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"• 4-. ) * • ,/ . VOL XX11I- BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA,- THURSUAV, JULY 13^900. -W- BRYAN AND STEVENSON. THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES. The OonTentlou Put i’orward Two StroDK CandldatM and a Moat VI* oroua Plat for qi. The Damocratlo convention met in Kansas City on July 4:h ami wa4 called to order by Senator James K. Jones, of Arkansas, chairman of the national committee'. Congressman James D Richardson, of Tennessee, was. perma nent chairman. The Declaration of Independence was read amid great enthusiasm. On Thursday, William Jennings Bryan was nominated by acclamation for president and the next day, Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois, vice president under Cleveland, was unanimously nominated for vice president. The platform -was read by Senator Tillman for the committee and is as follows:, . which an imperialist would extend to a sorrowing mother, assuring her that the trade purchased by her son’s blood would be worth all that it cost !’’■ Mr. Bryan makes a- telling point when he says: "One of the great objections to im perialism Is that it destroys our proud pre-eminence among the nations. When the doctrine of self-government la abandoned, the United States will cease to be a moral factor in the world's progress. We cannot preach the doctrine that governments come up from the people, acd, at the same time, practice the doctrine that gov ernments rest upon brute force. We cannot set a high and honorable ex ample for the emulation of mankind while we roam the world flke beasts of prey seeking whom we may de vour.” Mr. Bryan says that if the Republi cans had accepted the Bacon resolu tion. introduced in the Senate, It* pas sage would have averted war with the Filipinos and saved the bloow which has been shed in that needless conflict, lie concludes with these Impressive words: * "The warning voice of hislbry can not longer be disregarded. No nation has ever traveled so far, In the same space of time, from Democracy to a plu- tocracy as has this nation during' the We, the representatives of tbe Dem ocratic party of the United States, as sembled in national convention, on the anniversary of the adoption of the Dec laration of Indepedence, do re-afilrm our faith in that Immortal proclamation of the inaliable rights of roan and our allegiance to the constitution framed in harmony therewith by tbe fathers of the Republic. We hold with the United State Supreme Cour*. that the Declaration of independence 1# the spirit of our government, of which the constitution is the form and letter. We declare again that all governments instituted among men derive their just powers from the consent of tbe gov erned ; that any government not based upon tbe consent of the governed Is a tyranny, and that to imoose upon any people a government of force is to sub stitute the methods of Imperialism for those of a republic. We hold that the constitution follows the flag, and de nounce tbe doctrine that an executive or Congress, deriving their existence and their powers from the constitu tion, can exercise lawful authority be yond it, or in violation of it. We as sert that no cation can long endure half republic and half empire, and we warn the American people that impe rialism abroad will lead t^u'ckly and inevitably to despotism at nome. THK PORTO E1CAN SCANDAL.*" Believing in these fundamental prin ciples, wd denounce tbe Porto R can against-tbe-protect and opposition of the Democratic minority, as a bold and open violation of tbe nation's organic -law and a flagrant breach of the na tlonal good faith. It imposes upon the people of Porto Rico a government without their consent and taxation without representation. It dishonors tbe American people by repudiating a solemn pledge made in tbeir behalf by the commanding general of our army, which the Porto Ricans welcomed to a peaceful and unresisted occupation pf their land. It doomed to poverty and distress a people whose helplessness, appeals with peculiar force to our jus tice and magnanimity. In this, the flrst act of its imperialistic program, the Republican party seeks to commit the United States to a colonial policy, inconsistent with RepublicanMnstltu- tlons and condemned by the supreme court in numerous decisions. WK MUST NOT CHEAT CUBA. We demand the prompt and honest fulfilment of our pledge to the Cuban eople and the world that the United tates has no disposition nor intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over the island of 'Cuba, except for its pacification. The war ended nearly two years ago, profound peace reigns over all the island, still the ad ministration keeps the government of the island from its people, while Re- f iubllcan carpet-bag officials plunder ts revenues and exploit the coionUl theory to the disgrace of the American people. „ SHAME OF THE FILIPINO WAR. We condemn and denounce the Phil ippine policy of the present adminis tration. It has involved the Republic In unnecessary war. sacrificing the lives of many of our noblest sons, and placed the United States, previously known and applauded throughout the vorld as the champion of freedom, in he false and un-American position of rushing, with military force the ef-ican frts of former allies to achieve liberty ad self-government. I’tae Filipinos ctinot be Citizens without endanger in' our civilization ; they cannot be suijecta without imperilling 3ur form of government, and, as we are not wiling to surrender our civilization or to lonvert the Republic into an empire, we’avor an immediate declaration of thanation, vtv: first, % stable form of government; second, - independence, and third, protection from outside in terference, such as has been given for nearly A. century to tha^Republics of Central and South America. The greedy commercialism which dictated the Philippine policy of the Republican administration attempts to justify it with the plea tuat it will pay, outeven this sordid and unworthy plea fails when brought to the test of facts. Tbe war of criminal aggression against the Filipinos, entailing an annual ex pense of many millions, bus already cost more than any possible profit that could accrue from the entire Philip pine trade for years to come. Further more, when trade is extended with tbe expense of liberty the price is always too high. - 4 EXPANSION AND IMPERIALISM. We are not opposed to territorial ex pansion when it takes In desirable ter ritory which can be erected into States in the Union, and whose people are willing and fit tj become American citizens. We favor expansion by every peace ful and legitimate means. But are un alterably opposed to seizing or pur chasing of distant islands to be gov erned outside the constitution, and whose people can never become citi zens. We are in favor of extending the Republic's influence among' the na tions, but believe that influence should be entended, not by force and violence, but through the persuasive power of a high ar.d honorable example. Tbe im portance of old questions now pending before the American people is in. no wise diminishing, and the Democratic party takes ao backward step from its position on them, but' the burning issue of imperialism, growing out of tbe Spanish war, involves the very ex istence of toe repub.lc and the destruc tion of our free institutions. We regard it as the paramount issue of the cam paign. THE MONROE DOCTRINE. Tbe declaration in the Republican platform, adopted at the Philadelphia Convention held-in June, 1UOO, that the Republican party "steadfastly ad heres to the policy announced in tbe Monroe doctrine," is manifestly insin cere and deceptive. This profession is contradicted by the avowed policy of the party, in opposition to the spirit of Monroe doctrine, tc acquire and hold sovereignty over large areas of terri tory and targe numbers of people in the Eastern hemisphere, we insist on the strict msntalnance of the Mon roe doctrine and in all its Integrity, Doth in letter and in spirit, as neces sary to prevent the extension of Euro pean authority on ibis continent, and as assenttai to our supremacy In Amer ican affairs. At the same time we de clare that no American people shall ever be held by Jorce is unwilling sub jection to European authority. „ We oppose militarism, it means conquest abroad and intimidation and oppression at home. It means the strong arm which has ever been fatal to free Institutions. It Is what mii lions of our citlseos have fled f^om la Europe. It will Impose upon our peace-loving people a large standing army and unnecessary burden of laxa lion and iibaFtlss. a well disciplined Stale militia are amply sufficient in time of paace. This Republic has no pibce for a vast mili tary service and conscription. When tbe nation Is in danger tbe volunteer soldier is bis country’s bsst defender. Tbe national guard of tbe United States should ever oe cherished in the patriotic hearts of a free peo ple. Such organizations are ever an element of strength aad safety. For tbe flrst time in our history and coeval with the Philippine conquest has there been a wholesale departure from the time-honored and approved system of volunteer organisation. We denounce it is un-American, un-Democratic and un-Republican, and as a subversion of the ancieet and fixed principles of a tree people. TRUSTS DENOUNCED. Private monopolies are indefensible AMwiUaa <> penalties as will make such attempt impossible^ EVILS OF PROTECTION. We cohdemn tbe Dingley tariff as a trust-breeding measure, skilfully de vised to give tbe few favors which they do not deserve, and to place upon tbe many burdens which they should not bear. , We favor such an enlargement of tbe scope of tbe Inter-State commerce law as will edible the commission to pro tect individuals and communities from discriminations and tbe public from unjust and unfair transportation rates. SIXTEEN TO ONE. We reaffirm and endorse the princi ples of the national Democratic plat form adopted at Chicago in 1890, and we reiterate tbe demand of that plat form for an American financial system by tbe American people for themselves, which shall restore and maintain a bt« metallic price level, and as part of ^uch system tbe immediate restoration^.of tbe free and unlimited coinage of sii’ver and gold at the present legal ratio of 10 to 1, without waiting for tbe aid or con sent of any other nation^ We denounce the currency bill en acted at the last session of Congress as Atep forward in the Republican pol icy, which aims to discredit the sover eign right of tbe national government to issue all money, whether coin or paper, and to bestow upon national banks the power to issue and control the volume of paper money for their own benefit. A permanent national bank currency, secured by government bonds must have a permanent debt to rest upon and if tbe bank currency 1s to increase with population and busi ness the debt must also increase. Tbe Republican currency acheme, is there fore, a scheme for fastening upon tax payers a perpetual and growing debt for tbe benefit of tbe banks. We are opposed to this private corporation paper circulated as money, but without legal taader qualities, anil demand Vbe retirement ol the national banknotes as fast as this government paper or silver cartificates can be substituted for them. • • ' POPULAR ELECTION OF SENATORS. We favor an amendment to the Fed eral constitution providing for the election of United Stales Senators by a direct vote of the people, and direct legislation wherever practicable. We are opposed to government by I injunction ; we denounce the black-list I and favor arbitration as a means of settling disputes between corporations and tbeir employees. in tbe Interest of American labor and tbe uplifting of tbe wo^lngman as the ovrner-stoae of, the prosperity of our country we recommend mat Congress create a department of labor in c&arge of a secretary. With a seat tn the cab- > inet, believing that the elevation of the American laborer will bring In 1 creased prosperity to our coaolry^at | home aad our commerce abroad. We are proud of the courage and constant menace to their tidetity of the American soldiers and A T®, I sailors in alUuur wart, we favor liberal j pensions and we reiterate the position [ taken in me Chicago platform of 1896 mat the fact of enlistment and service | shall be deemed conclusive evidence ; against disease and disability before enlistment. THE NICAKAUUAN CANAL. We favor tbe Immediate construe | lion, ownership and control of the Nicaragua canal by tbe United Stales and we denounce me insincerity of lbt I plank in the national Republican plat- form for an isthmian canal, in tbe face of tbe failure of the Republican major ity to pass the bill pend login Congress ■ We denounce tbe Hay-i'auncefolc trealy as a surrender of American I rights and interests not to bo tolerated by the American people. HTATKS TO HE ADMITTED.' We denounce the failure of tile Re - r Believing that our most cherished institutions are' in great peril; that the very existence of our constitutional Republic is at stake, and that tbe de cision now to be rendered will deter mine whether or not our children are to enjoy those blessed privileges of free government which have made the United States great, prosperous and honored, we earnestly ask for tbe fore going declaration of principles the hearty support of the liberty-loving American people, regardless of pre vious party affiliations. BRYAN ON THK ISSUES. leader States His tjuestlon* of tbe Ttttuir.Tontjot the-price ofTitl mamriat -to and of tbe finished product, thus rob bing both producer and consumer. They lessen the employment of labor and arbitrarily fix the terms and con dlfcioQ* thereof, and deprive individual energy and small capital of their op portunity for betterment. They are the most efficent means yet devised Jor appropriating the fruits of industry to tbe benefit of the few at the expense of tbe many, and unless their insatiatb greed is checked all wealth will be aggregated in a few bands and the Republic destroyed. Tbe dlsbooest paltering with the trust evil by the Repurbllcan party in Statp and national 'platforms is conclusive proof of the truth of the charge that trusts are tbe legitimate product ol Republican policies ; that they are fos tered by Republican laws, and that they are protected by tbe Republican admlnistation in return for campaign subscriptions and political support. We pledge the Democratic party to an unceasing warfare in nation, State ^.and city against private monopoly in every form. Existing laws against trusts must be enforced and more stringent ones must be euacted, provid ing for publicity as to inter-State com merce, acd requiring all corporations to show, before doing business outside of the State of tbeir origin, that they have no water in their stock, and that they have not attempted and are not attempting to monopol ze any tjraneb of business or the production of any articles of merchandise, and tbe whole constitutional power of Congre’ss over Inter-State commerce, the mails and all modes of inter-State communication shall be exercised by the enactment of comprehensive laws upon the subject of trusts. Tariff laws should be amend ed by putting the products ofjtrgs'.s upon tbe free list to prevent monopoly under the plea of protection. The failure of the present Rjpubli- administration With' an absolute control of the branches of the national government to enact any legislation designed to prevent or even curtail the absorbing power of trusts and illegal combinations or to enforce the anti trust laws already on the statute books, proves tbe insincerity of the high- sounding phrases of the Republican platform. Corporations should be protected in •if their rights and their legitimate in terests should be respected, but any at tempt by corporations to Interfere with the public affairs of the people, or to control the sovereignty which creetos them should be forbidden under such The Democratic Views On the Hour. In the'June number of the North American _ Review, Hon.•William J. Bryan, the candidate of the Democ racy for president, discusses the Issues' of tbe approaching campaign. He be gins with these words : "Tbe issue presented ip the cam paign of 1900 Is the issue between plutocracy and Democracy. All the questions under . discussion will, in tbeir last analysis, disclose the conflict between the dollar and the man—a conflict as old as the human race, and one which will continue as long as the human race endures.” From - that point tbe issues of-the currency, trusts, and imperialism are discussed very much In the same way as wbenTir. BryTh was addressing au diences in different parts of the dbun- try. with the exception that the collo quial style gives place to the dignified one of a magazine article. . Mr. Bryan is very impressive in speaking of the cost of war. Having quoted from Benjamin Franklin’s let ter to Lord Howe tbe remark, "To me it se -ms that neither the obtaining nor reuining any trade, bow valuable soever, is an object for which men may justiy spill each other’s blood,” Mr. Bryan uses with great effect Abraham Lincoln's beautiful letter of condolence to Mrs. Blxby, of Boston, "tbe mother of hve sons who died gloriously on the field of battle," and adds : ."No more beautiful expression of sympathy can be found in literature. Compare it with tbe sordid consolation last ten years. Foreign influence, de scribed by Washington as 'one of tbe most baneful foes of republloaa gov ernment,' has been felt as never be fore. Wealth has been concentrated In the hands of a few more rapidly than ever -before. Corporate capital exerts an influence over government more potent loan ever before for cor rupt elections. "What is to be the end ? Can any thoughtful person believe that these conditions promise well for a republic!* Are we not following in the foot steps of Rome, as described by Fronde? "To make money, money by any means, lawful or unlawful, became the universal passion. Money ' The cry was still money ! Money was tbe one thought, from the highest Senator to the poorest wretch who sold bis vote in the Com:tie. "If ft te said that we are prosperous and that we live under the reign of law, igt tbe reader review tbe lecture delivered by Dr. John lAird, a Con necticut scholar, on Rome in tbe days of Marcus Aurelius. After describing tbe conditions which existed when ‘about * two thousand people owned tbe whole civilized world,’ be says : • ‘But 1 cannot enumerate the evils which co-existed with ail the boasted prosperity of the empire, aad which were preparing tbe way for ruin—evils so disgraceful 'and universal that Christianity made no Impreaslon at all on society at large add did not modify a law or remove a single object of scandal-’ ~ “And again " Ms there nothing to be considered but external gloriea which appeal to AN BEEN BY ARP. JIT- )ld ky cried because she couldn’t spell' ’* and had to go foot. .1 conaolated w\J i B U a ^ rmWt • U11 out Its pledges ! the senses alone ? Shall our eyes be Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and we promise the |>eople of these Territories immedla.e Suhebood and home rule during their condition' as Territories, and we favor home rule and E Territorial form of government for Alaska and Poito'Rico. We favor an intelligent system of improving the arid lands of the West, storing the Waters for purposes of irrigation and the holding of such lands for actual settlers. We favor the continuance and strict enforcement of the Chinese exclusion law and its application to the same classes of all Asiatic races, SYMPATHY WITH THE UOERlv. Jefferson said : " Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.” We approve this wholesome doctrine and earnestly protest against the Republi can departure, which has involved us in socailed world politics, ibcluding the diplomacy of Europe and the in trigue and' land-grabbing of Asia, and we especially condemn the ill-conceal ed Republican alliance with England, which must mean . discrimination against other friendly nations and which has already stifled tbe nation’s voice while liberty is being strangled in Africa. Believing in the principles of self- government and rejecting, as did our forefathers, the claim of monarchy, we view with indignation tbe purpose of England to overwhelm with force the South African republics. Speak ing, as we do, for the entire An^lfrican nation, except its Republican "office holders,--and for aiufreemen every where, we extend our sympathies to the heroic burghers in the unequal struggle to maintain their liberty and 1 independence. EXTRAVAGANCE DENOUNCED. We denounce the lavish appropria tions of recent Republican Congresses, irhich have kept taxes high and which threaten the perpetuation of the op pressive war levlqg. We oppose Mfe accumulation of a surplus to be squan dered in such barefaced frauds upon tbe taxpayers as tbe shipping subsidy bill, which, under tbe false pretence of prospering American shipping, would put unearned millions into tbe pockets of favorite contributors to tbe Repub lican campaign fund. We favor tbe reduction and speedy repeal of tbe war taxes and a return to tbe time- honored Democratic policy of strict economy in governmental expendi tures. law and the int^tabfe conic its violation f Shall we blind ourselves to the future condition of our famllie* and our country in our estimate of hap piness ? Shall we Ignore, in tbe daz zling life of a few favored extortion ers, monopolists and successful gamb lers, all that Christianity points out as hope and solace and glory of man kind ?; "Instead of regarding the recent as sault upon constitutional government —the attempted overthrow of Ameri can principles—as a matter of destiny, we may rather consider it as tbe last plague, tbe slaying of the first-born, which- will end tbe oondage of tbe American people, and bring deliver ance from tbe Fbaraobs who are en throning Mammon and debasing man- king.” ^ Better off on the Farm.—In tbe Arena for May Mr. D. Allen Willey, of Baltimore, has a thoughtful and-con servative article on the negro question, dealing with tbe necessity for negro- labor in the South, and the lack of en couragement that is held out to him in tbe cities of the North. Mr. Willey considers their .best oopor- tunlties are on the plantations. Here, be says, they are contented and happy and tbe extreme low cost of living makes tbe meagre wages they receive far more than tbe wages paid in tbe cities'. There is a great disposition among tbe negroes to flock to the cities. Baltimore and Washington are the two cities having a larger negro population than any others. Their opportunities^ in these two cities are perhaps less than in the cities fartbec South. In the South the negroes can be and are skilled mechanics as well as common laborers. In the cities north of the Potomac these fields of industry are closed to them largely. . The only vo cation of labor from which they are generally excluded in the South is the cotton mills, and perhaps this is no real misfortune to them. The vast amount of uncultivated land acd the vast areas imperfectly cultivated are a guarantee that the future of the negro is the South —that is, that he will not starve^-ls as sured as lung aa be is willing to work. Upon the whole, Southern labor, witb its lower rate of wages, seems happier and better contented than tbe white labor of tbe North. - Ex Gov. Taylor of Kentucky will engage in tbe insurance business la In dianapolis, whleh he will make his home far the future. Tbe Heathen Chinee and His Tricks That are Vain. How fast the earth is shrinkln How far away was China when we 0 men were boys. ^ It took a three-years cruise around tbe world to find it, and even then our merchantmen only touched at tbe ports and learned but little of the vast unknown interior. Her immense domain was set down at five and one-half millions of square miles, being one-tenth of the habitable globe and nearly twloe the area of the whole United States. Her population was in 1860 500,000,000 and is now prob- bably 600.000,000. Her government for at least 3,000 years has oeen one of rev olutions, internal broils and changes of dynasty, • but it has stood and still stands and no doubt will contlnuq to stand. Travelers tell us tbat-tbe stag nation and ignorance that has long been., charged upon China do not ex- ist^tbat they arc ao industrious, peaoe- lovlng people, and all their troubles come from outsiders. I was ruminat ing about this China business and the war over there and the cable dispatches that come in a day, for we bad an old- time district school in our town is«t night acd old Mother Felton and my self were tbe two youngest scholars. She had on a draw-string frock and a pair of pantalettes and was sucking a stick of molasses candy, and I had on a shirt and one gallus and a pair of breeches that come down nearly to the top of my blue home-made socks. She was Becky and 1 was Bill. We belong ed to tbe infant class and bad to stand up and spell "ha” and "bee” and "bo.” Beck "ax her all 1 could. Kirby Anderson was the smallest boy in school «nd the largest dunce. Be was ln„geography and said China was as big as Bartow County, and that’s how I come to rumi nate about China. All that 1 ever learned about China in my geography was that Pekin was Its capital and the people were all heathen and eat rats, and there was a great wall around the entire country. Our bock makers ought to have known better for Marco Polo bad traveled all over that country and lived there for twenty-four years and was made governor of a large province, and he says he never mingled with n better people. Confucius gave them laws 2.500 years ago that they still rev- 4 erence and obey. Famlliee are faithful to each other and children are taught to obey tbeir pareota as long ns they live. Confucius had such reverence for his mother that be mourned for her for three years when she died. Bow many sons do that in this Cnrlslian country. Of course they have some rtce traits aad customs that seem very bad to us, but they are not mmlcious nor selfish nor are they revengeful un- less wrought up to It by bad treatment. Our Christian people massacred 2UU of them out West a few years ago for ao crime but because they were in the way and wanted work and accepted It at less Swages. Who ever saw a more harmless, industrious people then those scattered Chinamen who are found in almost every town and village in this country. For tnlrty years 1 have ob served them in my travels from Vir ginia to Texas and never beard a com plaint. Betting and gambling is n na tional amusement, but it is on a limit ed scale and makes nobody rich or poor. It doesn’t compare with our stock gambling or high rolling on steamboats or Kentucky - poker among the Moods. 1 never saw General John C. Breckinridge but once, and that was at n faro bank in Richmond during tbe war. Colonel Towers took me la there to show me bow the thing was done and to our surprise Breckinridge was doing it. But the great crime against, China was the introduction of opium from India by the English. This began in 1810, and in 1828 had gotten up to 7,000 chests. In vain and in vain did tbe upsellers protest habit was spreadlt from whisky or wine for none is dis tilled or drank. Nothing Is in her way of peace and contentment save foreign ers and opium. I do not know what the salary of tbe emperor or emprees is, but all salaries are small. Tbe prlnoe who is to succeed the emperor gets only 116,000 per annum. Then there are thousands and thousands of officials in every province, from- the governor down, but their pay, Is small. A sold ier in the standing army gets but $4 per month. That army is composed of about 1,000,000 of men. The emperor has no nbitrary power. He must con form to tbe laws and must advise with his cabinet, and,behind all is the great board of control that represents the people and is made up of two or more learned and good men from every pro vince. This board does not act often or on trifles, but when any great emer gency arises they meet at Pekin and their word controls the emperor and everybody else. That is not a bad gov ernment, Is it ? The emperor U entitl ed to an empress and two other wives, who are called queens. If the empress leaves oro son, then a son of a queen is taken, but nobody knows which son until tbe emperor dies, for Oonfucius said that if tbe young man knew that be was chosen it might make him ar rogant. Another peculiar and democratic provision of the constitution is that the nobility shall not always be nobility. Every generation is reduced in rank and power down to the seventh, and then they become as the common peo ple. This keep the nobility on tbe down grade and keeps the government from being overrun by a pampered ar istocracy. That’s good. Yes, it Is better, thas tbe English law of primo geniture, which gives all tank and tbe home estate to the eldest sod and tells the others to go to grass. I saw a num ber of the grass fellows in Florida. On the whole, I like the Chinese government and I have respect for the people. Bret Barte wrote : — “ That lor way* that an dark ‘ And tricks that an vaih, The heathen Chinee is peculiar." Yea, I expect Bret whe trying to win their money and they woo hie. . This is enough of geography. I have written it for Kirby Andereon and Bert Morgan and their aort. Panl Akin called our little grandchild to come out on the verandah aad klse him good night. She bad pat on bar night gown and said to her mother : " Mamma, Paul doesa’t know any bet ter, doe* be f" There are a good maey big school boys who know ao about China than Kirby. Bill Art. How WEATHER AND CROP REPORT. Weekly Bn I l*Un of the Weather Bn fbr Month Carolina. Columbia, g. C.. July 3,1900. During tbn week ending 8 * m., July 2d, tbe temperature averaged nor me I. and ranged between a maxi mum of V7 aad a minimum of M de gree*. It wa* extremely favorable oa growing crop*. Heavy rains prevailed during the first part of tbs week, aad on June 29tb. In tbe southeastern, aortheaetarn, aad oorthweetern oouotlae the amount* for the week ranged from 4 to 0 inohee, while widely scattered looalltiee bed loss than an inch. The everege for tbe Stele wae 260 loobe*. Thu following tbe previous week’e rainfall, rendered the ground too wet for cultivation gen erally, and. In connection with the high temperature, caused grace aad weeds to grow very feet, so thrre is general oomplalnt of foul crop*. Locally bottom lands were overflowed and crope de stroyed, and leads were badly wached and gullied. The outlook for staple crop*, over a large portion of the State, 1* reported very poor, but in the Con- garee and lower Wateree valleys, over a large portion of the Pee Dee ceotion, and in portions of Lexington, Edgefield Saluda aad Greenwood oountle* crope are unimpaired and promising. Dry spreading and ruining tbeir people. In 1838 it bad Increased to 24,000 chests, and 1U Importation was stopped by force of arms—and 21,000 chests were seized and destroyed. This brought on a war and the Chinese gov ernment had to pay 121,000,000 (or tbe opium destroyed, for lu value wae •1,000 a chest. Then a treaty was patched up and tbe opium business in creased to 74,000, chests in 1860. J wonder what it is now. But the Eng lish mercbanU now pay a duty, but that amounts to several millions of dol'are annually. What will not Johnny Bull do for money ? No wonder China men have a suspicion of all foreigners and a edntempt for our missionaries. The Chinese authorities passed a law against eating opium and gave it a death penalty, but it was smuggled in all the same and they declared that not even Buddha could stop it. Now as to that great Buddha, my reading tells me that the common peo ple do not express any great"adoration for him nor faith in him. As Dr. John son remarked to Boswell, " it is neces sary for every nation to have some reli- ligion, whether they understand it or not,” and hence the superstition of the Chinese has taken hold of Buddha as the best they can do. But this qpknown God has failed them so often in great emergencies they have no unwavering faith in him. And yot there are over 1,000,000 priests in the empire who make a beggarly living out of Bu^dha- ism. Buddna has given them a little god for everything. Everything that concerns their temporal welfare; noth ing lor tbe heart or the immortal soul. Ifheydo not believe In eltner. They say that there is no future life, but if there is then good conduct in this life will ensure safety In that. If the rice wants rains, they appeal to the god of rain. If tbe drought continues long, theydrag tbe little rain god out on his wheels and let him stand in log sun until it does rain. They waft him to see and feel how hot it is. qj the rain comes too much and lasts too long and the rice is sprouting in the fields they get tbeir squirt guns and drench the rain god every day until he stops the pour down. Wa ought to have had him over here this June and fiut our Chinamen to work on him. But tbe government—tbe govern ment of 600,000,000 of people doe* not cost half as much as ours, with about 80,000,000 The per caplt* tax la about 75 cents, aad all taxes are paid la doe. China has no bonded debt. No revenue cultivation and toolean high winds damaged corn and frail trees. Upland corn Is generally in good con dition, but somff is turning yellow aad firing, while practically tbe whole crop lacks proper cultivation. Much corn was destroyed on bottom lands by overflows. Late corn on stubble lands Is doing well. Tbe general condition of cotton Is poor, on account of too much moisture, lack of cultivation, and the prevalence of lice. Some fields have been aban doned, or plowed up and planted to peas, while tbe oomplalnt of grassy fields Is now general, except ha to sea- island, which is tn excellent condition. Cotton on sandy lands looks sickly. In tbe western portions much has not been chopped to stands. It is gener ally small, and not fruiting well, al though recently Is growing nicely and blooming freely. Tobacco Improved, but Is ripening slowly, delaying cutting and curing. Worms less numerous. Wheat in shock was badly damaged by the rains caus ing sprouting; thrashing progresses slowly, and Is not much more than half finished. Rice is thriving. Many peaches, grapes, and tomatoes rot as they ripen. Cane, pastures, gardens, and sweet potatoes are flourishing. Melon vines are blighting and suffer ing from excessive moisture, affecting both the quality and quantity of the yield. —It Isjestimated that the total wheat yield of Oklahoma will be 30,000,000 bushels.tbl's year, —A man never gets so poor that he catl’t borrow trouble wltbout security. OUR GREATEST SPECIAL 1ST. For 20 years 9t. J. Newton Hathaway has so successfully treated chronic diseas es that be is acknowledged today to stand the bprn-J at the head ol .bis profession in thia line. His exclusive metnod of treatment for Varicocele and Stricture, without tne aid of knife or cautery cure# in 90 per cent of all caaee. 1 n the treatment of the loee of Vital Force*. 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I asked him what be thought of the aesnraaoee America bsd received about the H opea door” U China, and he replied : "The negotia tion does not amount to that, 1 * snap ping his fiogen. "I cannot how serious statesmen oaa consider It seriously. The aeeuraaoea are good nntil it suits one of the "etloas to ad vance on China; then they will have ab force whatever.” I asked about the future of China. He said: "China wUl be a moud Africa. Thera is ao help for it. It would need many Peter the Grente to make Cblaa a strong nation, aad Chian has not even one great man.” I naked him why, In his mind, China's disaaem- berment did not occur immediately. He replied that this waa a 1 oriental diplomacy waa temporarily oessful. 'They take advantage of ropeaa jealousies, aad play one aa off against another, aad are really more auooeoaful than we are. Bat they know It only delays the end.” Tbe reign of terror for the reform ers has been again Inaugurated by the enterprising dowager. The first of March, Mr. Kb Lteaahan, the head of tbe telegraph admiulstratloa, was cap tured la Macao, tha Portuguese elty do the Chian coast. The next day Meeere. Weag and Shea ware taken near Sooobow. These aad other Drone- inent reformer* are ordered killed aa soon a* captured, but la each case tha local official seam afraid to order execution of men so much supe rior* b rank. The disturbances b North aad South China are b no way quieted. Tha China Mail any* that elaoe tha murder of tha two British nnmml—Inatrs b Yuunaa bet moeth word has coma that ah Beglteh missionary b that province wae brutally assaulted by a Ohlaeee general aad his soldier*, the byelaad- ere shouting : "He ought to have baas killed outright.” "He la only aa Sag- ilehmaa." "Hteooeatryb not a strong oaa, like Fra00*, aad oacaot protect him.” Tha North China Dally New* pub lish** a statement, which II emurte Is "perfectly reliable,” from a aaaaeh b tha Imperial palace b Pakb, This eunuch was prceeat at tha latervtow between the emprees dowager aad tha Emperor Kuaag Hell whaa ha algaad bis owa abdication deems January 24, 1900. This account bte b a flood ot light oa tha situation, aad la related by a euauch "who stood 1 with Ink ebb aad pea for the to use, while the empress hen out the pea to him.” His meleelj had bees brought from hie ] ' meet his anal. Ha tha pan, "but aa im tha right foot aad maaaobg eyes of tha 1 frowalar upon him m aad faeciaato tha ami groaa aad a gaetur* of _ finally slgaad the ready prepared dan- umeut, ‘bad tha emprees dowager tri umphantly snatched tha 'deem*’ from bar nephew's head. Then a change occurred, which her were too aeoaetomed to aee to be startled or astonished at. The em- prees dowager’s face became laetaatly suffused with smiles, her eyes beaame soft aad beeevoleat, aad she was all kindness aad motherly solbiteds for bar imperial nephew.” Tha emperor, pale and weak, Is reported to hare swooned aad bled (at tha none), after the dowager had aeeompllahad bar end. Tha eunuch who offered to dowager hereelf lie Is ted oa rai him. The dowager 1 lows aad cushions b his sedan chair, which waa toe back to his usual orison—the surrounded kiosk at tha Southern Lake palace, which is very near tha ami dowager’s owa resldaaoe of She herself eeoorted the his place of retreat, called the jrbg tal. and having seea him securely confined within its high walla, aad the draw bridge’onoe mom brought ever, bar face raeumad that hard look uaaal to It, as she aad heraumeroue retinae returned to Pekto* (the official aad usual residence). The pnlaoe life most be tragic, theee •days, aad even If thane rUmpeeu of It are fictitious, yet they have tha ap pearance of reality, aad present tha picture as every oaa with the celestial empire would expect to find It. The eunuch goes oa to daoorlbo the scene on January 27th, whaa tha prlaoe of LI brought the telegram from Shanghai into the dowagara prsMOoa. which asked that "the emperor be al lowed to resume the rein* of govern ment even in hb lllnem, for that was the only way to eetisfy hb majesty’s millions of subjects throughout the em pire." "I have seen many of bar db* plays of temper and rage, but none like this one—It surpassed area bar rage at Kang Yu Wei aad hb reform ers. We eunuchs and even tha Prlaoe of Li, who brought the telegram, warn simply terrified, aad trembled bet her eager should fall oa any oaa preaaat” He states that "no leas than forty-six P rotests 6t tbs same klad came to ekln, one after the other,” aad tha dowager decided to postpone her coup de grace. “I heard the empress dow ager say recently to Prlaoe Ohlag, who, as grand chamberlain, can enter the palace at all hoars of the day or night to saa tbe emprees dowager, that others of the Knag Yn Wei and Kb C rty must also be put oat of the way fore either she or the new emperor will bo abb to rub tha empire quiat- k* _______ —Prof Richard Qotthell, of GatamMa University, has been re-ele ‘ dent of the Federation ot Zionists- The Federation, the plan of establishing Js* 00 the Island of Cyprus aa tha establish meat of each Palestine and Syria only