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TILE {jOTFTON CKJP The dinirS ke'a .. heir Reports to the Government. THE CROP APPEARS TO BE LARGE. .Oe Department or Agriculture Has Instituted a New Scheme for Getting at the Cotton Crop Figures. The census bureau on the cotton ginned from the 1902 crop up to and including Dec. 13 last. is 9.311.335 bales, irrespective of shape or weight. equal to 5.905.508. according to the commercial counting. Tliis is 90.2 per cent of the crop. The.f6iowing is the number of gin neries reporting in the several States and-territories: United States, 30.194: Alabama, 3;889: Arkansas, 2,510; Florida, 264; Georgia, 5,046; Indian Territory, 42S; Kentucky, 3; Louisiana, 2,145: "Mis sissip 4,276; Missouri, 59: Nort Carolina, 2.,683: Oklahoma, 2 ith Caroli&, 3.1:,-T esisee, 15: Texas, ~.42. Virginia, 109. 'ilowing is the number of bales of cotton ginned to and including Dec. 13, (growth of 190:) United States, 9,311,835; Alabama, 896,994; Arkansas, 768,661: Florida, 54,443: Ge6rgia, 1,376.S50: Indian Territory, 372,042: Kentucky. 1.027: Louisiana, 670,4S6 'Mississippi. 1:15. 557; Missouri; 39,15 North Carolina. 517,068: Oklahoma, 163.190: South Carolina, 863.989: Tennessee, 272-133: Texas, 2.167,472: Virginia. 12.51B. Following is the ginners' estimate as to the quantity to be ginned from this crop after Dec. 13: United States, 1,057,771; Alabama. 65,16S: Arkansas, 149,715: Florida, 6,598; Georgia. 66,714; Indian Terri tory, 52,831; Kentucky, 150; Louis iana. 159,90S; Mississippi, 225,150: --M is ri, 3,115; North Carolina, 28. 2.>-.32: dkahoma, 29.568; South Caro lin&44,754; Tennessee, 34,409; Texas, 188,968; Virginia, 2,491. Following is t-'e canvassing agents' estimate of the per cent. of the crop ginned to Dec. 13: United States, 90.2; Alabama, 94.2: Arkansas, 8.5.1; Florida, 87.9: Georgia. 95.4: Indian Territory, 87.2; Ken tucky, 87.3; Louisiana, 83.2; Missis sippi, 82.8; Missouri, 94.3; North Ciroliha, 94.9;Oklahoma, 84.5; South Caroliia, 96.4; Tennessee, 8S.8; Texas. 91.7; Virginia, 82.0. The above statisics of the quantity of cotton ginned to December 13th are expressed in bales as pressed at the ginneries, irrespective of shape or weight. In the total of 9,311,835 there are 812,661 round bales ave ' .. -1.40 to 300 pounds each. Counting such round bales as balf bales, as is the custom in the commercial community, the total ginned to December 13th is 8.905,503. ~The ginners have* not yet returned their bale weights for this crop, but 40 cotton compress companies distri -buted throughout the cotton states advise this ollce that they compressed and actually weighed from the growth of 1902 up to December 13th, 1.060, 434 bales averaging each 503.8 pounds gross. Using this weigrht as the aver age for square bales for round bales 253 pounds~the average obtained from the weight returns of the home of fices of thd companies such patents, the equivafest number of 500 pound bales gim~d to December 13th is found to.he 8;974,722. Deducting tiewih of the bagging and ties (22 pounds per square bale) the number of equivalent 500 pound bales, net weight, is found to be 8,600,758. By two most thorough canvasses this season 32,528 ginneries, active and idle, have been located, reported, <of which number 30,194 have been operated for this crop. In their De -cember canvass the local special agents ginned from the beginning of the season to and including December 13th and also secured from each of the ac tive ginners his estimate of the quan tity of cctten to be ginned by his establishment after December 13. The estimate of the percentage of the crop ginned is based on the estimates of 626 canvassing agents, who were in stru~cted to confine their estimates to the territories canvassed by them and tto the knowledge gained therefrom. One estimate therefore serves as a check against the other. According to the estimate of the ginners 10.2 per cent. of the crop remained to be ginned after December 13, while ac cording to the estimate of the can vassing agents the percentage was 9.8. Applying these percentages and the general average bale weight ob tained round and square bales, the crop according to the ginners is 9,996, 300 bales, and according to the can vassers 9,954,106 bales of an average, gross weight of 500 pounds.Te census ottice assumes no responsibility 'for the accuracy of these estimates. This report will be followed by a third and final report at the end of the ginning season, about M1arch 16th, which will distribute the crop by counties, segregate upland and sea island cottons, and giv.e weight of bale. IT 1S NoT GUTEsswoRK. -In giving out the report Director Merriam made the following state ment:1 "It seems important to again state, in connection with these statistics of the cotton crop of 1902. that is so far as they relate to the bales of cotton ginnedi to December. last, they involve no guesswork at any point, no esti mate by anybody, and no uncertainty of any liind. They represent the ex act number of bales of cotton that have passed through the ginneries. All that has been done by the censs office is to make and verify the adi tions. Anybody is at liberty to ex amine the whole process adopted by the census ottice in hanaling these re-I turns. The returns represent thej ginning operations of every ginning establishment which has handled any portion of the growth of 1902. "The report is made at a time so near the close of thc ginning season, as to permit a very close ap proximation of the actual growth of the year, in 500 pound bales. It seems probable that the tinal report, to be issued about MIarch 1 16th next. will not show a variation of 50.000 bales from the estimates of the total crop which are submitted from two'sources in connection with the tigures of cotton ginned to Dec. "This is the first time in the his~ tory of the American cotton crop that definite and exact knowledge of the S.season's growth has been placedl in possession of the public at so early~ a dtor within a date :ive months as early.1 :stmt pia!s ter mrorefi jreguer ce' >sin conn-ction w'ith 1he crop ot .903. Its first report will corer all -be cotton ginned. of the years' growth !p to and inclding Sept. Ist. This )ortion of each year's crop is now as ined, in the commercial estimates, o the production of the previous ear as the commercial cotton year nds Sept. 1. "The second report will include all tton ginned up to and including )ct. l., 10:3. the date of the first re orl for 19i. eniabling an exact com arison in the two seasons;. The third report will cover the cotton ginned up o and including Nov. 18. a period of: he utmost importance ta the grow 'rs and manufacturers. The fourth Teport will represent the cotton ginned o Dec. 13. The fifth will be the Anal report. "It will be seen that this plan con emplates practically a monthly re ort during the cotton ginning sea on of 1903). If it shall be found that till more frequent repo. s are desir ible, the census oflice %%il. be prepared Lo make them for the c.op of 1904. 'The census method of ascertaining the annual cotton crop can be grad ually extended and developed, with 0mpaat.ively little increase of ex rense. so as to include statistics of the otton seed oil industry, the acreage annually devoted to cotton. and the mill takings and consumption of cot ton. thus making the reports a com plete showing of the production and consumption of domestic cotton. PHOSPHATE RETURNS. The Ainal Report of the Inspector Has Been Filed. The annual report of State Phos phate Inspector T. J. Cunningham to the governor as chairman of the board of phosphate commissioners, was tiled with that otficial Monday and by him turned over to the State printer. The report covers in detail the operations of the mines for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1902, and the amount of roy alty aeruing to the State from the sales of phosphate rock for the same period. The inspector says: "The chosohate mines have had to contend with an adverse market for their rock; only in one instance has the price of rock exceeded $3 per ton, the Coosaw company being the only company to pay additional royalty-8187.65. A large per cent. of the rock was shipped to foreign markets. The Central Phosphate company has operated two dredges continuously during the year in Coosaw river. The Beaufort com pany also operated two dredges con tinuously in Coosaw river. Both of these companies made application for a renewal of the licenses which was granted them. The Coosaw company operated two dredges in Coosaw river until they suspended mining in April last. They still have 500 tones of rock on hand. The Empire Mining company when in operation uses only hand pickers in the spring and sum mer months. They have on hand 8, 100 tons of rock. The New Cut Min ing company still reports 600 tons of rock on hand. This company suspend ed business about two years ago. The rock on hand has never been kiln dried and they are having trouble in finding a favorable market for it. The Stono company worked one dredge continuously in Stono river until No vember, when they suspended for re pairs and others improvements. They anticipate being ready for work dur ing the present month, possibly with an additional dredge. The Charles ton, S. C. Mining and Manufacturing company have recently been granted license to mine in Coosaw river. Your attention is called to the statements in detail of the monthly operations of each company. The report shows a falling off of the rock mined and sold by some of the companies and a gain by' others. The aggregates, for the fiscal year just closed will compare favorably with those of previous years." A LOSING BARGAIN. How Two New York Farmers Comn promised Their Trouble. Farmer Goodman suffered repeated losses from his hog yard, and, after a good deal of patient watching discov ered that his neighbor, Mr, Nabber, was the thief, says the New York Times. Being an exceedingly good natured man, Mr. Goodman called on his neighbor, and said to him: "Neighbor Nabber, I have positive proof that you have been-er-um well, rather careless in relati n to my hogs. M1y losses in consequence have been much greater than I can afford. I would like to make a compromise with you, and not compromise you by going to law. I'll give you 500 pounds of pork every year if you will pledge me not to-er--that is-not to be uilty of any further contributory negligence in connection with my hog yard." But Nabber declined to make any amicable arrangements; in fact, he pretended to be offended by Mr. Good mans allegations. Conditions soon became even worse, and good Mr. Goodman was driven to a heroic measure. ie had his neighbor, Mr. Nabber indicted for hog stealing. On the witness stand he told all about his otter of compromise, and "I am willing to renew it right now. If the judge will give his consent to the r.rangement, and the prisoner w.ii agree not to molest my~ hogs any more I'll give him 500 pounds of pork ~evey year and let this case be dis "Well, prisoner, what have you to ay to that?" asked the judge. After some moments of redlection, with yes t~oorward, the prisoner rais d his head and made reply. "W-a-l, J1edge, I reckon I'll have to iccept the proposition. under all of :he circumstances but 1'm satisfied I ;hall losse a right smart of money by Klilled W ith Ice. A great crowd of spectators gather n the ba~nks of the Connecticut .iver, at Ilartfordi. Sunday to watch he process of dynamiting an ice jam, o save a :rrent temporary bridge. A iece of ice blown high in the air and aling 200 feet away, struck Frank tavalc, aged 11 years, on the head, racturing his skull, lie is in the hos >ital. where it is said he can live but short time .Lo1 HMS . Rlobin, president of a I >anlk at Siverton, Ohio. committedj. micide (on Saturday because he had i a ken large sums from the bank for < peculating and could not return'i hem. The haste to get rich may be THE STATE .I&MNSARXL 4. Siatenent of the Proft.- of the Past Vear. The annual report of the State dis ?cnsary showing the results of tl' musiness for 1902 has been completed. rhe following iigures are taken there from: The cities and counties made 8m2. 183.36 out of the sale of whiskey.no. >15.40 for beer. making a total (if $443,198.7t. The State's net prolits were $123,699.57. the total protits of State. counties and cities being 350;0, Statement of potfit and loss account for the fiscal year ending November 20. 1902: Gross profits on inerchanrise sold during t he year.........84.-, .' Contraband seizures........ i.4G' State's share protit of hcer sold by Germania irewery during eua..................1.5;7 90 Permit fees........ - .----.......... .1 50 Amount warrants issued aid never presented ............... Supplies-bottles, corks, la bles, wire, foil, seals, boxes. wax. etc., for the year.....76.50 101 Insurance premiums........... 3709 401 Freight and express charges 79.12? 10 Labor (pay rolls)......... 24-- is Expense account-Salaries. inspectors, committees. of tice supphes.lights.pastage telegrams, stock fteed. ice, printing, telephone., etc. 12.1(13 .5 Constabulary ................72 --5 Litigation............... 403 S, Unsalable aie. Bamnberg con demned.............--. Loss robbery Wagener dis pensa r...................--. Monk's'................ St. Matthew's......... Loss by tire Bishopville-loss 85.9il: insurance 4.150. 4911 00 Loss by tire. O'Meara's dis pensary, Charleston: Loss $3,944.17: insurance -1,$00. 2,144 1 Loss by robbery: Loris dis pensary...... ..............- - Winnsboro dispensary....... 58! St. Matthew's dispensary..... 9 Players' Exposition dispen sary........................ .... Holly Hill dispensary .......... Eutawville dispensary......... 4 R evenue license................... 125 (0 12 pints beer destroyed, worthless, Ilonour's Char leston dispensary. ............ . 90 7 worthless barrels dest roved 25 Worthless stoek destroyed. Lancaster.... .......... . 2 Loss by Summerville dispen sary tire: Stock s2,S75. in surance .1,200................ 1 ~ -2 Leakage, old wine, Darling ton ............. . .. ..-.-----.----.... 0 G Total expenses ................ . 3,253 58 State's profit for yearpassed to credit of school fund..... 123.699 7 8500.953 15 Net profits to towns and counties from whiskey dis pensaries..... .........8382.I;3 36 Net profits from beer dispen saries....................60513 40 S443.198 76 State's net protits.... ......123699 57 $566,89S 33. CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP. The Rough Experience of Silas~ Remey, a Kentucky Trapper. Silas Remey, who lives on Chapline river, in Mercer county, Ky.. is a fa mous trapper. Monday Silas and his little son spent all the afternoon set ting traps along the river cliffs and set their last one just at nightfall. This was one of Silas own invetions and most effective in catching coons. On the river bank was a log that every coon that passed would visit, and here Silas set his trap. An augur hole was bored in the log, a crawfish was drop ped in, and four long steel nails, as sharp pointed as needles, he could thrust in his hand for the crawfish easily enough, but not withdraw it because the points of the nails are like barbs that thrust into his paw, and the harder he pulls the deeper th barbs stick into the flesh. So wihen Silas had set his trap, as it was now almost dark, he thrust in his finger to feel the points. They semed to be set about right, in fact, were set so nicely that when he tried to withdraw his finger he was in Mr. Mr. Coon's plight exactly. One of the barbs entered his finger and almost be fore he knew it all had him tight. The more he struggled the deeper his barbs sank int his flesh. This was anything but a laughing matter to Silas. His old knife was too dm1l to make any headway in cutting the nails, so after thinking the matter over he started his little boy home with a lighted lantern to get the pincers to pull out the nails. The boy made his wvay up the cliff, lost his way, fell over rocks and logs and ex tinguished the lantern. Unable to get his bearing the lad slept under a ledge of rock and came near freezing to death. Meanwhile Silas sat astri ue the log in the rain and thought Sundlay school words. But a real danger be gan to threaten him. The river be gan rising rapidly. It crept up until it reached the lower end of the log. As daylight approached it began to rock slightly and Silas knew an cud was~ Ioating. Ihigher and higher rose the water, and Silas knew that if he was washed into the current with the log death was certain. In his despera tion he pulled his dull barlow and literally sawed his finger off above tne middle joint, and the log 11oated away. In ive minutes afterward another trapper came along and found him. IIe was so chilled that he was unable1 to walk bome alone. Simple Justice. Rev. Russell II. Conwell, the dis- I inguished lecturer of Philadelphia nd paszor of the great Baptist flburci, known as Grace Temple, is ( ow in this State. A report has been ;oing the rounds of the newspapers I hat Mr. Conwell's church has been~ ~reatly aroused' over a proposal to place a Winnie Davis memorial tab~let| >n its walls. Mr. Conwell, who was in 1 reenville Thursday afternoon, wvas ~uestioned by a News reporter con erning the story and said: "I was ;urprised to read in the editorial cul imns of the News and Courier that uch a condition existed in my church. O is a matter of fact, my church, which ( las a membership of ::.00. voted I mnanimously to have the Winnie ( )avis tablet placed. I can't under- t tand how such a false report gainedr irculationr. I think your wuthern i uewspapers should at least give us e redit, for what we do." We puldish ARP N MT RWN Y he Philosonher Writes on a Very Serious Subject. B-TH PARTIES SECURELY BOUND %j .S.aySs MIarriage is the Only Part iiership Tilat Cannot Be Di) solved, . sosiiiy Married and gone. It is the same -d story. Love nol! courtship. Theni :omnes the1 (nlgagemflelt ring and a jlessed interval of fund hopes and appy dreams, ant' then the happy lay is tixed- the aspicous day that is ever to be forgo ten-a day that brings happiness or miserv and b2Zins 1 new life. Then comes the license. the permit of law which says Vou iay marry. you may enLelur int b. T state ppproves it an the law allowF it. and it wil Cost y n11 ony a dolla1 and a guarzer. Cheap isn't it? And vet it may be very dear. Then come the minister. and the happy pair stand up before him and make sone solemn vows and listen to a prayer and a enediction. and they are one. In z moment the trusting mfaid has lost hei name and her free will.and is tied fasi to a man. Well, he is tied fast. too. so it is all right ali round, I reckon but somehow I ahways feel more con ern about the woman than the man, She is a helpless sort of a creatur< and takes the most risk, for she risk! her all. I was ruminating over this, foi there was a marriage going on at ou tIr(Oi friend San .iones' house, an their pretty daughter, Laura. wa changing her name and home on t i the hIst day of the year and going of to live with a man she hasn't knowr very long: but I have diagnosed hin from his face and features and an satislied Wi th her choice. Ile is a big hearted gentleman, or else the sign fail. I wanted to be present an ive them my blessing, but was noi well enough to go--ve got thi elepliantiosis from my toes to in knees. and can hardly meander acros the room, but I. am. always interest ed in the marriages of our youn people. It is the most seriou business in this life, and if the peril o it was known beforehand many of th yourg people would hesitate to m:ak the change. The ch ins of matrimon, and not bonds of marriage are th ri-.tht words. When men make a part ersship they can't get along well i they are unlike in disposition, or il moral principle or in business wayS but they can dissolve and separate a pleasure and try another man. A ma: and his wife ought to be alike in a] most everything. In some things folk like their opposites-threir counter parts. A man with blue eyes goes dis tracted over a pretty girl with hazn eves-I did. and I'm distracted ve when 1 look int.o them. though l'y been doing that for tifty-four years Hut in mental and emotional qualitie and in tastes and hahits and politie and religion they should class together I never made any mistake about m: choice of a partner for the dance of:a life, but Pve thought of it a thousan< times that if MIrs. Arp had known. loved codhish and got up by daybreal every morning, she never would hay1 had me. It was nip and tuck to gel her. anyhow. and that would havt been the featheg break theC camnel back. Well. I m mortal glad sht didn'r know it. though 1 am f ree to sa: that Af I had known she slept unti the second ringing of the first hell fo: breakfast and was fond of raw oysters it would have had a dampening edc upon my ardor for a few minutes, onl: a few. 1;ut I have seen sonme might, lever people eat oysters raw and sleei late in the morniug. But still a ma: and his wife can harmonize and comn promise a good many of these things and it is a beautiful illustration u this to see MIrs. Arp cooking codtisi for me and tixmg it all up so niec with eggs and cream, and it is touching evidence of my undying de votion to her to see me wanderin: about the house lonely and forlorr every morning for an hour or two, an' forbidding even the cat to walk heavi. ly while she sleeps. That codtish busi ness comes to me honestly from m3; father's side. and my mother put uj with it like a good, considerate wife and we children grew up with an ide: that it was good. I.ve heard of young couple who get married anc went oti to Augusta on a tour and the feller stuck his fork into a codtish bal] and took a bite: ie choked it dowr like a hero, and when his beloved sk~ed him what was the matter, re plied: "Don't say anything about it, Mandy, but as sure as yoiu are burn there is something dead in the bread. Well W~e can make compromises ibout al such things as habits and tastes hut there are some thing! that won't comporomise worth a cent. if a girl has been brought up to have : good deal of freedom, and thinks it io harm to go waltzing around witil 2very gay Lothario who loves tt ance, andi after shte gets a feller of :er own. wants to keep at it and have yllutedl arms around her waist, she nd just as well sing farewell to con ugal love andl d.omestic peace, for it s against the order of nature fora ovig husband to stand it, and he ugtnt. And now another busy year has ;one--gone like the water that has assed over the dame-gone never to .eturn. it has~ canrried many' friendt tiong with it and left sad memories n tie household b IIut on the whole it as been a gr(od year to us all and Providence has beeni kind. Now is thle time to look back~ and ,eview the past. as did~ old .1ianus, for vhomi J1anuary was r namied. lie was he porter, the 'gate keeper. of heaven. nd had two faces-one to look ha -k md the other forward into the mys'e -ions future. Nouma Pompilius gave im his name and his high oilice, for e was next in power to .1 upitLor. I Ie :dded two months to the calendar and :alled one .1 anuary for .1 anus and the ther~ ebruary for the mother 01 dars. ntil then there were b:ut eight nonths of fortyv-six days each. Numa: .dded1 two more, which gave them hirt-six (lays each, and .lanuary was he fourth month and remained so for nore than two thousand years. April ras the first month and remained so motil two hundred vear's ago. Why it vas changed L cannot understandi. for Vpril is much more like the beginning i a new year than .January. April omes from aperil. to open --the time hei the earth opens and thle grass Oomes up andC tihe ilowers blnum and he birds sinlg. lint the names of al ist everything seemtoC camefromn that Id myt h logy-aild we conCformn to that l mvthi ology. and we can't get rid of L. y grea t-granldfathefr lived and eda. unrtat ol aeondar when At ril was the thrst month of the year. I Jullus Caesar and Augustus Caesar I stuck in two more months and made the year of twelvc months of thirty days each. but April remained in the lirst month and ought to be n:ow. I ut whether Christmas be in De ceinber or in A pril. we love the oldi :uperstitions that cluster around this seasoni of Joy and gladness. I always thout it a pretty idea for a man to be wei-hed every Christmas or New Year-to put his acts and deeds in the balances. the good on one side and the had on the other. and let him rise to heaven or fali below it as zhe scal- s imight turn. This is not an orthodox doctrine. for it is said that one bad deed vill outweigh a thous iand good ones Nevertheless, itelschazar was weivhed, and the Scripture bound in cieh lgures of speech. It will take miracles of grace to. save us. anyhow, and wve must all help one another. for the )evil is doing his best. David committed murder: Solomon worship ed idols: Cain killed his brother: Jacob cheated Esau out of his birthright: Noah got drunk. and Peter denied ls Master, but they all repented and got forgiveness: arid if there is any difer ence between folks now and folks tht n I don't know it. Then let us all love our Maker and be good to our fellow. men.----ilill Arp in Atlanta Constitu tion. EDUCATE THE NEGRO But. Idncate the White Mai First, Says Dr. Dabney. A meeting was held Friday night in Carnegie hall New York in the in terest of edlucation in the south, un der the auspices of the Armstrong as sociation. 'Morris K. Jessup, presi dent of the chamber of commerce. r presided. (ov. Mfontague of Virginia was among those on the platform. Dr. Charles W. Dabney, president of he University of Tennessee. was the first speaker. Ie deplored the lack of schools in the rural districts in the south and the povert'y of the inhabitants of those districts which compelled a majority of the children to seek work as soon as they were able to work. Ile quoted from the census reports, to show that in 1900 the per centage. of illiterates among males over 21 years of age-native whites. was in Virginia 12.5; in North Caro Slina 19: South Carolina 12.A: in Georgia 12.1: in Alabama 14.2: in Teniessee 14.5, and in Ken C tucky 15.5. Those conditions were due, he said, to .the poverty of the people who are doing, proportionately to their means, as much as the people of other States. . " IEducation is'the need of the n south." said Dr. Dabney, "but we must educate the white mau first. We need not neglect the black, but the only way to permanent improvement is to teach the white man so that he may in tarn teach the negro. Racial prejtdice is inborn in us as in all hu Cman beings. This is not peculiar to the white people of the south. The SCreator has planted this prejudice in Sthe hearts of the plain people as a means of: keeping their blood pure and Yit is going to persist there until reason Iand culture takes their place as these Iguardians of race integrity. The only Lway to remove unreasonable race feel ing is to educate the negro. So long Sas tihe white man sees any danger Sto his children or grandchildren from the negro just so long w ~ill he hate him and do all he can to keep them apart. Educate the negro by all means. Make him also an independent self-respecting citizen, but educate the white man first,." TPresident; Charles D. Mclver of the North Carolina Normal School for Women. told of tile advances macie in recent years in his State and said he was hopeful that tile time would soon -come when education would be within the reach of every youth in tile south fas itis today in the northl. IPresident Edwin A. Alderman of Tulane university, said: ''The south ern problem, so-called, is wrong at one end and crude at the other. We hlave to deal with a backward race. If the resistless north would look at this Imatter a little less fervidly, get it away from their emotions and into their practical hearts and brains they would know the conditions better. The southern white man wants to for get the negro in the past and to thlink of him only as an economic human problem that must be considered in the future. They must get to know that it is no longer a question of what tile white man is going to do for him but whlat he is strong euough to do for himself." Dr. Alderman spoke in strong comn mendation of Ihampton and Tuskegee and declared them experimental sta tions for the instruction of the whole civilized world. Primitive Tools ana Met~hods. What teacher cannot accomnplish far better results with proper equip ment? asks the Biblical Recorder. To begin with, the school is more easily disciplined in a comfortably furnished building; in fact it is impossible, as we all know. to maintain order in a ioom thlat is not properly furnished. withl no place for anything and noth ing in place, books scattered, every thing in confusion, disorder in abun (ance, all in bad humor. Teacher goes hlomle at close of day's work ex hausted, discouraged. Pupils go home wishing they would never have to re turn. Of course children may be re strained from bad conduct by fear of punishment, but hlas not the all-im portant principle of self development I been grossly violatedy Should it not be our purpose to direct and strengthen the spirit of the child along lhe right lines ratheir than to weaken and sulbject it by hiarshl mfeansY Good surroundings are worthl more than strict rules, stout arms and keen! switches. As an investment inl money would it not yield handsome returns 'to give tile teachers up-to-date work ing appliances to facilitate their ef forts and to imiproive the opportunities of the pupilsy WXhat farmer would undertake to farm with primitive Itools and after antiquated methlods? Some of them do and we can see the result.. Whlat house .vife would tunder take to do the cooking oni an open; tire with pot-hooks, skillet, etc. Our pro gressive. farmers buy up-to-date um plements. Nearly every home is now, furnished with a steel range, even dis carding the faithful old cook store fo.r the sake of economy in energy, time. money, and nerve force. Then wh should these same people expect the school teachers to accomplish the best results withotit proper equipment with whlich to work? .1. lDNcaN Adams has been ap pointed United Stattes Marshal 'o auth Carolina by the President. Adams is a white man. and said to be cialnitick o' ite vear: Tiic year 1902 bids Fair to be kniown1 in the records of time as the volcanic and eamithq'uake e"ar. and this con tinent has had its f'll share of the disastrous results of these con I(vuls(ns. The disturbances beg-an last May, and from that time ti this there has not been a month in which they have not i leen activC. In South America, Central America. the islands of the i Caribbean '-ea. Guatemala. Mexico e and Alatslla. there have been violent r ernptions mf volcanoes, involving large p loss (f lii and widtespread destrue- E tion o( properly. while many volea- i noes. long, supposed to lbne extinct. have t ma t1de sypl pathetiv efforts salicintly 1 threatening to cause general alarm in v their vicinities. The eruptioin of lont Pelee and Mont Souifriere were t the most violent. hurying the coun- t try for miles around in ashes and de- 1 stroying 4-5.000 lives. To these must be added 7.625 more lost at other P Ii tims (if volcanic fury. t Volcanic eruptions have been ac- I comnpanied by seismic disturbances in i various parts of the world. Upon this I continent Mexico and Guatemvala ha-e been the chief sufferers. 1.:300 lives having been lost in those two Cou!I- I tries. Few disasters from this C cause have occurred in Europe. but C Turkestan. in Western Asia. has becn I shaken up three times. In February 5.Q000 lives were Iost at Sliamakar in a the Caucasus region: in September. 1.100 in the same region. and in De cember, 5.000 at Andijan. which i in I the eastern part of Turkestan. In addition to these last tel times their number have been left homeless. T1 .e entire number of lives lust from this cause is 12.437. -Not satisfied with volcanic disturb ances and earthquakes. nature has been busy with its storms in the shape of cyclones, typhorns and hurricanes every month in the years. They count 4.592 victims. Nature has also let loose floods. sweeping away 8,032 vic tims, China, as usual, being the prin cipal sufferer. Fire. that other ele ment of nature, claims a long list of SviC.ms. though it is hardly fair to charge to nature what clearly is at tributable to human negligence and carelessness, as was shown, for in stance, three times in this city when the St. Luke's hospital. the glaucose works and the Lincoln hotel burned. involving the loss of 37 lives. Last year 1.593 persons have been reported as having lost their lives in this coun try by tire. but the real number must have been greater. In large fires in Europe 1.007 lives have been reported as lost. The number of easualities of this kind in Europe is much smaller than in this country, as they build more securely over there, and con sequently have fewer destructive fires. The general trend of fire waste in this country is in the direction of in crease, and the saddest feature of it all is that the loss-of life by fire also increases every year. From all other causes a little more than 80,000 persons have perished in 1902. While this is not as large a number of fatalities as has occurred in 'some other years, the destruction is phenominal, in that nearly two thirds of it has been occasioned by volcanic and seismic disturbances. A Word to the Girls. Girls. beware of the young man who uses intexicants. no matter how smoderatly." Human nature is very much the same everywhere. In America we have been used to warn; men aainst the use of intoxicating: liquor because of the impetuosity of the American character. It is said < that the American goes wild over whatever lhe undertakes: becomes too enthusiastic, and he drinks liquors as as enthusiastically as he does any-1 tiing else. Tbe certainty of hisI losing control of his appetite, if he drnks at all, is almost absolute. Facts do not seem to sustain the opinion, once. prevalent, that the drinking people of other nations are safe from I the results which follow indulgence < here. Trhe French, so often citied as I soer people, although indulging in the lighter wines, are becoming ad dicted to intemperance. and are i substituting stronger wines for the 1 lighter ones. Appetite is about the same ever-ywhere. The Chinaman be comes a slave to the opium habit, as will anyone, of whatever nationality who uses it. With indulgence, the appetite for intoxicants grows;, and, while it may take the Frenchman a little longer to become a drunkard thau it does the high-strung, nervous American he reaches the level at last. The German may stick to his beer for a longer time, but he, too will reach the end in time. The only safe rule is to let it alone- if men will not drink, there will be no drunkards, but if they do.i beginning ever so lightly, they will find it grow harder and harder to subdue the craving until appetite will rule them to their destruction. ONE of the most munificent gifts of! the Christmas season was that of William L. Elkins, of PhiladelphIa,. to the Masonic fraternity. Hie will erect and endow, at a cost of $1,000, 000. a home for the orphaned daugh ters of Masons. to be situated in Philadelphia. Tfhe gift is said to be] the largest ever made to any fraternal organization in the world. Details have not yet been completed, but the work of erecting the new home will be begun in a short time.I Joy jmed JHim. Davidl Thompson one of the best knowni prospectors in the Black hills. over which country he hunted gold for 1 7 years. recently struck a ledge of great richness. and alter ten minutes of demonist rations of delight fell dead. says a dlispiatch to. The Tribune from lounax. S. D). A n examination made later by physicians showed a blood vesel in the brain to have been rup- ~ tured- __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _u A-r a meeting of the Orangeburng n lar yesterday J1udge Jlas F. Izier was ft nunmniously endorsed for Assoclate is Ju stice and a commi~itte appoinitedh to 0 present the action of the Dar to the t Legislature. The Times and Demo- 2. ract hearty endorses thle action of a the Bar. and hope that its action will s1 Ie eid~ndosed by the Legislature in the li election of Juidge lziar. ti 8EV is young boys. ive white and twni colored. have (lied in Charleston since Christmas of .tetanus, or lochk jaw, caused ly powder~1 burns while tiring toy pistilS, chiarged with blank cartridges. Three deatths from th lns fright fnl malady were rceported to tihek hoard of health- Suna and imore thanr one physiciani is tre.atinmg chnidrnn suinferinig fromr lockjiaw in its most c virulent ii>rm. M ailam, has been semiteneed tij six~s months at hard laor and a line of m 00.i~ for libeling ;en I ell in his IA paper. It seemis that Spanish Methods ei ar tonbet nun i n the lhilippine. FATE OF H!NDOO GORLS. 4:d Rf4Poots Canse Their Dauih terA to Be Nturdered. A Capuchin monk eniged in mis iouary vork in Nepaul, writing of [indoo family life, remarks that it Is ery difflicult for parents to make ad7.gL antageous match."s for their daugi ers. The H3indoos therefc.re timd a icans of ridding themselves of too )any daughters -by murdering them. t is a well known fact that Ilindoos f high birth. those who are called jpoots, caused their daughtcrs to be ut to death after their birth by mCn pecially engaged to do so. This crim mal custom had become so general hat in 1840 in the seventy-three vil iges of the Allahabad district there rere only three girls under twelve 'ears of age. and three years later in e town of Agra there was not one : be found under that age. All had en put to death. The Engl'sli government has very aturally 1, -sed severe laws against his abominable crime, but to evade em the Hindoos allow their girls to Le until the age of twelve. after which they do away with them by ad ainistering poison in small doses. )rientals are past masters in the art f poisoning, and after sonie minute aquirics it transpires that in many istricts. twenty-five out of c-ry hun red girls have been got rid of in this aarnner. Those girls who have been pared they marry very early, gener ly between fourteen and fifteen ears, and that not according to their wn choice, but by the will of their arents. which is decisive. An Indian family of good rank ould not keep an unmarried daugh er. It would not only be a public hame. but also a crime agairst reli on. To procure husbands for those rho have not already found them here are a number of Brahmans. old nd decrepit. called Kulin Brahmans, rho go about with the one object of oing through the ceremony of the 'seven steps" with as many young irls as they can upon receipt of a arge sum of money, but who after ard leave the country and perhaps Lever see them again.-Pall MaIll Ga :ette. KINGS ARD QUEENS. The king of England who could not peak the language of his kingdom was xerge I. In the battle of Bosworth Field, 14S5, king was killed (Richard III.) and a ;ing was cr'owned (Henry VII.). The motto, "Dieu et Mon Droit," was irst assumed by Edward III. of En and when he took the title of king of rance. - "Your majesty". as a royal title was issumed in England An 1527 by Henry III. The title before that was "your race" or "your highness" for the king r queen. William IV. was at t . n-- n'a he ;ucceeded to the thror? 2: - ' Wil lam of Hanover. the s .: :0 :iam )f Ireland and the itL ' ,;i::.m of scotland. Henry VIII. was the first to assume -he title of king of Ireland. The title ting of Great Britain was assumed by [ames VI. of Scotland when he became [ames I. of England. Richard I. was the first to call him ;elf king of England. Every king from Villiam to Henry II. called himself ting of the English. The title was as med by Egbart, the first king of Englad, in S28. King of France was a title borne by :he monarchs of England for 432 years. ind when Elizabeth became queen of ngland she was also "king of France," sserting that if she could not be a ueen she would be king. The Spendthrift. Once upon a time there was a spend rift who made his father very un appy througi his profligate habits. "My' son," said the parent. "you pend every penny that you get, and t must cease. Remember that the >ennies make shillings and the shil ings make pounds. If you do not hange your habits of always spend ng to habits of judicious saving, I will Lot spare the rod." The admonition had no good effect on he youth, and he continued to spend he pennies before they could accu nulate into shillings. His father spoke no more about the natter, but he applied the rod most igorously to him until he howled with MoraL-He who spends the pennies ill get the- pounds.-New York Her Instinct of Horses In War. Arabian horses manifest remarkable urage in battle. It is said that when horse of this breed finds himself rounded and perceives that he will ot be able to bear his rider much onger he quickly retires from the con lict, bearing his master to a place of afety while he has still sufficient .trength. But, on the other hand, if he rider is wdunded and falls to the round the faithful animal remains heside him, unmindful of danger, ieighing until assistance is brought. Plenty of Color. "That Mrs. Wadhiams to wh~omi you ntroduced me the other evening re ninds me very much of a portrait by lemnbrandt.". "Is that so? Which one?" "Oh, any old one. They all look, then you get close to them, as if the >aint had been thrown on by the iandful"-Chicago Herald. A Serene Temperament. "Mike," s~e..d Plodding Pete, "don't rou wish yc - was rich?' "Kind o','' answered Meandering ,Iike. "Course I couldn't eat any nore dan I uoes, but I'd be saved de rouble o' sayin' 'much obliged' so of en."-Washington Star. A Fine Start. The Columbia State says "it is oteworthy that for this .year already p to Monday night-six days less a. tional holiday and a Sunday-the 's from charters and commissions sued from the office of thme secretary 1 state to new enterprises, and from i )her papers issued. amount to S1.- I 3.2. This is a temarkable record 1 id shows that the new year has I a-ted oil handsomely in South Caro TlHE 1;arnwell People directs atten n to the fact that] lugh S. Thomp '. now of New York, is the only rrvivor of the Democratic state icials who were elected in 1876. Le only living representative of the adcrs of the greatest political con-1 t and victory our state has ever iown or can ever know."! It will be mnembercd that Gov. Thompson was estate superintendent of education oosen in 1876, and he was eieetedl vror in 1882. A late British investigation has own that 13 per ceni. of mang~aa se akes iron practicalLy no' n-magnetic. Lloys more magnetic ti:im cmmer' i1 iron may be producedt~ withi nickel. icon .,a. almm. c THE ARIZONA KICKER 4oms Ci'eir Itemis of Sews Mnxy Editor's ,Copyright. _1502, by C.] There will be-Zo fall boom in Give adam- Gichfilis year, but six more iioons'fl be quietly run up and fin sLed off to accommodate the increas ng busless. Old Jim Hlewson, who has just re turn'ed froim New Mexico. witnessed threo nchings while he was gone, and hIe snys they were all bungles com I)ared to our artistie ways. Our last issue contained a selection of s'venteen murders compiled from va rious sources, and yet Colonel Morton has ordered us to stop his copy on the ground fhat the Kicker has become. too Sunday schoolish. The colonel is a nice man, and we'd like to keep him on our list, but he mustn't expect too. much of a good thing. We've got to run in a few balloon and railroad ac cidents for the benefit of other read ars. If th' party who threw a rock througl1, our bedroom window in the po-stolce the other night will call and repeat the performance, we will re nuite him as he deserves. It happened that we were a few seconds slow In getting out of bed that night Old Joe Wheeler claims to have seen a silver tipped bear near Sailor creek last Sunday. If he is telling the truth, tln he struck something at last he couldn't ask to buy him a drink of whisky or leud him a quarter. The vigilance committee over at Lone Jack seems to need an Instruct or. It has hung one man three differ ent times. and yet he is walking around today in good health and declaring that he has come to town to stay. M. QUAD. Modern Conversations. (At a funeral, whispered.) "He looks so natural!" "Doesn't be! I'm surprised. He suf-< fered-so. you know." "Yes: so I heard. How well she. 'eaz's up!"' -.Vonderfully. It's really remarka ble: but, then, she always had such will power." "Yes, indeed. I remember" "Will she wear a veil?" "I don't know. He didn't approve of the idea. He always told her not to." "Still. I think she ought to." "So do I. It's such a comfort to a - woman." "Isn't it? He was well off, wasn't he?" "Oh. yes; but I'm told that It's all entailed." "How do you mean?" "Well, she gets only the income, and If she marries again it goes to a niece." "Too bad. But, then, she never would marry again." "Don't be so sure of that I wouldn't be a bit surprised." "I know It. One never can tell. Im so glad I saw him." "So am 1. It's a comfort to know. how he really looked." "I suppose we ought to say some thing to her?' "Oh, yes; of course. She'll expect it ~ you know. When the minister goes, iwe will." "Yes; that would be the best tIme. New York Herald. None Passed mim. Connolly knew all about prizefight ing and had been in the 'ring himself' only once. In the second round'he was pounded over the ropes, and at the flu. ish he felt pretty groggy. "Brace up, Connolly, brace up," whis pered his second in his ear. -"'Brace up, old man, an' stop some'of dem blows." "Sthop 'em ?" says Connoily, with a' wistful look. "Be gorra, did yez see anny av thim gittin' by?"-New York Times. Her Bargain. "Charley, dear," said Mrs. Torkins, "I have such a bargain!" "Indeed?" "Yes. You told me that poker chips were worth a dollar apiece, and I got a whole lot, of them for '75 censi" Washington. Star. An Expensive Call. Iloskins-I once paid $100 to see a doctor. Halliday-What? Hokins-The doctor had four aces .nd I hiad to'ur kings.--Chicago Ameri A Secoy In Figures. Wh-:n I was only twenty-one, My sweetheart was sixteen; Our ages well indeed were matched, With just five years between. But when I came to twenty-three The girl was just sixteen,. And people wished us happiness *With sevenl years between. Alas, I now am twenty-five! My love is but sixteen; - Nine years is quite a difference, But-not too much, I ween. Nay, think me not a fickle man Nor yet a foolish churl; Ei~nd reader, can't you understand, It's still the same old girl! -New York Herald. Brutally Treated. Levi Elcher, aged 95 years, and his vi'e, residing in Springiield Town hip. Pa., have been tortured by nasked thieves until they told where heir money was hidden. The robbers ied lighted lamps to Mrs. Eicher's et and burned them until the flesh ll oif before she consented to show hem the strong box, where $225 was idden. Then they bounci the victims o thec bed with ropes and left them. A Richmnond, Va.. judge has ruled hat "a man who has been called 'a jar' has a rigrht to strike back. provid d he can prove that he is not a liar, t when a mlan is called by such an -pithet. and it is shown that he is a jar. the man in the tirst instance has right to strike back. Tu'is story sent 3ut by correspon ents in Columbia that Governor Mc weey wouldt sue tile Anderson mai for libel for comments on his )use ill the McInitosh pardon case las ro foundation in fact. We have 10 doubt but that the Governor was .s osientious in that matter as he s in the dischargre of all his public