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WHAT HE SAYS | ( h **" toor C?I?id L. "Mease fteliws Hit iBaotfisaltoddress. OUTUNES THE POLICY * * Of Ills A<hi0nistr*Uon, Givrs PttiKo to (amI for Ills 'Htertion end fmyn 'His Resp?iits to His H? M;tk<s Heviral Strlkiug llerominovlntinitii'tottio Ii??p?hturf. <We proaaat baijw. tha most importamt part of '..the lnaa?uri.l urt-i dress ?f Gov.' C6#wiiian I-.- Blaxcse to tho lec'^latnra Tunaday afternoon. Mr PreBhlont.'Mr. Speaker, msjnbers of tfir caaeral aassirtt ly of Soutb Caret?lna, iladiea, and ;con :'e men: Independence 6.T thought, freedom of action, an abiding truat iaand devoted loved Tor Col have wonifor me the greatest pollth al victory that has yet been recorded in the hlotory of South 'Carolina. Aligned against me wora a united daily press and an almost aolld weekly and BBmiefeakly press, pouring forth all Ittnds of falsohnml, wetupentlon and abuse, receiving the assistance of s -number of mem'Who-trail thv-mselveo -ministers of the goepel--God save the mark! ? who stood behind i their puipiis and gave vont to envy and malice and slanders of thm most virlls malicious nature ugatnst me? "Thews hypoorite? had left their mimlw and stood In naked uglinoes. ' They were men who stole the Hivery of Heaven ' To serve the decril In*'? all of these. oomblned with others, making a ?et of political charmcter thieves, the meanest Slid most contemptlMe people known to man. I was -never diicouraged. I know that C.od dttl not love ngly. and that the people .of South Carolina snore for fair play to all her sons alike. Men have rallied anil fought in hundreds of ibattles, but mo band .of truer men 01'braver soldkers or marc loyal and dowtdd ft lends ever rallied for a tight than tb?ise 5?.*>02 brave . and honorable men of South Caro lina, who on September St:!, 1910.' sald U. mv enenilee: "You shall not press b!m down^ yo* 9hall tnot de-stroy \.ia repirtatlon; you tfhall not .-crucify him upwtn a -cross of vituperation. slander .and falsehood; you oball not crown him with a crown of persecution, envy and tnalice." And 'by the help of aR-wlse and atl-pow""" .erful God|. the victory was woi. and wo can a?.d do today say, "Ptaise Ood from whom-.all blessings flow,** .and my prayer Is that his chilce blowings of this earth reat upon uny friemls, and may each of them some .day -ke crowned whh a diadem s'n 'heaven. For those <*vho opposed me honemUy and fairly, I have no word of ceiv?uro. 3t was their right to do so. and I feel that they were but exercls-? Ing their high right of American cit-: Irene hi p. For ithe otheea 1 have but pity, for I well know thtst their consciences, Jf they have any. are giving them censure and punishment enough for their cowardly and underhand manner of opposition. I thank, and wish for you to convey nv slnoerest, most k/mrt-felt thank9 to yotir constituents for their assistance in giving me the fruition which was the aonirh of rny political ambition. Shrwild I sever bo ejected i to any postlon again, poreonalSy I will have .accomplished all that my i life's work has been for, so far as i SWA 1 It 1 t~* * ? f ?w t l.i ' imiiiivai jnrin itr ut in t UIH rnim. ? The only ambition that la loft Is that I way perform the dutlee of the office of governor in such a manner that I may receive at the efose of my term the "welt done" from those who placed me In the position. After paying hie reepects to The State, The News and Courier, and other newspapers that he said had abused htm outrageously In the campaign, and quoting from several papers to sustain his charge, Gov. Blease said: Announces His l'lntform. I In making my campaign during the past summer, I announced that \ my platform was: 1st. An honest administration of all laws, fairly and Impartially to all citizens alike. , 2d. Enforcing all laws upon all subjects, obedience to the eonstltu- ( tlon of the 1'nited States and the ( constitution of South Carolina. 2d. Keeping forover separate the r legislative, judicial and executive j, departments of the government, ( each, however, doing its duty and I endeavoring to uphold and support ^ | the other. 4th. Trlal by Jury for all persons ( accused of crime, and enforcing the j Judgments of courts founded upon fjd the.verdicts of the juries. 1^^ This I stand firmly upon today, ' 1 and I consider government by injunction the most vicious and degrading which can bo tolerated by tf any civilized nation, and I beg to call I to your attention to Sections 5, 16. 17 T and 25. of Article 1 of the constitu- tl tion of this State, which every officer m of the State is sworn to uphold and a; national conventions condemns In- ri obey. The Democratic party in her p I i functions In 'the T>ofct stravubus e<3 ?rma. Souvfc Cnrdftna, though she 01 is the bed-rock of Demofcracy, vio- th Tates this DeThodlratfte doctrine tn the w meanest and most contworptlble si form, and, in mybplnlon, only those ty exercise It who *Te governed *by spite pi and malice for 'those whom 'they use th It against. th As I said !h my canvass, I am in -v< favor or hfenrifal sessions of the gen- hi eral assembly. The people of tlili Stute havi; ill ready* expressed them- ^ selves in Tnvor of it, and ft certainly should he tfiven to them. I am rn favor of a liberal support ^ to our Confederate vdterans, and hope "that, while you gentlemen will not he ?'it?*avagant alotig this line, | yet that you will give to thorn what evw is necessary to make them com- ^ fortahle, and that you will so amend ^ the pension l****s? so many on- ^ worthy pooj ?w receive It will not re n order ttout those who are entitled to it may get more 6f th&t wMdh is appropraled. I need nOt say more on this subject. ^ for any man who does not love ihe v ea-Oonfederate aofdior is either a Yankee or hna negro blood in his vein* I recommend liberal appropriations for all cnir estate institnttons of ' learning for white boys and glfils. They, with our denomnatlonal oolleges, are doing a grand and "glorl- ^ otw work. None'is in the way: none J ran toe spared. 7f ther* la rivilry, it is PHemlly, and spurs all on to a greater work. 3?lit I do not b*91evw ' in the oxtraragfroce that th* gener.il assembly has been engaging In along lhis"iin<? for eevoral years past, and T cam not and will not give my sanction to 5t dnrint my term of office, and 'I tihorefore hope, in order to . keep down any friction along this line "bet\reen the logiBlatlve and executive . Iepart merits, that, you gentlemen v vill reduce these appropriations. P I am I m favoT of building up the ?. free v>ch< rol system eo that every !x white chilld In Sonth Carolina may lie ? given a good common school ediK-a- v tion hi c omfortrtble and convenient ^ school ho: wea. and" in navln* teac" era ? sufficient inl&riea to serur# the best. s. and of books, especially histories, by Southern -uithors for Southern chil- p dren, and I hope-that you -will take c aueh action and make such appropri- r atlouH as will feting alx>ut these re- n forma. j, Opposed t A>mj?ol?ory Fdncatlon. li I am absoOulfely opposed to com- ' pulsory eftl'iciltloa. and have little pa- 1' tience with, auid tnuCh contempt for. n that man or thowe men who go '< around In-the State.ot outside of the State and 'para.de figures to show the * percentage of the Ignorance of our li people. And If the7 are State officers h or hold ponlt-i.ons under the State h goverament, they should he decent tl enough to resign, and ifthey are not K then they ?hould be tiicked out. If c< what they swy is true. we should .all yet together .and try to -remedy it, P and-not pxrabe It and humiliate our o Slate by adwest" Ising It. If some peo- o pie are betng paid foT this kind of ' epeeclves, I t-vontmend that you P< abolish their positions, for fhey are; not helping, Imt injurf-ng us. "In pj my opinion, compulsory education in ()1 the hands of the State means die- a] ruptlng 'the home, for It dethrones ,r: the authority of the parents and places the paid agents of the State Qi in control af the children, and de- 01 vtroys family government. Those * agents stand between the child and ol tho parent. They represent the State. |r Ttey are m?t rcsjioianlble to the parems. They 'impress upon the minds ri of the chtlrt-nen the views of the, w State, and virtually amy: 'We have;jR< taken you out .of bonftacra and mad* you <free; we are giving you what your unnatural parent* would not [>e glvo you,' and no child on earth can (K) subject to siich Influences and ^ [cachings a?d estsape imbibing ttfe Gf n> 1 rit of rebellion a:aln?t parental fchthorty. and consequent .disrespect W( ind ingratitude. Children are too an uisily infected with the idea that 1rj heir parents owe thorn everything vhile they ow? thcsm -nothing in re- la, urn. and wiith the design ai>l law ro >f Ood set at defiance, who can com- fe] >aes, by the widest stretches of the (n nost gigantic mind, the condition hat will follow. We dew're to ^ee w) he standard of education raised in ro louth Carolina; we want every boy #n ind girl in the State to have every ^ KJSfdble opportunity to gain for j.-j honiselvea the very l>e8t and highest yo legree of equipment for life; hut we trj lo not want U at the cost of pa- fni cntal authority and the peace of the lome. Faintly government and pa- jJO( ental responsibility antedate all othtp, and It la possible for wild, et- jol ravagant, and madly enthusiastic aTV uen, who see theory and theory only. ?,v< 0 destroy family government, alien- , te children from their parents and ^ orc.e tho homo into a scene of strife, ' I'hellion and wretchedness." The per llhlo says a great deal about obedlnco to parents and reverence for . arents. and believing In that hook (]) nd Its teachings as strongly as I do. |)W] nd for the sake of our children, our , (I) o xtntry and for the future, I believe v 1 n i 1 letting the parents keep within } lelr own control the rearing and j location of their children. , hav Negro Education. T am opposed to white people's ers ixes l>olng used to educate negroes, mai am a friend to the negro race, two his lg proved by the regard In which out ?e negroes of iny home county hold son ie. Tho white people of the South not re the best frlonda to the negro of < ice. In my opinion, when the peo-lden le of this country began to try to bro lucate the negro they made a r!- i is and grave mistake, and I fear 1 e worst result Is yet to cV>S?e. So hy continue? I took this same po- i tlon In my first political race twenyears ago. and each year has oved more clearly that I was rl*ht en, and the future will emphasize iat 1 am right now. 1 believe that >u members of the legislature can | tss an act which will meet all the j >qulrementB of both the foderal and :ate constitutions, which will remly this, and I recommend that you > bo. The present syetem of pavig schools their pro rata share by irollment is absurd, because the [?gro tvaohers have learned how to id their rolls, and children who uly attend school possibly one or vo days are enrolled and tne .UmkU 1 A?- -A? ^ LiuiTia iwcur money upon ineir eeillrient. 1 could go Inlo this niAt r more elaborately, but time will ot permit. 1 respectfully refer you > the report of your State euperin udent of education, and I am sure any of your comm'ttteea wlTl ask Im, he will be deltyhted to ftirnish on all the Information In tats "{?o??eslon along this line. 1 recommend that you pass a law? cquirtng either a marriage certlOate or the rerl<XTa(lon of 'ft.ll mah lages In tne office of the clerk of onrt for the county In which tee larrtago takes place. 1 have bern dvaratlng this for some years, and L la really amusing to me to ?e? here ecently some 7feople and eome ne-wenpers comma out in advocacy of it t Ibis late day. hoylng possibly that uch an act will be passed, and that bey can say., "we did It." i hope and recommend that yon rill enact such law as will do away rith the abominable system of havr.g o exchange mileage for railroad fckets, and provide one fare on all uilroads for both rich and poor jlke. I respectfully recommend that you ass laws (hut will favor and protect abor In all its legitimate railings nd endeavors, and such laws as will rotert capital in all Its lawful inestments, so that all of our people my be properly protected, and that e may give equal rights to all and pecial privileges to none. I respectfully call your attention d the evil of the sale and use of ooaino and such like drugs, and would ecomniend that you pass an act taking the sale of It or the havig It In possession without a proper ygal excuse a crime punishable by uprisonmeat without the alterna[ve of a fine. I also, In this conecflon, beg leave to call your atstifion to the evil of the habitual riuklng of coca cola, pepaicola, and iu*h like mixtures, ss 1 fully beeve they are injurious. It would a better for our people If they ad nice reepectahle places where ley could fo and buy a good, pure lnes of cold beer than to drink such JlirWTl 11H1B. I respect fully recommend that you ass nu net prohibiting the smoking f cigarettes by boy* under the are f sixteen years, end prohibiting the lie of cigarettes and cigarette parr in this State. I respectfully recommend that you iss a law prohibiting the sale f toy pistols and guns, and iso a law prohibiting any child nder sixteen yoarn of age ownig or having in posseesion any gun r pistol or toy gun or toy pistol r gun or pistol of any character hatsoever, as In my opinion many r Vbe accidental aid other ahootigs and killings of today are caus1 by the desire for guns or pistols eated In the minds of tho youths hile playing with toys of this charter. Some action should be taken to d our circuit courts of the ex?nse of tvying minor cases. We ofn see case* In court where many Itnesse* are called from their places business, sit around the court>uee possibly for half or the entire 1 ?ek at heavy expense to the county, ' id when the case It brought on for 1 lal there la either nothing In It or 1 <ss1blr a fine of one hundred dol- 1 rs or less Is Imposed In case of * nvlctlon. I think It would be bet- r to put more of this kind of cases the hands of the magistrates, so ' at they couVd he summarily dealt 1 th at absolutely so ?.- ' tinty and where (hey could bo fix- 1 as much pnnlahment as la many ' no* gtwen by our circuit Judges. 1 ther this should be done or else r u should retatdlah a court for the '' al of all cases less than felony. a you ?e? from the extra terms of ' nrt hald, from the special Judges Ing appointed, and other expense*. a it the question Is becoming a ser- ' is one, and the people are tired' r d beginning to complain of the fl item as It now I*. Much has been said about the enment of law* In regard to the C i lor in our cotton mills. These >plo are our people; they are our id red: they are our friends, and my opinion they should oe lot no. and allowed to manage their II n children and allowed to manage n ir Own affnlra T on, #..n_ . > > i ii 117 con- 1? rod that dealing in cotton futures 0: mill officer* has lost thousands pi dollar* to our State, and today o! e some embarrassed, which mon- at if it had been paid to the labor- ai for services, would have saved tr ay a close down for a week or m >, where the help has been put at of a loh. and which have caused th ictlines suffering and pain. I can ai say that resignations or death* fa jffirlals have been caused by such ar lings, hut eufferlnt* have been Tl ught to the people who work in ar the mills, and. If any ieglaimuou is ; to take place, as between the mill : owner and the mill operative it I seems to me that this is the line 1 along which to work. 'i There hae come to me much com- 1 plaint in regard to the management i of and dealings with the patient* and property of the State hospital for the insane, and admission of persons who should be tried in the criminal courts but who are accepted by the superintendent before a i 1llTV V? ta u mi\ ti?\nn t oeaa I would respectfully recommend that I you amend s-setioa 2247, volum# 1, or the cotle, by striking out five and Inserting se.ven, so as to give each congressional district a represents- ? tlvo upon that board; or possibly It would be better If you would so auiearfl It as to give each jndlclal olroolt ? representative upon the toard. In this way all parta of the State would have a representative. i 1 respectfully recommend that you ; amend the law which places white i convicts In the same camp and works them along in the same squads with nosrro convicts. I do not believe In | "this, and believe that a governor would be justified In granting a pardon to a white man who is thus | treated, and T beg of you to remedy this evil at your earliest opportun- : ity. 1 would respectfully recommend ! that you amend your present dlspen- j sary or prohibition act so as to provide that 1u case a majority of the white citizens of any county shall desire n license system, that it may be j granted. Section 11, article 8. of; the constitution of 1R?5, provides in part.: "The general assembly mar ' license persons or corporations to manufacture and sell and retail alcoholic liquors or beverages within the State, under such rules and re-j strlcttons as It doenis proper." We 1 now have the las- so that they may ! have a county dispensary or prohibition. No*-, in order to be truly ' Democratic t~ " *""" all parties.' In my opinio! 'ment should be made. Upon tnis platform 1 made ' the rnce for the governorship, and ' upon this platform I was elected,' the majority of the white people ex- j pressing themselves as In favor of I allowing those counties where pro- I hihition can not he enforced, and ; where the dispensary has proved and ' is proving to he a supply station of blind tigers and cheap whiskey?that they should be allowed to have relief bj- this system. I would not fafor under any conditions, forcing It upon any community, but if a majority of their white people want It it is their right as provided In our constitution, and thev should h?vp It. And when I say white people I I mean white voters, and you should provide that all questions of this character shall ln? settled in n primary, where every white cilizen is allowed to vote, and not submit it In a general election, where the necro might he and is the balance of power. Rut under no conditions or circumstances would I sign a bill allowing the reinstatement of the old bar room system. And if license is allowed I recommend that you prohibit any whiskey being sold in less quantities than one-half pint, or between sunset and sun-up. and that you prohibit it from being drunk on the premises or sold under any circumstances to minors or inebriates or behind closed deora or screens; prohibit any obscene pictures on the premises, or any billiard or card or pool room connected therewith; and providing that any person holding a license who shall violate any provision of the law shall immediately upon conviction forfeit his license and he forever thereafter barred from being licensed, and In addition be Imprisoned at har'I labor in the State penitentiary without the alternative of a fine. I respectfully recommend that you amend the present law so as to make < executions for the crime of rape or iseault with Intent to ravish, public, as I believe this will bring about ' nore satisfactory results?allowing nners, and particularly those of the rounder generation of that race Irun ?rhlch moat of chtve culpri s e * e, j o hare a fttll *iew of the pei-Mi* ( nent meted out Possibly ?sj this r.eana some iyn.hlntfs could h? pr?- r rented, though ao long na this crime f a committed I have little hcnf of r ynehlnga bsins stopped. Some n?w?- 1 my era and some people, in ?very t ontroversy between the va to man r ;nd the negro, soein to tpno delight Pi n taking the sklo of the nvn and h lenoitnclng the lynching,!Mi; tVs It p white man's country anjFwill con- ;i nue to b-j ruled by the white man, o egardless of the opinions or oil- ti orlnla of q mrter or half breeds or n r>relgnera. The pure hloolc ! Cau- w aalon will always defend th vir'ee f our women, no matter whet Ihs nst. If rapo is committed, dsatn lUSt follo-V. jp .Xppropriat Ions. In I sincerely trust that in your de- v* beratio is yon will be liberal, but 1 ot extravagant, and that you will >duco expenses, and not make any ' U1 (travacant ?nnrnnplaU/?" ' wr< iv#i any iirpose. stop the useless expenditure !l> r money by ojclals, stop the ere- ni ion of an 1 abolish useless officers I id nil other methods of careless, ex- | avagant and useless expenditure of j oney. and that you will not ere- in e an Increase In the tax levy, hut ire mt you will reduce both the State a id the county levier, as all our Pi xos are too high, and our people nn e now burdened with taxation, lie tiey are groaning under their load hi id begging relief, and to you and 'if ruu alone must they looV for It. for rou and you alone can give It. and If you do not give it the responsibility will rest upon you. And be assured that In the next campaign the linea will be closely drawn along the line of extravagance and the expenditure of money, as the people are today aroused upon this matter as they have not been in years before. As for my part, I believe that the grandest, most perfect and inde pendent form of government is poor government and a rich people When you make a rich government and thereby impoverish the people or make a poor people, you reverst democracy and create dissatisfactloi and diacontent among the people who are the maatera. and not th< servants, as some would have ui think. Givs me a poor governmen and a rich people In place of a ricl government and a poor people. Fo the past few years the Idea seems t< have been to raise the tax levy high er, make assessments higher, maki more extravagant appropriations an< spend the people's money uselessly making both the people and the gov ernment poor, for the l>eneflt of i few who hold special positions an< draw large salaries and who havi been tryng to create here in ou State an aristocracy, not of blood not of brain, but of money. I bei you to change the course, and by s< doing you will make for yourselves i reputation that the people will ris< en masse and say to you. "Well done good and faithful servants." I have been advocating these prin ciples for year* in the house, in tin senate and on the stump in my bono county and throughout the State. an? have stoed squarely upon them ou in the open and never waited to se< which would be the populnr side be fore taking a stand. Even whei some of them were very unpopulai and It seemed that any man wh< dared advocate them was doomed tc political oblivion I stood by then and made the fight to keep them uj and begged the people not to be de reived, but to hear me for my cause and now we see some men and news papers who did not stnnd for them or who. if they did, were afraid t( acknowledge it, endeavoring to clnin the credit of leading In the fight. W< are glad to have their help, ever though It comes at so late a day and Is possibly hvpocrltical. And now, in conclusion, I pray God's direction for each and every one of you, and that yon may dr your full duty, coneclentiously. and to the best interests of the entire people of your State. And as for myself, I pray God that lie may sc guide and direct me in the discharge of my duties that I may lie fair and impartial to all of the citizens of my State, boot black and white, and that ha may so direct nie thnt during my i* i in or omce ills nil, and not mine, shall be don*. CAUSED l?Y WHISKEY. IVmciiiakor and Drunken Youth Killed in n Duel. In a pistol duel at Raiford, Bradford County, Fla., Saturday afternoon, J. II. Jones and a young man by the name of Wells were killed and A. D. Andrews was, perhaps, fatally wounded. Wells, a twentyyear-old youth, started the trouble, while intoxicated, by trying to run a colored man away from his worn in Andrews' grist mill. Andrews tried to Induce Wells to leave the place, when he drew his revolver and began firing at Andrews, who returned the fire. Andrews was hit once and Wells received four bullets, which caused his death. J. II. Jones, Andrews' partner, was killed by Andrews while acting as peacemaker. Andrews is president of the IJank of Raiford. IKIED TO ASSASSINATE THEM itrect Car Conductor and Motorinnn Were Ambushed. At Charleston Conductor Price and dotorman Sullivan were shot Monlay night in the suburbs of the city, .c. .*iu?uuiiH crossing, by parties, or whom Ike detectives and the rual police officers are now searching, 'he wounded m?n were brought to he city in an automobile and carled to the St. Francis Xavier inrmary for treatment. The men hart ad no trouble with obstreperous1 eople. and the shooting is much of1 mystery. There were no passengers j n the car at the time. If the mo-! ive was robbery, tho conductor's loney was not disturbed. The guns i ero loadvd with hirdshot. i t ? Charged With Itiirglary. Mr. and Mrs. J. .S. Roberts are in . ill at Newberry charged with burg- ] uy. the arrest being made on a arrant from Piilloek County, (J: ; he couple insistently deny their | nilt and say that they have been ,< IIpose 1 upon. Mr. and Mrs Itnh- i is caino to Newberry .1 few days ( ;o for the purpose of opening a l oving picture show. Were Found Dead. The German balloon Hildebrandt, 1 issiag sinro its ascent at Schmar- \ ndorf, December i?9, was found in 1 lake in the Womerania province, |y tissin. The bodies of both aero- j n mts were in the gondola. It had r en believed that I)r. Roehrs and u s companion met death in the Ba?-1 h sea. 1< nr i n Ain nnME UEAft ULU liUiHLi Id the Country That Many oi Us Weary Souls Yearn and Long For. IT WAS SECRET AND DEAR L It Will Never Fade From Memory As Ivonn As Ijife leasts?It. Moans ? Contentment, IV^j an,] Plenty to B g All Who Are Fortunate Enough to t 1 Five There. r The word home is a most preoious one to the soul of every person. In - It start tho vorv rnnlo rtf mtr (,?! ,,. 1 out of it a~e the issues of life ami . fortune; to it we turn with "memory dear" wherever fate takes us. * It is the beginning of the state, tho . fashioning place of manhood and r womanhood and final citizenship. > Where shall it be to best make all 1 these pood thinps possible? 3 j There is no place on earth like the p country to build a home. Instinctively the hearts of parents in the cities turn to the vision of a counti; home in which to rear children. Tne universal heart of humanity lo.igs for the place of the "vine and tip tree" where life and homo shall find its true abldinp place. As one pazos upon the wretchedness of the cities, "prent sores on the body politic" as Jefferson called them, the otiiy euro for this over crowded expression of poverty, crime and discontent thn presents itself to us is the country. Why do not these people po 'o tho 1 country? Why do they toil, sla'e nnd suffer with no plaee to po a for rest but these wretched abodes of ' dirt and prime? Verily, a tent by the road-side, the contact of (lod's ' dirt, not man's dirt, would he a- a } palace to (hose thousands of wreteh1 ed homes in citie*". The same question necessarily preJ sents itself, even to those in the city who are w?ll removed from poverty, and the vision of a home in the country as a solace for many of their ills, will not fade from their eyes. ' On the nipht of the GOth perform' ance of Denman Thompson's Iviuti' ful American drama "The Old Homestead" at Park Street Theatre in New ' York, we saw the house filled to repletion with prey haired men and women who came there to solaco their hearts with a vision of the dear old home in the country. The toil, the drudgery, the privation of their early life in the country, to escape which they had come to the city when young, was as nothinp beside tho quaint little old house by tho roadside, the open barn and the preat oNon with the towering load of h iy, the blessed old well and its flowing bucket, and the smiling fields. As we passed out with the emerging throng, we heard expression like these. "Wasn't it sweet and dear?" "Oh, if we could only get hack to the country once more:" and the like. Now this mighty attendance, night after night, was hut the 'eep and abiding longing in the hearts of these men and women for a home in the country. Country life in the T'nited States has just awakened to a partial realization of its meaning. The light of seieinee, of art, of invention, is surrounding farm life with compensations today that the city cnnno' offer. Great fortunes are not ma te here, nor are they desired, but comfort, peace, abundance of gonl food, health and that freedom that "passes all understanding" in cities, is tlio heritage of the country. Then again, life, on the farm is calling for an amount of intellectual force, real brain action that stamps it as one of the learned professions of the day. To he a thorough student of the soil and its needs; of plant life and the management of crops; of the breeding and care of animals; is an accomplishment of brain and thought that may well challenge the ambition of the most learned. The man who thinks there is no |>lare for the exereise of intellectual power on tho farm 1s sadly mistaken. All that the conn try really needs is that it shall he studied and understood. It has spJonlid possibilities for the most perfect life, the most invigorating, tin; .freest and more inspiring. Its. wojjk. is jiot drudgery when tlio sisjnijlc^noe.and full meaning of that work ji? ooinprehended. It is tho place of. all places to t :r children, for it endows them with a practical imderst&ljtfiVig of the realities of life l>:if becomes invaluable afte rward in in? llrtV "'of human effort; and its rewards financially are r< r and as great <? proportion to ca ital used, is in?uny of tho oilier vo atlons. fine 'act stands out with peculiar signiii anco Kvfmv vtlin?o? ?i"i ? 11 " . ^ . i.mi rt 11 *1 II t' 11 y s tilled wit,U retired farmers. No rther cfiUing furnishes an expression ike 1 li is. Fvplosioti of Dynamite. A dynamite explosion in ii ttinnel ending to the Seventy-third street v ater supply crib in Chicago, where nan.v lives were lost by fire two ears ago. fatally injured two workiien Monday. Twenty-six others narowly escaped death. Tho dynamite /as accidentally struck with a crow ar used to loosen rock in a tunnel ending from the crib.