The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 11, 1899, Image 4
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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 -->
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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 "
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