monday, and one of the largi
est wells In the world Is going wild,
utterly beyond control, and is spreadI
lng oil over the prairies by the thousands
of barrels.
1 James B. Smith and John McDanlels
j were the drillers who died trying to
approach the well and shut off the flow.
The well is 1,000 feet deep with an
f 8-inch hole, and It was not expected
"in" before Tuesday afternoon.
At 11.15. Monday morning, without
the slightest warning, while the men
f were drilling, there was a terrific roar,
and water was shot out of the well,
1
followed by the oil, part of which went
straight up and a portion of which was
sprayed in every direction. The men
had barely time to escape and left the
rotary-clamping drilling pipe. This
prevents the closing of the valve and
causes a spray to shoot off on every
side. Five hundred dollars' reward was
offered for any one who would tear
away the rotary and let the oil go
clear. In attempting to do this the two
men died and a dozen more were overcome,
some barely regaining life. Mes
sages were sent to Galveston and othj
er places for deep sea diving suits, in
which it is proposed to invade and
close the valve. Should the oil take
fire by any means the consequences
would be awful.
The following, taken from the July
? Cosmopolitan, will give the layman
j some idea of the greatness of one of
the Texas oil gushers, when it is ref
membered that one Texas "gusher"
v spouts more oil than all the wells in
the Pennslyvania oil fields, the great5
ness of this accident will be seen at u
f glance.
| The article, of which the following
are extracts, was written by Edward
Russell Treherne:
The present method of boring a well
e is as follows: A derrick from 30 feet
" to 70 feet in height is erected over the
1 spot where it is proposed to drill the
well, and iron casting, or pipe, is driven
1 down through the soil. Inside this the
* drill is operated, the casing being
pushed down as the hole Is lengthened,
3 successively smaller pipe being used as
" PTOQtor Hon + Via a ra roor> VmH an that a
uv|/wnu utv IWIH>IIV.U| ow uiub a.
I 3,000 foot well may begin with a 10-inch
' casing at the surface, and end in a
B 2J-inch pipe at the lowest level. Of
course, the piping is made strong
enough to resist a considerable lateral
pressure; but, even so, in passing
through quicksands It is often "pinched
out," or collapsed. To avoid this in
sinking the well that afterward became
e tfie first great JFtemimnnt ".gnaher,"
Captain J^vehs arranged an internal
hydrwalic pressure in the tube that .
counterbalanced that without. The
f cost of boring a well varies with the
o geological formation of the country;
j but it seldom exceeds $8,000 for a 3,000
foot well.
Y^hen the well has reached the oilbearing
stratum, which consists of porous
sand and rock, a torpedo of from
one to 25 gallons of nitro-glycerine is
carefully lowered to the bottom and
discharged by dropping an iron weight
or "90 devil," on it.
j The resulting explosion is felt at the
surface only as a slight trembling; but
~ In the depths its effect la suddenly to
drive away the oil and create a chamn
ber in the sand or rock, into which the
~ oil soon flows back, impelled by its
. own gasses. It is then forced up the
II well-hole to the surface. When the
a Lucas well was "struck," the flow came #
^ with such violence that the derrick
j was demolished and 600 feet of 4-inch
iron pipe, weighing upward of six tons,
was blown a distance of 300 feet into
the air, where it buckled and came
t down in a shapeless mass. The oil geyser
then quieted down into a steady
flow, leaving the surface in a solid column
six inches in diameter and rising
j to a height of 150 feet, whence it fell
In a spray that deluged the surroundIng
country. It has been estimated
that the oil came out of that hole at
g the rate of 50.000 barrels a day, and it
. was six days before the flow could be
even partially controlled, and three
" more before the well was capped and
the flow stopped. In those nine days,
hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil
flowed over the surrounding country,
h forming a little lake in a neighboring
depression.
I Sometimes the oil in these tanks at
the wells, at the refineries or along the
Intermediate pipe lines catches Are,
when a magnificent, if costly, spectacle
j is presented. The greatest conflagraj
tion of the kind took place on July 5,
e 1900, when one of the big field of tanks
at Bayonne, New Jersey, was struck by
j lightning. Instantly there was a great
blinding flash, a terrific explosion, and
a vast sheet of flames roared to a towering
height in the blackness of the
midnight sky. The reflected light
could be seen all night for miles, and
by day it darkened the heavens with
j great swirling, gyrating clouds of Inky
B smoke. In spite of every effort, nothing
could be done except to confine the
f 'fire to the tanks, and it was allowed to
B burn itself out, a process which consumed
the better part of five days.
t'iY Says an Athens, Ala., dispatch:
Several honest and well-intentioned
t Negroes, who have contemplated settling
on government lands in Limestone
county, have been warned to
_ stay away. The white people of that
, section have already boasted that they
were the most favored section In the
county, for they were free from Negroes.
On learning of the projected Inj
vaslon they held a meeting and adoptj
ed resolutions declaring that the community
had always been free of colored
citizens, and that it was the purpose
of those living there that it should re3
main so. The Negroes were warned
not to attempt to locate on the lands,
for it was not a healthy place for
"coons," and that the dogs in that sec
tion had not for years allowed a "coon"
to stop In that neighborhood.