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the Barnwell Peoole. /mi. HOLKEJ, Editor 1 PrapT. CifttiEST fcOcjrft dlicutATioif. frtfUR8f>AY. XOVllJlHKR 28, 18!^ aawteagg—K-,;n.i. In ^VenrUuu f0^kXn>‘<>lin* wnlnnt -Unheard. The riftifaie a* they liter appeal, is evident to <iN«iry otie\ : to Tbd farmer trust be his own best ad. All of the suggested remedies ave been tried and have failed. He Is as much the victim of combinations and trusts today as before he estab Irehed the “Grange” or left the old politiud parties to form a third. It is so because capital Is so much more easily combined than labor, and especially this form of lalor which is so evenly distributed, and can from its very nature have no great centers. These conditions are not temporary but permanent. The farmer need not hope ever to be able to cope successfully with all the varied forms of combined capital, not to find relief fioin them by law. His only hope for larger profits on the farm lies in his ability to make _ the farm yield, more, in .proportion for what he spends for his product and then to sell that product in the best market he can find. In other words, larger raturns from the same expendi tures will help the farmer and tfds alone will. The farmer’s expense account is principally made up of interest on the original investment, fertilizers, farm ing implements and labor. Of these the most fixed in price and mqtn, varia ble in quality is labor. Some labored are the best investment at high prices. Others are a loas, how> ver cheaply em- ployed. Labor affects the farm itself. Any farm can l»e improved oi injured by |ioor labor or good. The quality of the labor affects the expense of the farming implements. Improper use of these results in breaking or daiq^ging them and tendering them useless. Especially is this true of the more costly labor-saving machines. ''Also good care of them when not in use will prolong their period of service^ while unskilful treatment will allow them to be eaten up with rust and shorten their term very decidedly. But the most important thing to the tanner is the pfinliiMgp~;r -the farm. Labor affects this flrsno the proper or improper pre|iaratton of the ground for the seed ; in the careful or negli gent planting of the seed or setting of in the skilful or uuskilful plow, thg or hoeing of the growing plants in the frugal or wasteful liarvestmg of the matured product ; us the attention paid to it while awaiting the time for lie sale ami the attractive or unattract ive way in which it is prepared for market. Thus at every day of iu Ms- *tory the product of the farm Is influ enced by the lalmr employed, and all will agree thet it is better for the farm er to |iay a good pr.ee foi trained labor than a smaller one for a poorer quality. 'ihe Southern farmer’s lalmr supply is the colored population. That Ibis will be the case for a long time there u little reason to doubt, i lial this la bor at picfant is very unsatisfactory all farmere testify- To improve thequal ity of tkis labor is a task to which cv ery farmer in the South should addrew himself. How may this be done ? As for that great army of laborer* in our Southern fields already, hardly any answer can be returned. As for the future supply of laborers, the question is more easily answered, viz give the young colored people a train ing in agricultural and industrial schools, and thus equip them fully to do this better class of work. It is a " good sign that at this lime so much attention is being paid to this kind of education for colored |>e«ple. Could these schools be so multiplied as to in clude a much larger per cent of the colored population in the circle of their influence, the labor on our tarms would fas two or three years begin to im prove. A school in which a youug man is taught how to farm s|tilfuUy f how to produce the most at the small ,,aat outlay ; how to utilize everything about the place; how to attain as nearly as possible to that ideal of fann ing where all of the varied ojienitions complete one great circle where noth ing is lost—a school like this is a foun tain of blessing to both the farmer apd the laborer of this land. This kind of school does not eduoate away from la bor, as so much of Ihe education given to the colored man has dene, but edu cates for labor, for any man loves to do wbat he can do well, and what he can command good wages in doing. The good results of these schools is evident to all who have any knowledge of them. But they are as yet reach ing such a small proportion of the colored population that their influence is comparatively small. A large in- crease in the number of these schools would gieatly hasten the result of au nbundant supply of first-class labor for the farm. These schools are the least expen sive of any form of Induing. They can be made in large measure self-sup porting, since an Individual’s labpxcan nearly always be made to defray his j necessary expenses. One competent superinteodeut, who can be had foi a IN MKMOKJ V M ; CHICK of Hr. R. Y. IVcpt***, fit IttrnwaltTrmri-T ty. K C„ who ileoarled thi* life On the ^nidsy dT Psp^m iww. Hickory, N. C , Oct. ISfM. After many years of earnest, faithful toll. 't In peaceful sleep be breathed bf* l»f a away; ■, ;’ • Ami now no more his weary fvf/y, phew the soil. Mzalion Upon the roadside’s old farpj* g , . • Bvor ready to obey tl C ’rhn...*h Mimmer’. ^ THE TRUST. “T IMPULSE Off HUMAN LIFE. ' —atng cold; The ti um. is the enemy of the farmer. He has enough enemies without be ing subjected <o a new one, and (hat the most insidious and relentless of all which can be imposed op agricultural life. While every map ip the commu nity will be injured by the trust, ex cept the stockholders in the trusts; while every class and all professions, will, to a larger or lesser degree, pay tribute to the trusts, the farmer will be more seriously affected than any other. Every piece of machiuery, every imple ment, utensil which the farmer uses will be in control of the trust. The trust will manufacture them; will put them on the market; will impose the tribule which the consumer must pay. The Steel Trust will be the chief cormo rant. Wo. will use it for 11 lustrat.inn for the reason that it is completely organiz ed, and its deleterious effects are al ready being felt. Since the organiz ation of the Steel Trust steel Juts ad vanced in price 100 per cent, flhd is still auvsneing. This tmst owns the market. It is impossible foi competi tion to take place. There is no seller other than the $200,000,000 Steel Trust Every man who is engaged in mauu facturing any article which is used by (he farmer musl buy his steel which en ten into the making of the article from the steel Trust. He mutt pay 100 per cen^t more for it than he did one yea ago. Every steel plant which was in the United States has been swallowei up by the Steel Trust. Some of the former plants have been closed. Thous ands of employes have been discharger and the trust is enjoying the difference between the cost of production a year ago, and the present selling, price,.. 11’ there was five dollars piofll on the pro duction of steel wbqn it was selling at $17 per ton, there is now a profit of $22 The cost of producing the ton of stee i has not increased. On the contrary it has lesaened. It takes no more ore or coal, or any other material whic i enters inUi its production than it dit before the trust got control. I/e** la bor is used to make it. Fewer sales men are employed. Actually the;protits of the Steel Trust are three hundrr percent, morethan they were less than twelve months ago. It is the most unmitigated oppreeaion ever impoeei on industry. The farmer will find that wilhin year, perhaps much sooner, he will hav to pay to the Steel Trust from thiily to forty per cent more for his agricultural implements than he has done in the past. The tax, for such it is, it vena in the higheet degree. There is no relief for the farmer with, the repub lican party in |>owcr. It must be <h' frated before justice will come. Tht farmer should rememiier also that for every bridge which is built, the stnic turai iron used therein will cost one hundred per cent, more than formerly The Steel Trust is a monster which will devour the substance of tbs farmer The piomotcrs of the trust'are now at work to fonn a Hard Wood Trust When that is accomplishiuA they wilt fix the price on every stick of Uml»er which the farmer offers for sale. That trust will be the only purchaser. Then be will have to pay tnbuie tothe Var- iii-li Trust.and to the 1’aiut Trust. Four hundred million* of dollars will be put ~fnto s trust to control the wheat pro duct, it will be done. That organize* and the price will be Axed for the far mer on his wheat. The farmer will not have a'general market, lie. will be compelled to sell to the tryist at its fig ures. Theyorill form A Wool Trust When the clip is. shown the trust wil, flx the price per pound which the far mer shall receive. The product will be held by the trust, and- sold 4l iu pleasure at a tremendous profit. Cloth ing, bread, and ^fferything else which is uecessaiy for the sustenance and comfort, "wiil be put into a trust. The farmer will have to sell at the price fixed by the trust and he will have to buy at the price fixed by the to^st. He will be robbed iu selliug, and he will be robbed in buying. He will be the slave of the trust. He will sweat aud his bones will ache, but the profits which arise from the con sumption of what he produces will go to the trusts. It is just as easy to form trust ou wheat and on wool as it is to< Torm a Steel Trust. The cormorants will not stop until the last drop of b’ood is sucked from the agriculturists. They enow their business. They know what an easy mark the farmer is, and they mow how quietly and patiently be sears burdens. They will impose them. There will be no use in crying after the milk is spilt.—Cincinnati Enquirer. ‘ * Fit’ Mibeti persons begin their life work Care thrown upon own resoures and Mlertlons for a support, the first motive is the making of a living. , There must he enough income from their labor to keep those who are dependent upon the labors ami to piovlde a decent sup port for themselves, or they labor in vain, or at a loss. It is obliged to be a hard s* niggle for day laborers who have no reserved capital to carry them over tight places, to pay unexpected doctors bills or funeral charges for those who must be buried. II sickness over- fakes the only wage earner in the fam ily, then everything stops at once, ex cept rents and provision bills and debts. In considering the opportunities for making a living, it is astonishing that the people who must work (or periish) do not consider the advantages that.ag riculture offers,'because it is the only calling where nature works all night with the growing crops, to aid the man who works all day to make the living for himself and family. For example, take the day laborer with a half dozen children, from two to twelve years of age. Suppose he is a carpenter and makes $1.50 a day at his calling. That will bring him in $39 for 26- working days in the month, [supposing that he has a job that never fails, and ~tEe casn An enterprising Georgia farmer has become the pioneer in a new industry —namely, making syrup out of water- nfelons. He cuts the melons in halves, scoops out the pulp, runs it through a cider mill, presses out the juice and then boils it for twelve hours over'a | hot fire. Out of 270 melons, worth $o small salary, and a medium sized farm P r ^ wholesale, he gets thirty gal of gooil arable land, upon which is a house roomy enough' for a dormitory toi the colored hoys with some mess aitangement, together with necessa ry stock and Implements would be a suffleiefit equipment for a good training school. The plant should not be too well equipped. No expensive prepa- lion ip necessary. The boys are to 'learn to be ptaclical and resourceful. It is a good investment of money to pat in such work as this. It is a bless ing Ad the laborer. A better quality ter timet for the faming interests. It would improve the farm, ft would stop the leaks in fanning operations. It would conserve wealth. It would increase the smount of taxable prop erty. 1 do not doubt that if legisla tures would invest some of Hie fann ers’ money, which be pays in the way Ions of syrup and markets the product at 50 cents per gallon. The refuse is fed to the hogs,- cattle and chickens, and the whole operation is very profit able. The weight of the grain from an acre of com is about the same as the weight of the cured fodder. Forty bushels of corn weighs about a long ton, aud the weight of the fodder will be about the same. Thert may be variations some- __ ^ times, hot one can estimate very close at labor would most surely make bet-1 * 0 weight of the’cured fodder by - •* - ■ * • - arriving al the nnmh*, 0 f bushels of arriving com froi tbe number each acre. your Money Back if Alligator Unt mem don’t prove to you that it it’a worth more than you paid for it This is a bold •UtUBent. Still we hive been guarantee ing it for yean, and it always proves satis factory. Try it for Rheumatism. Neural gia or any pala. Sold everywhere. tEe casE is always “on tap.” He can hardly get a house to live in near such work under $G per month. His fuel will average $5 per month in the winter time, if they are warm and j « cataract formed comfortable, With a family df eighth If the eight members of the family are clothed and shod, as they deserve to be in this land of civilization, he will do well to-come off with'another $10 a month, not counting wbat they eat and drink, which will consume the rest. If the carpenter makes “buckle and ton gue meet,” he does exceedingly well. Should tbe job fail, or the wages get tied up in court, as some time happens, then tbe whole thing slops, as before said. Take lh>* man, with six children on a rented farm, where be supplies noth ing but his labor. Counting his wife, who can hoe and pick cotton—in a pinch—there are five-- who can aid in making tbe crop. The house and fuel are fuiuished gratis. They can run two plows, and di.tivale 50 acres, of land in corn and cotton. If they are will ing to do so, such a cropper can al*o manage ten acre* in wheat—the land lord furnishing laud, seed'," mules and Implements, for two-thirds as rent, re ceiving only half with the corn and cot ton as rent. If the ten acres produce only ten bushels to the acre—the labor er vela at least 30 bushels to his nhare, after threshers arc paid—amply enough to give his family flour bread the year round. Along with corn and vegeta. blea, etc., be is well supplied. Twenty- live acres in corn should make at least 10 bushels to the acre if properly cul tivated, and much more when extra pain* are taken. The half of this yield will not only bread his family, but feed a cow and some pigs luxuriously/ These are the essentials of a livtug, and not a Hollar of expense, except the clothes and the food perhaps in the flrst year. Twenty-flve acres in cotton should make at least 12 bales on fair arreage land. Allowing ohe bale for his share of guano bills, there are live bales that may be his own property, with proper industry, at the end of the year. rp * ■ ■ 4 • Of course a farmer must give the same time it) labor—as the carpenter— to make a* parallel comparison. He must put in the same hours and do his Work as faithfully; and while the sum mer heat is trying, he can sit by the Are in wintry storms, while the saw j and plant. mu*t go oh from January to Tweeflber—cold or hot. ruin or shine— or be docked for lost time. TUTT-MIX YEARS OK BLINDNI A JOYOUS GOLDEN WEDDING. | himself were shattered completely, and it has taken him four days to be come familiar with each one by sight 1 Despite his fifty-six years of sight less existence, Mr. Osgood has pros- Hectored aad He Saw pered in life. Today he owns twelve rods of land on Main street, Bradford, that is bringing In handsome Hts Sight His Wile and Children for the First Time. THE DEADLY CIGARETTE. For some reason the warfare against the cigarette has well nigh ceased, though the evil is generally admitted to be constantly increasing. We have even heard it graVely hinted by those who used to assail the habit vigorously that it ts- fRTrwrrrroeff of a curse after all, as we had been led to believe. But tbe physicians still insist that it is ruinous lo the*-health of boys, and the bloodshot eyes and pale faces of young smokers confirm the opinion of the doctors. We have no doubt in the world that the cigarette destroys five boys where whiskey kills one. One reasou for this is that it is unpopulat for a youth to drink whiskey, but quite the thing for him to smoke a cigarette, ieceutly wp heard- an old man implor ing a young fellow to stop smoking be cause •the"deadly effect of the habit was dainly written in the boy’s face. The old gentleman told the youth that he would gladly get down oh his knees in the stycei where they were standing and pray the Lord to give him stftngth to break the habit, if he would allow um. The boy replied that it was of no use—the habit had such a hold upon Dim he could not quit it. That was a sad picture. We shall not soou forget the look of pity on the old man’s face nor thafoof hopelessness on the face of the boy as they departed in ’ silence., “here is big money in cigarettes, to be sure,—millions have been made by their sale—but we know one woman, a oviug mother, who would give oil the millions of a Rockefeller, if she owned them, if she only had her dear boy back again. There are large numbers of )right boys who read thesd columns. We ong to see them develop into noble aad. useful men. You cannot possibly be come a noole or a useful man, my boy, and smoke cigarettes at tbe same lime. One ol two things you must stfriender —your manhood or your"cigarette-. Which shall it be?—Charity and Child ren. . - A European syndicate composed of reach, German and Russian capitalists ias been formed, with a capital of ; ! 20,009,000, to develop the hog busi ness in the countries named. Attention will be specially directed toward the country being opened up by tbe Sib erian railway in Russia, where climatic, crap and soil conditions are similar to tbe Foland-CInua territory of tbe north- west. The Amencau hog is today without a rival and has rooted his way into nearly every country po earth. A singular story is that connected with tbe golden wedding which took place in Angelica, New York, e few days sgo. For tbe first time la his fifty years of wedded life the pstrjar- cbal father looked on tbe faces of many of bis children and children’s children gathered about him. Four days before Ed«ln O. Osgood’s sight was restored to him after fifty-six years of total b indues*, and he saw for the first time his wife and sons and daughters. Tbe skill of the surgeon’s knife restored to the aged man the sight of his youth’; which came to him a« the most glorious gift of bis long life. „ “ For years I prayed for this great gift,” said Osgood, “ and I can hardly n alize thot It has come to me at last. Ob, it Is a golden sunset of a life of joy and happiness/’.. . ^ Osgood’s faithful wife and overjoyed children made a happy company at the simple country home of the old couple. Neighbors and friends came froaOnlles around to offer their bless ings and congratulations. Of the many strange events that have happened to mankind, probably none was morn thankfully received than that which fell to the lot of Edwin O. ford County, Pa., seventy-three years ago, and his early life was the same as that of the average country boy until he reached his seventeenth year, when over both eyes, and in three tnonths be was completely blind. Medical science In western Penn eosylvania in the early fertles was not what it is today, and the loeal doctors gave no hope that he ever would re cover hi# sight. Led by a small dog, Osgood started but as a peddler, carrying .a pack of fancy goods and cheap jewelry. His faculty tor handling money and detect ing counterfeit coins became so acute that he never met with a loss. While traveling over the country, disposing of his wares, he met the woman who now is his wife and msrrled her, eleven children being tbe result of this un ion. Mrs. Oigood is four years his junior. After marris^e Mr. and Mrs. Osgood started in tbe drug businees in Brad ford, Pa., which men was known as Llttielown. Osgood remained in the drug business for fifteen yean, much of which time he was alone in the store. Knowing the exact location of each drug, he had no difficulty in mix ing any prescription asked for, and in the entire time be was connected with the pharmacy, no mistakes could be at- triouteU to bis lack of sight. Wbiie in the drug business Osgood purchased a number of bouses and sev eral acres of land in what now Is tbe city of Bradford. So, when oil was struck and tbe price of land doubled each year, the Osgoods found them selves poeseasod of wealth. Selling out the drug business, they moved to An geiioa. where Mr. Osgood, assisted by bis wife, embarked in the furniture an i undertaking busi(i>- r s In these years several unsuooeesful attempu had beep nude to restore Mr. O«goou’t sign , and an eider brother, «di eted in a like manner, regained full possess.on of his sight through an operation performed in Elmira. At a family reunion held ten year} ago the enure family Yas present, con vis;ing of Osgo*id's wife and eleven children. Thirteen sat down todlnner, and one of the children, somewbatsu parstitious, remarked upon tbe number seated at the table. His fears were laughed at by tboee assembled, but before the year bad passed they had occasion to recall tpe incident, as Ar tbur, tbe youngest son, was drowned while in swimming tbe following July Nine years ago Mr. Osgood retired from active business, spending much of his time since under the care of eye tpeciallbU. An Elmira physician finally made tbe successful attempt. By slit ting the eye both ways and removing the lee , OsgooJ was enabled to see for the first time In more than half a century. - - Tbe doctor first held up his hand be fore Osgood's eyes, after removing tbe bandages. Osgood recognized it im mediately. Later a knife was held be fore his eyes and he also recognised this. The bandages were then re adjusted and Osgood returned to a dark room, where be was kept until his eyes healed thoroughly. When Osgood final ly was takpn from the dark room, once more restored, fully to sight, hi& wife nnd family agreed among themselves not to speak, as he always had recog nized them by their voices. A large party of neighbors also assembled ex pecting tbelr neighbor to recognize them and give them a coralal greet ing When Osgood came out into tb& light, of course, be did not know one in tbe party. Plain John Murphy, a lifelowg friend and near neighbor, said, “ Brother Osgood is mighty indepen dent now he has regained his eyesight.” Osgood had no sooner heard this than hq advanced to Murphy and, shaking him by the hand, said, ” 1 had an idea that was you,. John, but never having seen you i had to wait until you spoke.” Other neighbors then spoke up and he _ _ returns He also owns a farm and four houses in Angelica, besides a snug sum de- E wiled in the Uounty Savings bank. ost of his children are married and have families of their own. Mr. and Mrs. Osgood have twenty- three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Forty members of the family were present at the old home stead attending the golden wedding. Invitations were issued to seventy, but It was Impossible for all to attend. THE REVOLT AGAINST HANNA. Cuyahoga County, be ingly defeated by Jtx spoS recognized them immediately by their voices. He was overcome with joy when bis wife and children spoke to him and he was able to see them for tbe first time. ' . Later in the day be surprised bis family, as well n himself, by picking up tbe large family Bible and reading two verses from it. It was thought that the letters he had learned as a youth pf^sixteen would be forgotten, but such was not the case, and now he reads the magazines and such news papers as are printed in large type. Before he was allowed bo see bis fam ily the doctor asked him what he would do if upon seeing his wife for the first time, he found her to be col- ored. Without hesitation tho old man replied:, “I- will clothe her in silks for the rest of her life and stick by her just as she has stuck by me during the fifty years of our married life." When asked what Opinion he had formed in his own mind of his wife's locks before be recovered his sight, he said: “I made, up my mind I was going to like her looks, no matterwbat they were, and her face is my ideal of beauty in women." old man was the manner in which both men and women dressed and wore compl«£sd. their hair being so entirely different from the style in vogue fifty-six years ago. At first he thought he was being treated to a big maeque'ade party. Charlotte, his only granddaughter living at home, was much .offended when the, grand pa she had known for to many years and had always been on such intimate terms with, sfiked her, v Who* j little girl are you Mr.-Osgood had picture* in his mind of all of his family, hut upon seeing thajn the. pictures ha had drawn to The Majority ol Ohio Voters Have Condemned McKinley’s Policy- Next Year the State Will Vote lor Bryan. The returns from the election in Ohio show thatJ^dge Nash, the Re publican candidate for Governor se cured his election by means of the can didacy of Mayor Jones, of Toledo, the independent “Golden Rule” man, and they also show that Jones is a factor tin Ohio politics of no mean ability. It is declared on illKides that but for the candidacy of Jones fully threa-fourthu of His vote 'would have been cast for John R. McLean, the Democratic can didate, which would undoubtedly have elected him over Nash. Jones received about 100,000 votes. This vote repre sented the element in Ohio politics dissatisfied with Hanna and Republi can rule. The 100,0<k) men who voted for Jones were opposed to continuing Mark Hanna as boss of Ohio, and the most conservative estimates are to tbe effect that bod Jones withdrawn from tho race fully three-fourths of his sup porters would never have voted for Nash, thereby giving McLean 75.000 more votes than he received. -Tnis would have elected him-user Nash by a small majority. The Democrats are charging the de feat of McLean to Jones, and the later returns and calculations show that the a'leged endorsement of the McKinley aimmistration in Ohio by the election of Nash 1* a doubtful honor. The com bined Jones and McLean vote is larger than tbe vote for Nash, which undoubt edly makes a protest against the policy of tbe administration, and how tha Re publicans can get any satisfaction oat of this result is bard to see. They claim that the election of Nash is a square victory and endorsement of tbe President’s Philippine policy, and Mark'Hanna's defense of the trusts, but tbit is not borne out by tbe returns. In Hanna's own district, Cleveland and was overwheim- >nd Me Lepn. the former carrying the county by 14,000, in the face of me fact that Ban na made speeches in every ward and appealed to tbe voters to sustain the administration and Republican ruffe. Instead they voted for Jones nod Mc Lean, leaving the McKinley candidate far behind. ’. Tbe fact is that while Judge Nash bat been elected aad will be Governor, be is not tbe choice of tbe majority of Onto, nod by their votes tbey nave re pudiated tbe Republican party and administered a stinging blew to Mc Kinley ism and Hannaum by casting a majority vote against them in favor of Jones and McLean. Tbe result shows that tbe people wanted n change, but they differed between McLean nod Jones as to who w»* the best man to put nt the-helm of State. The feeling of.the Jones and McLean followers is bitter against Banna and McKinley, and the election of Nash represents tbe minority in Ohio. It is a cane of tbe minority electing the Governor. In other words,tbe opposition to tbe McKinley administration and Hanna ism in tbe State consists of the major ity of tbe voters, yet by their division and difference as to candidates tbe ma jority loses control of tbe Stale. The question bos been asked how the opposition vote would go in n pres idential election, nod this, problem will give food for thought lo Ohio nnd throughout the country for tbe next several months. With the same issues before tbe people -in n national cam paign how would the Jones vote go—to Bryan, say, or McKinley J It is true that the Jones followers are even more b.tter against Hanna rule then the Democrats. Tbey represent a revolu tion in Ohio politics which, with all his power and the power ol the adminis tration, Hanna cannot subdue. Jones' 100,COO followers, or at least three- fourths of them, are in opea revolt against tbe policy of Banna and the administration as shown by their frenzy in voting for Jones when they knew he could not bs elected, thus throwing away their vote to administer a rebuke to the Republicans. It is asserted that the greater part of this vote will go to Bryan next year if he is the Democratic nominee, because the Jones men want a change, being disgusted with the rule of Hanna. Tbe followers of McLean and the leading Democrats are taking this view of the situation and they are as serting that It will be an easy thing to carry the State next ^ear against Mc Kinley and Hanna by simply combin ing the Democratic and Jones indepen dent vote. • ANALYZES THE VOTE. A Sad Ending.—The marriage of Mj*. Benjamin Ashley and^Mlss Mary Duckwpnb, pf Anderson, had an end ing motkpathetic <n its surroundings. Mr. James M. Ashley, (ather of the groom, has been seriously 111 oLdropsy for several months past, but was P thought to bq improving, and so be- severai jugh lieviog, his son, whose engagement to Miss Duckworth had been announced, but the marriage oq account M his father’s condition having been post poned, decided that further delay was not demanded^ and arranged the mar riage date for* Wednesday night. Ex actly two honrs after tbe marriage ceremony, hia father, joining in the general felicitations ot the occasion, suddenly grew worse and died in a few minutes. His death is deeply deplored in the county where he was a well known aad prosperous citizen. —The monthly report of the statisti cian of the department of agriculture will state that the mort thorough in Election* ! Xhe la a Rebake to MciUntoy—Demo cratic Gains In. Masanohaeetta anil Pennsylvania and Republican 11owes In New York and New Jersey. Mr. William J. Bryan has given to the presfr an extended statement, in which he snnu up the results of the election in the different States. In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, where the Democrats reaffirmed the Chicago platform, he finds that tbey have made gains, whlld in New York and New Jersey the Republican vote shows a falling off. Maryland, he de clares, is now safely Democratic. On the Kentucky election he says : “ The result In Kentucky does not give any encouragement to the Republicans. The latest returns show that the con test between Mr. Goebel and Mr. Taylor Is very close. The Democrats claim the eleotlon of Goebel and the entire State ticket by small pluralities. The Legislature is safely Democratic in both branches and 4he election of Blackburn to succeed Lindsay is as sured. No one who has Watched the contest will doubt that with tbe Demo crats united on national issues, Ken tucky can be relied upon for a majority of 20,000 or 30,000.” Ohio is summed up as follows: “ What consolation can Republicans draw from the Ohio election ? Mr. Hanna secured the nomination of his candidate for -Governor npoa a plat form endorsing tbe Republicanadmints- tration, and while the returns Indicate that Nash has a plurality of about 50,- 000‘over McLean, McLean and Jones together have a majority of something like 50,000 over the Republican can didate. ^ “ McLean r^n upon a platform em- McAINLKYH CUBAN POLICY. President Will Appoint Perhaps the greatest surprise to the I vastigatlon of the cotton situation that donojr_Qf the $100,000 recently ~ ih has be been made since 1895 has just been Ington office have visited all the promt nent points in the cotton bait, investi gating both acreage and prod action. Pending tha receipt of the final reports as to picking, due December 1, no de tailed statement krill be Issued, but the statistician states that on tha basis of the highest estimate of the area under caltiration for which the department can find any warrant 23,500,000 acres, the crop cannot excood 9,500,000 bales. This estimate is based on the most complete aad trustworthy Information. phatlcaily endorsing the Chicago plat- for A and condemning the trusts, milita rism and Imperialism, and he made a gallant fight against great odds. Onio is the home of Mr. Hanna, ohairmau of the Republicam national committee. Postmasters ail oter the Union were urged to contribute iboney to save Gate; Mr. Hanna took tbe stump bimself and called upon Republicans to support the ticket and enOorse tbe policies of the Administration. And yet, in spite of all that could be done, Mr. Hanna’s own county was carried by Mr. Jones and the Republican which had a majority of nearly 50, in 1896, is now overwhelmed by a majority approximating 50,000. The Jones vote is Antl-Repubacan. Mr. .Jones himself has made an open flgnt against Mr. Hanna and bis methods; apu the Kepuoucao party has turned it batter!-•» against Mr. Jones nnd his follower*.’’ Iowa, South Dakota and Kansas re sult* are patsetfhver wltb urief para graphs as not of leading importance. * On Nebraska be says : " Tbe Ne braska campaign wa* fought on na tional issues and tbe Fusion candidate for Judge re reived about 14 0UL' this year as agalnvt 3,01k) for tba Fusion candidate for Judge in 18V7. Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejobn came from Washington to plead with tbe voters to uphold the President’* poll- dee. Senators Thurston and Hay ward were oa tbe stump warning the people not to repudiate the President Senator Fairbanks aad other promi nent Republican* from outside the Slate lent their influence, but notwith standing the efforts brought forth by tbe R •publicans the Fusion foreey gained a signal v.ctory. Their can didate, Judge Holcomb, carried five of tbe Congressional districts out of tbe six and lost the remaining district (tho 1st) by only a thousand The r uslonlsu made a net \aia of three District Judges and a large gain in county officer*.’’ Mr. Bryao continue* : •“ Taken as a whole tbe election returns from all tbe Stales give encouragement to tboee who hope for tbe overthrow of the Republican party in 1900. It Is evident that those who believe in the Chicago platform in 1*96 still believe la it- it is also evlceol that toe hostility to the Chicago platform among those who op posed it is not as pronounced ns it was in 1896. It is apparent also that there U a growing hostility to the mooo- e dles which have grown up under n epubiican Administration, it is safe to say that the American people would by a large majority pronounce against the atteuipt to raise the standing army to 100,000, and It is.equally certain that upon a distinct vote upon the issue a large majority of the peopls would pronounce against an imperialistic policy which would develop here a colonial system after the pattern of European Governments. " If the rebuke administered to the Republicans at the poll* had been more severe the prospect of remedial legislation at the hands of the He- ublicans would be brighter. While was sufficient to indicate that tbe people are not satisfied with tho Re publican policies it may not have been sufficient to stay the course of the Republican party toward plutocracy and toward the European ideas of gov ernment built on force rather than upon the consent of the governed—a government relying for safety upon a large standing army rather than upon a citizen soldiery.’/ • , —The Ladies’ Home Journal says that soon after Gen. Robert -E. Lee went to Lexington, Va., the presidency of an insurance company was offered to him, at a salary of 110,000 a year. He was at that time receiving only 13,000 as president of the Washington and Lee University. “ We do not want you to discharge any duties, General,” said the agent: we simply wish the use of your name—that will abundantly com pensate us.” “Excuse me, slr,”^wee the prompt and decided rejoinder ; “I can not consent to receive pay for ser vices I do not reeder.” Nearly every mail brought him similar propositions, and just a short while ofore his death a large and wealthy corporation in New York city offered him $50,000 per annum to become its president. But be refused all such offers and quietly pursued bis chosen path of dnty. —Tbe most curious palace in the world Is the Alhambra, in Spaih. It was originally a fortress, so great in extent as to bo capable of bolding 40,000 men. It was begun la 1248 and finished in 1314. It contains numerous halls and courts, all decorated in the highest style of Moorish art. — CD —John L. Williams, a wealthy bank er of Richmond, Va., is said to be the Goa. Wood to Goierw Cwba—The Mili tary Win Ofvs Way to civil Law* The President’s program with re gard to Cuba la'now known. It con template* the retirement of Gen. Brooke from tbe military governor ship and the substitution of a civil government, with Gen. Leonard Wood at its hood-. January 1 is likely to be a red-letter da* In Cuban history. Ob that day in 1898 Spain played her last card in the effort to hold the island by setting up an autonomous government. On January .1, 1899, the Spanish flag came down and tbe American went up over Cuba. On January 1, 1900, if the President can carry out the plans he has now in mind, the .existing military government In the island will give way to a civil government, and Cuba will have taken its flrst long stride qn the rood toward* independence. . - This is not a new plan of the Presi dent, but one he has had in mind for several months. Tbe complaints from all sides about Gen Brooke’s Inkde* quacy for his present duties have been incessant, and it has been obvious that some remedy must be applied soon or half the labor spent in putting the is land into a better moral and sanitary condition would have been thrown away. By the best unprejudiced judges the so-called cabinet with which Brooke has surrounded himself has proved a dead failure or woree. Tt has retarded P, 1 rather than^helped the work of regen eration. The President has been re luctant to lake any steps which could be construed as humiliating to Gen. Brooke, but^the latter, has done as well as his natural limitations of mind and temper would permit, so it was decid ed, after mature deliberation, to let Brooke be undisturbed until the time came for dispensing with military rule, and then to quietly let him pass out simultaneduslv with the order of things which he represents. At' has been said, Gen. Wood Is marked for the civil governorship. It wui a) hint from the President that higher honors were in store for him which Induced him to turn his bock upon ti e offers made him a while ago to return to the United States and en ter private business. He made plain to the President at the time that dif ficulties beset bitu in the government of Santiago province with the govern- meat of the whole Island in Its present h nd*. but was advised to bear tbe so- novaoces patiently a while longer. The entire island of Cuba needs tbe work of an expert military engineer. Tbe fortiOcattoM will require over hauling, especially as Cuba, ever if la- dependent, will be under our protec tion and remain a military outpost of tbls coubtry and the chief base for operations ie detente of our Southern coasts in the eveat of oaolher foreign war. There will be harbor improve menu also of great extent and impor tance. —la France 1,600 companies have been organised for tbe manufacture of automobiles. Tbey have thus far turned out 3,250 of the motor carriage* —an average of abont two for each coo- cere. t the erection of a hospital ily given lot in that city. tola the Wash- It Is to be known as the Charlotte Williams boepltal, in, memory of a young daughter of Mr. Williams, who was drowned at Old Point Comfort iaL 1888 -i-An American company has leased tfca San Juan battlefield, near Santiago, Cabo, and will build a roadhouse on tbe site of tbe destroyed fort, introduc ing other feature* to make the place an attractive resort. The owners bad Intended to fill in the trenchee, but tbe promoters of the new enterprise will leave these Intact. A WEAK STOMACH AFFECTS YOUR WHOLE BODY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM GIVES STRENGTH T0THE5T0MACH.I PURITY TO THE BLOOD. AND LIFE TO THE LUNGS. 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