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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