The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 01, 1895, Image 4
I'KOl'l.lC YOU HICAX) A II OUT.
PARK 1 1 URBT--I >r . Parkhurst will <ilvc
two lectures In Chlcugo early this week.
OI^Al>BTONlC?lt Is hhIi! that Gladstone
In Ids younger tiny* used to slug negro
nulodlna with banjo actonuuinlnr.nl
very creditably.
JONKilP Itev. Q. Wynne Jon. s, of Haiti
tnOvo 1h going to start u "'domestic ^n
? Htltnte," the object of which shall bo
to train girls for domestic service.
KIiOWKH? Hx-Qov< rnor Klowcr saw
Funny Davenport la "Hlsmonda" on
Haturday evenfpg. lie turned pale w h<n
the tiger wa,i defeated. New v. Vk
World.
WlLIiAHUb >M1m VVlllurd, ncloy of l \ uu
cos Wlllard, Ik a tenant of Mrs. cievc
land's at tho White House. Miss Ull
lard la a singer of much excellence. ^hr
has had supi rlor schooling abroad
THB CHAlt ? Russian Journals arc Mill
In mourning for tho c/.ar. They will
continue to1 surround their fiont i-hk1 *
with a border of black until a ye.tr h;?*
elapsed from tho date of bin death.
13 1 WD1SN? > Christian l?icden, tho <? di-m
member of the Herman itv i< hstug. c h
bra ted the oighty?foui th anniversary <>f
Ids birth the other day. lit- I* one of
tho moat active and faithful members
of thc? body and has b. en In political
llfo about thirty yearn .
WAllNKR ? Tho fuct that ("hurlcs Inid
ley Warner's latest novel has bcoy the
most successful that he has ever writ
ton should < uemirage young American
wrltoi'H who cravo fame before their
tline. Mr. Wuriict* ban passed middle
llfo by several years, but bin literary
|?OW< rs aro on tho lucreaso rather than
on tho wane. ?.s
llAI^POUR? Recently Ahfruir llalfour
won distinction mm a parlor entertainer
by acting as an amotcur showman at
Whlttlnghame. In his leisure hours
Mr. Hal four gultlvutes both sport and
learning very fluceesHrully. He in no
tably a good golf play, r, and he lids
become an authority on ghosts and
, other objects -or physical research.
HUMiiKRT ? King Humbert docs not
spare hlms If In the economies toned
upon Italy; 101 posts at court were
abolished lust year, Including those of
minister of the royal household, prt feet
of tho royal palaces, and master of the
ceremonies. The llrst act of tho king's
reign was to give ao.ooo.ooo francs of tils
private* . fortune toward paying Ids
father's debts.
RWUD- Mr. Heed's prominence as u i>os
slblo candidate for tin- Presidency hu.s
stimulated his corresponden e to a poin<
Where It has become a burden. ||v re
ceives hundreds of I r> 1 1 ? ? r ^ every day.
most of them assuring him of success,
and It takes tho great- r part of bin
tlmo to attend to them. It rub him
of all leisure and prevents him
from glvhiK much attention to Congtus.
slonal duties.
CURT-lN-ln accordant ? with the jolui
resolution unanimously passed i>> buth
branches ef the He<;lslalurc sting
A. K, McClure to deliver -an address
belore that body on (he ||f.., ehartndei
and public eervlc s or the lute <b,vcrn
or Curt In, 'tho l.cghvlatlvc comuiltlci
waited on Mr. McOlurc on Fafurday,
and Wednesday evening. .lanuary :io'
? was agreed upon us a time fm- <| iiv
erlng the add rem# hi the hall of tin
House of Kcprcront,itlv*s.
1 'ON HON HY?Tho stroke ?,f par.il vsp
"??that rob* ?jumrn Victoria of Sir H.'nry
Ponsonby's services deprives her of an
Invaluable attendant. As private s c
retury and keeper of her Malrsty's
privy purs.* his duties were aldn.ms
ami dlgnlflgd. l'erha,iH h s r. iente.it
.characteristic was his tact, which was
coupled with l lie knack or saying lust
tho right thing at tin- right time. The
Queen Is credited with hav.ng made
many amusing Idunders on ovasbms
when (ieneral l'onsonby was absent
and the duty of directing the answers
to her coii-isponde.-i. e devoHod on her
self.
Irut't
(Mir gay and frivolous colored contem
porary Truth, has brok. n out In a u-w
placc. It takes the ground that "< ivlllzeil
man cannot do without cooks," and goes
for him bald-headed on What he eals arid
the minions who prepare p. Inddei.talU
dragging In ,|,c learned Jn.lg % McAdan,
who hands down a decision th.it good
cooking Is a test of matrimonial felicity.
As to tho depth ot knowledge Truth dis
plays on this subject, we are not prepar
ed to say~bi?ddtH, personalities are bad
form-but If ail our "Mlddys" were Jls
dainty and wholly captivating as im.
y?.mK -kllelipii Inily" on T,ml," rr.,1 ,
cover cooking a.< a science would cease
to exist, and poor, bewildered, delighted
nan would jillndly swallow any Indlg'l
tlhle compound that the angel of sauce
pans chose to administer. We don't wish
to Insinuate by this I li;t t our i
contemporary is wide of |,s nu.rk-onlv
that is cooks are of ? .ilfier j,t breed
from those w? have been accustomed to
On fh.o whole, after looking this numi
over, we are Inclined t? ha v.- a little
mom fwllh In the mlip.nlum. and 'I r.ith s
earnest endeavor to be tho. brig best c
riodlcal of Its , K 1 ,H
\cmv W ? ? III II II lv IIDIVN It All.
Itohert llarr 1 1 : i k lately visited Amer
i , '.mil I ho il iy I 1"? ?: i ? lie snilod I. r lOii.i
Inii'.l lie was i.t'kitr-r to ;i | ?;i r t y of frit'iols
:i tld opminj: li s in :i i | .
1 1 1> opened f. >iiii- iwi^lVli :i it 1 1 A morion n
llOWSpllper*. .III"! I e.'ld ill lltl K >||H> *?f ||u
? ?oiiiiik ins ii ] h .ii Ins in w I looks. One of
these, a \ ? >i 1 1 1 > i ? - hi tdiorl .stories, contains
"A I ????:? I on '( 'ha lino," wlii.-h \\ ;iM '.'iiy?i
piih.ir.jied 111 iin Aiiivrloin p:i|ior.
"\\ liy i< 1 1 mill iin American public read
stories <i| A ;ii' )',?? t n Ii Tv will !i-n I ? y :in
Knjflishman .Mrs. A:h.rion iisketl.
Here v. tin this .-lory, "A l>i ii mi
'< 'ha hn.\ ' | ? 1 1 1 1 ? ; i ? n m irivp ;i pi-inre of
?\ ii 1 1 St re.-i . ill- \ * s i'l- 1 ill I I, slit*
s ii. I. o.nlii si i? t Ii ? i it u:is tli.. work of
ii foreigner . .Not i. Hi' single 1 i 1 1 ? ? ^:i\i>
mi idea ui A.in't i 'it ii life, 1 1 .. 1 1 1 1 o| \ u'\v,
u'.'iys if il.;ilii;j on Vlii, rue. . . i finyliiln^
else llliil was ofiiny (*i illfiiS 1 1 1 1 nee .
.Mrs. Athertoi .-imply stfipt t Ii ? ? w!i..|v
story in) i her iii- ntal vsnde basket . The
oil iiii-ii 1 1 : ?; 1.1 . .1 1,,|" i;.it A 'III'V.I'.III III' I
1 1 1 ? ? ii. it v. .is ii..t /.ii \itnrian Wall
St root; llio st 1 1 y w.is ;i s f.ir from truth
a.s tin" narrative of l!i I'.iitish author
w lio shot. I nt I i<i ~ ump-r t Ii ?"? pa'm trio-,
of 1 1 n i*l< ' it> r:i i.?:i
.Mr. r.iirr look. i! ? ? ? i - 1 1 . 1 nn ) p. ? hm; v<>.
Iliis heavy ii-'nii- cs tili I ?! n dejected
ly i 1 1 1 tin- s t rii \v chutr ,
"And to t ! 1 1 1 1 K . " h > s.ii.l, "t'lit M:s.
A fhorton )i.-im foiim' out :itl that! I
tllOllirllt I <1.1 I stiUicien t ly prep I nil IIIV
self tor writii.L' an A iio-ricj n ^t.n by
boinj; born hete, Itiiu :i i ? ? - w - j ? : i j ? r man
from t'iy car'.ntd youth, :i ? t ? i :i Wall
Street reporter !nr live years"!
"W'hon I first roporvd that -lo:y, ho'<c
one srreat W'a'i Sir. el man look nnother
mtt in h i? yin-lit .* ? 1 1 ? 1 *mashel him on
h'lovated 8 tori:, be-anwo the liiv-t man's
new daughter-iti law wiin not fardifou
a Mo enor.*rh for tin- other man's family
to en!J tijK>n, I little t!i ni^lit Hint Mix.
Atherton was waiting uhcad in the eo::i
in< y<vtr? to full upon my -Oory of tti*
"ncal." ami show that neither of th <se
well-known operators wvrc Americans,
and that they did not know how i>j
tnnke a don} on Wall Street The in
toflve |>ower of those new women! h
beats me!" ? Munaey's.
? ~ "JTrV-w* ^Tr) in in I ii it k.
^ Ostrich fi nf'Ju r trlm ii*ni made of
tUKl'Il iiUo' J-1* vi i'v- .*K>tni|jir for
<lro**<**, ?n<l cf.miH in sot* jdi'ap .T" to
oirtHne'^^tW rtr- k. wl h l.-irRor feather*
to form the *leev<\<. Amo:i? other i. >\
eMimt In <*ro?H trlarnilnKs is a .lei band
nliap^d to rfljjo n yoko. nmL^fror.i thix.
fn fronf fmiim thentllo frfngr.
ti*ro W. "thn^ 1ii'*Iioh xvHy Jot. wl.ich
rea^hc* the #ot?onr. of the
. v -f*.' ? ?
INDUSTRIES.
? ..
PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH.
Among tho orroucou* iuii?.ejoiU?n? prev
illicit in the minds of mitive* of lCuro
penji countries, an well h? inuiiy other
wist' enlightened people of tho Northern
und Western portion* *>f thin Country, in
til at concerning tho laok ??f pio^resH In tin?
South The invariable rejoinder to ti r
ipiiut'iiti otherwise favorable to tbe
South m to excellent ioetlon to emigrate
to 1* that "th'ngd down there are too
?!ov*.M
1'Veqilellt'y this falliclOUM I H*1 1 ?* f Rlillrl
TtHlfiiiv with p<-o;>i?* who would he rivhi*
coil sly indignant ill lhi> Implication of
their not being well po?tcl on tho rein
l J \ *? prog res* of tln? various sections of
our country Tim Kmigraut has opened
ll.t> f.vcH of many otheiwise w ? II informed
pcopN* um to the climatic eondit Oils of
lli<' Southern Stat ?* as e miparcd with
tlioso <>f Kuropcan count rii'H anil porlhniH
of our iikm country esteemed uioro con
gonial thau soleidific oI*hci vation* hcwii
lo juatify. It now preHonta after much
< I i I igcu t renearch, facts ami figures estib
lishing the title of that region compiled
in eleven Southern Slates, to the claim
of belli;: more progrcaaitc than one coiiM
expel after tin'- dvvastation wrought by
war and piling" anil much more so than
section^ that have iiail nothing lo disturb
their equanimity.
In AlH'il ISCJ5 the Southern Confcdcr
aey yielded t< the I'nioii forces; 1l#? sur
vlving ofliceiH ami men rcl inning 4o
peaceful avocations. Kor four yearn it
nut maintained an unequal struggle,
sometimes licr-'C, nud at all times unre
in 1 1 1 i ng.
To keep 1 1 h armies re-enforecd it had,
an wan apt!y sai I, robbed the cradle and
tho grave. Not less exhaustive h i<l hecn
its drain upon the materia! resources of
the cloven Stales of which it was com
poSed.
/trailing to obtain official recognition
Ify foroigu countries, it could not antici
pate future rcvouum h.v loans, and <thus
Without credit fihroad. if wcossarKy de
pended mainly upon Its ow id resour ?<>? to
maintain its armies and to nupport tin*
wotpen nnd idiildren, the ago<l and help
less 'within itn borders. The .vupply af
forded was frequently altared with the
invading f'ninn armies, which were eon
nlantly going up and down throughout
the ( 'on federa"y seeking what tlic.v
nihrlit devour or destroy.
('(?nsei|ueiit!y at the el-use of the con
tent little of personal estate rein lined in
tliis devastated country, and of ihe real
ty. ii It h < >11 gl i the soil wan I ? ? f t . Iio'ih?s
had been demolished r hurned. fences
appropriated for camp tires h.v holh a r
niies. and ti'iibnru us' il for fortifications;
everywhere there were marks of the
ravages pllich the terillde ey 1 ? -II.* of
civil \var had le't up m I lie la ml.
Purine the ntrti'm the j >< >1 i Id al fabrics
of the several Stale* had also toppled
over, an I these must i, ft tin l>e rebuilt.
Tin; entire .vystcm of hi bur ha 1 bcun
uprooted and tie- e, lore 1 man, Uie for
inev laborci. half dazed wis wandering
idly about n t knowing In what to invent
hin newly found freedom.
Sueh were the conditions which con
fronted the e\ soldiers of th ? Confedera
cy an they rea died llieir homes in that
idcasan.t spring month of I and
>\ I < i h 1'ref.fri'cil obstacdes hardly 1 ? < for
mid ride than had been the nrmicH of
? Irani and Sherman. The ex-soldiers,
liowever, and evidently a I concerned,
went to work with a will, and of the
ren nits of their lobor and enterprise the
publication* of the eleventh eennns will
help to tell.
There Is pel Imps no surer indication
of the prosperity of a country than the
| Increase of its population:
Va. .
N. 0.
S.
< ? a .
f;?.
Via.
M ir-H.
1 ,11.
TeX.
Tell.
Ark.
l'opula t ion.
I S<M?
2.41S.77I
1.017,017
1.151.110
i.is7.:ca
3111.422
i .513.017
.1.2SO.OOO
. 1.1 1S.5S7
. 2.2.15.523
i. 707.51 s
1 , 1 2S, 1 71)
1 HI M ? .
i,niMi,:ns
< Oi 1.022
703, 70S
1,< ?r>7,'js<;
140.121
WU.'JOl
701,' -?05
70H.002
0OI.212
1.1<)0.St>1
ir?o
I noroaso.
S22.450
025.32 '?
+17,441
7so.(X17
250.1MS
r> is.sk;
4 10, f 85
4 10.5S5
1,031.31 1
(557.727
05 >2,72.1
T..ta I. .10.100.00,0 0,1(V'll3'JO 7,.T'?5.74 >
From thin tn.ldo it will 1m> scoii thai
notwithstanding llio intervening war, in
less than om> generation tin* population
of tin* States in f i Host iou luis increased in
tin* augrcualo SO per con I.. Florida ami
Arkansas more than tripling their re
spect ive populations wit !i;l n I hat jioriod.
Fx cop t In tin* newly ?otth*d Ti*rri torts
? f tin* West, this Increase is unparalleled.
It even oxeeeds that of the North At
! .1 til i?- I>ivitdon, eomp osed of the New
II upland Status, with New York, Penn
sylvania and Now Jor.?oy. This division
has 1n recent y<*nrs enjoyed a prosperity
so markod as to arouse a jealousy In
other sections of tho 1 * ii ion an-l to pro
voko i-har^. s i>f spc\al ' lcgisla ti<<n in its
favor.
Yet i't s p<tpnla t ion ? liii^ Increased only
from lo.5'.? l,2.Nt. in l*>0()to 17, 1<>1,515 In
1n;m, ii ii increase ot <>,807.277 or only <>-1
P> r crrit. a rato of 10 per ? n t . less
than the avtiMSo inorehue in ll.o States
compiisiiti; the late I "onfodoraoy.
The valuation p] iced upon properly for
t..\ati ?n is jiNo in a general ?iiv .?? fair
judication of the material condition ot :i
? ' . ? l! I? ! r> at the time ??!" the assessment.
The following talde sliovs the \:ilue
p ' * I '1 , ?u taxahlsM e.l! < state ill t he eleven
South- i ii States referred to t\>r IN IO,
ISTo iti
I l^>->. the
In I -< ' per
i valuation:
? >e:-i.-el \ .1 111;,
a i nou n!
out t.>
I toil
tor ls;<i
r n^' t heiy
,?.?! Kstnte
I 'la.
Telil
Ar It.
Toiit
lS'KI.
u
i r.:,v,*>.
W.ol2.7:3
:*i7 I
o'v-i.ar,
i)i, v.n ,. mi
1 M.7*W. (SI
117.i?H.I'VJ
1 ".'l.t.l ? >7 .
-.;'.y,-'.st l
1N7'?
;?*: o.r.' ani
K.l'A.t.J
1 IM S. 7 .J
K..l.r>8. l:.2
!?.1 77s, 4! t
!it,.;jj,7'Vs
IVt. 7 1 .70*1
77.7f.MJ-M
t > 1-S "tlH
W'.ts't.SM.T
ISiXl.
U7.:vm,.l,:'s
ii?:.::ih,. m
l:"'.77..i si
1M.7-..' Mil
17!?.sm|, til
LM,7.'2.S!0
lV..i'3t.wsjl
t'.7,s.X7:t7
iSii,7i'_.:>ss
112. 17?*. on
on
63. V, t . a to
".?.??* <.7!*
s West
?:t:t l.vll.TK.rtjs t.v.l,
VI ruin la.
? in
* I uclud
I'nfortuiiato'y no report of su -h a-*T<s
| oil valuation for 1 S(V? n??w o'ttainahle.
| hut (lie figures reported show tljat from
t'\'1K7'i. ti ?*? yenrs iifii'r t'u* wo. r
| ejosed. the nss<Y<Mod value of roa^ estate
, tave.l i<i the < 'on ferler.T v had shrunk
j SUM.-:. 107.075 This amount repre-eius
mainly tho a^s< x .iluo of
! hui'dincrs. feu os, uikI uther on
t pi oviTiients <lestn>y? <l hy the war and
not restored five years after its clone. It
| would douN'1'Vi.s In- safo to say that h*:
i fore any recuperet ion hal hi'irun, there
j would h * vo been found a shrinkatje of
? fully .iikI the nsscnse.1 vnl
I nation of real esvta te In the St^te? of the
I late < 'onfederaoy iu ISid would prohaidy
, have horf-n (in ?l?oot $1 .C51.013.0fC:.
: The ntoonnt of Rhrlnkaxo in the \nlue
j of person*! property during the period
i Is not so easily ascertained. It tnii^t l?e
remembered (hit in 1 H* K >. according to
tho reports of the eighth census, there
was of taxable property in the Union
w ? persons designated Us "slave
population" ami differentiated into ' black
an I luulfttto, male and female."
Of this iM>piilatiou tin* la{o Confedor
a to State* wore credited with .'5,.VJl. 1 1<?
till of whom evidently were included for
asaesnmont with all other personal prop
erty for tho census year.
'l'lie following tahlo HbmvH tbo aKse>?,<d
value of all personal properly tnxc<l in
the States comprising tho (.Jon fedora e>
for lHtJO, lK7o ami INK)? the amount for
IS70 ha? lieen decreased jwr cent.,
to redu<*o them to a coin valuation:
Asseggod Vuluutlon of 1'orsoual
J 'roll, rty Tuxed.
Slate. I Sim l.sso. 1S60.
Va 208 700,23# JO"*, 249,91 D .'.'i'j.'K;<i. K-8
N. C 93.23t.7r-' 37,M5.a.W I7i,(i3| ,028
s <* 7H.2jo,;iu; 3;.fi,:>t?.. t u
(la l'.?0.7KI,030 6C.6l7.ftt2 43*. 130,946
Flu 13,185, 117 9.h2?.'.22 47,2<?X.K7.".
Aila 101,237.(101 3W,f??7.612 277. MM >;/.<
Miss Ifi.r/J.X?1 <7.WO,3ll 311.01.17.".
I. a 74, WO, 905 41l.622.MI lw,0K2,;'7/
'IV x 257.0M,f>O7 42.037 OWt 1WS, 316,322
Ti ll W.fcff.iWl ?1,&97.I28 112,r/>4 Ofct
Ark <H.320.M>7 25.HI.%31 llfl,D~6,.r.r>0
Total 1,213.016,1 IS 490,000.246 2,m.>MUM>
The total loss of personal property as
sensed for taxation from 1M('0 to 1H70 as
shown hy the table in $ 1, 08S.7S I In
tills in Included ?ho value of slave prop
orly, tho a mono* of whioh 1m unknown,
atnl ean only l?e approximated.
It is noticed that the value of live
stock upon farms ami of farm iiivl ?*
mollis and inn hlnery average* for the
yea's IH70, 1SSI) and 1NDO about one
ha'f of tho total assessed value of nil
ta.vaMe personal pronert.v.
The value of such stock Imnlemonls
and machinery In 1800 wiw .$40-T7."0,
(UI7 ii ml if this relation held ir o I then
the value r,f personal property Waves
omitted) would have been double the
amount or $1>27.-,>00.07 1 which amount
l iken from (he total assessment, $',\
?47S.S H.-tof) leaves as the nw'sncil value
of slave properly $1,.V>1,3-I4..*!.M or about
$ 170 per capita.
If this result correct, there must
? hen be a shrinkage of value in the
Confederate Stales be I ween 1-VtJO ami
IM7<? of personal prop.Ttv taxed Slaves
omitted* from $01'7.fi0O.f)7l to $100.0^0,
?Jlti or $4:?7.-4.'M.8-?T
This shrinkage, as in the case of r; ??? 1
estate, !s to the year I.X70. not 1K(?5.
when the war closed. Considerable of
the los* innnt hive been meanwhile re
stored, and in th:s ease it is safe to as
mime that. Exclusive of sab-n, Ihpre was
a loss in the Confederate States of per
sonal property taxed during the war of
$( WVl.OOO.OOO, mrking the value of as
sesscd personal property in 1S07? only
S.TJ7.rXM).(>7?. This loss taken with that
of real estate nnd improvements,
INIO.OOO indicates a total low to the ('on
fed-.-raey of actual tincrible essessiiblc
property from ISfiO to 1X05 of $1. |00,
000.000 and this includes no "conseouen
lial damages" arising from the diver
moii of wealth prod noting laborers as to
a consuming and destroying soldiery. A
comparison of the assessed wealth of
I lie Confederacy in 1X00, 1 S'05 (n t (ho
close of the wnri ami 1K',)<) may lh?-re
fore be thus stated:
I'la.Hs of Slaves omit-'
Prop' I y. IS! to ted rfio.
It. Kst. 2.26S.7!>9 613 1.0'.|.??13.6S3 1.S*.1.913,6S3
IV I' ty. 1.2W.0I6.4IS 327,.r>00,075 927,.VK),n74
Total 3,r.lI,K37.g^ 1.3K2. t1'2,7.">0 2.7S2. 113. 7:, 7
ll will he seen that the loss of $1.-400,
(ski, (MM) in assessed values accruinir from
the war ha? not only been restored, but
that the ass<,sseil value of property taxed
in 1 SI K) w.is $7'Jll.r>2.'l,.">0 1 in excess of
that of like property for 1S00.
The gain ?>f $2,120.422.o0-| in jhe as
sessed value of taxed property between
IS(55 and 1S0O in tlu> result <?f the ef
forts of the ex confederate soldiers nnd
their associates, and is indeed, a victory
of more renown than war could poss bly
have given: except in recently settled
portions, no such increase is recorded
elsewhere in this country.
It represents a gain of l.M per cent,
while that of the North Atlantic J>iv!s:on
of tho census has meanwhile been but
1.'i I per cent.
It will be noticed that the values
stated are Ken orally iIiono given to tax
aide properly for the purpose of taxation.
The rapidly increased vaule of indus
tries In the Confederate Stat ok is well
shown in the following table:
Clniracler of Indimtry. 1S1K>. 1S60.
I ,!\ e Stock, Valuo
ot $ 415,007,709 f SSI, 77 >5,0(11
Kami bands, fenced
ami hulldliiKS, val
110 of *2, 009.305, 9N8 $1.800, 70S, 193
ManufafturhiK pro
ducts, value of. .$ 579,693, 1," 5 f 155,461,291
M a nnfacturo of < *ot -
ton, value* of.... J 40,1(55,071 $ 7,&'>0,ll"
I i tMti Potatoes, bush
els of t 12, 417,309 0,617,062
Indian ( 'orn, ? bush
els of 3l9.4ril.K92 2VJ.fi27.17S
Oats, bushels of .. RO. 32*>. 1 21* 19, 9011,052
Mutter, pounds of 171. !W. 67a .'>9. 631. '27
liny, ton.** of....... 3,004.477 ?* .'I,i>S4,.">74
^1 iilca and Asses
number of 1. 355, 522 M.'.ST.S
( 'otton Hales, nuin
| ber of 7,121.030 6.31?. I?rt
t Morses. numb r of 2.6.2.02S 1. 712,63;
j These largely ineivased values In 1N!><>
j kIiow only in part the a dual increase
since the war. hut they show that not
withstanding tin* changed methods of )?i
hot*, the ihvd ruction ami upheaval* of
wnr. tin* Stalos which fa led to ? s ah
!ish their Independent government have
prospered limit r the oM Mac quite us well I
an any of their sisters in tho 1'nion. ami I
have a re.-ord in tho eleventh census of
which tln-.v may well be proml.
Not only in m iter al wealth. but n f'i
eiliieatloti of i(M people !i:lve tlje St ley I
comprising the late Confederacy ma b
> o'nine laMe pains.
The education p'atisli's previous to
1 SSt I are n<?t very wat :nfaeb>ry for nny
part of the I'nlon. hut the eleventh cen
sus sh<>v\r. vxpemlit ur?\s on account of
public common schools for the States of
the lute < 'onfi-<lora?y to have been $1'?.
o^T.SKl for 1 SIH ?. against $t?,ii4;>.MK) lor |
ISSn. a train of more than 1(*> per cent ;
in that decade alone.
The illiterate of ten >t'I?rs v>f si Re ( r I
over of i liene States have also decreased !
in number drring the last ile a le [
(?.">1 not wit -dn.nling I he iarge increase in
lH>;?ulat 'om. The percentage of pers n< i
??v. r ?>?!? jenrs of age tt ni hie t . ? resi.l or i
! write in l^su v%ns I.",, in |SfM but !
' and this improvement Iwik ail been ae I
eompl ishe<l without the ai. I of public "?i ti l r
| gran-t* or other charitiiw
I nilunt r In 1 Vote*.
Shavings from planing mills ami other I
winn| working factories, packed in ha.?*
sonicwhat like ?v>ttou for convenience in
handling an. I shipment, are becoming ;
I an article of considerable commerce in j
the white |iin? lumber regions of the ?
, XoiiUvvmmU tihiivigo uses this mntorl.it lu
llverv stables, in iee houses ami cine- j
i where. The demand is steadily liicrras
j <'???? i
Knthusiasm in regard to canal improve
I nientn, Ktich as aided to till the column* j
j of tho daily and technical press about a
year ajjo, has l?ornc no fruit an yet. and
there is every prospect that the ubiquit
ons mule w ill f i ?r the coiuiiiK Kpnnonj^^f
! |iM?t, continue si?< the motive powef on
I that strip of raging water lK>twcen A I
4 b*ry and Buffalo. |
CHILDREN'S CORNER
'i lit* l-'it 1 1 1 n it Kiii r.
A lit t lo nuiltl I'V tl.fi v\ lii l.nv-i.ai
,St<<?nl ?'u>{? rly wiltoMiii; a C ? I II c :: H'nr:
Hh?> oIm|>)>< i| Jit r ImukIh with ii <i?i ? k tit**
, IlKht.
1 > i i t ?fr w <l<'>n*!r?* a? It p;i?v?"l iYoin
hl^hl.
< fun mojiU'.a >ii til ax tlio vtiti , now dffid,
Tim m-xt ftliu licit* I ( i*r r i? rly head.
Ana huI<J w 1 ( It an ou i rif.it no -h moir* could
doiiM,
"I link It's a tnndlo tint I >o?l Mow oil!."
\\ Ullaiii N. 1 1 m y ittt in Hitip i'm Voting
I',
N TUB liROWNIUS' UOUSK
Jimiub b?y, j;;.* evt.y <?|l?**r rtehl
minded \outli, was a great udmirer of i
iht* Brownie*. hey They never paid any ,
attention to Him. but wont about 1 1 *c-i ?? J
l?iiMin( h.s iti t ho bo >ks a."? holiwunly a#
cviT ito inn Her what Juki's I"' migh'
era. k at their 4'\|H'inii* . Nor did it seen,
to make any difference to litem how
iuii h noise nii.t being made in the liur
Hery, they swum. threw snowballs
climbed trees, thittUd over Niagara, ami.
built houses as unconcernedly as ever j
Nevctihuless .1 1 inin '.obey liked tliein. llfci
didn't need to have any attention paid)
to hill) h.v the little folk In the pictures, j
lie did n t expect it, and so it made no.
difference to him whatever whether the} '
iu>! I -i d him or not .
The other day. however, just heron
the vacation had come to an end ?liiuime
lM>y had a very ijueer experience will,
his little . pi ??ture hook acqimintanoea i.
He wh s feeling a trifle lonesome, llif
brothers had jjnne to a party which was
given by one of the neighbors for tin
babies, and .limmicboy at the last imm
inent had decided that he wou.'d not gi >
lie wasn't a baby any more, but a small
man. lie had pockets in his trousers
and wore suspenders exactly like his
father's, only smaller, and of course n
proper regard for his own dignity would
not permit him to take part in a meti
baby party.
"I'll spend my afternoon reading, ' he
said in a Lordly way. "J don t fee.l likt j
playing 'Mere We ( In Round the M.ul- 1
berry Bush' now t-hat 1 wear suspend
ers."
So he went down into his fathers li
brary \yhere his mother had put a book
case for him, on the shelves of which
he k' pt his treasured books. 'Inhere were
IheMoi^t lieautiful fair.v books you ever
saw, Brownie books and true
Htor> l*>o!'? by the do/.<*n: l o >ks
of tunny poetry illustrated by
still funnier pictures. ( and.
what 1 fancy he 1 ? K I l>e.st of all. a half
dozen or more big blank books that Ins
father had given hiun. in which .limmie
boy wrote poems of his_ own in urea'
cap*t.'.l letters, some of whlrli stood on
their heads and others on tho.r sales,
hut all or which anybody wTio could read
at all conld make out at file rate
,?f one letter every ten minutes. 1 nevei
read much of .liniinlehoy's poetry mysell
and so cannot say how good it was, but
father told me that the 1 oy iu-ver hda
the slightest ditlieulfy in making Massa
chusetts rhvine with potato, or Jack
sonville with" lemonade, 'SAM hat 1 presume
they were remarkable iui their way.
Arrived in the library .Hmmicboy
seated himself before his h?v. ik-dise, and
after gloating over his possessions for a
few moments, selected one of the Brown
ie beoks. curled himself uj? in n com
fortable arm-chair befpre 4>he fire and
opened the hook . k*
"Why," he cried as his eye fell upot>
one of the picture pages. "That's funny.
I never saw tilint picture before. There
isn't a Brownie in it: nothing but an
empty h >nse and a yard In front of U.
Where < aa the Brow nil's have gone?"
lie hadn't long to wait f??r an answer,
lit- had baldly spoken when the little
door of the house opened and the Dud''
Brownie poind 'his head out an sa.d
Kol'tlv:
?T'.m not an erupt. v house, my d nr.
The ltrdwnles all have roup In here.
We've played ;ui long to inaKe you Pintle
We thought we'd like to reft awhile.
We're every one of us In tied
With nhttU-eaps on each little head,
And If you'll list you'll luar the rOrfr
With which the sleeping Hrownles nnorc."
,1 i in mi clxiy rais<?il file boo'< to liis ea?
and listened, and sure enough. there
came a most extraordinary noise o'it of
tile windows of the house. ? It sounded
like a carpenter at work with a saw lii
a nwnii gerie full of roaring !:oiis.
"Well. tlS'it ;s funny." sail .limtnie
bo.v as he listened. "I never knew before
that Brownies never got tired. I thought
they ftimplv played and played and play
id :il! the time."
The l>nde Brownie laughed.
"Now there, my lillle by. is when
you make a really clegaul mistake. In
said, and then he added.
"If you will open wide the book
We'll let you come Inside and look.
N'o oilier boy has cVr done that
Come In and nevermind your ha: "
? | wuihla'l wear myniat in the liousi
anvhow." said .litnmn-boy. "Hut I say
Mr. Brownie. I don't s v how 1 an g t
in 1 lie ri.' . I'm too big .
"V?ur statenii nt makes me fancy that
n ally don't know win re you're nt;
. ,,'i'r,' hi' ?? ? i ? ! in'l "ii. I -.iil .
Air. iuly. sir. you've come imlde."
friilird ll.e I * ??!'' B'vwnie. and .liminte
li..'v rnbl.l i-r bis ey> > ;i< i! i>e ?> 1 1 ? i 1 1 '
j . ; !??.>: . .! a ' -nt !*?':? and dlsco\
I sa.le Hrownl
1. he h - I w'tiio-i! kn.iwii g !? ^'it
I that
| , ,1 .i it'.' .nv;ta i
? ; lir!i. ? in
.ill sorts .'f I'unnv pi
\ii i
= :hre?
? r s ? 1' l-h<
lb- w,.rM
lie
'arka
i'l la- ? 'II .Jt el lb.- ? u
animals .1 -."n*. ??)' had
before, i r i \ c;: i i
Hi'.'.i' i. . bpSant. for i!ist.i
iiual > 'U ev
d. 'IV
? !i forty pa rs
, . .Kctacl c- i unniiig all
tlie v\ . i \ it a its t rn e k : a ? 1 a I tr.?w ??i?
lei.-dov; with i:?i ta:! ciirbd s> tigti'1%
?hat if I fi..l !'i.- 11? * erra'ntv's hind
'e^>> of)' j|i?? ?! "i ; and ii"?<t int re^litijL
..f alb a Hvownle bear that < -< ? 1 ?T take
it<? far i. ft" i.i >? - ?t ? i-athi r and put on a
!i -I ? t! -am 1 . -be '?.*? d. .l:ma!TeS.y
iii" I <? i'ii ex am! 'ictrh wide open at
t h? ye pi -I ores .
"Wlc't "in rr a a! "i. i Is." he .??nil. "'b.
j on really hav > such anntals as th ?joV
"l-lxriise ine," s'!.| the Dm'e Hr. wid?'.
"but before I answer, must I answer l:i
p .-:i\ or ir? p"?w |'H do whatever yon
wMi me to. but I'm a little tired this
afternoon, and [r.etrv b? sueli nn effort *'
"I'm very f- ml of poetry," said dim
nib lmy, "especially your kind, but II
you are tired an. I would rather speak
the other way, you can."
The Dude Brownie "iniled gratefully
"Your" re* a very kind little ma.ii," lie
said. "Thin tiiu" I'll take the other wnv
but some day when I it written I'll
send you niv book <?( poetry to make up
f..' It Yoit'Jik > oiir animals do you?"
"Very milch." said Jlininiiboy. "I'd
!tt*r ro pen n* Brnxvi !?? 7... . s o.; Kmc."
"I'll iitlen r to fliat." "ai 1 I be Ibi.le
HrownU*. "1*11 make a note of it on the
wall so fhaf wi' won't f.irjret it."
lb-re he seized a huge pencil, almost
as big as himself, and w r< te s.?ni.-lhinsr
on the wall whleh'j.Iimm:eboy^Vv>nM n?.t
understand, but wTiich he snppo*fd was
. i. ? Bp?wnie's menioramluni .
"Won't you spoil your wall doing
queried the liule visitor
"< >h no." said the Browide. "All them
walls are made of slate and we use 'hem
to write on. It save* littering tire lionse
nil up vl'h |Mpi?r. aid every Tutsi'. y
till the .' yoU grown-up !<?"
8?bout? and I v .,|v tn your nur
KCS.- ? ??Sw
i ,,, ? b????. >1;; r 'ursc;l?"i ?>?:
U?.;-,v U.liy l;.v.ly. ".'|vr" I.
A,r S"
M?. """' J' ,. '; tl.,!vs K...r.?l thrn.isl. M<
,|M. in' >mI l*Hllttf?ll .Hll*0 0(* ..
"lio ^a?i \n 1 4 i fiii lie Vltii't *k?'
w"",v,v.i uii w,n wm.
ilttrk. ?n.l ?<> ?< lf anyone
?q,.-otft?l<n t<> n?M? mm wm j(J
IS playful ,m.l ^^^VilK^V.r vlnS
ir "iii'ro'i' ?r.?w vf w Yhj.. *?
would w..*to hi* Mm* -VlV.:
:i,
"only v<vu'll bavo to b1M?* "" *}*? <>anl!
? pr? Wo hnvo"'* mtv ?tolr*?
"TWt tbiuk 1 ??nw bow. ^ Jit
mldbov. "1 ''a? ??W?' ?'mvn ?
i 'vor lonmrd to nlld* ?n 'onv
"Von don't bovo to l""? "? ,ro.?
\ "\11 vr" bflvo to ,1f? ,s to
vlih Tour l.?nl*tor? i? tl??t nn
nu..i. ?...i >??'"??
""ti,??W .11.1 ?? I- ???? I-W.
^"Tn l<l Jrr.T '1..
Zv,i," thr-v' t "r" v'i.nl^^Uonf,,,'.v "norine.!
I.,,' '' vX ?:t ?r ?'??".? or
,r!,?nri (n a^MH? otlior O"fiu>f?t?on
"WVTl Uiij li^-'tf pvorvtliinf
jiliTwN ll.nn.rW ynn ?M O.ey
wv.Thov -.i.i "??? ~ ^ Tl,'?,;n1;
fnrtl?J'? nv.tt. r.1.n? wo don t
i?i?? W"*o w? Won
? ihiip wp ?"* r^. 1 " ? v.i,no
"ZV>!h>? ".m.rn- notch lW?le does
??,rprtimn2 on ??M oornot M M.o #?n?no
If li'" V" ,1"1 3
. tunc . OTt twirc n? ...nrl work
to,.f? It's ill: vorv V'll nnd v<>r\ n< ? of
a>?rv't(K> to <M?t oi?'l>t v-njrs of ^loop ovjm \
Uv i.' .. Vvhni ?? tbo n-n of wn^loe W
tim.% Tnbo viinr sloop. 1??? <lon ' lonf
uH.ilo von ...o tnV'nsr it. Wlion T wfl
?nlv n W Hwnrnio T n??o d to nlny nil
,l'v n.Ml tfn to ^l.nol nftor 1,1 <r*?no to
ho<l In thnt wnv 1 loftrnod n c^o*t donl
!;S iu'vi'T !'o( tir^rf Of sow.1. Vm. don t
.r,.? t r.'d wlion vo.l'ro
won.l..Kol n'n n ?ni<l .T.mjnio
W lind 1 ui?'? T linow l.ow to work it.
"V."?Vvr.r.- "f ""I
IM fM'0"t ilM ntbor '?1"V tlnn f.o
LI..." 1n nl .1 ? > v tW- r-nn't "jn toll
1 J if, ?o tlvnt 1 OH 11 toll P'inx
ii:i nlMMti ;t? Mnyl'o lio'd lot mo do it
,h"(Vf prvn!>iO 1"1 t.'ll vim " K-:id tlio
n?i, r.rown'o "It's 1nst
(ro to hod. p ill tlox-ovrrs un v; >nn;
s|,?? vonr 0V< S. full i^lo-n. nnd tl^n
\1n?' Tlio fjcnlonoo wok "Oyor fln^Ji
i. for us tlio Urownio sp .ko n Poiur in
tl.o hrtll?'?v ltclow t?oirnn to ol:mK f?nr"
f.itlv "...l in an
Ui'kwi'Ic troMuo snrnnir to tn? i?nnif< .
AVA down }>??<? t?io hn'l nn-1 riiKl.od out,
Tuo tl.o vnrd. ThiAr- vUy f.nw M'
.,nd Mioir nv-o'ncor hnd suniinon^.l tV'n
l?a?-U to it. .liuviOloliov fotlovvd l?nt lio
sli.l ,<?. fM^t thiit it inndo liiui di*xy. J1'
tli'Mivht lio w odd nov(Hf mIoo. Do\\n tlio
fl. .Wlow 1.0 -H.I. on. tl-'-'f
?,?l f 1 1(! ( i v ii ii :T in tlwlr trnm w rrr M
two lmt?v l?rr?lhoiv!. tlio.r moiitlis t nrt
Iuim.'k full of ?\vootiuo?t?; .
"Hullo." Siil l .llmnu."W S f:H llu r.
"W'tiovo li-ivo von Itoon. Jiiiiinionov .
"In tbo Hiown l-o.-nn P o l.m
i | fs'iorl. It fOMiio.l to linn ns
if I>'ilf llrownio in tbo l>ook bnd
L.,.1 wil.K- to 1- 8-dont. -Hid bo ro
turnod tbo wink. I've byrn bor. look
in" It til V I'rownio boik. ho N ia.
'In b'.'.l V" ??i.l bis f;.tbor. "And do
\"o.i nov.-r t t n'f.l '^f *' 1 ? . . ?...
? \*o " v,? i 1 .Tinini'oboy quietly.
... Jv* 1 -.'O soinol bin - ivvr In t
I oii.'ii it." "Oil tt'on 111 Kt.ito
' f Ili.. Mro'v'd- 's vil-V' bo t-Yi mb? d nut of
, . i. io lrn '"i ox'" I "> fiiil told t'lfi
xy ,,',oirf' d. iind I.V s:iid it
i?:. v ^ ...vm,:. ,-vo -.-..iv tint
1 ,] 1 ;? t v .lit lio.v III it ?*b I'Ollld
V . i , v iatolti-cnt oror?tnro wlion
|,.lm K.-ndi iok U>inp?.
n < r
W 1! \T TIIK STItlKi: COST.
()?rr II ii If ii Mi 111 mi Dot In rN In 'I'll I r
ItM'it for SlrlUrrs.
j? r mmny, nitd -i-Iiokv tin* most I
? \ | ? i . ye iteii r? of tills strike, that Oiin- i
11 : ? <st imated . I<Y>r in^uin ?>. I.li-e ;
? i I > lti OMklyii trier lian;s ,
t'i". j. 11 : in- ?; l.?t nrha u . t?> tnulf* -losses j
v.'!:; !i i <m l-i'iiisiy eri; p'lil itiiaP, '
nit ;n'.s aid liave (!h en frit ?>>' the ?
;;'i Tln.u fherc* 1* tilt' lost.
r n ?? ..r I lie 1 ?;! ?-lnif-.s mm v\ '! ? ? ? an- ,
- i\.r ir. tin* mUitia; f-? " ??v??r 50 per
<?1.1 ?>f i l.i' eitlni: ai" serv- '
OiK t-M : y <";m- ??? an ?? { ?* ti 1 j r- i::r'ary I
?; .x- nf Ir .in $.*. '<? : lim.Ki i' ;!>. 'Pin n ,
| ? -<? i- j'.e !<?>??? t-> {.!.? tvr'.ey i <?:npa- J
, * if. i:: i'a:nair. <1 | ropiw'l y ar.d in pay
| t>tr :?!??! i-ui porting l;i l> 'i its they have
>r ? i :*J . t ifi'Ci a disiati o five of ex
fur laiiwav t r ? ii?j ? nt a t ioi . Al!
! *' i , ;ii; <> :-ti>r ,i:i nis wj|||,| <l-i!ilii'i< -s
! ? 1 1 t ? r into s verai trillion,* of
j .W1 :I1. .
T i ii two pe o'r> Imvp killtd,
iiil i: -ii !i wrnth. r flr> yesterday, mid
i --ii ? ?' i ir.' ??n\ i-.nl?Mi' ?<??. as jirr i:ivolv"d
; in li vlnir i:i i-jtrs ami ear st.iM'r-. wor.se
! * ? i . n any nill.itrtry ? ? . s i p tent 1 fe. :hc
l ??!:?! i i* either i"lre !:y a;?:a;?n". or
: to ? .? iT ? M '?>p" ' refater. ir- rosily
m . I 'll. *?.? lt< ins of >:i iTi-: i hit,
far in ?re important tlnn til - pi. miliary
1' are ? ifn li'.'j; 'ilcniaJ ! < > .
'i'l i re ; re a few ito-mo <4 i \;i''rtso,
! Ci.V. ever, wl.ii li I ? i ;? > 1 ??? n t;i ? with
1 1 .Ml e ir ra v. TI"He ,'ire tin/
i .- ? < ! . H i1 >vm;;ir.:rs fn? :i pa -s i/
r lialTii-. I Im- l\yiv< to !.??!> irem f
ill .1 W !*-'?*? til: i" I Mlillyfl Dlld
e\:r. Ilerr n re ;lnso four
itf.v.-:
' C rv.;ii ! ? V t li! iT.'i v.* % \2G 'W>
St: . k i .s-'-ts in wdr ^ a; S ?? '
a <la v . . yf7. 1 2.".0
S, e 'a! ei^/T.
i;>sft.o6o
T' arc wry ieo?!oiate iNi'matcs.
Two I?f thene i|em.?. ?po> lal pol'Of fllld
militia, will n.'Wtirrd'y f<?rne out f.f -the
e< !<rt ?? <>f flie nroeklyn ta xpa y?T*< . A
third, the <rtnvpj?ni??s w III .form
' < lie item In n b<K hill rtf dnmaiten
airaiiW H?o '.-My whioh tho court* nnny
nwird to t<l?o compwt?:ow. ? York
World. j ?
Experiments in Georgia
show that the* best cotton fertilizer should contain not less than from
3 to 4/0 Actual Potash.
Any failures to this crop can be traced to a deficiency of Potash
in the fertilizers used.
We will gladly send^ou our pamphlets on the U;e of Potash.
They arc sent free. It will cost you nothing to read them, and they wilV?save you
dolLics. GBKMAN KAl.l W0j<KS, i,.i h'?>?uu Street. New York.
.VUOMi Ui:OH(il4 I DUOItS.
Bylvunltt Telephone: There is practical
good to lio derived from u reduction of
lli<i cotton acrcage; we hope iho farm
ers, generally, will be willing to agreo to
It. Whether all cuter into it or not, it
will benefit, individually, every farmer
who do .8.
Truo Citizen: liaise your own coin and
? iHcoii ano enough to sell. There will he
a great quantity of cotton planted, if It
cu? he done, and those who raise a little
of it will have a plenty of buyers for corn
ami hacon raised In lieu of cotton. The
Southern planter who will make money
on cotton will he the one who does not
plant it.
Sparta IshmaoMle: Whatever It might
!>e In th'ory, female suffrage would not
nrove to he a desirable thing in practice.
The enfranchisement Of while women
would Involve the enfranchls ment of ne
?ro women, and that wou'd bo pini.?entOn
?unt let loose in the South- The. man who
knows the ignornnee and fanatical hatred
of the whites thnt eharnct rlzes most ne
cro women, and who yet favors enfran
chising tlem. Is a fool.
Mai'lson Advertiser: The Advertiser
'?f! faithfully endeavored to set forth I'a
i- -a sons for favorlncr public schools, clear
Iv and distinctly. We believe that a pood
svrlom of publlo schools will do more
? o bnlld en the town than anything else,
Inst at this time. We are confident In
'he onlnion that snrh an Institution
would enhance th < value of real esta'0
'?evond the nccssarv Inereas" of taxa
I 'on. We p.'iteve that i ubll? sehoo's would
''r'ntr mom p?or>!e. mere loe?d mt^rprl^es
''for- peopl" >ave workt an 1 would
now' nf,. | Tl ? 0 r. ? j*r business In
? ' 1 1 '? t |o)? <t .
Columbus Kiuiuiivr Sun. if the letter
i laUcu as a loresliauov. nig oi mo can
Itdacy ot Mr. illrl tor t lie in-noeia-th;
lOi.ilualUiti in 1NIW, il may :><r\e.to tntcn
lfy thu already Increasing ucilv.ty ot the
? ight tar free silver, and draw to Air.
rlili s support many of tnoso who are ur
ciei.t lu thai cau.sc. It may ho a lit lie
early yet to mako any predictions as to
ile i chances of Mr. Hill's candidacy in
*.!(>. but we presume that the oarweriietib
and restlessness of the political world
will soon force tho issue and again put
i he country into th\ d.stracting whirl ot
i meat national campaign.
Klherton Star: It Is a lamentable fa-t,
!>ul none the 1 :-\s true, that the small
main crop will bo almost a total ? failure
in this county uiiU.-ks the farmers take
Imi'.ediate slops to it so w> Seed oats will
'.o nec:?sarlly high, ahd lf?ossibly scarce.
:uni therefore hard lo get. Tho Star
wonlf suggest in its farmer friends that
l hey do not try to see how many acre*
they can sow in small grain; hut how
ina'iv bushelc th y can mako per acre.
profit Is not in how much we plant,
? - - u . . i , . ? . , . , ,
1 in* (il nn I in ,,,,%
'?ul In bow much we make. Selec.
jicra, or a few acres of your best land,
.??nd sow down in oals. Don't plan-, all
i
O'.v UUWI1 111
r best land in thro went cotton n'l l
r oats on land that will not vrow
If yon dti. failure Is Inevitable.
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Thoinasville Times: "Instead of beggli g
Northern mills to come South, and It is
s.il right if they wish to come, Southern
capital should combine and build cot:on
mills. If It will pay Northern capital it
will pay South rn capital. And then wc
ought to show mill men and Investors at
(he North that we have sufficient confi
dence In the manufacturing of cotton at
'ho South to put our own money in It
That will prove, after all the best nrgu
mont. Tli'-re Is enough capital in Thoni
i'vxillo and Thomas County to put up
? iorc than one cotton factory. We should
like to see some of ?be mills which fire
< on. lug South located here, but our peo
ple should not sit down and wait for
? thnrs to Come and do wlint lliev e :? n . te
;? vj/Vy great extent, do for themselves."
The Wonilcr* of (lie Son.
Tho Mack sea lias a depth of f>%
filltoma.
Tho Atlantic coast takes lis names from
Mount Atlas.
Tho water In tin- Strait of C.lhraltfir Is
1 M) fathoms deep.
'I lie polar currents contain loss Fait
than those from tho equator.
Tho K' a Is estimated to contain 2 2f.O, -
r iO.'KK) cuhlc mllos of water.
<)no very common species of ocean ln
(?islora Is Shaped like a hell.
In a cuhlc meter of limestone Orbljyny
found n.000,000,000 sea shells.
Th<> rinlf sir. am I* 1O0 miles w ide and
from 400 to Oin) fathoms deep.
An echlnodern that Inhabits the West
Indian seas has over jo.ooo arms.
I?r. Young estimates that the mean
depth of th> Atlantic Is ahout 16,000. feet.
The first author to attempt an expjam
i! Hon of the ocean currents was Kinder.
Tho sea cucumber Is nothing hut aMhin
flf'm and a very capacious stomach.
Sea water Is said lo contain u'l thd^.iol
uble substances that exist on earth.
Tho a vi rago depth of all oceans Is sup
posed to be between 2,000 and 3,000 fath
oms.
T>.o sea-Jiet f le stints its prey to death
I v in aiis of a poison secreted In )ta te'i
r cl?s.
Th* water of th<? Dond sea v I el 'is about
two pounds to tho gallon of sai'.ne sub.
ftances.
Nat urallsts are rtlH In doubt as to
whether the sponge is a plant or an ani
mal .
Over 7.001) varl ties of mle.roscople vea
t lulls have been . enumerated by natur
alists.
There are _spiln/rs of fresh water In the
1 er'iia n ^rulf that furnish supplies to vrs.
sets.
'"'or a lone: time the coral was supposed
to bo a plant. Kven Iteauinur treats It
as such.
Tlie Xew South.
"I sliii very mui^h impressed with tho
great Improvement in the materia) con
dition of the South since the war," said
Cardinal Gibbons in speaking e?f his rc
i /? 1 1 1. vi?it lo New Orleans.
i / "Kvory where in tluil Heetlon tiling
have been much changed for the better.
1 went direct through lo New Orleans
without stopping off. but coal 1 not help
noticing from tne car windows that, the
cultivation of the soil has been much
improved.
"The railroads have grown wonder
fully and have developed the country in
proportion to their own growth. The
busy centres of commerce, trndi> and
domestic Industry which have sprung tip
in the South in bite year.* have also at
my wt tent ion.
"Tho sugar industry has been material
|>- advanced in many places by the inlro
. dutfMon of costly maclrtnery for hnndltntr
, sugar cane on the plantations, and even
for making it into *ugar. In some eg sfs
i one plantation has an entire plant, in
i others the production of half a dozen
1 plantation* goes to one refinery. North
, ern capital and Southern enterprise are
! accomplishing great things side by aide.
State line* m ver amounted to much in
the North, and in the South they are
I l?eing rapidly obliterated."
FACHK ? A London i:<>i respondent fc?ya
of President Faure: "In phyalque ha
ttl ways suggested Chester A. Arthur
to me. In training and experience of
affairs ami In the attitude toward poll
ties which (hi so shaped for him he U
Irreproachable. 1/# Is Havre's foremost
citizen, and has tho commercial North
Onnly at his back, lie Is a I'rotf ataist,
t ho first ever to rule France, t**r* Henry
IV.' retracted beforo he mounted tho
tVotie. He Is a stout free trader, a
man of great business energy and grit,
ami, what Is rather unique In France,
ho speaks several languages. Me has
travel d much and understands very
well what the rest of tho world Is like.
Ilo Is fond of shooting, and has an al
most Jovial manner out of business
hours. Strong common seiiao Is his poln?.
rather than scholarship or fine airs.'*"
Wit nIi t it k Dny.
v
A gentleman one day noticed that
little terrier named impudenoo, whleh of
ten came to bis liouso and looked the pic
t nt o of feayety, had a solemn and cast*
down expression. *
"Is your dog 111?" bo rtsked the boy.
"Ob, no, sir," was the reply, "only It's"
washing day!"
Now, the gentleman understood bow the
mistress of a bouse mfkbt-he troubled hy
the "washing day," but could not see how
the sympathy of a do# shduld go so far,
however knowing It might be.
The riddle was soon solved. It was the
ilojr that was washed on a certain day
ov ry week, and this happened to be the
. lit v. Although the washing was not to
bo <lone till evenlnr. the coming event
oru't Its gloomy shadow before over the
dofr's mlnd.f} ? ~
Tlio Hoy's Answer.
At an examination of an elementary
school a class was engaged in a eomposl
'!?>!? exercise. One boy wrote an account
of the battle of Flodden Field, and wound
ip his narration by saving that "James
IV.. the King of Scotland, and the flower
of tlie Scottish nobllltv. fell on that fatal
Oold." "And what was the flower of the
?tish noblllly?" Inou'red the Inspector,
?e thistle," promptly answered the
"Tbr
hoy.
Mr*. 1'clt "Hiil yon catch a notde
.1 mi
,\. rs . II vile ?"( >h, no. "
Mrs, 1 'el t ? "A li. one of the landed
gentry ?"
Mrs. Ilydo- "I presume ?o. At least he
ua-i after 5he 'landed' him." ? Detroit
Free Pre=s.
fee i i e~r? .
I*'>nd Mother ?"('l:ir('!i'H?, didu'4 I ove?
beer voii nrnvini: bed'ime for Ood to
'(;i Will v \Y lollies from harm during
!<? night?"
l.illle p! f ^w?tit<vd him
spa cod. so's i could lick the snffin' out
of hitn todiy .'^-'Puck .
"From t'u description fPive luvard a*
the Sahartvt l>is?rl," said Pat to Mike
"sure the climate av the place mush*
ho similar t<> an Iver lashting Sunday
\vi<l no side d.'ors . ' ? Washington Slar.
A RCADY.
lie not hesitant with mt,
I .'or 1 go to A ready.
Winter Is stern monarch here,
And without the window there,
Scornful of the leafless year,
Hreathes bis frosts upon the air.
Now from all the hapless trees
Kvc ry frisky dryad flees
He not hesitant with me?
Let us go to Arcady! j
tin not hesitant with me?
Come and go to Arcady!
We hav? drunk the summer's wine ?
F, very yellow drop Is gone?
l'lucked tbo last grape from the vine.
Yonder woodlands hide tho fawn,
Where beneath tho young moon's
glance,
Idthesjmc dryads throng and dance;
He not hesitant with me! ?
To the woods 'of Arcady!
? I2ugcne. Field in the Chicago News.
Senatorial Kullot*.
I'v Southern Asjuxjat^d Press.
Boise, idahq, Jan. 25.? Tho vote for
senator today resulted Shoup, 20; Sweet,
1:?; Claggert (Pop.) 15.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 25.? In today's ballot
for United States Senator, Dolph receiv
ed 12 votes, only \ less than the number
required. .
Olympia, Wash.. Jan. 25. ? The fifteenth
ballot for United States Senator was tak
en today without result. Anken'y Is still
in the lead with 29 votes.
Seven Drowned.
By Southern Associated Press. <
i/ondon, .Tnn. 25. ? The fishing boat
Tweed, owned at Pimbar, and manned
by a crew from that place, went dawn?
during the recent storm and her crew of
seven were drowned.
4 a COTTON
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n M "T* be discouraged, but
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