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VOL XXIII-. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST g igoo. ARP IN THK WIRKQRASS The GeorRia Philosopher Visits Scotch Settlement eud Knjoys Him self. It Iftgjiood for a man to travel and •tudy geography witnout a book. I am down here In the wiregrass talking to the people living along the line from Cordele to Savannah. This la a new road to me. It la only ten yeara old and is called the ‘‘SAM” road. The Seaboard has got It now. Sal has bought Sam and is running him. If railroads have sex the feminine is ahead. Some mighty big things are feminine. Ships are called she, but that they say In because the rigging coats more than the bull. An old man showed me the spot at Mt. Vernon where the old log school- house stood in which my father taught school some eighty years ago. Father used to tell us his varied experience there. How some bad boys had ran three teachers off in succession and broke up the schools and how reluct antly he undertook the work of reform ing them. He had about sixty scholars, boys and girls, and their ages ranged from eight to eighteen years. The old est boy was six feetufll, a sapling with long arms and legsi a red head and a freckled face. He was the ringleader in running the teachers off and father was cautioned about him. The drst day be made them a good kind, friend ly talk, told them he came to do them good, to te^ch them books and morals, and manners, and be wanted them to obey the rules and help him to make the school a success. You can’t afford, he said, to grow up without some edu cation. No nice young man would marrv the girls, and no smart girl would marry an uneducated boy. Now, boys, when you come into school after dinner I want you to come in good or der, Don't rush and crowd the door way like you did this morning. You ran o*er a little girl ard threw her down and hurt her. Be quiet and or derly and ceme In two or three at a time, and before yon take your seat make a little bow to me. That's nice ; that’s good manners. 1 will like that and I want all of you boys and girls to do that. WITT yotrtfo tt If you wilf please bold up your bands. AIJ bands weal up promptly except those of Bill Jenkins, the red-headed rebel. Next morning be declined to make a how, but looked sour and detiant. When school turned out that evening, father heard him say ; . “ I’ll be durned if I’ll make a bow to any Yankee.” Next morning two other big boys failed to bow. Bill Jenkins bad worked on them That evening father told Bill to stay In a little while, M be wished to see him after school broke up ’ He stayed and the door was shut. Tiie other boys peeped through the cracks between the logs to see and hear what was go ing on. Father talked to Jenkins kind ly nad told him of the bed example he was setting and so forth, nod begged him to conform to the rules. “ Now," said he, “ William, will you promise to make a bow to me tomorrow morning “ No, I’ll be durned if 1 do,” said Jenk las ” T^iet settled it.- The crisis that father had dreaded bad come. He got between Jenkins and the door and said firmly : • Well, sir, you base got to do one of three things. You Jtave got to bow, or quitschool, or take a whipping -Which will you do ?”•»•* I’ll begot domed If I’ll do -airy one,” said Bill. Father’s hickory was within his reach between two .logs. He seized It and began on Jenkins with stinging strokes I teachers convention was In session ^ there—about a hundred tejpehers from ^ Tattnall and fither counties—and I say truthfully I never looked upon a more thoughful, Intelligent and earnest body of teachers, bottvmenrand women. By tequeet I made some fatherly remarks to them and then bad to stand up and receive a hearty handshake from every ■one. That night I gave my lecture “ Behind the Scenes,” in the beautiful large hall where 450 good people from the twin towns and adjacent country had gathered. How easv it is for a lecturer or preacher to please and magnetize a large audiencfgwhen they are packed close together. The stands ard of teaching is rising higher.in this region. The county school commission ers are good scholars, graduates of our colleges, and they are exacting in their examinations. Nineteeu applicants were rejected recently In one county. This is an interesting region and farm ing is easy^and prosperous. The long staple cotton is grown here. 1 did not know until now that the bloom was first yellow—a brigfft canary—and then turned red. The seed are black and are rolled out” instead of being ginned out. It i's harder to pick this cotton from the bolls and seventy five pounds is a good day's work. It is now 20 cents a pound. Sugar cane abounds here and Is the moat luxuriant crop I know of. But it is the turpentine and . /WOMEN OF FAR CATHAY. Something About the Wives and Mothers of the Boxers. In every war between civilized na tions or factioss the women of the countries involved take an intelligent part, either as nurses for the wounded, consolers foe the dying or in active ser vice as managers of various schemes to keep the pot of peace boiling while the husband* and fathers are engaged in deadly combat with the enemy. To women In civilized spheres it Is given to maintain the Integrity of the nation at home. Matilda, wife of William the conqueror, built a magnificent cathedral while herhu^oand was away in the wars, and with her own hands embroidered the victories of the time on a roll of tapestry which eight cen turies later is exhibited in a museum at Bayeaux, In France. Miriam wenV'out with her maidens, singing gad dancing to welcome her brother, victorious from his wars. Jt is only the savage whose women assist In bloodshed and do no .noble deed' of mercy or enterprise. And the reason is not far to find. The savage woman is subordinate;' Her Instincts, her train ings, have been on the lines of aggres sive cruelty. She has been taught thai mercy Is cowardice, she does not spare her own, shall she then have pity on the intruding stranger ? Of these are the women of China, who know only the lessons laught them for centuries In all respects and cut and kiln, (Try that everyone not of their faith is an lumber business that scatters money so fre^lyAn all this region. I visited the PdfkTns mills. They »re up to date and Jenkins made for him with his long | s iati arms, and used cuss words abundant. They fought like wildcats, turned over benches, breke the water bucket and for ten minutes the conflict raged, for father was stout and was Id the right and kept the hickory going and (ended off the strokes of - Hill's long arms After a while they clinched and father got him down between two puncheon seats and pummelled him good. He hollered enough and to let him up, and after they got their breath fatner said: and dross 75,000 feet in a day, and give employment to several hundred hands. Fine lands are now bringing 18 to $10 an acre for the timber and the owner keeps the land after the pines are cut away. Ills right sad to see all these beautiful forests passing away, but this is destiny. While sojourning here I was the guest of Judge Williams. I felt very much at home, for bis lovely- wife and twelve children adorn the large Inviting home. These children are from two to twenty years and are well Debated, obedient aod kept their faces clean The two younger ones began to . call me grandpa as soon as I arrived. Beautiful fruit abounds and I get as much of It as 1 wish and it kteps me In good health. Yesterday 1 visit McHae-Helena, the twin city MclUe la the boy fend Hel ena the girl, and they get along In har mony like Winston-Salem In North Carolina. There is but one college and one of the newspapers is The Twin City News, published by two of these seme Scotchmeo - McIntosh and Me lt as. This is a new lively and pro gressive town adorned with pleasant homes and cultured pt opie. I forgot to mention that -iagaa-Claxton, the other tqin towns, have no corporation and don't want any. No mayor or aider- men, marshall or police. It is like t’elxer. In South Carolina. Judge Wil liams said why should the good people ol a town require theee officials any more thee the rood people la the coun try. If they benave they are not need ed and they do behave here I've been living here six years aod have ooayet heard of a ti/ht or even a quarrel, end if a blind tiger or one that wasn't blind should come here we would strap him over a log and run him tff in two hours. This Scotch blooded stocic bas ramified all over this region and make laws for themselves when necessary. Imetltiv Mr. Walker, of Mcllas-Heleoa, today aod he told me -he had tweaty eevea McKtes In his church book and half the other names began with Me. Tattnall County was named for Jo- attar they got their Dream lamer sa;o: stay there. ” I’ll be goi durned-if I’m gwlne to school to you any more.’’ “ Well, why didn’t you say that at first and save the whipping v ” said father. All this time there were a hundred eyee peeping through the cracks be tween the logs, but not a' word was said. Jenkins never came back and the crisis was over. From that time on for two vears there was a good, .orderly school and mv father's reputa tion was made. The Yankee had whip ped Bilk Jenkins and that settled him in the favor of the patrons. V I wish everybody could visit the little village of Lhngpond. It is Id th4 coun try, eight miles from Mt. Vbrnon, and eight miles from a railroad, i never was in a better settlement of farming people. I spoke there in the day time and those country people came from far and near and spread- before us the finest pic nio dinner I ever saw. It is a Scotch settlement, and their fathers and grandfathers all came from Robin- // son County, in North Carolina. At least three-fourths of the names begin with the prefix of Me. I made a mem orandum of the many Mcs I was intro duced to—all different—such as McAr thur, McRae, McAlister, McLung, Mc Nair, McLaurin, McLemore, McGuffie, McDuffie, McConnel, McDonYlff;" Mc Daniel and so forth. Therd were thirty- seven of them and many of these had sons and brothers and kindred of the * same name, and sq It was Me someth ing everywhere. If a man’s name be- > gins with Mo in that region it is a guarantee of good, stock. It is fine farming region and these people are almost all farmers. I never saw a finer corn and cotton In upper Georgia. The Tattnall, who was governor just one hundred years ago. His son, Jo- tlah, wim In the United States navy and commanded the Grampus, a man of war, in 18(18. while England was lighting China. Tattnall was ordered there to watch ami protect American interests, but to preserve a strict neu trality, His vessel got stranded on a rock in the China seas and he was in distress until an English man of war ( atnc to his relief and helped him off. Soon after this the Chinese were gel- puffed in am! helped th'e'TTogllsh To whip them. For this he was court- martialed when he came home aod when asked why be did.lt answered % "It was gratitude to opr kindred. I couldeat help it, for ‘ blood is thicker than water.’ '' That reply acquitted him and made him famous. But I must close. Goodby dear friends of the wiregrass, goodby Me. •: _ Bill akp enemy, dangerous and implacable. There are two events which gladden the somber, restricted life of the Chi nese woman--oDe her marriage at an early age, the other the bFth of a son. No greater distinction awaits the Chi nese woman in this world than to give bihth to a son—in the next she is of lit tle consequence, as she is not supposed to potsess a soul. Her lot here is not an enviable one for if she is of high caste she Is secluded in her husband's home, she cannot walk on her mutila ted feet, aod If she does not bear her husband many sons she Is regarded as a piece of useless furniture and must content herself with gorgeous robes aod ap elaborate head dress. A China man desires offspring for the selfish reason that hit bones may be wortbip- pdd —If he Is not a parent he cannot be an ancestor, which would be a calamity In a country where the religion con sists mainly In sitting on a tomb aod reciting the virtues of the dead. Girls in China are accounted as “household shadows and household sorrows." Formerly they were drown ed like bliod kittens at birth, but the missionaries are responsible for the doubtful good of preserving their lives in Is ter years. The Christianized Chi oaman does not object to a daughter, although his acceptance of the dieap- (Ointment is in the neture of a penance be first high caste Chinese child born in Washington was that of the Chinese minister who was stationed there dur mg President Garfield’s admioistra- tloo. The Chinese Ifka' women doc tors, and the official engaged the eer vices of Dr. buses E Edsoo, who Intro duced to America the first high caste Chloese baby within Us limits. The anxious minister, dressed In his best robes of office, swatted news of the event in his private suite in the legs non palace, and as Dr. Kdson approach ed met her half way. He scanned her face a moment noxiously, then held this isoonic dialogue with himself -Boy t No. Girl t Yes.” Native Chinamen look down on their wives and in every wey they can show their contempt for them, believing that mao should do this in order to main tain bis own supremacy. Some of their popular sayings convey this Idea A man should listen to bis wife, but he must not believe her.” A woman's mind Is quicksilver; her heart Is wax.” Men, when tney meet, listen to each other. Girls, when they come together, look at each other.” ■■ ‘Women look down to be looked at." rm r _. m transporting troops. , WO(nen,~mxtron8 and maidens were"ail those conditions into consideration the and neatlv dressed and were nond dealers in Our Morning Cup of Tea.—Most people have probably overlooked the danger which threatens their morning cup, of tea from the present Chinese troubles say the Atlanta Constitution. An intimation from the Chicago cus tom house points to a crisis in tea drinking. The anticipation of a rise in the price of tea as a result of the war has caused an enormous with drawal of this commodity. So great have been the withdrawals that the collections of duties for the past ten days have reached a figure almost un precedented. On Monday the customs collections were $44,000. Every day of the present month has shown larger collections than the corresponding pe rlod a year ago. The collections have ^>een coming in at the ratfe-of over f200,000 per week and the officers of the service feel sure that the high water mark of $8,000,000 for the Inst fisca year will be exceeded. Although most of the teas used in this part of the coun try come from Japan) the quantity re ceived from China in considerable. The war is likely to affect the Japanese shipments as well as those from China, because of the chartering of all vessels for transporting troops. ^Taking all ditlons 1 ' - sis a city lady and as my old Ramsey used to i well and neatly dressed and were good looking, good size and healthy. They oonld handle their skirts as gracefully friend Bill i say. ” Major, these wo men are well coupled and stand up square on their paster joints.” Rainey had dealt in horses for fifty years and talked horse-talk about women and everything else. He was a genuine David Harem. I have most pleasing reoollections of Longpond and its peo ple. ‘My next call was to Sagao Claxton, a double town only threfc miles apart, but whose people work In harmony and have a very fine high school and school bulldlag called the Hagan Claxtpn In stitute, that Is just midway between and Is sustained by both. The teas feel certain that a sharp rise in prices will soon come, and they are getting their stocks In hand in or der to be prepared for the rise and its accompanying increased profits. It must be evident that thrifty per sons should lay in a stock of their fav orite brands before the prices are marked up by the alert merchants. ^ —“Pilgrim’s Progress” was recently translated into Chinese, with illustra tions by native artists. Before the Boxer outbreaks the volume was io great demand In Pekin. —There are two kinds of unhappy people in t^e world—those who are sad because they are not known, aad those who are miserable because they are known too well. THR WAR IN CHINA. Pekin at Lest Heard From Infamy and Duplicity of Chinese Govern ment. > , The Associated r t Press dispatches 'Ive a communication dated July 21, rom Dr. George Ernest Morrison, Pe kin correspondent of the London Times. That correspondent, with the Imperial edicts as authority, declares that as late as July 2, the Imperial government urged the Boxers to continue their “ loyal and patriotic services In exter minating the Christians.” He explains these marvelous changes In the Chi nese attitude which have so puzzled the world. It appears that all the ap peals for intervention and all the pro testations of friendship have been due entirely to the victories of the allies at Tien Tsln. The ministers In Pekin owed their safejty up to July 21 not to government protection, but to'scarcity of Chinese ammunition, and to the fear which the Tien Tsln victories Inspired. When It Is remembered how great reli ance is placed upon Dr. Morrison In En gland, the importance of his exposure of the Chinese government can scarce ly be overestimated. It seems to ban ish allliopes entertained by Lord Salis bury that the Chlneae government might yot be proved not directly re sponsible for the outrage, and It may resultin an entire cessation of the nego tiations with Chinese diplomatists if not an open declaration of war on tne part of the powers. The British minister. Sir Claude.MQ- Donald under date of July 24 says: We are surrounded by Imperial troops, who are firing on us continually. The enemy Is enterprising butoowsrd- ly. We have provLtona for about a fortnight and are eating our ponies. “ The Chinese government, If there be one, bas done nothing whatever to help us. If the Chinese do pot press the attack we can bold out for, say ten days. So no time should be lost if a terrible massacre is to be avoided.” Some of the revelations made by Dr. Morrison are as follows ; "Theteung 11 y amen forwarded to Sir Claude MacDonald, a copy of a dis- natch telegraphed by the emperor to OHINRBE GORDON’S PROPHECY. TING FANG. ope an )lnlon A Remarkable Forecast Twenty Years Ago of Current Events In China.] New York Hun. There was probably no Euro] more qualified to express an op of the Chinese than Col. Gofdoa more commonly called Chinese Gordon, whose strange career closed at Khar toum in January, 1886. His military association with them during the two years, from 1863 to 1866, when he com mended the Ever Victorious Army, as It was styled, gave him a unique ex perience of the Chinese and an In sight Into their character. With the crudest^ of material and fn spite of the strongest opposition, an op position tbnt would havn been fatal but for the royal suppqrt he reoeived throughout his short’ term of service under the Emperor of China from Li Hung Chang, he organized a force that under European officers of nearly every nationality, Including some Americans, suppressed the Tneplng rebellion then threatening the existence of China and the dynasty. The opinions he express ed, therefore, have at the present mo ment exceptional value. One which he gave confidentially to a friend in 1880 when he was just on the point of leaving for India, where he had accepted the poet of secretary to the vlosroy, Lord Rlpon, Is just now of particular interest. Speaking of the Taeping rebellion aad of the oourage of the Chlneee troops, he denied that they were cowards io one sense. He held that they did not fear death, though he had seen them stand up bravely sometimes and than flee like sheep afterward. But what Europeans would have to consider wae, he said, the awful consequences of a general movement, when least expected. In the vast inert mass of hundred of millions of man to overwhelm the foreign devils whom they hate like poison. The danger of such an outburst, Gor don said, became greater every year on The Wily Diplomat Who Repreeeete China at Waehlngton. The Washington oorreepondent of the Boston Transcript sends the follow ing to that paper ooDoerning the Chi nees minister wu Ting Fang : The Chinese troubles have brought into special prominence not only here, but to a lesser extent throughout the civilized world, Mr. Wu Ting Fang, the Chlneae minister, at this capital He Is recognized as one of the moat re markable men that China has ever produced. Not only Is he unlike for- ... — . mar Chinese ministers here, but he Is somewhat complex | not at all typlcel of the ministers now representing China at the European and oiher capitals. So famous has he become that the suggestion hae bean made in one of the newspapers that the E resent dynasty should be overthrown^ y the powers and Wu Ting Pang wern^H (European onouni of the way the Chinese being continually harassed by the peso States with demands for Viern Viclorte,- attributing e<i .Iritis compen-stlOB* '.n som* mmuiawug is oww w most intricate^and meiter-of-fact kind. The contracting parlies are betrothed in childhood, often in their infancy, and sometimes before either was born. A rich merchant says to his friend when botn are married : ‘ Yop have a daughter, 1 have a son— we will then marry them, or If 1 have the misfortune to have a daughter she shall marry your son. Is that a con-' tract"/” The betrothal of two imaginary children follows with great ceremony, and as the prediction Is usually veri fied the children are brought up for each other, and their second betrothal is made another occasion of great feasting, and an astrologer Is consulted to read the horoscope of the pair and set the marriage day. One of the strictly forbidden rites is marriage to a foreigner. The dying request of a Chinese wife to her lord often takes this form : When 1 am hurled you must come often to my grave to burn Incense, and you must not barm any white butterfly or lizard, for I may prefer to come back to you 1c those shapes when I am tired of lying In my grave.” _ _ It would seem as if all the Supersti tions of the rest of the world bad been banished to China, whose kingdom they hold for their own. A Chinaman is afraid to look over his shoulder, for he knows he will see a ghost—that he never did see one has no weight with him, and be feels that all U right at hdme, but If his neighbor sneezes and he does not he believes himself neglected and becomes morbidly jealous. Quite like other women, the Chinese wife hae her little plans and schemes and ad vises her husband to wear a wet hand-; kerchief in his hat to xeep bis shaven poll from sunstroke. When the towel cools he naturally sneezes, and when he goes home commends his wife for thinking of him during his absence. There is little d«ubt that rather than see their women fall into the civilizing power foreign nations the Chinese would not hesitate to slay them with the sward. And in view of a future similar to the past of Chinese women such a fate need not be deplored; it would be one of the tragedies where ‘‘Slaughter Is God’s daughter.” of violence to bandits and requesting her majesty's assistance to extricate the Chinese government from its dif ficulties. The (Jueen's reply Is not stated, but the Chinese minister at Washington telegraphs that the United States government would gladly assist the Chinese authorities. “This dispatch to the gueen was sent to the tsuog 11 yamen by the E raod council on July 3, yet the day store *n Imperial edict bad been issu ed calling on the Boxers to continue to render loyal and patriotic services la exterminating the Cbrlstiaas. The edict also commanded viceroy* and governors to expel all missionaries from China aad to arrant ell Christiee* and compel them to renounce their faith. Other decrees applauding the Boxers speak approvingly of their burning out aod slaving caevsrts. Their leaders are stated In e decree to be princes and ministers. On July 18 another decree made a complete atom faoe due to the victor lee of the foreign troops at Tien Tsln. In this decree, for the first time, and one month after the occurrence, an allusion was made to the death of Haros voa Kelteler, the German minister, which was attribut ed to the action of local brigands, al though there is no doubt that It was premeditated, and the asaasslnatioo was committed by an Imperial offioer, as the survivor, Herr Cordes, can tee- tify. . " The force beeleglog the legation consists of the Imperial troops under Gen. Tung Lu and 6en. Tung Fu Slang whose gallantry is applauded In impe rial decrcee, although U has consisted In bombarding for one month defense less women and children cooped up In the legation compound, using shell, shrapnel, round shot and expandin bullets. The Chinese throughout, wl ttaaahwAHmiad m clamattons assuring us of protection just, la others quite frivolous. When they sew that their oaly means of meeting the tnlons was to organise an army Improved weapons, then they would buy guns aod rlflan and nhlpn with the aid of European*, who would always be found reedv to drill end organise them, they would create e formidable army. Of oee thlag Gordon felt quite sure. The days whea Europeans oouid march up to Chlneee troops In position, or la defeace of e position, and sweep them away like dies, would soon be over. There would be no mors military promenades by a few hundred British end French troops through the coun try, driving thousands ofChlaeee be fore them. Speaking of the authorities, Gordon ■eld e mandarin was never to be trust ed, and he wee oaly too glad whea he left thslr service. The English, la his oplaloa, made the mistake of thinking they were welcome wherever they weat, but la fifteen or tweaty years they would find proof to the contrary. With all their superstitions, their vloen aad their Ignorance, the Chlneee were, in Gordon's estimation far too good to be ruled by the dees that governed them. The goverumeats of Praaoe, Russia aad Eeglaad, he emphatically declared, had for tha forty years be fore the time he spoke treated the Chinese most scandalous!^ Current events are proving how ac curately Chinese Gordon judged the sltuetlou, aod the regret la that oer tain defects of his character and tern perment should have caused him te abandon a position la which he oouid have rendered great servloe to China and civilisation. In the. light of what Is passiag in China today, Gordon's words of tweaty years ago Have a prophetic rln ( tabllabai as ruler, with the police sup port of the western naftous. While this scheme Is obviously chimerical, there Is something in the conditions of Mr. Wu's appointment and his record here to make him a man whose career mar well be watched. He reprtsents not the China of tradi tion, but the aggreaslve commercial elements, English and American, which are gaining a foothold there. His appointment wee a recognition of theee Interests He Is one of the most ooa mo poll tan of men. He was the first Chinese to take a full legal course In England and be admitted as a barrister re. He could put out bis shingle la London tomorrow and practice law with success. His command of the English language Is excellent and he is almost as familiar with western in stitutions as any nstiva of the new world. It Is said that Wu owes his ap- K latmeat aad promotion, while stend- I for the progreeslve element in Chlneee affairs, to the favor of Lf Hung Chang, wbo.early discovered Wu’s ab ilities and decided to bring him to the froot. Wu lee genuine Chinese and not a Manchu, whlcn makes his rise lb polities all the more notable. He hen no long line of mandarin ancestor*, but what was better, e Chloese fsmlly of lufficlent means and lotelllgenoe to send him to Europe for aa education. How suooeesnful Minister Wu would ha as tha trustee of western civiliza tion la the management of China oouid not be foretold. It Is feared that his wee tern education aad aenoelatlon* would make him persona non grata to the stolid Chine** element, but that this element will have much to say la the reorganization of Chinee* affair* mav be an open question. The next difficulty to com* would be the rivalry between the Slav aad the Sexotf. It is unlikely that Rum la would look with favor upon any maa whom the two greet Eagllsh-speakiag peoples ex- seed e willingn«M to nupport ie this capacity. For Minister Wu a vary body In Wasb.nvU D ha* the kindliest of feelings. He to gealal aad approach able at all time* aod talk* frealy aad latalUgeatly upon the great pubile questions. At the same time he ap pears to love hi* laad, aad to be keenly alive to Its greatest Colcitbia, 8. a, July SI, 1900. During the week eadlng 8 a. m^ July 30th the temperature avenged nearly normal. The Ant parin' '* * hotter than usual, tfc slightly cooler,*mh a weakly betwean a maximum of 10ft at burg, and a minimum of 00 aft Till*.' Rain fall somewhere la every day of the wook, aad I ties but had baaefiolal emos _ Bute average was L60 inches, aad the local amounts ranged from merely sprinkles to between four aad Are Inches, the latter la port loos of Ker-, shaw and Orangeburg counties. The severe drought has not 1 |1t relieved In tb ties and over ssnail i Damaging hall storm* ooeurrad la Marlon aad Cherokee counties ; high winds blew down corn aad fruit treai la a number of counties. Farm work made favorable gragrees, and crop* are nearly all laid by in fair ly good condition, with the crop proo- peota brighter and more oaiinarsglng than during the past two i - 014 corn wae too nearly be much benefited bv the week's rains, excepts Id spots, and will full crop. Young oora Is qnite | / Over a large portloa of / with numerous exceptions, I •no oMiern ooumiot, ovttoi materially aad now look! but comparatively few i (slip fruited, reports Indicate that the plants are un dersized and late, but fruiting normally aad soma that they are not fralttag os they shonld at this season. Thorn are A few complaint* of rust aad opeeintf, of shedding, i grassy (laid*, although ootloa la ally laid by oleaa. Is tha wester ties cultivation con tisane. la cotton to bloomlag to Island ootton U still blteht aad rust. Tobaoeo to ripen lag cutting and ourlag progress, and naarlag sections. Tha ylald aad the male satisfactory. Rloo to doing nicely, aad so far is a flee crop te the principal rise regions, but upland rloe to Having continues la tha district, where a heavy first has baaa housed la excellent bat later cutting promisee pearly, tares nr* flee la the central and era counties. Pea many are wormy, aad soma raft aa they ripen. Grapes are healthy aad pleat! fulta Flckeos m elsewhere there to maeh i FAMILIAR WHEN TRAMLATRD. ■early Have a assuring and the same night they m^de e gen eral attack in the hope of surprising us.” ‘ t SBCaETARY UAY’S ULTIMATUM. O.i July 30 Secretary of State Hay 1 replied to the proposition ol LI Hung Chang to give safe convey of legations out of Pekin, as follows : “ This government will not enter Into any arrangement regarding'die- position or treatment of legations with out first having free communication with Minister Conger. Responsibility for their protection rests upon Chinese government. Power.to deliver at Tien Tsln pre-supposea power to protect and to open communication. This is in sisted upon.” On August 1 the secretary cabled the following emphatic message : “Goodenow, Consul General, Shanghai. “ I do not think it expedient to sub mit the proposition of Earl Li to the other powers. Free communication ith our representatives In Pekin ie demanded as a matter of abeolute right and not as a favor. Since the Chinese government admits that it possesses the power to give communication it puts Itself in an unfriendly attitude by it. Negotiations are advisable until the Chinese government fthall have put the diplomatic representa tives of the powers in full and free communication with . the respective governments and removed all danger to their lives and liberty. We would urge Earl LI earnestly to advise the imperial authorities of China to place themselves in friendly communication and cooperation with the relief ex' pedition. They are assuming a heavy responsibility In acting otherwise.- > “You will communicate this infei*- matlon to the minister of foreign tf fairs.” ALLIES ADVANCING. A special from Shanghai, August 1, says: “The allies advanced toward Pekin today. It is estimated that the expedition numbers twenty thousand men of all armies with 170 guns. It to }>oped,t9.reach Pekin August 12. —London used to be the asylum for foreign anarchists and assaeains.' Has Paterson, N. J., been selected as a bet ter lair than London ? V-That which to propnlarly known as the funny bone, jost at the point of the elbow, la In reality not a bone all, but a nerve that lies near the snr face, and which, on getting a knock or blow, causes the well known tingling sensation In the arms and Sagers. all.Ghii Materiel Meaal Leslie's Weekly The mysterious names appearing la the Chlaaea dispatches become famil iar enough whan translated, thus: Tung means east, st, west; nan, south , pal, aorth; while tele, kla, or king, stands for oepltel or metropolis, as In Peking (northern capital) and Naakla (southern capital.) Tlea means heaven, so Tlen-Tslo signifies heavenly metrop olis. Ho or kliag means rlvur, so Pla- ho to north rlvtr ; 81 klang, weai rlvar, i means sevao, so Cha-klaag to sev en rivers. Shan to mountela, aad Shan tung, east mountain, aad Shan si, west mountain. Pal to white, aad SS Atlanta Journal. Tha admiatotraltea enema to alarmed at tha exteat to whloh It I carried lie efforts to delay tha fall rev elation of the rascality ef Its ageats, Rath boon aad Naaly, la' It to aow making a great prate lateatloe to go promptly to the I lateatioe to go promptly to the bottom of tb* Cuban posted freed* aad the public to asearod that Rethteoo as NORTH CAROLINA SAFE. Suffrage Amendment Carried Aycock Eire tad Governor. Charlotte, N. C., Aug 2.—Tb* elections In North Carolina today were for governor and State officers, mem bars of the Legislature and county Offi cers aod for an amendment to the State constitution looking toe practical ellm (nation of the negro from politics, a* its adoption would disfranchise the bulk of the negro vote. By far the greatest In terest centered in the fight over the amendment. At today's election a i ’reat many negroes voted foFlt. The i acuity of Livingstone college at Salto' bury, one of the most prominent negro educational Institutions in the Suoth, voted for it. The amendment wae op posed by the fusion forces of Populists and Republicans, headed by Senators Butler and Pritchard, and the cam palgn was the most bitter waged in the State since reconstruction days. There was a full poll of the Democratic strength, which combined with a small negro vote and some Populist and Re publican votes, rolled up an unpre cedented majority. Returns tonight indicate that the amendment was car ried by over 40,000 majority. Spencer B. Adams, fusion nominee for governor, was defeated by Chas. B. Aycock, Democratic nominee, by fully 40,000 majority. All other State officers were elected by equal majorities. The Legislature is Democratic-sin both branches Mecklenburg County, of which Charlotte is the county seat, give* 3,500 majority for the county ticket. The election throughout tha State was generally quiat and pi ble, the negroes, a* a general remaining away from the polls (lh. mulUo.ou.k.m.lU (Mol !S7Ki“l l u % r °L sea, and Shaa-hal-kwao, mountain aad Ly., - - sea gate. Sbaog to a clip, aad Shaag- hal, city by the sea. Hoang Is yellow; Hoang-Ho, Yellow River, and Hal, Yellow Sea. Yang mean* ocean, aad Tea, , hence the Yang-toe River to eoe of the _, . And Tlen-Ue, son of heaven (the Emperor.) Ku or kow is a mouth or and Ta, big or great, so Ta-ku means big mouth, (of Pei-Ho,) while Nan-kow stands fow south pam (from Mongolia.) Hu Is a lake ; ling a hill; hslang, a village; halen, a tax dis trict. Fu Is a prefecture; tal, a Gov ernor ; tao, a circuit or' group of ad ministrative departments; so tao-tal Is a Governor of n circuit, and fu-tal to a Governor of a prefecture. Chao or klao to a bridge; 11. a Chinese mil#; pa, hi, and thus Pa-ll-klao 1s the eight- bridge. Oho or Chow Is a depot or stopping place; hence Tung-chow, eastern (depot of Peking.) Shen to a province, and Shen-sl Is the western province. Yamen ton police station or official residence, apd Hul, a secret society or club. Ts’lng means pure or clear, so Ts’ln-klang Is clear river, while Ta TsTng means great pure, (name of E resent dynasty,) and Kwo being a Ingdom or empire, Ta-Ts’lag Kwo signifies the empire of the great pare (China.). Ta Mel-Ka Is the name ap plied by the Chlneee to the United States, and means great America. pMoff ^ watt as Nealy will be triad seam This to a ease, however, where seeing la ha- Having. Wa doubt the Maaerlty af tha profession that the full feats af tha Cuban postal robberies will be F out soon. The henchmen of tloa have ell aloag aad Nealy ae trivial ittempwd te brush aside the Idea the admlatotratkm any cease responsible — ftte eight mile of lots! out natu thing, _ _ baso BouT* RsIhJfflet aad Naaly pointed to tha praoftloal control aft postal affairs la Cuba not beoaase aft aoy fitneef for that sarvlos baft as a re ward for their campaign work Car the Republican party. Oas oft Naoty*l strongest Indorsers urged his appoiaft- ment because he was “upaffalaoft II flnaectally.” Oa this ground hie G ilntment te handle the funds aft uban postpofflos urged. Rath bone was rewarded lor his ao* tlve efforts as a Republican Strlkar. Tha report of Mr. Bristow, who hod looked Into the official reewrd df thaw two men, shows that Neely stole sowe- thing like 9100,000 and theft Rathbowe to likewise a defaulter. II was olearly Impossible for Neely to slurry oa his systematic robbery oft tha | without Rath boo* 1 ! knot appears that Rath boon aad! confederates In a big i dar the Cuban poatofl but It remains to bo seen what will be done with them aad how will be tried. The proeecntloa oft then S ublloan officials who ware seat ta nba to teaoh tha that tha science of capable government will bring out fnrthur Information as te the way In whloh our goveramoat of Cake has been conducted, aad It la embar rassing to have snob iaqairlw made during a campaign la whloh the ad ministration to already being tried oa a number of counts. to carry oahto io# ffOTernmMi knowledge. Ih i and Neely wore born in the United States; •ents who have not taken Uzatlon papers In this ooun- wxj. .. . natpral-born citizen of the United States, having been born with in Its territory, and la ; therefore, en titled to all the rights of a citizen. He Shah of Pkrsia attarfvn —* native-born ctilxen, Independent 0. *hl\h.b ol »' »' hi. sla, Musafer-EdDtn. was made Thurs- — J 6 *” 1 ***** *# ^ Ve, ,* ern wonl * n day morning io Paris, but luckily it re- suited In no harm to his majesty. AI w hlch tbat official tr-ied offender man broke through a line of policemen **{“* i vitaTYorcM. Nervous U -‘h»SUhhi.kp.rtm.Dt.,|g?.«7Sdn^tSSSSi OUR GRRATHST For 20 years Dr. J. Newton Hathaway hen so successfully treated chronic diseas es that he to acknowledged today I at the head of his profession in this I His sxelusivs method of without tea aid all < Varicocele and Stricture, without tl of knife or cautery cans in 00 per m all casss- In th* treatment of the 1 and tried to mount the royal step. He was seized arrest. The Identity not be learned, bat he appears to be about 26 years of age aod to evidently an Italian. The Shah had shortly be fore the attempt rboalved a letter tell ing him he was to be assassinated. The would be asswsln said: “This to an affair betwaen me aad my conscience.” ie royal oarrlage band, ^ “J, and nlaced under then, adjourning court, proceeded to 1»'~‘ >“ * with >b e —The apple crop this year will be enormous. AH through the apple belt the trees are loaded, aod every In dication points to an abundant harvest. The erow way equal the phenomenal one of 1896. The outlook for too, to excellent Ur. Hkth.wk,'. th— double that oft