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THE ALDRICH BILL. Objections to Pointed Out by Hon W. J. Bryan. THE NATIONAL BANKS FIXED By It So as They Will be Able to Furnish the Republican Party a Big Campaign Fund The following letter was addressed through The Commoner to the Secre tary of the Treasury Shaw by the Hon. W. J. Bryan. It is worth read ing: You are quoted as having expressed yourself in favor of the Aldrich bill or or some measure of like charater. The object of the bill is to enable the gov ernment to deposit in the national banks a much larger sum than it has been in the habit of* dep 'siting. It has been estimated that ace >rding to the provisions of the Aldrich bill some thing like three hundred millions of government money could be deposited with various national banks. Not withstanding the fact that the Re publican national platform of 1s8s condemned the loaning of the govern ment's money "without interest to pet banks," you have loaned more mnney to pet banks without interest than any former secretary of the treasury, and the purpose of the Ald rich bill is to still further increase these loans. There are certain objections to the Aldrich bill, and you ought to be pre pared to meet them before you urge such a measure upon congress. In the first place the loaning of government money to the banks is an act of favor itism. The secretary of the treasury has to select the banks. Whether he selects justly or unjustly is a question which the public cannot pass upon, because it has not the facts before it. It is a fact that one of the New York city banks urged its claim to considera tion on the ground that its directors rendered valuable assistance to the Republican party in the preceeding campaign. The power of the govern ment to thus reward political friends and to withhold deposits from politi cal oppcnents is a tremendous power in the hands of an administration that is disposed to use it for personal or party advantage. What has happened since 1888 to take to loaning of gov ernment money to pet banks less reprehensible than it was then? Second-The loaning of government money to the bangs makes the govern ment dependent upon the banks.' If it loans a large sum (a'Aixs doing now) it is hard . berty to with oney, for the withdrawal of a considerable sum would disturb business and threaten a panic. If the government goes into the business of loaning money to the banks it will be difficult to withdraw deposits, and what is therefore regarded as an emer gency deposit is very apt to grow into a permanent deposit. Third--By loaning the government's surplus to the national banks these powerful Institutions are given -a pecuniary Interest in the maintenance of high taxes and in the collection of large revenues, for the more money the government collects the more it has tao deposit. It is evident -that -every banker who has a large govern ment deposit Is permanently interest -ed In preventing any reduction of taxation, however onerous the burden may become to the people. Can we afford to array so potent an Interest against a reduction of taxation? Is SIt not difficult enough now for the taxpayer to secure a hearing? Will it not be more difficult when the national banks profit largely by heavy taxa tion? Can the people afford to use their own money to hire the National -banks to work against them. Fourth-The Aldrich bill provides for the payment of interest at the rate of li per cent. Some opposition has been expressed to this provision, and until the measure is finally enact ed it Is Impossible to know that com pensation, If any, will be fixed. But whether the money is loaned at 1fr per ent or is loaned without interest, it Is evident that the banks receiving the money can make a large profit by loaning It. If, for instance, $300, 000,000 Is loaned to the banks at 14 per cent the amount paid to the gov ernment would be four millions and a half. If this money is loaned out at 3 per cent, the banks' profits is four millions and a half. If it is loaned at 41 per cent the banks make a profit of $9,000,000; if it is loaned at 6 per cent the profit is $13,500,000. - The banks that receive the benefit of these deposits can well afford to costribute to the campaign fund of the party that continues them. At the lowest rate suggested above the banks would make four millions and a af. If they can make this sum each year for four years, can they not af ford to give one year's profit to insure four years more? Is it not apparent that the Aldrich bill lay. the founda tion for an enormous corruption fund? At the lowest possible rate at which any one will calculate the profit to the banks, the national banks can afford to contribute more to the campaign fund of the party that favors them than can be collected from all the people by any party that opposes special privileges and seeks merely the equal right of all. It may be added that the Aldrich bill Is objectionable because it permits the deposits of miscellaneous assets, as a security for the loan of government money. First mortgage railroad bonds under certain conditions are declared by the bill to be sufficient to secure the deposits of money. Heretofore the government has protected itself by taking its own bonds~ as security for deposits. While all the other objec tions made to this system aie good against deposits, even when govern met bonds are given as security, still the government is protected, but In the case of the deposit of miscella neous securities the government may not be secure. It is apparent that the designation of bonds as suitable for security must have a powerful in fience upon the stock market? Is it wise or safe that the government should thus connect itself with the stock exchange? The congestion of money in the treasury Is due to the collection of more taxes than the gevernirent needs. Why not reduce taxation? That would be a protection against any future surplus. The surplus now on hand can be used buying up the government's obligations. The pur hase of government obligation would not only stop interest, but would re lieve the government of the embarras ment which it finds in having on hand so large a sum of money. But the surplus on hand would not bother the government so much but for the fact that there is a scarcity of money In thm conter Whenever we attempt to ins, ease the quantity of real money we are told that we do not need any more money. As soon as this aruu ment is forgotten the banks b::gin clamoring for an opportunity to use the government surplus and alleging as an excuse that the money is needed in the channels of trade. It is pos.i ble to have enough money to do busi ness with and thus enable the govern ment to keep in the treasury what ever money it has on hand. This is not only possible, but it is desirable, for it avoids the various questions which arise in connection with the loaning of government money. Then, tot, if the money is locked up in tuie treasury the people who need mtore money will be interested both in in creasing the volume of money ami also in reducing taxation. WLaere th money is held in the treasu:y pow*r ful interests are brought to the sL : port of the people in their inand r a sutticient volume of money andzi an economical goverme, unferes these same interests ar against the people when taxes can be collected ant a u ':. sary surplus loaned out to Th R pac ciers. The Rlepublican ,oe is N take from the people m e I ought to remain in the peol' 0 -la and then loan tae money :o h ne on the ground that the p.i ne The Democratic policy . t have a sufficient volume of aoey R. do business with; secont: to c l-' only so much as is needed r nomical administration ( ::e go.: ment, and, third, to keep txe uv - ment money in the gover&:.ut u and avoid the evils that oiiov ;". loaning of government fud - .vay, are you not now d:g witu:2u* legal authority what the .Aidrici biu is intended to authoriz-? BATTLE WITH PIRATES. Filipino Constables L-rmnan and Johnson Attacked by Baccaneers. A dispatch from Manila says In spector Herman and Supply Officer Johnson of the Philippine constabu lary, who embezzled the funds of the Mindanao government and started out to be pirates, were attacked one night last week by six Filipinos, the crew of a native boat which pirates had taken forcible possession of. An encounter took place otr the west coast of the Island of Negros. John son was killed immediately. Herman was stabbed in the neck and a native deserter named Fuentes was also stabbed. HBrman fought ferociously and killed four of the attckinr p.rty at close rauge. The struggle took place in a row boat and two of the -parties covered with blood jumped overboard. It is not known whether they escaped or were drowned. In the meantime Herman bandaged his wound and.,navigated the boat to the shore. There he abandoned the craft and escaped to the mountains at a point near a former landing place of the pirates at Bayaun. From there he sent his carbine to the presidnt by a friendly native and then disap eared. He was last seen Saturday, when he was suffering severely from his wounds. The constabulary re covered the boat, two revolvers, and a portion of the stolen money. They also found Johnson's body in a heap of the dead sailors. The deserter Fuentes was still alive. Johnson was buried. It Is expected that Herman will be captured soon. Poor Richard Junior's Philosophy The best excuse is a poor excuse. The art of pleasing is to be pleased. True love is never chilled by ice cream. The Monroe doctrine needs no doc toring. In life our enemies are of ten our best friends. It is easier to be a hero than to look like one. Keep on going ahead: let others look for footprints. Faith in the fealty of others is often founded on vanity. Nature allows long credit, bu:t carges compound interest As a maid she bends th- man; as wife she keeps him straight. -A machine is doing its best work when it makes the least n .ise They say it is bard to bce pour; y'4 most people find it easy enougu In spite of strikes and le~ko~ums t:o wages of sin keep about the same. Some men are born fool;- and some preserve their old love-lederus. A man who gives way tohis mood-. is weak on all the ten corn mand menits. The impatient heir geeally dis overs that where there's a will there's a wait. Whistling to keep the ': urage up is all right, but the whistle souldnt be wet. A woman without curi..sity mnay be dull company, but she m:tmes a geoz neighbor. IDoctor Parkhurst ad 'ises young~ men to be near the track when t!:C train of opportunity pass-s. Better be at the station where It stops. Every man Is the arci tect of his own distiny, but the t uolle is we don't r-ay enough atteution to the fire-escapes. Refused to be Arr.metd. As the result of an agrenpt by three officers to arrest ueg roes at Glassport, Pa., Friday night Constarle William Shields, of Glassport, was shot through the neart and almost instantly killed and Peter Melvintone ~f the negroes, was shot dead by Pat rick Kelley. For some time sevral negroes have been creating trouble and were always ready to pick a quar rel. Friday they attempted to shoot William Davidson, a railroader who escaped and notitled Constable William Shields and Otticer Jos. Morris, who swore In Patrick Kelley as a special aticer. The shooting occurred wben the officers called on the negroes to surrender. Snatched From Death. Fifteen shi pwrecked sailors, literally s'atched from the jaws of death, ar rived at liew York on the German steamer Verona. They belonged to the Uraguayan bark Savador Talv~era, which sailed from Fernandina, Florida, Sept. 7, loaded with pitch. bides and lumber and bound for Corunna, Spain. The men clung to the vessel ten days after it was a com plete wreck. Provisions were scarce and the sailors were in great distress when rescued. How Far They Can See. In the water fishes see only at very close range--about half their ownu length. This will seem, perhaps, un likely to anglers, although some of them can cite instances showing that a fish can not see far. Snakes seem to have a very mediocre sense cf sight. The boa, for Instance, does not see more than a quarter or a third of its own length. Different species are imited to one-fifth or one-eighth of their length. Frogs are better off they see fifteen to twenty times their lengrth. AFTER 311ANY YEARS. A Woma, Recognized Her Lo g-Lost Brother on the Trapeze. SISTER OF A CLEVER ACROBAT, Who Was Risking His Life, Had Not Seen Him for Fifteen Years, Now Happily Reunited. A way up among the ropes at Bar rum & Bailey's great circus, flashing rom one trapeze to another, like a 'ying squirrel in scarlet, Charley Sei rist went through his dangerous turn .a Cincinnatti. 31ouday ight. far below in a box a 'omia in silks and satins, with her ice btlaucbd from fear, recognized a tim the brother she had not seen r 15 years and whom she had mourn r s dead. Te woman was Mrs. ne Alb-tn.')f Portland Ore., who had -urneyed from there to see him when :,e heard frIm friends he was alive. As the brother risked his life he . ttle thought his devoted sister 'atched feverishly his every move: he -.new not she was there. And so ..hen it was all over he made his way * tne dressing tent. "Charley," said a fellow-performer, -there's a lady waiting to see you." "To see we?" the acrobat exclaim i. "I knw no one here." "Well, here's her card, anyway," -id the man, as he handed over the asteboard. "Mrs. James All.n" read Seitrist. ' I don't know her," and so saying, - ipped the card aside and finished ressimg. Once more ne looked at the card. In ne corner he saw some very faint pencil marks. They were formed into name, and he started as he read it: "Lucy Patterson." IN CLOSE EMBRACE. In another second he had bounded ut of his dressing room and was hold ing in his arms the woman who had watched him from the box. "Sister, sister, sister!" he. murmur ed in a baptism of happiness, as he covered her tear-wet face with-kisses. Later when they left the show grounds, bliss supreme was depicted upon the countenance of each. Their is a story replete with strange Happenings, adventures, hardships, suffering, love, sacrifices and the other emotions of man. Charley Patterson was born In Portland, Ore. He says he can not remember the time when he could not ro gymnastics. At 5 years of age he was doing tumbling acts with a lot of older boys in a saw dust pile near his tome, when two men approached. HE WAS KIDNAPPED. A swimming pool was nearby, and they asked Charley to show them the way. The moment they were out of the sight of his co-opanions one of them picked up the little chap and :nade for a buggy. For a year after the kidnapping Charley was whipped into his acts, >ut finally he contrived to escape, wihen showing near home, and made his way back, only to find his mother, nd father dead and all the family one away save one brother. Then Charley sold papers. To at tract attention, he did tumbling stunts of high class nature on the streets. One day a man watched the little chap perform. The next day Charley Pattorson had disappeared. Where he had gone no.one could tell. For four years the young acrobat led a miserable existence. Beaten, kicked and starved in private, be was smiled upon and exhibited in public. It was while showing in Rochester that Charley got ride of his heavy yoke. Shortly after a performance one night the man beat his charge unmercifully, and- the cries of pain from the little boy attracted the attention of a passer ny, Charles Lee. a circus man, and bi a second the lad's tormentor was srawlinig upon the. ground and hi'. dle of woe un foldd into his rescuer's .ar. KINDNESS CAME. After that the boy's life was more *arable. Kindness itself was Lee, le proprietor of "The Great London aow,' and so great was the love that rang up between the two that the ephaned strippling was legally adopt I as Cnarles Lee, Junior. For five years the circus was on the * ad and meeting with success. Then was that Charley seemed likely to * made the befr of a rich man, but one unlucky season all was lost, id -Charley Lee went back to the ~rm in Pennsylvania. This proved o quiet an existence, however, for Charley Jr., so he ran away. Since that time-he was 15 years d then and now he is 25-hie has d many ups and downs, but he never rgets the old foster father back on ie Pennsylvania farm, and always nds him $10 a week as regular as nday comes. And when possiole he ways spends his vacation there. Now as Charley Seigrist, member Sthe Seigrist-Sibons perch team arnum & Bailey's show, with which -- has traveled for five years and all oioghEgland and Europe, he is wi ftehighest salaried men on the pyroll. And in the height of his success his ong lost sister comes to him, and, with her hann in~ his, complete happi ness steals into his eventful lire. Offers H is. Body for Sale. Alfred Knapp, the "strangler," who was condemned to death for wife murder, at Columbus, Ohio,, but whose ease has been appealed, has come to the conclusion that he does not want a new trial, is resigned to his fate and has offere-i his body for sale for 850. He said Wednesday: "I would lust as soon be electrocuted Dec. 12 as not, for I guess it would be just as well to be killed then. I would do the same thing over again were I freed, so I might just as well go now." Knapp says he will enter into a coutract with any one who may be willing to give him $50 for his body, pledging that the body shall be delivered after he Is electrocuted. Knapp's attorneys re cently called upon him and warned uim against talking about his case any more. This is the way he obeys. The Most Horrible Yet. A white woman 50 years old was criminally assaulted Thursday near Naunta, Ga., by an unknown negro. The woman was at home alone when wvithout warning she was blinded by a nandful or red pepper thrown In her yes. F'or an instant before It was thrown she saw her assailant was a negro and had a pistol. Her screams and struggles did not prevet him from accomplishing his purpose. The wo man's eyes were terribly burned and she is unable to give any description of her assailant. Searching parties are ut but without a clue to work n. HAS BEGAN SUIT. For Seventy-five Thousand Dollars Against the Southern. Mrs. Dorothy A. Brickman, widow of Engineer Henry Brickman, who lost his life in the disaster at Fishing Creek trestle, has instituted suit against the Southern Railway for damages to the amount of $75,000. Notice of the suit was filed in York ville Saturday. The attorneys in the case are Legare and Holman, of Char leston. The dead engineer formerly lived in Charleston. At the time of his death he was an engineer on the Southern, running between Marion, N. C., and Camden, S. C. News readers will recall the terri ble week at Fishing Creek, when five were killed outright and 10 or 12 were badly injured, among the slightly in jured was Mr. Abernethy, of this city, who was traveling for E. M. Andrews &. Co., the furniture dealers. The suit of Mrs. Brickman is the heaviest that has ever been brought against a railroad in North or South Carolina. It will come up in the common pleas court of York county. The wreck at Fiseing Creek trestle occurred on the morning of September 3rd. The cause of the disaster is now being examined into by the railroad commission of South Carolina. It has been claimed by some that the acci dent was the result of decayed tim bers. This will be the contention of all who intend to enter suit against the company. Mr. J. S. B. Thompson, chief of the executive department of the Southern . forms The News that a broken wheel in the front trucks of the engine was found immediately after the ac'cident, and in the opinion of the railroad offi cials, was wholly the cause of the trouble. This fact was testified to by the oticials of the railroad under oath, at Columbia last week. Col J. H. Averil was selected by the South Carolina railroad c'mmis sion to make a thorough examination of the property. This report was quite lengthly. He described the road and the physical condition in great detail, naming the trestle on the line and giving a report as to other con ditions. He stated that he found the road in very good condition, with every indication that it had received proper attention in the matter of maintenance and repairs. He pointed out that in two or more of the struc tures he had observed the presence of some timbers which, in his opinion, called for renewal. He found that the railroad company was making such re newals, but that such timbers did not make the praticular structures unsafe and that, as a general thing, he found all the structures mentioned in a good state of repair and that he found none of them unsound or unsafe. Charlotte News. Predicts Eleven Cents. Mr. T. E. Massengale, of Georgili furnishes a most interesting article to the press of that State, in yhich he shows that, despite the efforts of the old bears, cotton will be selling right here at home, by the 1st of January, for Eleven cents, and in New York it will command 12i cents. We haven't space for the entire article this week, making simply a brief synopsis from Mr. Massengale's article. The visible supply of cotton, says Mr. Massen gale, is nearly six hundred thousand bales short of the commercial needs of the country, and as the world needs twelve million bales of Ameri can cotton, and must have it, this amount of cotton cannot possibly be forthcoming this season and, consid ering the shortness of the crop, 11 cent's will be a low price for the sta ple. And why should the price be less than eleven cents? There is not a single reason that the most con summate and determined bear can advance with a particle of common sense or logic in it, especially when it is denfinitely known that there is not enough of surplus cotton on hand to run the spindles of the country thirty days. The conservative opinion of the best judges assert that the crop cannot be a large one for sever al reasons. To start with, says Mr. Massengale, we had a very late spring: Cotton did not grow off, consequently the stalk is not large. Following that, we had a series of the hottest August and September days ever known, and the crop being fro~m two to three weeks late, suffer ed immensely, the small and young bolls dry-ing up, and no top crop any where is claimed. In Texas the boll weevil and the caterpillar have cut. the cror> to such an extent that a governent expert from Texas say-s the cotton in six counties is virtually ruined. All these things conspire to elevate the price of cotton. The last and only excuse, therefore, that the bears can now rely on is the claim that there was a large increase in acreage; but Mr. Massengale shows by a table running through a series f year, that it is not the largest acre age, every time, that gives the *best results. Taking all these facts into consideration, our Georgia friend concludes that cotton will bring not less than Eleven cents by the 1st of January. On the Right Line. The Delaware State board of agri culture is paying special attention to the preservation of the wild birds, es pecially the Insect-destroying ones, and It has appointed Charles D. Pen nock of Pennsylvania to the office of State ornithologist. Mr. Pennock will attend the various farmers' insi tutes to be held this fall and will de liver before them addresses on oirds. Leafets published by the Audubon Society will be distributed at the same time, and also in the public schools of the State. A Strong Man. Gilman Lowe, a New York, athlete, lifted 1,006,000 pounds in thirty-four minutes and thirty-five seconds. The scale was so arranged as to bring the arm, leg and back muscles into play. Each lift of the beam under which he stooped raised 1,000 pounds Of dead weight. During the two months training Mr. Lowe lived on only one meal deaily, consisting of three eggs. one-half loaf of whole wheat breid. fruit, either oranges, grapes, apples or bananas; cereals and nuts, and one glass of milk after each meal; also plenty of cooled distilled water during the day. J. W. Andrews, who resides about eight miles from Griffin, Ga., had the misfortune, while cutting wood Thursday, to accidentally split the head of his 4-year-old son. The child died before a physician could be sum moned. TO SAVE GOTHAM. The Religious Crank Dowie and a Host of Other Cranks INVADE NEW YOYX CITY For the Purpose of Converting the Souls of the Gothamites and Get a. Little of Their Money. The city of New York is now being invaded by a great religious crank and his hosts of cranks. Arrangements were completed in Madison Square Garden for the reception of the "res toration hose," 4,000 strong, when that body arrived Friday from Zion City and which will endeavor, led by John Alexander Lowie, who claims to be the reincarnation of Prophet Elijah, to save the people of New York from losing their souls. Special trains bearing the crusaders began to arrive at 6 o'clock in the morning over the various railroads. Zion scouts were on hand at each station and members of the incoming hosts were directed in a general way to Madison Square Garden. Tue warfare will be opened in good earnest on Sunday. Parties of work ers will be sent out over the city to distribute literature setting forth the virtues of Dowieism and picked agents will visit the bcwery. Under the di rection of an advance agent 420 mem hers of John Alexander Dowie's "Zionist hosts" arrived from Chicago on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad Friday to participate in the crusade for the regeneration of New York. All appeared cheerful and happy and said they had an enjoyable trip. As soon as the first car had started the crowd on board began singing a hymn and a large crowd of curious spectators gathered around those waiting outside the ferry house. The men in the Dawie party distributed tracts among them. The men were all dressed in a uniform resembling that worn by the United States infantry. D wie himself arrived in his special train at the Grand Central station, disappointing the crowds who were amaiting him at the West Shore rail road ferry, his train having come from Albany over the Hudson river division. Another train bringing Dr. Dowie's adhearents had previously ar rived on the New York Central. One hundred of the Dowieites who arrived in the city via the Pennsyl vania railroad ferry were met by a score of boarding-house keepers. They were hurried in cabse or trolley cars to Madison Square Garden. Beside his son, Dowie is accompan ied by his wife, Carl F. Stern, chief of police of Zion City, and Dr. Massey. All registered at the Plaza, Hotel, Madison Square Garden, which is to be the headquarters of the host for the most of the time they are in New Yory city. It was soon occupied by 1,800 citizens of Zion. Each presented at the entrance an identification card, bearing the photo graph of the holder and every person was carefully scrutinized by Gen. Mitchell. All had expected to break fast in the garden, but it had become impossible to make provisions for any meals before 5. p. in., and they left tbe garden in search of a meal in neighboring restaurants. Scattering aroung the entrance to the garden were the Zion members. Each was dres:-ed in a black uniform and a black-peaked cap. On the cap just above tne peak was a gilt dove and under it the word braided in guilt letters, "Patience." In the belt they wore sword strap, but instead of a weapon, it strapped a bible. Amoung tho.se who arrived were Chas. E. Barnard, formerly a Chicago bankei and now general .tinancial manager for D)owie. After a rest Mr. Dowie proceeded to Maison Square Garden where about 3,000 of the host awaited him. When he stepped into the vast hall tbe as semblage rose arnd faced the overseer. Holding up his band he said, ''Pcace e to thee." "Peace to thee be multi plied,"' answered the great crowd in, one voice. The roll was then Galled. A fter look ing things over at Madison Square Garden, Dowie gathered the reporters together and talked to them for over an hour. He saii his mission here was one of peace and during the three weeks that the rollowers of the Chris tian Catholic Church are here they ex pected to visit every family in this city at least twice. He said also that e comes in the capacity of the Prophet Elijah, and in accordance with the re velation he made in 1901 to an audi ence of 7.000 people in the Auditorium in Chicago, and promised to explain more fully what the revelation means. A SAD CASE. A Man Who Does Not Know Where He Camne From. The correspondent cf the State says a stranger appeared in Rock Hill last Thursday who has created consider able excitement, being unable to give his namne, from whence he came, or in fact no information whatever about himself. It seemed clearly to be a case of lost identity and the physi cias interested themselfs in It and he was taken to the private hospital and has regained to a certain extent his mental faculties and is able now to give a slightly intelligent account of himself. .When he first came to, his past was. to nim a total blank. lie showed no sign of insanity, only being unable to give any account'of himself as to who 'or what he was. Be is still un willing to give out anything for pub lication, for althougrh he can now give his name, and seems to have regained to a certain extent his memory, he is unwilling to trust much .to it as yet. He says his name is Lee, and that he l'a I been employed by a large clothing house in Buffalo, N. Y., that h left there last Christmas, and has been in Detroit, Mich., but did not stay there long, lie does not know when nor why he left that part of the country. lie does not remember when he came to Rock lill nor how he got there. When he first came here he ap plied to one of the laige dry gooos houses for work, but now has no recol lection of it. Said he could remember having 880 at one time but can only presume he spent it. He is very despondent about him self and seems mostly concerned now as to how he will make money enough to get away from Rock Hill. The phy sicians seem to be of the opinion that e was sandbagged and the lick on the head has bereft him of all recollection of the past. He Is ap parently about 30 years of age and seems to be of more than ordinary in telligence and retinement, and says he has no family. His case is a peculiar ly sad one and both people and phy scians have given it close attention A ROXNITIO MARRIAGE~. A Young Lady of Newberry County Marries a Westerner. Miss Anna Chalmers of IIelena, Newberry County, was married on the 1st instant to D. C. K'Ie. city engi neer of Washington. Iowa. About this marriage is a pretty little rom ance, which we dd related in the; Newberry Observer as follows: In Aprial last a letter was received by Mayes' bookstore here from D. C. Kyle of Washington, Iowa. askinc fhr a copy of O'Neall's Annals 'f New berry, and incidentally inquiring about E. P. Chalmers, who the writer said was a second cousin of his and with whom he had correspondd years ago. The copy of the Annals was sent and the letter was turned oaver to Mrs. Chalmers. Miss Anna Clm tn ers replied to the letter, telling 3r. Kyle of the death cf her fathe by lighi.ning several years ago. Ir. Kyle wrote .gain, and the correspondence con tinued until it resulted in an engage ment. Mr. Kyle proposed to come south for his bride, if she pref;-rred it that way, but suggested, as his duties as city engineer made it inconvenient for him to leave, that she could come to Washington-leaving it entirely to her. She decided to go, and left Helena on Tuesday, September 28th, and on Thursday they were married. The bried is a most excellent young woman, and she has numerous friends in Newbe:ry, who wish her much hap piness in her far-off home. The following account of the mar riage is taken from the Burlington, Iowa, Gazette: "The social news of these columns include today a pretty romance in marriage and giving in marriage, in which M1r. ). C. Kyle of Washington. Iowa, a well known civil engineer, and Miss Mary Anna Chal mers of Helena, South Carolina, were the central figures. The bridal coupl' have been corresponding for several months and anticipating the culmina tion of the happy event which was solemnized today. Although the bridegroom is a man of about sixty two years, and is a relative of the bride's parents, he had never met her until today. We are safe in saying that it was a case of love at first sight, and both seemed supremely happy and very well pleased in each other's com pany. Mr. Kyle arrived in the city of Burlington on the 30 b of September, and secured the marriage license, to be ready for the happy event. The bride-to-be arrived ties morning, October 1st, true to her promise. from the sunny southland. and was met by her future husband at the union depot. at 4:10 a. m., and escorted to the Union hotel to awit the hour set for the ceremony, which was ce'ebrited at 11:30 a. m.. Oct. 1st, the Rev. R. F. Hurlburt of the First M. E. church ofiiciating. Mr. James J. Lyon and Mr. Thomas Eaton attended as wit nesses. Mr. Kyle's bride comes of a very good old Scotch-Irish family of Covenanter ancestsrs, and he has very good reason to be proud of a very charming wife. Mr. and Mrs. Kyle will remain in the city of Burlington until tomorrow, when they will go to Washington, iowa, to make their home aud will receive the congratula tions and best wishes of hosts ol friends for their new life. May it be long and nappy.' FRUITS AND FLOWERS. Land cannot be too rich or too mel low for fruits. Manure for the garden should be free from weed seeds. The head of a tree needs to be fairly open to admit sun and air for full growth of fruit. The dahlias will never disappoint you. Pink, white, yellow or crimson, tall, dwarf or cactus, it Is bound to flower. In the fall after the-eves have dropped is generally th ttime for taking cuttings from quinebut they may be taken later. Heliotrope should not be mixed with other cut flowers in water. They de cay quickly and have a harmful effect upon the other blossoms. Myosotis (forgetmenot) needs partial shading, but not the shade of a tree. Plant among'taller flowers or around rosebusbes, and It will do well. Plenty of yellow blossoms should be secured .for places which lack sun shine-. Yellow is good in almost every situation and is.the cheeriest of tones. Good cultivation causes an abun cgnee of fibrous roots to be made. The growth of any plant is largely meas ured by the number of its fibrous roots. Too Smart. He was one of those men who are constantly trying to beat down prices," said a bank cashier. "and had evident ly been looking around for bargain prices for his bill of exchange. When he presented It to me and asked the rate, I replied, 'One-tenth of 1 per cent.' "Now, look here,' he saId. 'You are too high. I have done business in -this bank for ten yet's, and yet yon.charge me a higher rate than 1 can get from the Farmers' bank. over the way. They will do It for one-eighth. If you don't do it for that. i'll take my account over there.' '"-All right' I remarked. 'We will do it for the same rate, considering that you are an old customer.' -The bill of exchange cost him 60 cents more than it would had he kept quiet."-New York Times. Needed For Other Purposes. A Georgia justice recently married a runaway couple who drove up to his house and went through the ceremony without descending from the carriage. When the ceremony wvas over, says the Atlana1 Constitution. the groom fum bled '.bis pockets and fished up thirty six cnts. "Jcige" he said, "this here's all the money I got in the world. Ef you've a mind to take It. you kin, but I'll say now that I done set It aside fer the honeymoon expenses." Her Opportunity. "They say she isn't happy." com mented the neIghbor, "but I don't gee why., some people never are satis "That's right, and It's her own fault if she isn't happy, because she's able to buy clothes that will make all the other women envious."-Chicaigo Post. An Insinuntion. Doris-Yes, she was furious about the way in which that paper reported her marriaige. Helen-Did It allude to her age? Doris-Indirectly. It stated that Miss Olde and Mir. 'Yale were' mar red. the latter being a well known col lector of antiques."--Chicago News. and study and eirorts are being made to learn where his home is and some thing about him, until which time he1 will remain here. GETTING READY FOR CROPS Culture of Corn and Cotton, Vetch, Alfalfa, Wheat and Oats. Prepare a deep root bed for the cot ton to grow on. Very much depends upon this thorough preparation. Spread your manure broadcast. Put on as much as you can afford. There is no danger of getting too much. Then turn this under with a good two or three horse plow. If the field has not been subsoiled, then you should follow this turn plow with a subsoil plow. Then harrow and roll and harrow again. Do this work in the fall. Oc casionally through the winter you should harrow, or you may put on the land some grain or clover crop to be turned under in spring. When springtime comes harrow the soil deep, and fine and put on guano. Use this freely if you wish. You will not lose anything by using anywhere below a ton per acre. Put it broad cast and harrow in. Then use a small quantity with the seed. Plant without bedding. Give rows good distance. Five feet will not be too much. As soon as crust forms rua over with a weeder. Repeat this one a week until the cotton is six or eight inches high. Bring to a stand about sixteen inches, one to two stalks in a place. Cultivate rapidly and shallow until the bolls are full grown on lower limbs unless it locks too much. These are the leading points. Good judgment and common sense will fill in the details. With this plan we have succeeded in getting two and more bales per acre. The same method of preparation is needed for corn that we have just given for the cotton. Plant rows four feet and corn eighteen inches in the 'drill. It requires plenty of stalks to make an abundant yield of corn. Cultivate just as for cotton. In both cases use the dust board in June, July and August Get the best possible va riety of seed. Do not pull the fodder, but cut the corn when the fodder is full ripe. Most of it should be dead. Shock well and'shred. Sow some vetch for winter use. It Is good for grazing or cutting. If you have bermuda then sow the vetch and bur clover on this sod. Sow fifteen pounds per acre. It does not need any covering. September is the time to sow. This is the time to sow alfalfa. Pre pare the soil very deep and fine. Sow fifteen to eighteen pounds of seed and cover very lightly. You can afford to take a little time to fix for this crop, as it will grow almat indefinitely from the same roots. The yield is large, and there is no bettr food for horses or cattle. Manure well. Now is the time to get ready for sowing wheat and fall or winter oats. These should be sown in October in most parts of the south. November may do in the lower parts. Plow and harrow the lind till you get a good seed bed. Do not finish the work with a roller, but with a fine tooth or drag harrow. Sow grain in drills in all sections subject to .winter freezing. Leave the grain below the surface. The soil will fill in during the winter.-Southern Cul tivator. Corn Shrinkage. At the Iowa experiment station in 1S08 7,000-.pounds of corn were husked and stored in a crib on Oct. 19. The crib was built upon the platform of a pair of scales, so that weighings could be made at any time without moving the corn or destroying the normal con ditions of storing. The weights taken weekly during an entire year show some variations due to the weather. The shrinkage during the year. was 9 per cent of the original weight for the first three months, 5 4-7 per cent for the second, 3 1-7 per cent for the third and 2 5-7 per cent for the last three months. The loss for the entire period amounted to 1.430 pounds, or a little more than 20 per cent Apple Seab Fungus. A cold, damp season seems to be fa vorable to the development of apple cab fungus. The scab is one of the diseases that are most effectually and profitably freated by spraying with bordeaux mixture. Device For Cutting Corn Fedder. A correspondent sends- the Ohio Farmer a sketch of a fodder buck he uses to cut corn fodder, using the tops A FODDER BUCK. for horse feed and the rest of the stalks for cattle. He uses an ordinary buck saw, sharp, to cut with. The cut ex plains itself. Note. From Texas Farmn and Ranch. If you want runt pigs wean them early and feed them lightly. You can raise runts successfully. Every up to date farmer should be his own seed -Improver. To improve seed is entirely practicable, but re quires some know how and some do how. There are many new crops and new methods that are great improvements over the old. Every progressive farm er should devote a portion of his time to experimental work. One expensive abomination often seen on farms is a wide mouthed welI Inside the barn or near enough to be come foully contaminated by drainage from stables or manure beaps. In buying fancy farm seeds at fancy prices require satisfactory evidence that the seed is genuine and true to name and see that It Is thus assured by a known and competent authority. A Pair of Fakirs.. Dowie th~e great fakir, is now in vaiding th'e city of New York, with a ot of his deluded followers, but le is not the only fanatical fakir who claims mystical transfornmation. We see it stated that Mrs. Beatrice Stafford, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is a fakir of the Dowie kind, and may get up a counter demonstration. She has gathered around her a crowd of hysterical humibugs who style hemselves "The Church of Holy Spiris." The woman herself has t~kn the title of "Manna Mysteria," denm ing "Mysterious Food for the utl." She claims to be Christ him -lf, "developed" into femal form. The Augusta Chronicle says this womau was once an actress. She is iitelligent and handsome. She ad mits that she was once fond of the world, but claims that she now lives entirely in the spirit. She is sur rounded by a staff of prophets, who in everv-davlife bear ordinary names and pursue ordinary avocations, but who profess to believe themselves ena;tin of Matthew, Tke, TIMING EXPOSURES. A Work In Which Photographers Become Remarkably Accurate. The photographer was about to take a picture of a young woman. "It's so dark here," he said, "that I guess I'll give you about thirty seconds," and, drawing out the slide and removing the cap, he began to count in a meas ured and mechanical tone, "one, two, three, four, five," and so on. When the exposure was finished the sitter said: "You gave more than thirty sec onds to that plate. You counted very slow-I'm sure it took you a full min ute to count thirty." The photographer handed his watch to he young woman. He said: "I'll Qea* thirty again. Time me." And he made the count exactly as before and he was just twenty-nine seconds making it. "One second off-not so bad. Near my old record, In fact," said the photographer. "Ten years ago, when I made more pictures than I do today, I could by counting make exposures up to five minutes without being more than a second off. Usually 'd be a second under; but, over or un der, it was only by one second that rd be out of the way. But," he added, "this gift is not remarkable. Nearly every photographer has it. Nearly every one of us can guess spaces of time running from a half a second to five or six minutes with what is for all practical purposes perfect accu racy."-Philadelphia Record. Nature the Only Healer. Medicine never did any person a par ticle of good except by digestion, as similation-going into circulation, etc. No 'salve contains any healing prop erty except as a protection to keep away the effect of oxygen in the air, dirt or any foreign substance from coming in contact with the part '.f fected. The natural. powers of our be ing possess the only power to heal. Anything that may be done to assist In a natural way is good-contrary, bad. Give good food to make good blood. Breathe good air, rest and not overexercise to the extent of fatigue. Then the body will recuperate. Then the wound will be healed by healthy - serum that is secreted to heal all wounds, not the salve. The salve pro tects from outside influence, while the machinery within goes on with its work. Nature does it 'all.-Medlcal Talk. One Way to Keep Accounts. In a book of accounts found on the premises of a bankrupt dealer In a city in the west of England were the fol lo ' g names of customers to whom et had been given and which would have puzzled all the official receivers in the kingdom: Woman on the key, Jew woman, coal woman. old coal wo man, fat coal woman, market woman, pale woman, a man, old woman, littel milk girl, candle man, stableman, coachman, big woman, lame woman, quiet woman, egg man, littel black girl,. Jew man, Mrs. in a cart, old Irish wom an, woman in Corn street, a lad, man in the country, long Sal, Mrs. Irish woman, Mrs. feather bonnett, blue bon nett, green bonnett, green coat, blue britches. big britches, the .woman that was married and the woman that told me of the masn.-London Tit-Bits. In an Old Time House. To go down into the low celled kitch en, with its heavy, rough hewn tim bers and' Its great fireplace with the los fast turning to coals; to look into the old brick oven, where bread for'a regiment could easily have been baked, and, perchance, to be asked to sit down on the old wooden settee under the lit te window where the pot of flowers stands and drink tea from a quaint blue cup will complete the charm the place has thrown 'about you. Many fantasies -will throng the mind, and the shadows cast upon the walls by the wavering light make this house their home-one booted and spurred and with - a military step, the .other a rustle of silk and a whiff of rare perfume.-Four Traek News. Shipping Cnnamon. Cinnamon is so extraorrinarily sen sitive that great care. has to be taken with regard to Its surroundings on board ship, as a bale of vdry fine cin namon will lose much of Its delict~te aroma if packed among bales of coara er bark. Various expedients have been ried to remedy this. The Portuguese and Dutch isolated the bales by pack ing them in cocoanut'fiber or In cattle hides, but It Is found that the only real safeguard Is to pack bags of pep per between the bales.-"Two Hapg; Years In Ceylon." Just the Reverse. "Th' boss don't allus keep his word," remarked the office boy. "What's he been - in' now? In quired the stenographer. "He told me when he went out this mornin' that he'd call me up on- thle tlephone. 'Stead of that he called me down for not answerin' It when he come back from lunch." - Cnelnna Commercial Tribune. Her Ultimatnm. aflway Surveyor-We are going to run a railway line right through your Farmer's Wife-All right; I don't mind. But you remember that I will have no trains after 9 o'clock at night I have no Intention of getting up after that to open the door for the trains to go through. AU Arranged. Manager-When you come to that tie wait for the applause. Actor-How do you know there will be applause? Manager-That is my busindss, not y ours. _ _ _ An obstinate man does not hod ophy tons: they hold bim.--Butler. Peter, and' other biblical celebrities. They also pretend that Satan's rein-' carnated form is present on the earth in the form of a human being. We. agree with our cotemporary that "undoubtedly the influence of the Devil is in the world. We see it everywhere, 'like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.' It may also be seen in these fake prophets, who~ are making money by preying upon the credulity of delud ed fools, or else under the guess of religion are opening the way to prac tices that tempt men and women. to become deliberate, calculating frauds. In all ages of the world, these false prophets have had their da-'hey had their day and cease to be.' As one crop of fanatics or rogues, in sanctimonious style, perishes, another crop is produced, and there is a harvest of fools or dupes. We are told, in Holy Writ, to beware of them, to hear them not. Experience is said to be 'the fool's teacher.' but there are some folks who reach that stage of folly which nothing seems to cure short of death,