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The Barnwell People. Largest Circulation in the Count? GOOD ADVICE TO BA CHE DOR 8. BOB TAYLOR 8 LOVE LETTER. Sentiment la the Boa) ol Religion and PntrtOttam—The Bachelor Should loam from the Widower, llloatrated Youth and Age. MyDdar Old Solitary: Who mends J our socka Y Do you sew on your own, uttona? How long does It take you to thread the needle ? Why don't you bruah the cobwebs out of your soul, and straighten up, and get a good wife to do all o' these things for you ? What pleasure do you find in playing the game of solitaire ? Hearts are trumps, and you cannot play a happy game In this world without a partner. It is not good that man should live alone. The world owes you a rib, and you ougty to have your old ribs cracked If you don’t - collect the debt. • ' Why don’t you rig up your matrimo nial tackle, old "boy, and go angling for a “frau ?” Your old pantaloons look mighty lonesome hanging there in that dusty wardrobe without some calico to keep them company. Your room is a poor paradise without a fair Eve .to adorn it. I know what is the matter with you; you are afraid of grocery bills, and dry goods bills, an(J doctor bills, and curtain lectures, and the overthrow of your Independence and "freedom of speech, or else you arc afraid to “pop the question,” and thus lose many a golden opportunity by sim ply looking at her and grinning like a basketful of 'possum hSSds. Perhaps you have “popped the question” and got “No” for an answer, but remember that “there are as good tish in the sea as were ever caught,” and remember that she is somewhere In this wide, wide world "waiting for thee, darling.” Comb the feather,, out of your whis kers, and put a little bear's oil on your hair, If you have any hair, and spruce up. Don’t expect her to court you, but do the courting yourself. Press your suit gradually Tand when you-see she is determined td “kick,” “kick” first, for then is the time above all Other times to show your Independence. A true woman love's an independent man next to money. Are you accumulating a fortune ? If so, for whom? Did you never hear “Private" John Allen’s story of the di vision of an old bachelor’s estate ? When they were dividing it out among his kinsfolk, one disgruntled lelative felt that he hadn't received his just proportion,' and complainingly said .. “1 sometimes wish the old man hadn't died.” '• ' ’ s If you are poor, you need a good wo man to help you get rich ; if you are rich, you need a good woman to help you get poor. In either case she ts* ' "iUCChM.’' “* —.— For a man to pars through this world without a helpmeet is a strange philos ophy to me ; and yet 1 have seen men • with as noble hearts as ever throbbed, full of splendid sentiment, and in love with the beautiful, live out their days In single wretchedness. Bacbelordom is a habit; the longer indulged In, the harder to byotK, until its victim is so infatuated with it that It seems impossible to quit, lie be comes “sot” in his ways: and all the frills, and bangs, and bustjes, and gaudy shirt waists, and Dowered and feathered hate which the milliner’s art 'can fashion, and all the bewitching glances and persuasive sfnlles which beauty can bestow, move him not; neither do they unmove him. One of the attendant misfortunes of a bachelor is absent-mindedness. 1 once heard of an absent-minded bache lor who bought a pair of cow gloves, and wont home with them and aston ished his nephews and nieces by throw Ing the gloves in the fire and spitting on the bed. Of course ho intended to gpit in the fire and throw his gloves on the bed. The best way to euro absent- He Is the most popular man of any age who move# In society. Always lighthearted and gay. he knows all the nigh cuts to the hearts of the fair. He ivlhe beautlfulest ant in the sugar f -bowl, and always ggts his share of the sugar ; 'he la the swiitest old cplton the turf of love ; he leaves you at the first quarter post; he passes the swell- estof the swell In the drat h*lf mile, and comes in on the home stretch with his nozzle over the moon and his tail over the stars, a winner in a walk. His power lies In sentiment. You are as good-looking as he, and are endowed with as much good sense. Why don’t you study him and learn the art of courting ? I do not know whether it Is true or not that matches are made in heaven, but I do know that they ought to be made on earth. It is the law of nature that all life shall mate ; therefore you are disobeying the law of nature. I think nature is wiser than you, and you ought to think so too; and now that the beautiful spring-time has come, follow the ex ample of “Bob White,” amf begin to whistle for your mate. It will soon be time for the billing and cooing of Vho doves. Bill and coo ye. Longfellow was not only a poot, but a philosopher when he said: As unto the bow the cord is, tio unto the man is woman; Though she bends him, she.obeys him ; Though she draws him, yet she follows; Tael css each without the other. I am sure you noeAa little bending, as well as some mending and somebody to follow you, especially when you are out late at night, I am equally sure that you are useless without the pther. Couple up, get your mate, claim your bride, and begin to live. In the de lightful cotillion of married life, givb, your partner your fight hand and swing halfway round. Swing, swing, swing ! . . Yours in the swing, Koiit. L. Taylor. mindedness is to get a live, wide-awake, talking wife, whoso tongue will be a constant reminder to you, and soon teach you to think the'right way. if all men should follow your plan of life, what would become of society and civilization? All the homes that-now glow with the light ot love and ring with the laughter and song ol children, would soon bo transformed into the si lent and sour domiciles of old maids and just such old things as you. I do not mean to speak harshly or to wound your feelings, but only to show you the error of your way. —— - --—-r— H you would enjoy life, you must have a happy home ; and if you would have a happy home, it must glow with happy smiles and ring with happy voices ; add happy hands must keep it neat and clban and plant Dowers at the door. ... ' . - ' ; Home is not merely four square.waIIs, Though with pictures hung and gilded liome is where affection calls, Fill’d with shrines tire heart hath budded. Home—go watch the faithful dove Bailing through the heaven above us. “ Home is where there’s one to love; Home is where there's one to love us. 4> I have no doubt you will turn up your nose and charge me with senti mentality. I plead guilty to the soft impeachment. I am sentimental, and I have but little respect fof the man who is not. It is the soul of religion and patriotism; it is the lifeblood of all good society ; it is the essence of love. Every soul that ever found its way from earth to heaven was wafted there on the wings of sentimeht; every brave spirit who ever faced death for his country was led by sentiment to the battlefield ; every beautiful picture is a sentiment reflected from the hearten the canvas; and every creation of the sculptor’s chisel is the silent Image of a sentiment. W-hat power is it which leads the bride and groom to the altar to seal their vows ? It is the pure sen timent of love. What is it which makes home and life and the world beautiful? It is sentiment. What arc the 'Dowers but the fragrant sentiments of God ? What are the brawling brooks and rip pling rivers but the laughter and song of the waters? What are laughter and song but sentiment Y .. , \ My wifeless friend, somewhere in thy heart there is an angel sentiment sleeping. I appeal to you In the name of religion, and patriotism, anil society, and love to wake it, and let It fly out in search of its kindred sentiment; and it will not be long until broadcloth and white swiss shall float down the aisle of the crowded church together, and a new book of thy destiny shall be open ed, revealing mysteries which thou hairt never dreamed of before. Lonely ness will quit' thee there, and thou shalt walk in sentiment and newness of life. Behold the widower, with his pink bald head, his wrinkles, and his rheu- ktism 1 Hs wires Is and wires out, And leaves the ladies all in doubt , t As to what it his age and what he is worth And whether or not he owns the earth. SECY WILSON AT DUE WEST. A LIVE CABINET OFFICER. Visit to South the Conditions i* I" HiV The Object of His Carolina—Studying the South. James Wilson, Secretary .of Agriculture, has boon on a visit to South Carolina, and was one of the judges in.tho oratorical contest at Due West. Be announced the award made by the judges, and then made a speech on his own lino, touching the condi tions of agriculture in this State, which Is reported as follows in the News and Courier : 1 came to the South to learn my duty to its people.' The depar.mentof agri- cuLu/o has grown rapidly within the last few years and has become the great scientific department of the coun- try. It-does not concern Itself with abstract science, but each division con siders the case of somebody working in Urn field with his coat off, to help people, and this is growing and fill continue to grow. Many new industries can be added, and wl|l be added as fstet as the same Intelligence addresses itself to pro ductions of the soil, as now addresses itself to the maoufacture of cotton. A few years ago, when cotton sold at a higher price, the moats used by tho South Carolina people came from the Northwest. The most of the bacon used In the State Is now produced in the State. The horse, cattlo and sheep industries can be, and will bo very greatly extended. • " The South Carolinian can furnish the early spring lamb foi^the New York market with as great facility as he now furnishes early peas and straw berries. •Of course the love of the Southdown sheep must be greater before this comes about than affection for the “yellow dog.” The family will find that a small Hock of sheep is kept as cheaply as a small pack of flogs, and when this Is thoroughly realized public sentiment will protect the flock. There is an Industry in its extremist Infancy t^t was introduced into this State a generatldh ago. Within late years it has been in toe hands of a gentleman oi means and- .education. The i,ea plant is as promising to the latitude of South Carolina as the sugar beet is to the 43d parallel. Tho ques tion, of course, that has required solu tion is that of labor. Dr. Shepard, who is experimenting, is a wlseman and philanthropist. Ho built a school house in' the middle of fifty acres of tea plants, hired a competent teacher at Lis own expense, proposed to his colored neighbors that bo would edu cate the children free and employ them to pick his tea and pay them foi* the work. •He made’ 3,500 pounds of an-extra quality of black tea last year, for all of- which he has,found a ready market at .matter what high prices.7 At present ho will not ^vent it. attempt to compete with the cheaper teas of the Orient, but he can success fully compete with the higher-priced teas, and hopes soon to make such tea? as are never brought td the United States, because the very finest teas cannot be imported. The duty put on tea by tho last Con- l^ress, through the influence of Sena tor Tillman, gives him encouragement, and a very littfb , ~more duty would equalize the conditions in the United States and in Asia, and the department of agriculture will-interest itself- with Dr. Shepard, so a? to have qomplete experimentation made, noted and published, iq order dbat these princt- plew niay—becorntr- eumteuB BUTLER ON RACE QUESTION. AN ARDENT EXPANSIONIST. The Negro Should be Sent to the Philippine*-lie Thinks Silver Will Not be the Leading Is»pe in 1900. Gen. M. C. Bptlor, formerly member of thp Cuban commission,' ' who was mustered out on April 15,1s now on route to Cuba, whither he is going on purely private business. He was asked by an Augusta Chronicle reporter for an opinion upon the Cuban and Philip pine questions, and he professed to know nothing more of them than he saw in the newspapers. But he was not reticent upon the re cent lynching of Sam Hose, and the consequent question. “It was,” said ho, “a most regrettable affair, and it brings us again face to face with a question that will not down—the race problem. And for this very reason I am an aident expansionist ; the Philip pines give a natural home for the ne gro. . '“ One race is naturally opposed to others. Why It should bo so in tho ecoqpmy of nature I cannot profess to.- knov. But the fact remains. Just as the Crcdfcs, Cherokees,. Chickasaws,, ChoctawsHinPother Indian tribes were forced from these Southern States be cause of racial antagonism, so, it seems to me, is the negro destined io be. “The question simply w-Hhnot down. A colored preacher asked, mo if I thought there was any way to stop lynchings and 1 replied, ‘ Let jour peo ple stop their ferocities^ As long'as the latter continue, so wlTl the venge ance of the white man, and no amount of legislation can stop eithef.’ The antagonism is there and will out, no means "klre taken to pre- to dissipate party differences than pos sibly Mr. Bryan can. “ I have left politics forever, thank God, but I think that there is coming a union of the Democrat and Populist parties, which will both have their in fluence on the platform of the coming campaign.” . 'V 4 --> ^ ^ ^ _ HAMPTON HOME DESTINED THE HOUSE NOT INSURED. and household words when South Caro lina is rtauy to push this industry. WHAT ABE THE TRUSTS FOR A Few Leading KxaniploH Where Prices Are Raised by -Them . Gov. Voorhees, of New Jersey, in interview at Washington, Uefomleti the him in the soTution of prblT'ids regaFd-' *«tioo ol hi* btato m luslcr-ing-'Uitii. Ing his life work. The life’s zones of Ho said that the chief purpose pi t>ic ing plants are studied, .and from similar zones in foreign .countries sueds ahd plants are imported that give hope of value and usefulness to some part of the United States. To Illustrate brielly : Part* <*f the United States that grow • rico require better varieties The department sends an explorer to tho Orient and Ions of seed are brought back and dis tributed. Grasses ar-* brought from the step pes of Russia to bo experimented with on our arid “plains. Tho date palm is being brought from Morocco to add a new industry to Now - Mexico and Arizona. The people of the United States have aesthetic tastes; they love flowers; tens of thousands of dollars are ex pended annually for tho Easter lily, and the department of agriculture, dc- siriqg to save the money of our people, imports bulbs and begins experimenta tion in four of the Southern States. An association v built a mill to make macaroni, and avoid tho expense of im porting. Tho douartmout of agricul ture sends an.explorer to Russia to bring the finost.maoaroni wheats that are peculiarly rich in gluten. The United States sends thousands of tons uf apple partings, apple cores, drii d apples and cheap apples to Europe annually, that arb" made into cider, flavored with a ferment, charged with sulphuric acid and other things, and returned to tho United States by the bottle. Tho department of agri culture has sent for the ferment, and is on tho eve of telling the American people how to soli apples by the bottle,, rather than by the ton. . This illustrates the kind of work being done by thd department of agri culture along importing linos. The sea island cotton of South Caro lina is ' threatened with a fungus growth ou its roots. Tho pathological division ol. tho departmenV will make a careful-ntuuy in order to avert tho danger to that valuable Industry. The Florida orange has been de stroyed , almost to the end of tho pehin sula, bv the rec.nt frosts. Tho. de partment is cross-breeding our orange with the Japanese tri-foliata, that is hardy as .far nqglh as Philadelphia thousands of plants are already set out, and.if a single one produces a good orange on a hardy, tree the industry will bo revolutionized. !’ The cereals ace being cross-bred for the purpose of developing varieties that will not have rust nor blight. The peach crop of several parts of the United States is seriously affected with blight. The department has heard of hardy varieties on the head waters of the Ameer River in Asia, and will send an explorer to get them. The department is seeking new mark^to for American products in foreign countries, and so tite work goes on from year to year. Tuis is, of course, only a brief outline. lam instructed by tho President of tho United States to make the depart ment useful to ali sections of our com mon country. In oocdionco I am studying South Carolina and her products. ’The South has maby advantages over tho North, one ol which is abundance of heat and moisture, the main factors in produc tion. Twenty years ago South Caro lina began manufacturing cotton on a considerable scale, in 1880 she paid $3*0,000 for labor in her factories an nually. She now pays six millions of dollars. She has. brought into ac tivity her white labor. Ur his not necessary to go into detail' regarding the greaPbenelit to the State of this industry. There are some beautiful features connected with this growth—the com pany that builds a factory erects the church and the school house simul taneously ; contributing both to the community for tho well being of,both young and old. The agricultural products of South Carolina are growing steadily. They _4l»9W Amount to a reund fifty millions of dollars annukily. The truck gardens along the seashore give employment to a very great many of the young colored conce ntration of iulcresU now going on is to bring about economy' in pro- ductisu.” And he added the li.liar illivrtration of the monopolies that rugar it the these “ Speaking, not in the spirit ot hos tility to the colored man, but because 'I think it would be bes^for him, 1. am of the opinion that Congress should pro vide' means togephim out of the coun try. 1 introduced a bill when l was in the Senate a-king an appropriation forlhis.end of $5,000,000. Of course, thatiimount would not have tiesn any thing like adequate, but It would h.avo been a starter. Today it would be Cheap for the country if Congress woultlappropriate $10,000,000 to get the negro out. ' ' . “ i would not favor forcing him out, hut would make such inducements that t he advantages of the change would ap- pwal *e li frill at nriri 1 . Of course it would takb time. It took 50 years to bring him here, and, when if is considered that was in tho days of sailing vessels, it will be scon that it. should - not take longer now when steam is io use. “ It is bound to come. Abraham Lin nain, abuiitionirt as he was, foresaw that the two races-couid be only antag onistic, and he. sought, to buy au im mense tract in South America whereon The Aged General Had to be Carried from the Burning Building—He Discovered the Fire. Columbia State, 3rd insb “ Well, I have had many hard knocks in my illfe,” said that much-loved old soldier and statesman, Gen. Wade Hampton, as he gazed on the smoking ruins of his home and the ashes of his valuable llbrary^-jn the suburbs of Co lumbia, yesterday morning, and added with a characteristic smile, “ and I do not know any one better able to stand I4! than I am.” ^ This was the aged soldier’s comment on the heavy loss he had sustained— the destruction of the suburban home where in peace he was passing the evening of a most eventful life among the thousands of books that consti tuted his library. He was sitting in a large chair just within the door of the two-room house on the place that had escaped the flames, surrounded by por tions pf the household effects that had been saved, thrown down in confusion. He had had no opportunity to make hi^ toilet qnd was as he left his bed room, save that he had donned a pair of trousers and his slippers. He was, nobwithstaiiding the fact that he' had | been sick since Saturday last, and the I effect of tho excitement upon one, of his age, as cairn as eve.r, and told the story of his loss, chatting pleasantly on other matters later on. Gen. Hampton hau made a fruitless effort to save a little dog to which t.e was much attached, but the animal was burned in the building. The gen eral had been moved by its moans and howls and went to the door to get it oat. A volume of flame, smoke and steam drove him back, singing off hi^ eyebrows, a portion of his moustache and tho edges of his hair, lie made a second attempt, however, to save the little canine, .but finally had to give it up. The general told the story mod estly, merely relating it as an incident. It was about 3 o’clock yesterday morning when Gen. Hampton* fortuna- natcly i^wake, noticed from his bed a ruddy glow under the door of his room. Fm-wie—was-.' In. tie house with him save his daughter. Ho had been sick since Saturday last and had not left { his room or even dressed in that time. Ha found it difficult to sleep In con- t sequence. He says that at first he thought It was daylight, coming, 'but upon reflection ho realized it was. too early for vLc dawn of day. Ho then ^ot out of bed and went to the door. 1 "On opening ft he found the “house was then a mass of Dames. He gave the praise of the work of Mr. Underwood of Chicago, who has undertaken to raise $ LOO ,000 for the Battle Abbey, and called attention to several life size martial portraits Mr. Underwood will give as his own donation—pictures that are Insured for abouttl4,000. Gen. Hampton saw them while in Washing ton a few days ago and his comments upon them are Interesting. They are to be sent to Charleston and will be unveiled in the auditorium on the night of the 9th. They are portraits of the five generals—Lee, Jackson, For est, Gordon and Hampton, and then there is one of Dolly. Madison. Gen. Hampton says that of Lee ds a fine likeness, but “ does not quite express that ease and poise that was so char acteristic of Gen. Lee as I remember him. I noted with surprise that the artist had not forgotten that Forrest was left-handed. As to my own, I did not, of course, think it a perfect like ness, but then (laughingly), the young lady with me said I made the hand somest soldier in the group, so I ac cepted that and ceased my criticism forthwith.” tiu’.iniiuuu til> Cwkro. —... - .^| on bis trousers'and Slip pars and buckled'on his artificial lug. The negroes on the place began to pull " the low prices at which oil an soli arc prptty good evidence th public, does not suffor from gigantic combinations. ’, ... Let us soe. Here are a few examples | tiumd. noted during the present rnpnlu : Since tho organization of the Ameri can Steel and Wire Nail Cv/ippany there has been an incease of UHl per cent, in priees. With tho late?t ad vance of 15 cents, small lots cost $3.30 a keg, or $i*> a ton. In addition to this, thousands of workmen >11 ^nut- down plants have been thrown out of employment. At the meeting of the Missouri Re tail Hardware and Stove Dealor’a As sociation in St. Louis it wa? deolhed that there is no alternative for retail ers but to advance thmr prices for stoves,” as the manufacturers' combina tion has advanced prices 30 per' cent, since March 1. At a meeting of the Gas and--Vapor Stove Manufacturers at GievoLnd on April ti the prices woro advanced from 15 to 30 per cent. Galvanized eave-troughs, water-pails, tire-pails, &c., were.advanced 13i cents at the same time. < At an opening of bids in Chicago for cast-iron pipes the United States Com pany of Cleveland, Vhich controls 90 per cent, of the cutout, fixed.the price at an increase of $* a tod over last year’s contract—an advance of more than 50 per cent. At the same time a brick trust ic Chicago' raised the price on 50,000,000 brick required in city work this year from $4.75 to $0 and $0.50 per. 1,000. Iron castings were raised flve-eignths of a cent a pound on April 1 throughout New England. Tho American Window^Glass Com pany, controlling' tho supply of the East and the Central West, has with drawn Its schedules “ preparatory to a general increase of prices on alt it? goods." i’reparatory to this the com pany {shut down a largo portion' of its works at Pittsburg for the purpose of creating an artificial,scarcity on which to base its rise in prices. Tin-plate has been so much advanced in price that importations weru threat ened and the trust keeps too price jus» at the point to prevent foreign competition. These aro but samples, Says the Now York World. They indicato what the trusts are organized for. Monopoly can always be trusted to make the price “ all the market will bear.” —The Washington correspondent, of tho Columbia Evening Record writes as follows: “Although James W. Tolbert is a Fjueral ollioec, boidlng , the position of postmaster, at tne pv/st- li* 6 reason tnat a man "Toilay the i'faitipp nus offer the boat I field. TliqCubaos dolfl want the nc- L grocs. They have enough of their ! own. .Now, one of the recognized prn- ciples of warfare is to aAack the qa- | emy at hi? most vuin rab.'g point. 1 This wa? what Diwej aid. ,11 the j’uilip- pioes These.' therefore, were. Icgf- 1 innately .acquired, ^nd should be rc- 1 Being in tho XropUis they ‘ make anoideal uome for thqnegro. Fur that is where nature intended him to 1 live. •‘Some of the. a-gumonts brought out r.gainst' expAnfc ‘’u are really ab surd. "There is notu ng uff-republican in tfitT idea at all, W-mie there is a certain parallel between the Filipinos and the Indians, no **no ever contenued in the days wnen the taRor were a power in tho land, luat -the white race snould give-up tne .foothoiu acqliired. There was the spirit of opposition existent then that exists . now. The temperate zones aro-the natural home of tuctwhite peoples, uiid in their ter ritory tne presence of largo numbers of a race indigenous to the tropics only results in antagonism. That brings us baek to the negro again. But eo keep on with the expansion idea again. . * They say that it is opposed to Dem- cralic. principles. Why, Jefferson was himself one- of the greatest expansion ists tho country, have ever had, and with the exception of Alaska, pvery other territory we now have'was ac quirgd under Democratic administra tions. I ?ay keep the. FuilippiDus—it would be a confession of weakness and allow other nations to call ds cowards to give them up now. bend 300,003 men to keep them, if necessary, until the people had learned enough to es tablish 1 local governnjient. 44 T as tlr u. F t Fi Ck I n 11 i-M n.. Look at the Indi-an's today.' They are cooped up in fcserynUons, and.ure under military proloctfon. Th^ west ern territories such as Arizona and Utah were kept under military rule even'for years after they began clam oring for admission as stales. Keep the Philippines and make it worth the negro’s while to go over there: To get tho negro away from the South is the only away tq do away with cheap labor ana to induce immigration. And until the tatter begins, true, lasting prosperity will not come.” The Chronicio reporter asxed Gen. Butter as to Ihe poiitical is-ues^lml tHX), and he expressed himself as follows : •“Free silver? Well, it is hard to say.. Personally, while an ardent sup porter of silver in-the last campaign, 1 am not heartily*in favor of making it the foremost issue in the next. It has been before tho people once and has been disclaimed and declared against. Get some new issue. Dou’tdraga dead horsq into the rirg.—- “ Not all the leading Democrats will no*»support tfc - Chicago plat rm, U>e may wa it to b* office department, so far as can be as certained, it is not believed that the department was behind * him in his recent prosecution of citizens of Mc Cormick. Several of the postoffice officials, who have been seen, deny that they were in any way connected with the case, and they say that Tol bert prosecuted it at his own instance. Officials at the department of justice also assort that tho Federal authori ties were not back.of Tolbert, and that the government at. Washington had nothing to do with it.” —“ Yes, wo lost the doctor’s trade in a very unfortunate way.” ” How was that?” “Why, we bad a mechani cal duck in our stock of Easter novel ties that ran by clockwork. The doctor came in the store just as one of ouf young women wound the thing up, and at the very moment the doctor came opposite it the duck gravely .bowed to him and said: ‘Quack, quack.’ The doctor is 60 foolishly sensitive.” ... Scales are now used in Kansas City which Indicate the value instead of the weight of the article. That is, if a person buys two pounds of beef at 3d uQttta .a pound, thaindicate*-poinu- to 40 cents asuLthe customer and the salesman are saved the trouble of mak ing the usual calculation. a Democrat and still not bo anarchistic. Had the Cuicago platform simply betn basqd uprfn a. championship of silver and such radical attacks as . that against the supremo court' been omit ted, it wduld have been well. * “ While silver may clay a minor part in the Democratic platform for 191X1, 1 thi&k there will be some new thing taken hold of—expansion, ^perhaps You know, the country L full of talk, pro and con, regarding expansion and Democrats are divided upon the matter, as indeed .are Republicans. ... "Wf. iTfyan is going around tho country decrying expansion when Jef-. fprson was tho greatest expansion st the country has ever seen. Hu is try ing to make silver the leading issue, but it is a question whether or not ho will succeed, ^ “ Who will bo the candidate V That is another impossible, question to an swer. Bryan has a strong endorse ment, bqt bp, (a too Urmly welded to free silver to be the man if silver is not [ the isafuo. 4 think Gorman, of Mary land, is a tnuph stronger map. He-4s an astute politician and a statesman. | out what they could from tno-barniug house. (Tut that was not inucfi. Some j beds, a few volumes*, some chairs and ; vory little else was gotten out and to a so:!’ di-lanc’. Said Gen. Hampton : - “I myself j mauaged to save my grandfather’s, and- fatherV swords, and nny sjvord that I , carried through the war. , 1 Bat I )ost my - English cavalry saddle, the-only • one of its kind io America,;a splendid I riding saddle, one I always had used, and another English saddle. The first i had intended to get out and have cleaned up in a day or two for use in Charleston.'’ Gen.' Hampton stated that his per sonal desk, containing . all his papers, had bees buynod up. Thcrc'Vere some 350 unanswered letters in it, and he : hoped* tho writers would know the cause of his failure to reply and write him again. In the burned house was the greater fwrtion of Gen. Hampton's library, about 0,000 volumes. One of these was a bopk printed not-so lorfg after the, invention of the prlntiig press. Many regarded 'this the most valuable li brary in the State and hoped some day to see it in the capitok, the property of the State. Several thousand volumes ; stored im tho. two-room house near by., j escaped^ A considerable amount of valuable family silver was lost in the fire.' The family jewels, in the possos 0 ion of the l general's daughter, were in a trunk, it a was impossible to get this-trunk out. The general kept some -of the servants throwing water through a window where he knew tne trunk shqpld be and after the lire the trunk, partially burned, was brought out. it was found that' the diamonds, emeralds and other jewels were uninjured, though" the mountings were considerably hurt. The generai also saved his gun and pis tel: Two policemen went out aud guarded the ruins until daylight cuuie. Gen. Hampton saitf yesterday that ho had not yet determined whether ho would temporarily reside in the small house left on tho place or cot. Ho had not then given tb'"' matter . considera tion. '—'■ It is impossible, he general says, -to estimate bis loss in dollars and cents-; he had.nft insurance whatever and the loss is total. Gen. Hampton said ho Lad simnly not been able to Insure the place, tie then told feelingly of tho offer of one of his old soldiers some time ago to present him with a policy, which offer he had declined. Many of his friends Called on him yesterday to' express sympathy for him. . Tne burned house was built in two sectioqs. The first was of brick and containod four rooms. The second-sec tion was . wood, containing tw > rooms and st-.'cJ.immediately behind tVjfirsr, being e-'nnected with it by a pusaaga- way. Ti.e fire.'originated at tne west end of this wooden structure, where mate! - ?, lamps and fires had not been for 30 years, Gen. Hampton said. x Tho origin of tho tiro will doubtless come to light uponjrt'bper investigation. The other portion of the house was erected of brick taken from the ruins of Gen. Hampton’s home burned by Sherman during the ciyii war. Gen. Hampton subsequently said that he had expected to go to Darlitg- tpn this week to be with some, of his veteran friends, but his sickness and theTfire would cause him to forego this pleasure. When asked if he Intended to be at tbe Charleston reunion his reply was, “ Yes, I will be tnere unless 1 am sick, but were it anywhere else but Cdarles- ton i wot/fti not go.” ' “ And I suppose you will insist on riding horseback, as usual ?” “Yes, if they have a parade and I have to 'appear, I prefer to have a mount: it is Tar more agreeable to We than riding any other way.” Gen. Hampton says he has notified PUBLIC SENTIMENT AND THE - TRUSTS. ; - j . ■ ' > / • That the two great political parties, or to be mere exact,, the leaders and managers of them, are unwilling to take effective steps for the regulation, and. if/necessary,' suppression of the trusts, is 'shown in a number of ways As fyr instance the declaration of U. S. Attorney General Griggs that the United States authorities are unable to grapple with the evil because the power to do so belongs to the several States. The contention of prominent politicians that the States cannot (Ja so because of the United States inter-State commerce law which stands in the way. Tins attempted shifting of responsibility from ope: set of offi cial shoulders to another is too trans parent to deceive any one, and yet serves the purpose ol. showing cither -that-the politicians are so much inter ested pecuniarily in the trusts that self interest compels them to protect the j trusts, or that they look to these cor. portions'for substantial,aid (ami com fort in their political schemes. We suspect that both reasons are true, and that if the lid could be lifted off and the thic inwardness of many of the trusts be exposed, that politicians would be found up lo their elbows in tlie business. In either or both cases the people suffer,-and will continue to suffer until they take things in their own hands. , ' It is an ilulfcaHon, too^ 'of the indif ference which the public-at large has hitherto manifested to the growth bf the trust evil, to notice how the matter of incorporating the trusts has been made a source of public revenue. For instance, in Njpw Jersey, during the mouth uf March 25U of those trusts were incorporated, representing a CapL tal of about $M,125,000,00b, it nd turn ing into the Stale treasury lees for tin charters granted, the respectable sum of $120,000. Uf course this", may he an exceptionally large month, and we recognize the fact that owing to the liberality of the New Jersey legislators, corporations organized in that .St-t'e ate given larget powers, wide)- vppor- tuuities and more elastic charters than can be obtained in any other .State, and hence capitalists wfio engineer these multitudinous corporations in other States are wiTHhg to pay the fee for the indra tubbeV charter furnished by New Jersey. But we fail to reeoghize the grow^T of any public sentiment in that State favorable* to the suppression of Hie unsavory reputation which that .‘state enjoys as a peddler of trust char ters, and we suppose the good people of that Commpnwealth are willing that the tiusts should continue to largely, pay their State expenses until the other States or the Federal government sk down on Ute whole business. > But. other Stales, or the politicians who run them, are growing jealous of Jho monopoly that New Jersey enjoys in this matter, and are devising ways and means by which some of the fat fees from trusts which now.ffow into the New Jersey Itjeasuri- may be di verted to their use/ Evdn little D'clai ware is setting up the pilis to this end audjudging from recent political history in that State, her jloliticians can make, and indeed arc making, » strong bid to sell loosely drawn charters for ready cash. ■ — i . • ' But we do not beheve that (he hon est people of New Jersey or of any other State in the Union are willing that thfcsc trusts should flourish even at the expense of several thousand dollars revenue which may be derived from them in the way of fees. We'be lieve in the common sense and honesty of tho-plani people. And though they may be blinded and led by'scheming politicians for a time, it will,be only for a time. The political history of the country demonstrates that. And so believing as we thus do, we, have, confidence that the people, the fariudfr and laborers, the men who make the country, will at the proper tiiuc assert their rights aud compel the leaders of the parties with whom they act, to place thoseVpartieg in harmony with the interests of the whole country and against, the aggrandizing schemes of those who are fostering this trust evil. We do not doubt that thcr'politiciaus Will put off the evil day—to them—as 1 long as possible, but it will - come, and the.trusts themselves arc unwittingly dfring all in their power to hasten its coming.- -Practical Farmer. THE FAKMEILS' INSTITUTE. His recent defeat for tne senatorship, he - u *° < * i to'Clavaia<ui's 1 .aJLAbh-surjiuvur4..dl l ,b,Li> war ntoff .to dislike for him, as may the downfall of meet him in Charleston and be with other politicians. But Gorman is. a him. strong man nationally and can do more He spoke in terms of the highest * Under the auspices of the agricul tural experiment station of the Univer sity of Tennessee a series of farmers’ inslilutes have been assiduously pro moted during the past winter. "Meet ings have been held in different cen ters, and their programmes have in cluded most practical subjects, includ ing the cultivation of small fruit, or- clfcrding, spraying, principles and practice of pruning, a model country home, a study of roots,-commerced fer tilizers, ml vantages of frequent cultiva tion, farm crops that pay and -how to produce them, how to Ajslcro-^ worn- out farm, some facts about dairying, public roads, feeding cattle for“ profit, the farmers' education and public edu cation. . . TflF •pTM'miriririsuiufrg Bwoprtr a study of the practices, in other States, and the special needs of Tennessee farmers, were embodied in a report to the trustees of the University of Ten nessee. ft contains suggestions which may have general application, as fol lows: - .—1 “What is a farmers’ institute ? Th fitrmers of Tennessee have a very im perfect idea "of what, an institute is. Our recent commissioners of agricul ture haye held a few institutes, but never enough to satisfy the demand. The farmers’ institute should bo to the fatmer what the teachers’institute is to the teacher—a place for reading and discussing farm topics. It should be the actual farmer’s school. The pro gramme should be limited to agricul tural and educational subjects, and should not include political, religious or sectarian subjects. Mere oratory is out of the question at a farmers’ insti tute, which should be devoted strictly to the discussion of facts and experi ence. * . “Length of Time.—The farmers’ in stitute should extend over at least two full clays, and have at least five ses sions, two the first day and three the second. Begin in the afternoon the first day, hold a night session, and morning, afternoon ami night sessions the second day." " There should be a lo cal committee or society in' charge of local arrangements. The farmers at the place should provide hall, fuel, lights, and music if desired, and attend to distributing circulars amd pro-; grStamcs, aud advertising the institute ■in the local' papers. The experiment station should have a secretary in charge t)f the farmers’ institutes, to correspond with the local committees and learn their wishes with regard to the programme. The local committee Should suggest subjects aud local per sons to discuss them. The experiment station should send two or three of its experts to assist at each meeting, and engage other experts from a distance. Circular letters and programmes should be printed by the university and sup plied the local committee for distribu tion. All exercises should he absolute ly free. NoeoUectiotft should be taken, but the local people should provide in advance for local expenses, inel-uding,- if possible, the entertainment of visit ing speakers. The university should pay all expenses, of printing, travel, etc.,, bf their own representatives. Money, for local expenses can usually be raised by applying to merchants, hotels and boarding-houses that are benefited by the institute. “Exhibit.—The local committee should arrange for an exhibit, jtcefera- blj in tbe Same building; if necessary, in the same hall where tlie institute is heitl. If this is not feasible, jt shoul l be. held mar by. Exhibits should lie tmfde up of agriculiuud and horticul tural products, products of the homes, kitchens ami shops of the farm. Wives and daughters of the farms should be requested to make exhibits of fancy work, preserves, canned fruits, jellies, etc., and the fanner should be encour aged in every way to manufacture all the- products he can upon the farm. The experiment station should send an exhibit, illustrating its work, soils, fer tilizers, feedstuff's, injurious insects,' grasses, weeds, etc., with cxpcits to explain them.” Dr. Dabney, the president of the University, of Tennessee, has been most active in the work of the insti tute, aud there has been a very grati fying response made to-his efforts. At Columbia, Tenn., there were 800 per sons present at the institute; at I’ula*- ki the opera-house was filled with au audienCe including many teachers and pupil? of the public schools; and wher ever the institutes have been held the local papers mirror an intelligent ap preciation of -what may be regarded.ns practical university extension work in agriculture. A woman whoj takse chances with her health is sim ply gambling with the Black Devil of Disease. If she has any wsakness or <Jc-‘ range in t-nt of the delicate organism of her six, to relv upon an unskilled. Inexperienced, Renera] pfsc- titiouei is to risk her health upon a gam- haxard Her uuly real safety Ts in the careful well digueted-sdvfce of a physi cian who has had wide, special experience in diseases of this particular class The chief consulting-physician of the lb- mous Invalids’ Hotel atm Surgical'Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y., Dr. K. V. Pierce, has de voted thirty years of spefcial stufly and prac tice to the weaknesses ami diseases pecul iar to women. Hh> grand medicine, the “ Favorite Prescription,” has-done more to rcsto/e perfect health and strength to wom en than any other medicine. It is the only propriattry medicine devised for this pur pose by an educated, skilled specialist in woman's peculiar ailments A woman writing to Dr. Piereu regarding herself may feel absolute assurance of re ceiving, free of charge. th« best profes sional advice by means of which the most obstinate of these delicate troubles may be promptly relieved and permanently cured. Bartirn A. MuJd. of ludtan Greek, Monroe Co., M6., writes: I am vetr thankful for what Dr. Pierce'sHuvorlte Prescription dld.for me. I wns all broke down (rum nervous prostration, hut since tfiting this medicine I-bavehad more re lief than from all the doctors. Your ' Favorite Prescription ’ did me n world pf good " ■ 2 ' - -4-r - * jf-SlNDM to»r, I i,Y f’/i''' ff : 1 #jah • At r otter . Kj w ... - - . v m V r r umS'r»T to. ^ Charleston. H. C. T OSBORNE’S