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DBWBY ONCE A PRISONER.
A> EX-KEBKL TEELS TH^ STORY.
A CoalMarate Soldier Who Stood
Guard Over t he Put ore Admiral at
Port Hudson, Mia*. *
From the Chicago tribune.
Admiral George Dewey know* what
It U to have met the enemy and be
come bin, (or on the night of March
14, 1863, when as Lieutenant Dewey he
was executive officer of the United
States steamer Mississippi, and fled
from the hulk of that vessel and was
captured by Confederate artillerymen.
This happened on the banks of the
“ Father of Waters ’’ at Port Hudson,
, Hiss., and is said to have be«a the only
Instance when Dewey ever was a pri
soner.
But Lieutenant Dewey was not long*
a prisoner on that odcasion. He had
then the same nerve, dash and cool
ness now recognized the world over as
characteristic of the man, and made
a brilliant and successful break for
' liberty, rejoining bis captain, Melan-
chthon Smith, and other officers of the
abandoned steamer. These had sought
safety on the Richmond, a short dis
tance up the river.
Dewey’s capture is well remembered
by J. J. McDaniel, a cotton merchant
now living at Mlneola, Tex. Mr. Mc
Daniel, ,vho then was a mere lad in his
teens, wan serving in the Confederate
army as a member of Company F.
First Alabama artillery, which was
ranged along the west river bank." H6 1
enjoys the distinction of having been
one of the guard which covered Lieu
tenant Dewty and a small handful of
satlors—less inac a dozen—who fell
Into the hands of the enemy that dark
night In March thirty-six years ago.
Admiral Farragut had given the
order to the.fleet to pass Port Hudson
for the double purpoeeof stopping com
munication between Red river and
the rebels on the eastern banks of the
, Mississippi, and to communicate with
the Union fleet and army above. Ad
miral Farragut was aboard the flag
ship Hartford and In bis memorandum
for comroaudlng officers, which ac
companied the general orderjor pass
ing the oatteries he stated particular
ly that special attention must be given
tne steamers lying at Port Hudson.
In other words, he ordered that these
vessels be shelled, with the hope of
setting the ootton on Are and destroy
ing the boats.
* “ For some time the naval forces of
the Union side had been endeavoring
to pass Port Hudson to open communi
cation with the North,” writes Mr. Mc
Daniel. “ The Confederate* had made
an equai'y determined stand against
it, and to assist them had many strong
' batteries upon the river bank Ur coun
teract every movement of the Northern
fleet. The Confederate force# were
under the command of General Gar
dener, while Colonel Steadman com
manded the Alabama regio>< ot of ar
tillery. The batteries on the river
bank were numbered from poe to nine
from right to left.
'* On the Bight of March 14 an effort
was made by Faragut's fleet Ur run the
blockade, which was partially success
ful. The success »a* woo only after
a terrlhc artillery engagement and
the loss to the Union navy by Are and
explosion of the steamer Mississippi.
“ It was from the burning steamer,
the Mlrstssippi, that Lieutenant
Dewey escaped in the darkness and
. amoke only Ur be taken by lh« artillery
men of our side—the same Dowey who
now is admiral of the United States
^, navy. Captain MelanchUrn Smith, his
officers, with the exception of Dewey,
and many others escaped In three boats
to the Richmond, which was farther
up the river.
“ The Northern fleelwa* ranged In
•ingle flie up and down the river, with
the Hurtford, carrying Admiral Far
ragut, leading with portholes dosed.
The Switzerland, which afterward
was lost, passed the batteries la safely
under cover of the Hartford. It was
smaller than the Hartford. The night
was dark, with intense smoke hanging
low over the river and beyond Its
hanks. Both vessels were painted
black and with all lights out, the
■mailer boat hiding behind iw mate,
both were enabled to get through with
out injury.. .
“The Mississippi,'a boat of 2,000
tons burden, was next in line. It wafc
the first vessel to open Are on our bat
teries. Battery No. 0, a hot-shot corn-
pan j^^der command of Captain Ram
say, promptly returned the fire. This
was the first battery the Mississippi
encountered, and, judging from Lieu
tenant Dewey’s coolness when captured
near the river bank, be doubtless dis
played the same courage under our
fire that recently has distinguished
him in his country's service at Manila.
" Our battery fired four rounds, each
of which took effect, setting the vessel
- on fire and assisting the orew, which
was doing its utmost to attain the
same result. Along toward midnight
all the batteries and the vessels were
engaged In a furious duel, while some
thirty mortars lower down the river
were contributing to the. discomfort of
the fleet.
"All on board the burning Missis
sippl were driven by the flames to
abandon the vessel and set out for the
opposite shore. A number took refuge
ia a sugar mill near by and were cap
tured by a detachment of Confederate
forces. A few were caught near shore
Next day all the prisoners were sent
to the prison quarters, where 1 was as-
V^Mgned to guard duty.
^‘The manly form and dignified ap
pearance of one of the prisoners at
tracted my attention. I made Inquiry
concerning him and learned that he
was Lieutenant George Dewey, of the
United States navy. Llt'tle did I know
then that he was destined to become
the most iamous man o’-warsman that
ever trod the deck of a vessel of this
or any other nation.
“ Dewey was not long on our hands.
He felt that he was needed with his
fleet, and he reached it, but he alone
can tell how he slipped away and re
joined Captain Smith on the Rich
mond. But this much is certain.
Lieutenant Dewey did not save so much
as a button belonging to himself from
the Mississippi. Everything was de
stroyed save the clothing in which be
escaped from the vessel. However,
he was Captain Smith’s executive
offiot r, aad one of the ship's erew told
me later that to Dewey belonged the
honor and credit of saving aad tura-
lag safely over to his captain one boat
signal book aad one naval telegraphic
dictionary belonging to the Misals-
•eif. While he had little to say, his
regret at his capture seemed to be
mingled with some amusement. He
certain if betrayed little concern.
11 To return to the; fight. It waa a
hot one, and Dewey was In the thick
of it. One officer of the Mississippi
was killed, three were taken prlsobe'* 1
and the killed, missing and prisoners
of the orew numbered nearly sixty.
The total crew numbered about 300,
Officers and men. On our side the loss
•as considerable. I had the honor of
being a private who did my duty as I
■aw Tt, and I still find pleasure In the
reflection that I am not ashamed of
having been a private, and that at one
time bad the honor and credit of Lav
ing as a prisoner in honorable warfare
the now renowned Admiral George
Dewey."
Miss Maud McDaniel, daughter of J.
J. McDaniel, who tells this,Interesting
narrative of Admiral Dewey’s younger
days, is now visiting friends at 160
Oakland boulevard, in thistcitv.
" My father has spoken of the en
gagement at Port Hudson many times,”
said Miss McDaniel, "and when Ad-
iptsal Dewey began to attract general
attention be remembered him as the
dapper young lieutenant whom he had
under guard after the trouble at Port
Hudson. My father has many anec
dotes «f the war and now treasures
most those which relate to Dewey and
the events prior to and following the
Port Hudson affair. He was little more
than a boy at the time, and naturally
enough was attractad to Lieutenant
Dewey. He waa actually sorry for him,
but in the light of events I guess he
wasn’t sorry long.
"Lieutenant Dewey took care of him
self then, and I haven’t heard of any
body lately who Is sorry for him now
that he is Admiral Dewey. But I
know one thing. My father always
■aid Dewey was a gentleman—every
Inch of him—but of course everybody
else thinks so, too.” 1
Mr. McDaniel's statements are sub
stantiated by the records of the navy
department. Under date of March 15,
1863, Captain Melancbtbon Smith, in
his report of the destruction of the
Mississippi, says of Lieutenant Dewey
In a letter to Gideoif Welles, secreUry
ofthe navy:
"I consider that I should be neglect
ing a most Important duty should }
omit to mention the coolness of my ex
ecutive officer, Mr. Dewey, and the
steady, fearless and gallant manner In
which he,and the officers and men of
the Mississippi defended is, and the
ofderly and quiet manner ia which It
was abandoned after being 36 minutes
aground under the fire of the enemy's
batteries.”
TILLMAN IN NEW ENGLAND.
“THE MAN WITH ^THE HOE.”
Dewej took his capture with ad-'
mirable oooloese,-and was set down by
all who met him as every laoh a rea-
a prisoner ha recognized
by his oap-
i t»
THE BONDED WAKKHOUBBfl.
How Karmsrs Are Enabled to Hold
Tbolr Colton Iw a Live and Growing
. Town.
The Newberry correspondent of the
Augusta Chronicle thus describes the
value and Importance of a bonded
warehouse in that community:
One of tbe most Important buslm
features of a live and growing town Is
a bonded warehouse. Arrangements
have beeo made by the managers of
tbe Newberry warehouse whereby
those storing cotton can get money to
the value of 80 per cent, on it at 7 per
cent., they having to pay the ware-
house A) cents a bale per month, Uk
Ing chances of making or losing by the
rising or falling of the market. Some
iH-opie misunderstand tbe object of
eueb an enterprise, or fall to see Its
value, or to realise Us bent flu. Be
•Ides being a business venture on tbe
part of Us managers, lU object Is to
enable farmers and others to sture
tbelr cotton and bandle mobey ai a low
rate of Interest without being forced
to sell.
Farmers are often heard to say that
they would hold their ootton for betier
prices If they were not forced to sell It
In order to meet tbelr obligations etc.
The bonded warehouse Is here to help
the farmer over that very dlfficnltv.
He pays a small amount for the hold
ing of his cotton, safe and dry, geU a
warehouse receipt, which is good col
lateral, at the rate of 7 per cent., and
has for his immediate use 8U per cent,
of the value in money of his cotton
stored. Every Intelligent man knows,
or should know, that a bonded ware
house receipt Is as good as gold. Such
a warehouse Is not only convenient for
those who have to borrow money on
tbelr ootton, but Is also a convenience
for those who want to hold with the
hope of better prices and who are not
compelled to borrow. It stands to rea
son that safely stored cotton will bring
more than cotton exposed to damaging
weather. » '
The Newberry bonded warehouse Is
a new corporation with a capital stock
of 16,000 and U ma/aged by tbe Sum
mer Brothers and Mr. G. M. B. Eptlng.
It would be a capital plan for every
town In the State to have Pne ot these
chief Industrial and commercial In
stitutions, which would do as much as,
If not more than, any other agency to
bring about an era of prosperity and
material expansion (without Imperia
listic tendencies). It is noted with
satisfaction that Greenwood Is arrang
ing to have a bonded warehouse. Let
the financial Improvement continue in
rapid strides until, this fine stretch of
Southern territory Is fully supplied
and commodious brick building, with
the latest modern appliances and exten
sive capacities like the Newberry
bonded warehouse, and until the farm
er is able to haul his cotton there and
his wheat to the roller mills over roads
made and kept good by tbe sensible
and labor-saving and wealth producing
broad tire. ,
The End of a Trust.—The light
which has been , waged in Mississippi
during..the past several weeks against
tbe Southeastern Tariff Association
jdo the grounds that it Is amenable to a
State statute against trusts and com
bines has been practically brought to
an end by the assoctatlom announcing
its intention to abandon the stamping
office and board for the purpose of pre
venting rate cutting among tbe local
agents. The situation baa assumed a
very serious aspect until the associa
tion abandoned iti position, and the
State was on tbe verge of a big Insur
ance muddle.
Governor McLaurln had announoed
his Intention of proceeding against
the Southeastern Association by meant
of an injunction to prohibit the stamp
ing office, and also prevent the com
panies therein and their agents from
doing business la the State by with
drawing the former. The Supreme
Court nan decided the association to
be a trust within th» meaning of the
Mississippi statutes, and members of
the Legislature, which meets next
January, are expecting some lively
litigation on the subject of insurance
with the purpose of putting all com-
paaiee opersiiog la the Stats under
State control. The complaint against
high rates Is quite gaaeral aad the
agnate are* ladulglag la soma vary
Dvaly rate culling la oriar to
The Doeirlne of White Supremacy
Emphatically Declared—Tbe Treat
ment of the Negro' In the North ts
Hypocritical.
In his speech at Providence, R. I.,
to the Bimetallic League, Senator
Tillman said some very plain things to
his hearers, to which they were not ac
customed He said the Phlllplua war
was a disgrace to the United States,
and he severely condemned imperia
lism. He also criticised New England
capitalists, and charged them with
being a party to slave conditions In
the Hawalion Islands on sugar planta
tions.
In descrlbiqg the speech the corre
■pendent to the Boston Post said :
In language emphatic and sarcasm
moat biting, with his Index finger
pointed at the audience, he handled ,
the topics of tbe day In a fashion new
to the experience of New England au
diences, and for a time the people
looked amazed. The audience soon
became accustomed to bis manner of
presenting bis argument, so that when
he had finished they cried for “ More,
more. Go on,” and applauded so long
that the Senator was obliged to bow
bis acknowledgements several times.
Lynching ia ibe South he uphold ;-the
right of the negro to the ballot with
out tbe educational .qualification be
condemned, and be regarded tbe treat
ment of the negro in the North as
hypocritical.
Senator Tillman said among other
things: "The warmth of your wel
come leads me to remark that It has
not been so lopg ago that a man from
the South and from South Carolina
who would have come to New England
to discuss-national Dsuee would have
met with a very different treatment.
(Laughter and applause.) 1 take It,
my friends, as augury of belter days
for the republic that tbe Spanish war,
If it has done nothing else, Is worth all
that It cost In the fact it has proved
that tbe South will fight for the Stars
and Stripes as readily as you will. (Loud
applaosg.T~ ~ • 11 « ■
" We have been lo existence as a na
tion not quite 125 years, and we have
been In the habit of boasting that we
have the greatest nation on the globe,
Ihe freest nation, tbe ‘land of tbe free
and the home of tbe brave,’ tbe asy
lum for tbe oppressed. But, my
friends, I tell you that as far as I can
see we are approaching a crisis when
we will have to change the policies of
this government or we will witness
ihe destruction of the republic and the
substitution for It of * govermeot of
ihe few rich people controlling and op-
f irassing and robbing the masses.
Loud applause.)
." You New Englaoaers have some
characteristics which, to my mind, are
most admirable. Yoa have some lastl-
iutloos among you that are not equal
ed elsewhere In tbe United btates, and
at heart you are as clean and honor-
ab>o and high-toned nnd patriotic a
population as I have ever met. 'But,
my countrymen, 1 want to have you to
recollect this one thing—that South of
ihe Potomac and West of the Missis
tkppl there are more people than there
are Ifl New England nnd In all the
country outside of those limits. (Ap
plause ) Tbe people south of the. Ohio
aad 1‘otomac nnd west of the Missis
sippi can elect n President witnout
your hplp and In sptlfl of you. (Ap
plause and tries of " Hear, bear.’*)
Therefore It Is well for you to have
It recalled lo your minds that this Is n
great country, and that it has more
Interests than center around New Eng
lanu or New York or the Middle
States: that these interests are now
being neglected : that one-half of tbe
people of this country are being op
pressed, and that It is being done by
vour consent 'and through your votes.
(Applause.)
•*J-You have seen nothing in your
newspapers except sophistries and
falsehoods, therefore how could juu
understat'd the subject? How could
you be made to know that all this rot
and twaddle that you have rend was
being bought by the capitalists who
sought to throw dust in your eyes to
enable them to get your votes in tbelr
schemes to oppress tbe rest of tbe
country nnd oppress you along with us?
(Loud applause.)
"Now you have had an eloquent allu
sion to the poem of Edward Markham,
The Man With the Hoe,’ and to Mil
lais’great painting. 1 represent the
man with the -hoe. 1 am known as
Farmer Tillman in tbe United States
Senate (laughter), and there are 30,-
000,000 of them In this country, and
therefore, as I am the only farmer,
you can not blame me if 1 present to
you the aspects of public questions as
they appear to tbe farmers and as they
affect them.
"You people. in New England no
longer have the agriculture. You are
segregated in towns and villages en
gaged in manufacturing, and therefore
you know nothing about conditions,
which exist elsewhere, where men
have to toll and sweat from morning
until night in pursuit of those avoca
tions of the farmer where they dig out
of tbe soil the support of themselves
and their families—the ‘ Man With a
Hoe ’ who takes 10,000,000 bales of cot
ton from tbe ground, who raises the*
wheat, who raises tbe corn, tbe oats,
the beef, the pork, the breadstuffs, tbe
cheese, the butter, and all the other
agricultural products, which constitute
•750,(XK),000 of your exports. Over
three quarters of it is discriminated
against in Washington, Is ignored, and
his rights'and interests are no more
considered ttiere than If he did not
exist. (Applause.) Class legislation
for the benefit of tbe classes, class leg
islation for^ the benefit of special in
dustries, has wrought an accumulation
of weatb in the Eastern portion of this
country to the Injury and detriment
ot the Southern portion and the West
ern part. Now 1 am not going to find
fault with you for having bven shrewd
and sharp enough to. quit farming.
(Laughter)
" I tell you what I know just as much
and as clearlv that I know, that elec
tric light Is burning—that the day
when wages In America wHi (all to the
level of European wages can not be
put off by any possible combination of
politicians on legislation of any kind,
and is only a question of tbe near fu
ture when you people in Providence
and all over New England, now pro
tected, will have your wages brought
down through the greed of your em-
S loyers to the level of those In France,
ermaoy and England. (Applause)
“ There is aeotbe" topic thel poeslbly
a Southern man can discuss with more
unetlon, with more oompteoeecy, with
more setisfectlon than anybody else at
this time. It Is the attitude of the
present administration toward the col
ored races of the earth. (Applause )
The slavee were faeed la accordance
with the doctrine that all men sre
free aad equal, and that color
{ ias nothing to do wi^h-.a man’s stand-
" That war which abolished slevery
cost the Southern people the lives of
^50,000 of Its best sons, and cost you an
tqual number. But, my friends, I tell
you now, thirty-five years after that
( 'real struggle, the men who were
eaders in It, who preached the crusade
on the equality of men are now spud-
ing troops to the Philippines to shoot
men Into submission who are contend
ing for whet we contended for in 1776.
" And it is a disgrace to the nation.
(Applause.) We are forcing our rule
upon the people' of Hawaii and the
Philippine Islands. On the former Is
land there are 50,000 slaves on sugar
plantations, mostly owned by/New
Englanders. (Laughter.) They have
always contended for the equality of
tbe black man. Well, now, 1 have got
no love for those colored races.' I con
tend, and have always contended, and
will die believing that the negro Is not
the equal of the white man. (Ap
plause.)
"God did not make him so. (Ap
plause ) And you cannot legislate it
into him, either. (Laughter.) But,
gentlemen, while I say that, and while
I mean it, I believe In giving him his
just right-* under the law, barring the
political part of it.” —
BEER PRIVILEGES ABOLISHED.
The State Board of Control Decides
to Close the Beer Dispensaries,
Tbe State board of control has adop
ted ^resolutions tojdo away with all
the beer privileges and beer dispen
saries In the State. Such action was
entirely unexpected. Ever since tbe
system o; having separate beer dispen
saries and privileges was inaugurated
it has been a source of great trouble
and Worry. Tbe Legislature called
attention to-tbe matter and passed re
solutions. Again at every meeting of
the board all kinds of complaints have
been received, and mucb of tbe board’s
time has been consumed in dealing
with them.
Under the action taken last week all
privileges are to be revoked on Nov.
1st, and thereafter beer will have to
be obtained through the regular dis
pensaries. It Is said that such a
scheme is being arranged as will not
seriously later (ere with-the present
system of delivery, etc.
After a thorough discussion of tbe
matter, tbe following resolutions pre
sented by Mr. L. J. Williams were
adopted :
Resolved. That all beer dispen
saries are hereby -ordered closed and
tbe termt -otofflee of such dispensers
are declared to be vacant; tms order
to become effective on Nov. i, 1»W.
Resolved, further. That semi-stari-
Ilzfcd or family beer be supplied to con
sumers Itrojgh the regular county
dispensaries, and that breweries usu
ally seeking business with the dispen
sary are requested to submit bids to
tbe State board of cimtrol at the Octo
ber meet ing, proposi^ to supply such
beer bottled and in crates and In such
quantities as may be necessary to be
shipped to various county dispensaries
direct, and at such times as it may be
ordered out by the board.
And It ts further Resolved, That the
board at the October meeting desig
nate such dispensaries as tt ts deemed
prudent to require to handle such beer,
and that they be required to bandle
such beer business by Nov. 1st.
Mr. Williams effered these resolu
tions as a means of getting rid of tne
trouble tne management lias encoun-
i tered. He has not yet fully wo<keu
out tbe new plaos.'ffut hopes to do so
as soon as possible,
Mr. Williams says that tbe semi-
sterilised beer referred to Is a perfect
ly healthy and palatable drink, aad
would be as popular with beer consum
ers as the other well known brands.
Tbe board has for some lime had un
der consideration propositions from
ma: ulsciurers for such beer.
btste Chemist Burney sets at rest
the charges made by tbe Savannah
brewer as to tbe alleged *’f%neral ”
beer, which charges caused a consider
able stir at tbe ia«t seeling. Here is
cbem it’s report :
LOLL Mill A, .Sept. 7, 18W.
This s to certify that I have made a
careful e lamination of samples of baer
sent me during tbe last session pi tne
board, and 1 can find nothing what
ever wrong with them. I have be- n
unable to detect the presence of sali
cylic acid in any of tbe samples,
though 1 have often found it in beer.
Yours truly.
w. B. Burney.
The board has mace a few changes-
in tbe rules and regulations governing
the management of the Germania
brewery in Charleston. They are In
tended to absolutely secure to tbe State
its just share of the profits.
THE DEMAND FOR COTTON.
The Growth of tkmthern Mills and
the Large Increase in the Number
of Spindlss.
Tbe statistics of the cotton crop for
tbe year ending September 1st as cum-
plled by tbe NeW York Commercial
and Financial Chronicle, show a total
crop of 11,285,888 bales, against H.18U,-
960 bales In 1898, and 8-,714,011 bales In
1897. Exports were 7,362,788 bales,
while Northern and Southern mills
took 3,667,117 bales, leaving a stock on
hand at tbe close of the cotton year of
392,279 bales.
Regarding the cotton mill industry
in the South The Chronicle says :
" Growth during the time of busines*
depression has been marvelous, and it
Is still at the full tide of development.
We notice- likewise that there has
been no interruption in tbe inclination
to Increase the size of the mills—that
is, to build larger factories, and tp aug
ment the capacity of the old ones.
The number of spindles per mill
reaches today 9,260, against 9,156 a
year ago, and only 6,751 in 1893-4, or
increase of nearly 40*per cent in the
average capacity In fivs years. The
amount of cotton gathered in the year
averaged for the whole country the
largest number of pounds per acre ever
raised, t’be total yield for the whole
country shows 340 pounds to the acie,
against 237 pounds ih 1898 and 234
pounds In 1895. The production of
cotton in the three ytars ttWmed was
tb« largest ever raised in tbe aggre*
gate yield.”
Regarding the demand for cotton
goods The Chronicle says:
" During the last 12 months the de
mand for ootton goods by tbe country
has become more nearly normal than
it has been any one of the previous six
or more years.' Consumption during
those months has Increased to such an
extent as to more than absorb tbe pro
duct of all tbe country's spindles, aad
thereby for tbe time being to hold In
abeyance the question of difference In
cost of manufacture between tbe North
and the South Moreover conditions
give promise of a further expansion in
the demand so that for the teaaon
beginning with September 1. consump
tion bids fair to aasuma larger propor
tions than it has ever be !>/re reached.”
WHERE BANANAS GOME FROM
The Different Varieties of the Fruit—
Enormous Quantities Consumed In
this Country.
Washington Star.
< " There Is no fruit, either of domee-
tic or foreign growth, for which there
is tuch a steady demand, at all seasons
throughbut the United States, as the
banana,” said a wholesale dealer In
fruit In New York to the writer the
other day, " Indeed, the banana, like
the peanut eating habit, seems to in-
create in tbe country annually. Ten
yearb ago 9,000,000 bunches of bananas
would satisfy tbe American demand
for the fruit, but last year the 20 or
more importers of bananas sold as
many as 16,000,000 bunches. Of that
quantity about 4,000,000 bunches,
cbiifly of the yellow-skinned variety,
were alone consumed in New York
city. * -^ ■
" While the yellow-skinned fruit Is
now more abundant, cheaper and more
extensively eaten than ever before,
the red-skinned banana grown in Cuba
is both scarce and high priced. Such
bananas are at present only iblpped In
comparatively small quantities and are
selling readily at from 5 to 8 cents
each retail. The Cuban product Is
limited owing to tbe htet that many of
tbe larger banana plantations were so
badly ruined or neglected during the
recent war that they do not yield ttM
great amount of fruit that they, for
merly did. In tbe matter of'taste,
however, the Cuban variety Is in no
way superior to the common yellow
• >rt, but the red-tinted banana h by
some considered more ornamental, to
place on tbe table, and for that reason
li Is a favorite. . *
" Bananas come from Llmon, in Cos
ta Rica; Santa Marta, in the United
States of Colombia, and also from the
island of Jamaica, where Is perhaps
grown tbe finest quality and largest
quantity of the yellow-skinned fruit.
The banana tree yields fruit every
month In the year. Each tree bears
from one to three bunches of the fruit,
containing from 100 to 200 bananas.
Tbe fruit is not allowed to ripen on the
tree. It is gathered while still green
and given so many da r s to ripen on the
steamer on which It is shipped to
market in this country.
"Wnen buying bananas never pur
chase the loag this ones, unless you
are wanting fruit which will pucker
your mouth. No matter how well
ripened these thin bananas may ap
pear to be, they will always be found
both sour and acrid. This Is because
the bunch wwilch contained them was
picked too soon. Tbe banana grows
fastest at first Ip length. When It has
reached Its full development In that
direction tt suddenly begins to swell,
and In a few days will double Its glrtb.
It is at the end of this time that it
t^egln* to ripen naturally, and tbe
effort of tbe banana Importer iito have
the fruit gathered at tbe last possible
moment, and yet before the ripening
has progressed even enough to tinge
tbe bright green of the fruit with yel
low. A difference of 24 hours on tbe
trees at this time will make a dif
ference In tne weight of tbe fruit of
perhaps 25 per cent., and all the dif
ference ia lU final flavor between a
puckery sour and the sweetness and
*moothoeM whico are characteristic of
the ripe banana.”
Dreyfus Found Guilty.—The ver
diet of the courtmarlU! at Rennes Is
that Captain Dreyfus to gul.ly of trea
•on against tbe French government as
decided by the cnurtmartlal of 1894,
though the finding of the supreme court
which a few months ago reviewed and
reopened the case, was to the con
trary. There Is perhaps not mucb
surprise at the verdict, but not ten
per cent, of the people outside of
France believe Dreyfus Is guilty. The
general staff of the army of France en
tered upon this persecution of Dreyfus
to- protect themselves, and they are
obiigeq to see the tning tnrougb In
order to justify tbelr original finding
and tbe cruel punishment to which
Captain Dreyfus has been subjected for
tbe past five years.
To have found Dreyfus innocent
would have been such a confession of
.guilt on the part of some members of
tbe general staff, and of tbe unfair
methods pursued In bis first trial, as
would have elicited tbe condemnation
of all falrminded men against tbe
officers who. were guilty of particlpa
tlon in his fi^st conviction. On the
other hand, the present verdict of
guilty cenvinces nobody that Captain
Dreyfus is a y-altor,’ but simply shows
tbe desperate straits to which tbe
army is driven. Having selected
Dreyfus as tne victim five years ago,
they feel they must stand by the
original finding. Of the two evils,
they have selected what in the opinion
of tbe government and the army U the
least. ^ ^ ■
The Sizs of the Earth.-On one
occasion a reporter took the following
stenographic account,'the accuracy of
which is not questioned. Gesticulat
ing wildly, as described, tbe preacher
began on tbo favorite theme of magni
fying tbe greatness of Jebovab.
" De Lawd made de heabens and de
yearf, and' he sea an’ all dat transmor-
graphics the atmosphere.”
But what yo’ know about what dat
means? You don’t know ’cause yo
bain’t been lucified. 1’se been ’struct-
ed in de mafematics, and 1 knows.”
" Yes, yo’ do—’deed yo’ do, ’
"Ef a strain of kyars could run o’
million yeahs, wld steam up, dey
would noi reach de circumboundary
lines of dls yearf, an’ yet de ole moon
climbs dem hills every night and slides
down de odder side jest as easy as a
black snake ’mong de reeds,'an’ de
moon doan’ ’quire no steam.”
" Dal’s a fac’, brudda; dal’s a fsc’.”
" Dls yearf is bigger’n dat, an’ I
might as well tell yo r if yo’ doan know
how big it is. Hit Is 25,000,600 miles
in diameter an’.8,000,000 miles across
de beam.” o
" Hear dat, will yo’; hear dat, honey!
Lord bless us !"
Electricity is Cheapest.—Three
kind! of motive power are used on the
tracks of the Metropolitan Street Rail
way Co. of New York—25 miles of the
system being operated by cable, 82
miles by underground eluctric power
and 133 miles by horse power. The
Street Railway Journal publishes from
the statistic*of tbe company an inter
esting comparative exhibit of tbe costs
of operation relative to passenger re
ceipts. On the horse lines Expenses
last year amounted to 69.8 per cent, of
• > to
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Readers of this
paper who enjoy
a really good
detective story
should keep a
look otrf for the
first chapters of
The
Ivory
Queen
•■v
Norman Burst
It is a detective
story worth read
ing. We have
purchased it and
will publish it in
installments. It
ought to prove a
rich treat
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TIE GOHDUN OF C Wl
•low drcUnx upon outstretched
Yhe fierce, rmpsdouj bird of prey
nude* near that small, sweet, tender
Those cruel daw* would snatch away,
n how that mother s heart rauat leap
To drive this peril of the air ,
away from that aoft nest of deep
With all her love and longing thsffc
got see the staunch defender rise _
With bristling mane ami head erect, _
No power can snatch that precious prtoa
While he Stands ready to protect.
Sleep on sweet babe, yoof mother's ft
Once mote shall press you close and warm.
No evil bird shall e’enmolest .
While this brave guardian scents the harm.
To protect her little ones Is among the
Strongest instincts of a mother’s heart, mid
through all the thousands cares and worries
of a busy woman s life there arises ever and
anon the thought "O, if I could do mote
tor my baby ! ” • «_ m '
Bat mothers art too often weighed down
I
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Columbia, 8. C., Sept. 12, i^a.
The mean temperature, during the
week ending September 11, 1899, aver-
and weakened with their own daily burden*
to do any more than struggle almost hope
lessly against the physical and mental evila
that oeset themselyes, with no strength Isft
to care for others. Women with large fam
ilies find that the very ordeal of bringing
children into the world, and nursing and
rearing them to boyhood and girlhood, is
§o great a draft upon the mother's strength
that she herself becomes the natural object
of care and protection
It is a glorious boon to the women of this
feneration that the wonderful supportive
tonic, originated by Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo,
N. V., is capable of sustaining them through
the ordeal of frequent motherhood and
bringing them ont of it with unimpaired
Womanly strength and energy.
— Motherhood is not only the grandest of •
woman's possibilities, but is the natural
fulfillment of her physical being and when
prepared, for with proper observance of
nature's laws and attended by reasonable
care should be free from the mental de
pression, eacessive pain and subsequent
prostration so commonly experienced.
A maxlfanum of 101 was record'd at
Cheraw, god a minimum of 62 at Tern
perance. ' , . •>
There were local showers over th>
entire State, light along the coast ana
over the Pee Dee region, ftakvy over
tbe central aad western counties,
where many localities bad weekly
amounts In excess of two Inches. Tbo
need of rain Is Indicated for the two
regions first named, while dry weather
is needed to permit gathering crop*
over the greater portion of the Stale.
Army worms have already disap
peared or are fast d.sappeanog.
Corn that has recently come Into
•Ilk aoJ jassel, and on bottom lands,
looks protnlsing. but generally the crop
has sot improved and Is a poor one
Fodder pulling Is nearly fin.shed aad
the fodder has been secured in good
condition.
Locally heavy rains And high wind*
damaged o. en cotton, and a few re
ports of rotting and sprouting were
received. Picking was retarded in n
few western counties by wet weather,
but generally It made rapid progress,
as from half to two-thirds of the boll*
are open, caused by tbe continued ex
cessive heat. 1c sections, about all
the cotton will be gathered during this
month. There will be no top crop ove
most of the State, although late oot
ton la still growing atd blooming, as
it is impiobable that fruitage now
being put on will have time to mature
before frost. Also, much cotton is noi
growing at all, the stalks having
reached full maturity. Poor yields are
reported from all stcUooo, and a«
picking advances, the tendency is to
reduce previous estimate*. Sea-lsiand
cotton has Improved slightly,'although
it is rusting and Is opening slowly.
Second growth is also a damaging pre
vailing condition.
The weather waa ideal for harvest
ing rice, and about half tbe crop has
been cut and stacked, while tbe re
mainder is ripening fast.
Sorghum is being pressed and boiled,
with fairly good yields of excellent
quality of syrup. Grass for hay and
pastures la maklng.*»rapld growth.
Pea-vines, being cut for forage. Peas
have Improved except lo Marlboro and
Chesterfield counties, where hot, dry
weather ruined them. The general
prospefit for minor crops is now quite
promising, especially so for sweet po
tatoes. In the truck region!, fill
crops are being planted, %pd tbe se
cond crcp of Irish potatoes bfelng gath
ered.
aged about 82 yklch Is oear*y of^woro"”^
7 degrees per day above tbe normal., w 0 rDr pi f rev's PxvorHs Proscription
A rich man died the other day. He died
In the very midsummer of life, and he left
his family Jijjoo.ooo. The doctor’s certifi
cate showed that
death resulted from
typhoid fever. The
doctor himself said
to a friend : "That
man was a suicide.
He had a splendid
constitution. I
could have palled
him through if his
stomach had been
sound. . But he
ruined his stomach
by hasty meals,
snatched in inter
vals of business and
by neglect of symptoms which have been
warning him a year past, that his stomach
was failing in its duties.”
The symptoms of a disordered condition
of the stomach and the organs of digestion
and nutrition are, among others, variable
appetite, sour risings, heartburn, undue
fullness after eating, dull headache, dingy
complexion, discolored eye, fluctuations in
physical strength, nervousness, sleepless
ness, despondency. No one person will
have all the^e symptoms at once, but any
one of them calls for prompt aid for the
■nffering stomach.
The restoratron-of the stomach, digestive
and nutritive organs to a condition of sound
health, begins with the first dose of Dr.
Piejpe’s Golden Medical Discovery. The
pcnre progresses from that dose until the
functions of the-stomach and its related
organs are in hegjthy^peration. Then the
nerves are quiet,-tb* appetite healthful, the
sleep restful, the eye bright, the complex
ion clear. In one woof the body is in a
condition of perfect health.
•I w*s troubled with indigestion about two
daring the expectant time and over the
nnrsinv period imparts precisely the local
Strength and constitutional reinforcement
needed to carry them over thia critical junct
ure cheerfully, aafely. almost painlessly.
It affords direct organic endurance and
Constitutional nerve-force. It gives rocn-
berarive power; it promote* the aecreti"
Of abundant healthy aouriahment for the
Child during the nursing period. It ia in
tbe best sen«e the guardian of childhood
for it not only enable* the mother to take
np the work of .ife again with vigor and
enjoyment but through her it imbues the
little one with the rugged natural strength
which is a constant piotectton against tbe
physical evila with which childhood la
Constantly assailed
Wh^t Dr Fierce's Favorite Proscription
doe* for mother* and their children ia well
exemplified in the experience of Mrs.
H M Hansrote. ef Magnolia, Morgan Co.,
W Va In a recent • letter So Dr.
•he write*: v
1 com—need to take Dr nerve's
Prescript ion something over two year* ago, and
am gU<l to testify that it (• a < md send to woouta-
klad The three children who were horn before
I began lo tag* youi mediciae did oat lire I
they wet* very delicate hnt those born I
(three in ell) err eerr he*rte. and that eonrtn
me that your medicine is just what it la said to
be and a grant deal more I could tell enough to
flU a book about the wa\ I autfrred and the wny
your medicine acted Indeed, every woman ou
ihe globe ought i a now shout your medicine •'
Another tads tore gltanbeth Hull of sy Mer
rick BL, Pawtucket E. I . write* . ' ! hare had
fifteen babies, and always had a bad time.
time. I hare had to )iave two dot w» I began
taking your ‘ Pnronte Presents too * Inst My
aad in arptsmbet < jure birth to twoilttle girl*
aad I neeer had such aa esse time. ■ I had so
doctor and did not wiVer half as long as before
My twins when born weighed ten pounds anch.
Tacy are fine girl*, now lour .month* old."
Dir Pierre's Common Sense Medical Ad
viser tells you how to treat almost every
known form of disease at home and juat
what to do in case of emergency. There
1a no trouble in understanding iL It con
tains too! pages and more than 700 illustra
tions A paper covered copy will be sent
free for at one-ceat stamps, by the World’s
Dispensary Medical AaaocfoMrW, Buffalo,
N. Y. If a French cloth binding is want-
ad, tend ton cents more, thirty one ataa
in all. W ~ •
One on the Minister—A Con-
nectiaut famjly, being mucb troubled
about good servants, and on a visit to
some friends in Tennessee, noticed Dne
of those negro cooks (who are to be
found here and there) whose demeanor
was aa quiet as ber work and her person
waa cleanly. They persuaded ner to
enter their service, and In due time
•he arrived In Connecticut. On tbe
following Sabbath, armed. with ber
church letter recommending her to
the kindly consideration of any sister
church with whom she might affiliate,
she, after much surprise at finding
herself the "only darky In sight for
miles,” to rr%y nothing of an African
Methodist Episcopal church, asked for
permission to worship.with the "white
folks” and to put her letter of good
standing In with them. She was told
to come around on the following even
ing to tbe business meeting of the
official board.
Arrived, she was given a seat while
her case was discussed, with the re
sult that the whole beard, except the
pastor, was in favor of receiving her
into fellowship, hers being an ex
ceptional case and she herself so evi
dently respectable that there was no
reason at all for sayjng otherwise. .
The pastor, however, as president,
vetoed It, saying : •" No, brethren, I
do not believe these people are hu
man, or will ever gq to heaven. More,
than that, I should inrunwilltng toga
there myself if they also will be ad
mitted.”
Here the woman interposed: "Well,
honey, if you doan’t want to go to bob
bin wld niggers and you go to bell,
you’ll find plenty of niggers dar, too !”
—Birmingham Herald.
Do not mi*s the opportanity to take
last year ainuunseti vu u».o per cent. 01 year*,” writes Wm Bowkcr, H*q. of Juliaett*.
the receipts; on tbe cable line 60.8 per (Latah co..rd*ito. "x dlfft-rent doctor* and
to you
with a
remedies but to no avail, until I wrote
and you told me what to do. "
cent., and 00 the electric Hoe only 38.2 . J
per cent.- Density of traffic would of ft ^d^th^h?
course greatly affect figures, and tbe that it would kiu me. Now 1 am gi*d to write
high percentage'-of expenses on the kno .T th,t 1 ? m * 11 ri kht- icon
horse lines may be partly due to the I i>at have
your family to the State Fair.
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comparatively small percentage en
joyed by so antiquated a system. On
the other hand, traffic on the electric
Um* was notably heavy. Still the
figures leave ao doubt of the auperior
economy of electric power even when
employed In tbe more expenelve un
derground method. t
that tired
bottle* of
feeling
Dr.
Five
ng that I used to have.
. nerce's Golden Med tea.
covrn/r and two vials of his ' Pleasant Pellets'
Don’t let the dealer sell yon a substitute,
tf you want a cure. Insist
Golden Medical Discovery."
Dr. Fierce’s Pleasant Pellets
complexion powder*. They make
healthy and the cotapkxka ‘
* POSITIVE CURf FOR GONORRHEA AND GLEET.
Cwart in 1 rosoav* solo B* oauooitra as* roa T.WC
take no other try it today
Bent by prepaid express on receipt of He
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