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VOL- XXIII- KAKNWEIX, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY.; JULY,5, ^ Q . AKP ON TUR FAINS. We Have too Much Rain and loo , Many Fooft, ae Solomoo Bald. a Tbit U tbo first bright, ^enlitl tunny morning' that we have bad in three weeks—for twenty one daya. it baa rained every day save one. Tbe crops are in a bad tlx ; tbe corn and cotton are bidden J;y yraat and weeds, and labor is scarce, for tbe negroes are wanted in tbe mines. Most of the vfbeat has been cut, but bow much of it will be saved cannot yet be told. Within my recollection of fifty years I do not recall so much rain in harvest time. Acoordlntf to Scripture, it seems to be tbe same old story, for Solomon sayi, “ As rain in harvest so Is honor unseemly in a fool." They had too much rain and too many fools then just as we do now. Maybe Providence sends tbe rain to try the fatmers—to make them diligent and shifty. I traveled on the East abd West railroad last WMk dor sixty miles . and I noted some farms that were clean and nice— the corn and cotton chopped out and tbe wheat shocked in the field ; one of these belonged to a widow, and she and her three girls and one boy_ were just finishing the cotton. Mark Bam dident write anything about the woman with the hoe, nor the girls, but one of tbeje t lrls was merry enough to waive.her onnetat somebody on the trala besides me. Some farmers sit down and wait for tomorrow's sun to dry off the ground ; (but tomorrow')} sun dldent ^ shine, and so they wait till next day. Others slap in at every chance and do something. I know one who began to cut bis wheat Monday morning just as soon as Sunday- was gone—for Sunday was the day it did not rain. He cut half that night and all day Monday and got through with his thirty acres, and he says he will make 700 bushels. An other diligent farmer made 400 bushels last year on twenty acres, and sowed it right away to cowpeas and sold his pea vine hay for more per acre than he got for his wheat. That is business—And Solomon says, “ Seest thou a man dili gent in his bustness; be shall stand be fore kings.” I am no braggart but let me say that if 1 baJ wailed for the rain to uult I would be singing that u>ld song, “ A man of words but not of* deeds is like a garden full of weeds.” I worked between showers, and some times when Mrs. Arp called and called me to come In out of the rain I pre tended 1 dldc-nt bear her, and struck a few more licks for.Mr. Markham. I wish you could see my bean arbor—not butter beans, but the best and most prolific bean 1 have ever planted; I bad them last year on my corn patch, but they do better on poles or over a cape arbor. Plant two rows of bean* five feet apart, and when they are well up stick them With cares. Lap the small ends of the cams together on the ground and get your wife or daughters to tie them in three or four places—af^ ; of uniform length—then arch them over the beans, and nature will do the rest. I never saw half as many beans as bang from my vines. Of course, tbe rains have stimulated the growth of every thing, and its lucky that vegetables grow upward instead of outward. I planted mv potatoes in a trench that was shoveled out and manured with ashes -wood and coal tulied theucov- e r ed with pine straw and some earth on that. They are the finest I ever grew, and come out of the straw almost clean enough to c aik without washing. Pine straw is very valuable in a garden and is cheap, costing only dU cents for a good load. It is a good mulch for strawberries, and 1 am experimenting with it under a few tomato plants; most of them 1 have trained up to stake«, but I saw a market'garden near Mem phis and ail tbe tomato vines bad tum bled over on wheat straw, and made more fruit, though nut so lerge, and fine as when vtaked. A garden lea small ex-perl mental 'farm, and Is as much consequence and more pleasure, espe cially if you mix (lowers with it. Don't throw away your coal aehes ; mixed with wood ashes, they are a fine fertl- says thataehea-i.' proaucerrnrTTwWT^^W He ■wiiniw produces vine and foliage. Ashes will double the quantity of strawberries, beets generally come up too thick. Thin them out and transplant; cut off part of the tope, and tbe transplants w Hi make the best beets. J ust so with celery, but I don’t propose to teach old gardeners, for some of them can teach me -my neighbor, Mrs. Fields, Is the best gardener 1 know of, and I am satlbfled if 1 can keep up with her. 1 have some of my wonderful beans planted to poles. The poles are from eight to ten feet high, and it interests me to seethe bean vines reaching up to find something higher to cling to. Tbe tendrils are now two or three feet higher than the poles, and still reach ing up and feeling around In the air. I am going to give them some fishln poles fifteen feet long. They remln me of Jack and his bean vine—my children and grandchildren never tire of that good old story. How a poor widow had a little boy named Jack who was good to his mother, and one day Jack saw an old giant comingT His head was as big as a small barrel, his yes as big as saucers, his nose as big as my arm, his mouth like the end of a big stove pipe and his teeth like iron spoons. He came up the road snorting like a horse, and was singing, “ 1 smell the blood of an Englishman ; Alive or dead 1 must have some.” Jack ran In the house- to his mother and she pulled up a plu ik in tbettoo* and dropped Jack down In the cellar and put the plank back, and moved her chair and table on it, and sat down and wept to knitting. Here came the old giant, puffing and blowing like a steam boat. Ht ho: e dldent eat anything but Ijttle lys, and he peeped in at the door and Id, “ I’m hungry and I’m hunting for a boy.” Jack’s mother told him she dldent have any boy for hlafAnd to go off, or she would set her big dog on him. Then he walked all round tbe house and looked down the chimney, for he was as high as a tree, but he couldent find Jack. When he went away and was out of sight, Jack's mother took up the plank, and reaching her hand down she pulled Jack out of tbe cellar. Soon alter tfahut poor old woman came along and begged for something to eat, and Jack and his mother fixed her op a good dinner and some coffee, and the poor woman was so thankful that the S ave Jack a bean and told him to plant i and It would grow as high as the sty lelea and have bushels and bushels of beans, and the vine would row as high as a Jack planted'Tt tree in one night, right away, and next morning he went out to see It, and the top of It was away up yonder and he eou d see it giowing higher and higher. So he thought It would be fun to climb it, and the stems of tiie leaves were strong enough to hold him up like a ladder, and he kept on climbing and the bean vine kept on growing so fast tbht Jack couldent catch up with It, and by and by he got so high he couldent see the ground and before long he got up to the clouds and stepped off on the blue floor of the sky, looking around at tbe beautiful an country he saw a great fine house that was but It of stone. So he walked over to It and dldent see anybody—not a soul--nor a dog nor cat nor horse nor cow, but he heard a great snoring-in side and saw bones all around tbe yard. Then he peeped In and saw that same old giant aleep on the floor of tbe wide hall. His tongue was banging out of his mouth and bis face was greasy and bloody, for he had been eating some body and laid down to sleep, and bis snoring shook the ‘house. Jack was awfully scared, and started to run, but be saw an ax near the door, and he wondered If he couldent kill that old giant while he .was asleep. So he slipped in on tiptoe and raising up tbe ax.ns high as he oould, he brought it down on the old giant's neck, and with one blow cut.his head off. The blood spouted all over the room and Jack ran away as bard as he could. By and by he slipped back to see, and sure enough the old giant was dead and h^d stopped kicking and the blood had stopped run ning. Jack caught his head by its long hair and dragged It away off to the bean vine and took It down to his moth er, and tbe folks came to see It from all over the country, and were so proud of little Jack that they gave him clothes and pocket knives and marbles and balls, and evecxHterward* called him Jack the Giant Killer. And there has never bceir another giant In the world since, for he was the last one. Many a time have I got the children to sleep pa tbat story, for of course I rary it and embellish it and tell many things to point a moral and adorn the tale. 1 have not forgotten how eagerly 1 lis tened to the little stories my mother used to tell me when I went to bed, nor how I .devoured the Arabian Nights when 1 grew older. Stories that re ward the good and bring grief to the bad children are great helps to raising them ; they are kindergartens to the ear and a comfort to their little minds. I bad rather please them with a little story like this than to fret myself abus ing Mark Hanna and his crowd, for little children are nearer Heaven than Mark is, according to my opinion. . Hill Akp. CRNSUH Nor OOMIXKTKD. People artV too Previous In Asking for Keen I Is. Director of tbe Census Merriaw has given out tlie following statement for the information of tbe public : ” The census office is now in receipt of many letters dally asking for infor mation as to the results of tbe census in particular localities, especially in tbe larger cities. It does not appear to occur to the writers that the census has not yet been taken. The law allows until June loth incitirs ofK.uOO inhabi tants and In rural districts until the 1st of July for Us completion, and after that tbe schedules have to lie examined by tbe supervisors of census before they can be forwarded to Washington in order tbat tbe supervisors may de termine whether the work has been satisfactorily done and may lie in |h>- sitlon to certify to tbe correctness of tbe enumerators' accounts for services rendered under tbe law.” . Tbe following ctatemenl has been prepared, showing wbat lias to be dune with the census returns when received at Washington, and why it must lie weeks or even months before the figures can be given out iu tbelr en- tlrety. MI’W a daily report card, show log bow many hours and minutes be bas been at work, and bow many persons be bas enumer ated that day. Since there are approxi mately f>.'!,00u enumerators and thirty days are allowed for the completion of tbe census the number of daily report cards to be examined in the census office is somewhere between one million and a million and a half. It is difficult for any one not familar with census work to form an idea of the vast amount of material to be bandied in all of tbe divisions of tbe office. Tbe number of boxes oontaining schedules sent to \be enumerators in advance of taking the census was 4,500 and their total weight, was estimated at 300 tons. All of this material is returned to Washington, where it has to be sorted out and ar ranged in order by States and sub divisions of States upon shelving ag gregating several miles in length. There is invoice of schedules in every box received which has to be verified. Next In order follows the examina tion in detail of the schedules. Every schedule has to be examined In order to see that the enumerater has not made an overcharge for his services. For this purpoeethe schedule has to be compared with the account rendered by him. Every possible effort will be made to pav the enumerators at tha earliest practicable date. Every bust; ness man knows that 53,000 bills pre sented for payment In one day*'could not be audited at sight. The schedules then go to the clerks employed in punching cards for tbe electric tabulating matmines. A count of the population will thin be made by color, by sex and by native or foreign birth, which will consume possibly five or six months. Not until these machine counts have been made for any-particu lar city or State cau the figures be given out for public tion. The cities will naturally be taken up first and as fast as the actual population return ed by the enumerators is ascertained it will be posted on a bulletin board in the hall outside the director's room for the information of tne press. —Tbe last descendant-of John Ban yan has just died at Lincoln, England, in the person of Mrs. T. M. Keyworth. The last male descendant died many years ago and *'monument is erected to his memory in Lincoln- Cemetery. Now the honored line'is extinct. Mrs. Keyworth was nearly 99 years old. SITUATION IN CHINA. ' ^ ^ - 1 * A Large 1 Army Will be Nec'eaaary to Suppreaa the KJots. , A London dispatch to the New York Tribune, dated June 25, says : V The British admirality being en meshed with red tape does not give out dispatches as promptly as tbe navy department at Washington, but it has confirmed the previous accounts of the repulse of the relief column which attempted to .enter Tien Tsin on Fri day. " The bulletin is short and depress ing. The foreign settlement at Tien Tsin was almost entirely destroyed and tbe Europeans were lighting hard. There is nothing about a relief column of Russians and Americans being cut to pieces, but the repulse was attended with some loss. Only one runner bad entered Taku from Tien Tsin in live days and not a word bad been received from tbe relief columns which started for Pekin two weeks ago nor from the legations themselves. The relief force may be described as a chain consisting mainly of missing links. There is a mixed force of be tween 2,000 and 3,000 men at Taku in cluding a portion of the Chinese regi ment from Wei Hal Wei. This column, with the Russian and American con tingent of over 500 men, must cut its way through a superior Chinese force which is said to have 00 guns, although this seems incredible. Tbe foreigners at Tien Tsin are clearly in a desperate state with the garrison surrounded by a Chinese horde and with ammunition and supplies running short. “Somewhere beyond Tien Tsin, either on tbo way to Pekin or at tbe city, is a mixed force of 2,300 mea„wi}h inadequate supplies, ammunition and food. At tbe legations are probably from 150 to 200 Europeans. Japanese and Americans, refugees being added to the working force and the military and naval guards number about 450 men. Every link in this chain of relief Is weak and detached and there is no accurate Information. Men who have lived la Chins assert that tbe number of foreigners at Tien Tsin is large since the city bas a Chinese population of over 1,000,000 and a commerce of over $45,000,000. Tien Tsin is the chief dis tributing center. There are four for eign hanks, a targe number of English, German, Russian, Japanese and Amer ican merchants and several groups of missionary stations. “ Tbe situation of the foreigners at Tien Tshi is regarded by former Brit ish officials in China as deplorable, and doubts are expressed respecting the ad- adcquacy of tbeir relief force which is available at Taku unless R issia takes decisive measures, as indicated last night in official communications from tbe foreign office at St. Petersburg for the invasion of the Chinese territory by a really formidable army. Tbe European and American fleets may be working harmoniously under the lead ership of the rear admiral at Taku, THK I IIOUBLK • . / Taxes IN ASUAN I KK. are at tbe iWtnm of Ureat Itrilaln'a IMfllcultles. New York Bun. The ^ittle war which Great Hrltpin has on its bands ° in West Africa is likely, according to the - latest dis patches from the gold coast, to glvu some trouble before U Is over) The immediate cause of the difficulty with the natives is Incidental to the transi tion through which* they are passing from a condition in which taxes were paid and trade was carried on in kind and with cowries to that of a money using community. The taxes, since the .British administration h.u taken charge over the country, have been rig orously exacted in money, especially tbe obnoxious but-money, which bas been tbe causfe of nearly ail the risings against British authority in Africa. The present A&hantee trouble has its origin in this cause, though the golden stool plays a pa"t in the matter. Thu Ashantee contention appears to be tbat taxes are only leviable by an occu pant of' the Golden Stool, but tfifs is only another way of saying tbat they refuse to recognize the authority of the British governor to' demand or re ceive taxes. The plea of the.absence of the Golden Stool is simply a subter fuge. Tbe real point is tbat besides being partly unable and partly unwill ing to pay tbe taxes Imposed by tbe British authorities tbe Ashantces'arc still loyal to the old native dynasty, cruel though Its exercise of power was: and they may have thought, after hearing of t^p British defeats in South Africa, thatan opportunity presented itself for throwing off tbe British rule. They have also not forgotten the causes tbat led to the gn at war of 1B73-74, and its results. The trouble then arose out of tbe transfer by the Dutch of their rights to Elmina and the surrounding territory, which they held under a lease from the king of Ashantee, dating back to the last cen tury, to the British in exchange for settlement of Acbeen in Sumatra, held by the lirjtish uodec<ii^ar condition* from the sultan of tlrl^country. Cn- dor the treaty of lease the Dutch were pledged, if ever they gave up tbe Eimtoa settlement on the gold coast to hand it back to the king of Ashantee, but those wop made tbe tfantfer to England iu 1872 were either ignorant of the existence of this stipulation or disregarded it, and when the king pro tested against tne breach of the agree- ment he was referred to the British government, itecciving-no satisfac tion from it be took the matter into his own hands, and with an army esti mated at iib.UOi) men marched into the disputed territory to maintain his right of access to the sea. But small pox and lhe4iriti#h Snider rifle, aided by the defection of some of the tributa ry and alHed tribes, ended his power of resistance and a treaty of peace was signed in I8?t which brought tho coon try virtually under British COVirwf. It hut the suppression of anarchy in Gnina was not, however, until It.ni that thV now requires the presence of a larger army than any great powmr except Russia can put into the Herd without delay."- The British cruiser Terrible has ar rived at Chufoo from Taku with the latest news which is as follows : “Eight hundred Sikhs and 2u0 Welsh Fusilieis hn v e effected a junction*with the American, German, and Rus-ian forces which had been cut off by tbe Chinese about nine miles from Tien Tsin. It was proposed to deliver an assault upon the Chinese forces at Tion Tsin lastwight (Sunday night),” It la nut clear wbat forces united. It would seem that one relieving force, cut off, bad been relieved by another. At any rate, it Is apparently certaiu tbat tbe allies arrived io. sufficient force at Tien .Tesia Suffday to attack tbe besieging Chinese? “Foreign official opinion taere,” says a dispatch from Shanghai to the L >n- don Express, “inclines tif believe tbat the .worst has happened to the lega tions at Fekin and to Admiriyl Seymour wtdL Even jf the legations were have ■ that they are safe now. The situation, in fact, grows more and more gloomy. The entire absence,of reliable news from tbe capital seems to justify the worse construction which-can be put upon it. “Bad news comes from Nan .King, where the unrest is said to lie growing hourly. Viceroy Liu Kin Yth has tele graphed the British authorities that he has ordered the five Chinese cruis ers which have been lying off the har bor here to proceed to Nan King.” “Gen. Mas’ army,D—»ay* a corres pondent at Shan Bai K wan, “consist ing of 4,000 men, left'a week ago for Pekin and Gen. Sung Cheng's forces, numbering 2,500, left for the same place on June 15. “A careful estimate of the number and armament of the Chinese troops around Pekin puts the total at 3(10,000 and it is calculated that these troops possess 227-centimetres Creusot guns, 18 Krupp guns and 150 Maxims. “Their supply of ammunition fs practically inexhaustible. It h s main ly been supplied by a German tirm^at Carlowitz. Fully three-fourths of the Chinese forces are badly drilled, whol ly undisciplined and quite unfamiliar with modern weapons.”^ A bulletin from Chefoo, Tuesday’ June 20, says : “Rear Admiral Kempff (American) reports, by a Japanese torpedo boat, that the combined forces entered Tien Tsin on Saturday, June 23, sustaining small loss. “They started on Sunday to the re lief of the foree which left Tien Tsin on June 10, and which is believed to be surrounded near Pekin. » “According to Japanese reports, Ad miral Seymour (Englishj.has been cap tured and the ministers have left Pekin, left guarded by Chinese sob dlerx. - Tholr jshereabouta Is un known.” ' C- --The whistle of a locomotive is heard 3,300 yards through the atr, the noise of tha railway train 2;800, the report of a rifle and the bark of a dog, 1,800 yards, an orchestra or tho roll of a drum 1,000 yards, the human meats voice reaches to a distance of 1,000 yards, the croaking of frogs 900 yards, the chirping of crickets 800 yards. Distinct speaking is heard in tbe air above to a distance of 000 yards: from hove it has a range of only 100 yards downward: ^ — t) I; British^ovi-rnment'finally accomplish rd its pur|M>se of abcl shiag llie semi- independence of the country and turn ing it into a cro«n colony. K og Prcmpch, the last of the Asiiantce kings, is now a Hritb^. poliliqal 4>ris- ooer. hut the emblem of sovereignly, tiie Golden Stool, lias not passed to his British successor, which gives the as tute leader of tbe present revolt a.'ainst British rule the justification for disputing tbe legality of its acts. Some of the Ashantces arc armed with modern rifles, and they arc said to have several machine guns. Tbeir want of training, however, renders these last of doubtful value .in their bands, and tiie French government through whose territory arms and am munit.on were being smuggled into Asbantue, has prohibited the trade in arms on their toa-L during the dontin u&nce of tiie trojjnltw. The relieving force, which has iiecn sent up from the oast to raise the siege of Kuma»si, ha* by last reports met with a check, which wil• encourage those .tribes that hitherto held aloof to join in a cies all dyer this country. His ample means have heea accumulated hy hon- ust, active work. . Be is largely inter ested in tnamL industries anil ever ready to enter now fields whore enter prise promises advancement, (apt. Wagoner lias endorsed the Exposition with a subscription i)f $10,(KM). Mr. Francis K. Carey, of Baltimore, M<h, is president of the Charleston Consolidated Gas, Electric and Rail way Company, and js.onepf the most successful young business men of the South. J . CoTT Wttie Jones, of , Columbia, is well known throughout the State as a man of unimpeachable character and splendid ability. „ .. Mr. J. C. Hemphill is the able and energetic editor of the Charleston News and Courier. A man who never tires in his t-fforts to build up bis na tive State. Hon. John F. Ficken, of Hughes iV Ficken, is one of Charles tun's most substantial citizens. Be fins held many positions of trust and was for years, mayor of .the city of Charleston. Be is a prominent mout her of the Charleston bar. Mr. J. L. David, of J. L, David ,Y Rro., stands very high in the commer cial world, and is everywhere regarded as a man of great cntorpj-Ue and ener gy. Be is always at the front in any move for the general good. Mr. Samuel Lapham, member of the city council oi Charleston,-, president of the Charleston Ice Company, presi dent of the Charleston jidtet Company, ahd otherwise variously interested, is one of the most valuable members of tbe board. Mr. Wm. II. Welch, senior member of the firm of Welch & Eason, and president of the Young Men’s Business League is one of the leading men in all enterprises for the good of tbe city and State. An indefatigable worker, he gives much of his time to the public service, and is an eothus'ast on the subjjctof tbe Exposition. Col. C. S. Gadsden is president of the Atlantic Coast Line of South Caro lina and president of tbe Charleston and Savannah K R. -Col. Gad*den It a conservative and conscientious work er and will look well into the matters brought before the board. Be bas for many years served on the board of alderman and stands very high in Charleston and South Carolina. Til kl K AinrilN HAIU .-is. tmwv v*.f. iTn^aT) uestTon rising will be put down, though the rainy season, when military operations wi J be exceedingly difficult, is at hand. A sufficient force of Baussas, the Ixwt material for soldiers in West Africa, with a stiffening of blue jackets, and the West Indian troops-will no doubt soon be on the ground and marching to the relief of the besieged governor and garrison. The great difficulty at present is lign transport of supplies, but this is being overcome by the em ployment of^women carriers. Mean while, orders have gone out from Eng land Vo -hurry on the prolongation of the railway ttyit now runs from Se- kondi on the coast.to the gold mines at Karkwa to Kuraissi, a total distance of 141 miles, and the sum of $25,000 oer mile has been provided to cover the cost of its construction. THE CHARLESTON EXPOSITION. A Strong Board of Directors Select ed To Manage The Piiderlaklng. At a largely attended meeting of stockholders held in the German Artillery Ball, Charleston, Thursday night, June 21st, tbe Sbuth Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposi tion Company, was duly organized ac cording to law. Considerably more than a majority of the stock subscribed was represented p^rsmally or by proxy. The meetii g was presided ovei by the Ho.i Jos. W. Barnwell, State Senator for Charleston County, and the proceedings were most harmonious. The principal business of the evening was the election of a board of nine di rectors. Tue following well Lfiown gentlemen were unanimously chosen to direct the affairs of the Expo* tion : Col. F. W- Wagener, C.d. Wilie Jones, Mr. Francis K.. Carey, Mr. J. G. Hemp hill, Hon.Jonn F. Ficken r Mr. Wbi. U. Welch, Mr. J. L. David, Mr. Samuel Lapham and Col. C. S. Gadsden. The board was given the usOal powers to fill vacancies, adopt by-laws and regu- lations and elect the neefcasary officers for the various bureaus and depart- The board of directors is regarded by all as representative and include some of the best and most progressive business men of the State. ( apt. Wagener, the senior member of the firm of JvW. Wagener'hi Co., of Char lesion, is known in commercial clr- Kamoua W onirn ' W Immm* !j<i< k» Were a It mill) I<«mI or Goltlrn Hue.. .Spartanburc Herald. We are ibclined to think - that Charles J. Bayne has.returned from til* engagemt ots with lyceum bureaus and lecturing tour managers to • di- torial work on the Augusta Evening Herald. No one else could write *o entertainingly, of the “aunura-haired girl.” Be makes a contribution to the discussion iu the n<-w-papers, such as no one else could make. Be shows that it w'avwilh a web of golden tresy- es that Helen ensnared tne heart of i'aris. and bo proved that Magdalene wiped the feet of the Master wvlh hair that wa* hiout e. The Herald is like wise authority for the slalemect that Dante’s Beatrice was a blonde ; Tasso’s Armide was inspired by the fair and blonde t^eonore d'Lie one of the most Remarkable women of that e|>och, and one with wffioro, of course, he was des- pcralely in love. The beautiful Cloon ice supplants al! brunette rivals in the heart of her royal lover, where she “veils her pearly tears in the shining gold of her- hair.” Venus, the god dess of beauty and Jove rises from the sea foam with dCad gold locks. The virtues, Faith, Hope and Charity, have blonde bair, and Aurora who ooens tiie eastern gates to the day god, has hair a* yellow as the sunshine. It a a the golden ha'rof the beautiful DKATH OF COUNT MURAVIEFF. A ‘ Diplomat 7- Who Played an Impor- Part in Contemporary Hia- tant lory, • AtlautiTCnnalituUoh.' 7 The death of Count Muravleff, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, has produced a deep and visible effect on international diplomats. They real ize that a dominant figure in the world's arena has been removed, and all evince an intense anxiety as to the individuality of his successor. Russian diplomacy is beginning to be recognized as the most successful and aggressive extant. The play on the part of Russia for International peace while she was pushing opera tions in China, and the politic stand which that government has assumed , on every knotty problem, lends ground '’h'’ verification of Russia** own prediction that “she is the coming power in Asia.” It is now conceded that Muravleff was the leading aplrit in all these matters, and that all those fine schemes and smooth plays which are . bow seething to tbe surface origi nated in a brain remarkable for its quick and consistent shrewdness. It it evident, if all else be denied, that a mind of consummate ability la behind all Russia’s actions and competent judges are ready to believe that It has been that of the strong-willed Mura- vieff rather than the sluggish exar. What will be the outcome of his death is as yet mere conjecture. If a successor can be found who measures up to bis standard the outward manl- fesiaUoDB will perhaps be vague. Bill if so ine fficient man is chosen, or if it becomes apparent that Muravleff was the power behind the throne, then there will be changes and develop ments of a radical and terrifying na ture. The other powers will cease to regard Russia as a ■tumbling-block in tbe path toward tbe attainment of their selfish ends, and we will see tbo partition of China, and other bloody schemes pushed to a speedy comple tion. It appears also that tha United States bas lost a staunch friend in the Russian minister. What he has done for this country Is told succinctly as follow* by a contemporary, and may be a revelation to the average news paper reader: “When sentimental < sympathy in France and Austria's ancient griev ance on account of our Mexican inter ventlon against Maximilian led to tsdk of a European concert against the Uni led States in favor of Spain, a word from Muravleff dispelled these danger ous dreams. Tbe eccentric proceed- ings of Admiral von Delderlcbs at Ma oils, although undoubtedly In excees of his instructions, had caused many Americans to doubt the sincerity of Germany's neutrality, and to look upon Great Britain as our only friend In Europe. England was prompt to seize her advantage, and the United State# was never nearer than then to tumb ling into the Anglo American alliance pit liy Muravlefl’s instructions, Count Cassini hastened to assure our Stale department that Russiaain no way resented our advance into Asiatic water*, and welcomed us as a neighbor in tbe i'hilippioes. France, ceutloned hy her ally, became more discreet Germany saw tbat her admiral’s zeal had outrun hi* judgment, and sent him off to Batavia to fire harmless salutes In honor of (Jueen Wllhelmina's coro nation. England claimed the credit of saving the United States from a Euro pean war, but the decisive word wblch blasted the meddling project spoken from &t. I’e^isburg." It is reported, in addition, that there is a possibility that the death of the Russian minister was due to poison, applied with criminal intent. If such be the case, new and endless avenues ew months later she persuaded her husband to resign, and in tbe oourseof a short time tbe airll war woe a thief of the past. Bslle Boyd’s career was thee praeti- caliy over. She was A womaa wltboat s country and her bus bead deed by bis own people. b«gaa a hard struggle tor Finding that she oould net snake a living by writing for nawspaporn, she entered tha lecture field and during the past thirty years she has visited every ally and town la thin country. Conditions and opinions or of. speculation are opened up, sufficient RHia. rni*tru*« of Tibullus, that be a itched the and Calallus sang I “ European diplomat# many the glories of Berenice's golden hair. '• le ' 5 »‘ ,e « nl »f 1 hto * 0 ‘ 1 1 rouse anew popu- ... 0 .. .. ...II ix •* t n t-s * s* s s as t 1 s-s Asa aa a 1 xa maa l#a#a#vs ea a \ ■ A s\ aa Tbe radiant iduaL of 1 itian, Murillo and Kapnaei were as ESgunc Sue' de- Wrlhcd Adrienne dfc Cortlovtlle :• “Her dssiiwwweipwfriw n 1 fi gmeiidieismfcgfc lar interest 0011 fe w uuliar color seen in many of the most admirable female (.‘ortraits. i’oryne, tbe fair, when brought before her judges, .suddenly threw off her peplum and dazzled the lawmakers with her wondrous beauty, clad only in the waves of rippling hair. Men have not changed through the centuries. Beau ty was then, as now. a woman's best defense, and her pardon was granted instantly.” Among the poets we remember the red-haired Fyrrha of Horace, Kings ley's Hypatia, Bulwer’s Adeline de Montreal, Virgil’s Venus,, Homer’s Agam^de, Shakespeare’s 1’ortia, Mil- ton’s Eve and Halleck’a Fanny. The berroic women of history were of the red-baired sisterhood -Isabella of Cas tile, Helen of Troy, davharlne I. of Russia, Joan of /yrc, Elizabeth of England, Mary Stuart, Anne of Russia, ex Empress Eugenie, Lucretla-Borgia and Beatrice Uencl. —Gen Lord Roberts, the hero of Kaipiabar,. who weans tbe Victoria cpds* for gallantry in the field, is afraid df cats. If the fate of the Empire de pended on It '“Bobs" could not stroke the fur oh a cat. A few thousand domestic cats scattered over the veldt would drive the commander-in-chief of the (British forces out of South Africa. A single cat hurled into his tent might demoralize tho finest plans for a battle or a marcT. It i* not likely that the Boers will be able to take military ad vantage of Jjord Itoberts’s .weakness, for he is well guarded, and the most patriotic Transvaal cat could not approach hlB, tent without being shot. So Boer.sympvth lzers will gain nothing by forwardin*.r tbeir household nets as munitions of war to President Kruger. The Bishop of London, in speaking of the proposed Conference on Ritual, in his presidential address to the I,on- Tlon Diocesan Conference, said that controversy was deplorable, but that .when questions were raised it was necessary to reach some solution, though it could never be a final one. —The Itev. Dr. Joseph .Masker, of London, is the stftbor of over forty volumes of sermons, novels a4l essays, and now that he is past 70 vears of age he is writing a book fitted especially for ministers! ' > In the develo , , rapidly that tbe poor womaa lost all ot her friends. Evsn hare, in tha baart of the Confederacy, she lectured A cold and unsympathetic atidleacM, aad on more than one occasion her baggage was attached. . Her bine-coated husband died aad she married again, but tha remit' did - not Improve bet fortunes. The bravo- hearted woman bad to fight her battle alone, and eow she Is dead la a Wis consin townj far away from her old friends—far n*oy from the Virginia hills and valleys where bar beautiful girlhood woe passed. Dead near the snow line—this won derful womaa of tha tropics I Dead where both mao and nature are oold and unsympathetic! Was the Irony of fate ever worm or more cruel ? Poor Belle Boyd—when our real hie- torlan oomes to the front she will have' her rightful plaoa. LI RUNG CHANG. The Noted Confederate Spy Hod a Verted Lite. Wallace Putnam Reed in the Atlanta CoDHtltuttoa thus writes of the death of Belle Boyd : When 1 reed the Constitution's tele graphic cosmos yesterday morning I was somewhat shocked Uxlearn that Belle Boyd was dead. In the.days ol my boyhood I regarded this woman as a heroine who was entitled to a very high place in the history of her country. Belle Boyd was a Virginian of food family. She was an ardent Confeder ate sympathizer, and at the very be- ginqlng of our civil war she went to work to aid the cause of her friends. She carried dispatches and did tbe work of a spy until the' Federal au thorities found It necessary to hunt her dovn. The woman wn» of rested time and again, but her ready wit and womanly fascinations made It easy for her to escape without serious punish ment. She was patriotic and utterly fearless. Frequently she took midnight rides in localities which were con sidered unsafe for the boldest men. More than once rude Federal soldiers arrested her and searched her person for dispatches, but she generally dis appointed them. When she oould not destroy the documents she carried she swallowed them.^ After she hod made herself famous as a Confederate spy she visited At* lanta and was the recipient of many courtesies from our best people. At that lime we had only one thea ter, the Athenean on Decatur street, opposite the present Kimball bouse. 1 saw her there one night, escorted by tbe late Colonel John W. Duncan. She was elegantly costumed and wore diamonds, something unusual In those days. Here In Atlanta she made a fine Im pression, but after leaving here she had many misfortune*. At one time she was imprisoned in vVashlngtnoolty and her guards treated her with great brutality. Finally she was released, but on her way to Europe on a block ade runner her veseel was captured by a Federal cruiser. Miss Boyd dis tinguished herself on the oocoeUm *~~ slapping the cheek of a Federal tenant, but lolor 00 she the m^ter and married her captor. A The WleeeC WUieet aad 1 able Oriental St Atlanta Constitution. ^ Wiliest, wisest oOd most 1 use ratable of oriental statesmen, yet moaeu flag right qp to the standard of diplomacy established by European governmeate, often abused, bat always forgiving, the C at Chinaman, Li Hung Chang, hoe n called'from his soolustoa aad will doubtless be a leading spirit la tha no- citations which wilfshortly settle tha fate of tha Mongolian empire. The rulers of that oouatry have not heeltat ed to degrade him In times of latarno- lloanl peace, but when (trass of dream- stances boded 111 for the empire’s Integ rity they have heea willing eaoagh to profit ny the diplomacy of this shrawd old man. Li is now elghty-oee years of ago, but both his mental and physical fac ulties are la a remarkable state of pre servation. He is of the purest Chinese blood, oed such has bees his popularity that he bas never bean tntagoaised by the netlve party, the elemeet mainly responsible for tha present dieeard. He bas been a lender and adviser of all government forces since the great rebellion in 1861, when the marvelous individuality of tho mao was throw a into such powerful relief. Seiaiag tho opportualty which his prestige won, he advocated those reforms which bo admired in the Earopeaa countries end which he realised most be grafted on tbe Chlneee civilization before tho ever-present specter of portitioa oould be laid at resV To some of thooo changes Die goveraaeat took klodiy, nod tbe people at first proposed no ob jection because of tkoir sublime faith in the gr«at Chinaman. But a time come whoa ha peehvd matters too swiftly, aad thee It woe that his decline sat la. Ha opposed l war with Jaaaa oa account of tho la equate condition of thu army and navy and was banished lor his pal as. Whoa peso# negotiations wore opened in bo was recalled aad his know ledge of tho world aad untiring shrewdness saved much to the empire which would other wise have heea lost la a moment of panic nod demoralisation. When the new emperor oame to the throe# his perty attempted to push ovou more rad ical reforms than those favored by Li, and the latter’s services were oaoo more called la as mediator botwooa tha extremists oa either side. Ho of* fective wore his cwuassls at this tt at the.balisf gained ground and the empress dowager 1 reconciled^))ut that 1 popularity, mode him viceroy to a dis tant province, effectively roasovlag him from the theater of activity. Now tbat the powers ora thunder at tha gates of tha empire the court Is the seen# of 1“ Intrigue a thousand tic trous than open rebellion, Chang has oaoa again r od to tho capital. For 1 not given ont, bat there is tbat tha Chinese g Over ament now to avail itedl of tbo el standing with tha foreign to invoke his fine su consideration of tha let pressing for Immediate Is very probable that 14 tha savior of his oouatry his declining years are 1 marked by aa ovarwhalmlaff of power abroad and ioffi —Team sending ont large la an effort to sgvw the -x —Was ms •trueHOD DJ^jfrMiw appeared numbers. Tha taring time he is awake aad 1 hoppers to eaythiaff 1 grasshopper dirt results ] fine tarkoys. —A Benedictine prleet, at Marla Stein, Switserlaad, wot raeaatiy rtakb ed a Deputy to tha Grand Ooaapi! of the Canton of Bolearo. It is tho first time a monk became a member of that Assembly. _____ OUR GREATEST SPBUIALIST. For 90 yean Dr. J. Newtorf Hathaway bas so sooesssfolly treated ohnmlc diseas es that he is aeknowlsdged today toi‘ at the head of his profssMoa in His sxdasiv* method of UuatmShl tor Varicocele and Stricture, witbout UM OM of knife or cautery cures b> 10 per a all ensea. la the trust meet of thej Vital Forces. Nervous Di sad Urinary Complaint#, - ve - V' '«•*> /* J