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Hughes mid tho Trusts. In the financial column of the New York Journal of Commerce on January 25 it was said; "Downtown bankers arc thinking of organizing; to support Governor Hughes for the presidency. He is ardently support ed by Standard Oil, but he ?nay not eare to have ttiis fact widely adver tised." As the Journal of Commerce is the most reliable authority on fi Ilance and business, no doubt the in lormation that Governor Hughes is "ardently supported" by the Stand dard Oil Trust influence is true. Where all the cash came from that elected him governor has been a dis puted question. Some said the Wall Street bankers furnished "tho boo dle", but as the Rockefeller inter ests are so ardently supporting Gov. Hughes for tho Presidency probably the same interests furnished tho bulk of his campaign fund when running for governor and will no doubt try to swamp the Democracy with its millions if Gov. Hughes is the Republican candidate for Presi dent. These Republican reformers have queer connections and will bear watching. Protection Not Panic Proof. Thc Republican panic and business depression is reducing wages and workingmen arc binding a job in stead of the job hunting them. With men out of work wages naturally de cline and consumption of luxuries, at least, decreases, and many even suffer for necessities. Arc not these conditions good evidence that the high tariff docs not insure prosperi ty, inspire of tho boast of the Re publican leaders that protection pro duccs prosperity? Strange Bedfellows. Thc old saying that politics makes strange bedfellows has again proved true for Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., thc former Republican boss of New York, has been called to lead the Hughes f?rceS. Rut this is hardly more strange than that Toddy and Woodruff should bc found in the same bed. The ways of New York politician aro past Unding out and thc voters have shown they ure heartily sick of them can leaders who were so boastful and lordly when things were going their way arc now afraid of their shadows and stand in deadly fear of the po itieal future in store for them. SBNATOK Aldrich seems to be the undisputed masier of his Republi can colleagues in the Senate, which shows thal the Trust boast of su premacy is well founded. IT seems to us that tho members of the State Senate went, off half cocked when they jumped on Sena tor Appelt with both foot about thal editorial in thc Senator's pa per. Abuse does not prove that the statements made in that editorial are not true, and it would have been better, and more convincing to the public, if the grave Senators had denied thc charm1 tn more parlia mentary language. Gov. Hughes says ho believes in a protective tariff, which probably ac counts for his. favoring a tariff com mission, so that revising thc ta riff may he put off as long as possi ble. Why do all the Republican leaders refuse to at once reform the tariff that protects the trusts? Cv KI: <..};'".. nevon mb. ions ofdol lars of depositors' money is tied up , inclosed banks and trust companies in Kew York, and thc Republicans proclaimed they produced prosperi ty. _ THAT "heinous baboon" Priolean andother colored members of thc Republican party in this State, seem disposed to give trouble, and Poss Capers may as well prepare for breakers ahead. THOSH members of thc legislature who are so touchy about the honor of the members of thal body should remember that some of tho chief dispensary grafters won- at onetime or another members of the general 1 assembly. THAT is a serious charge that was made by one Brown against Boss Ca* pois, und Hud distinguised gordie-; man should lose no time in demand ing a thorough invet t iga! ion. Ross Odell is nursing the Hughes boom and "me too" Plat t and Pepow arc also quite willing to lot the Standard Oil interests dictate thc Republican nomitation for president. Cut Down Cotton Crop. The suggestion is made by Presi dent Smith of the Cotton Associa tion that the farmers of the South agree and bind themselves to cut down the acreage again next year. That is not because we have raised LOO largo a crop, ?i?ys tho FU-rence Times but because we have raised too small a one this year. The rea son for it is to be found in the fact that though cotton is very scarce now. though thei-e is practically a famine, the spinners* who are all united, and included in their band the spinners of the South, just as well as the spinners of the East and of Europe, are determined to fight the reasonable demand of the farmer for a better price for his product, and they have closed their mills, shortened the hours of labor and done everything else to starve; the farmer into compliance with their demands for cheap cotton, they havtf failed to a very great ex tent, but they won so much success that it isneccessary for us to rise up and smite them once more a solar plexus blow this time. In the face of this famine, in the face of the fact that they are trying to pile one crop of cotton on top of another so that it may be cheapened, let us resolve to plant corn and peas next year and cut down the crop so that they will not have wherewithal tb fight us. Even the determination to do such a thing would spread consternation in the ranks of our enemies, for they no longer laugh at the pretensions of the "fool farmer," when he says what he is going to do with his own crop. We will have them sitting up and taking notice if we even talk about it. We would rather make terms and have a decent and fair trade basis with the spinners, and under standing that would be satisfactory but they would not have it when we were the under dog in the fight it was unconditional surrender, and now wc arc in a posit ion to demand an unconditional surrender as the price of our ceasing to fight. It is U..wl rfoinnr tUf?Murtl (lip WAV. WU!' ?S Democrat ic i larmony. Thc hearest approach to harmony where it is most needed in tho Dem ocratic party lias been exhibited by the unterrified Democracy of New Jersey. The leaders Of all facti?ad joined together in a banquet at I ie the Now Auditorium' in Newark, in hoiaa- <>f State Chairman Robert S. Mudspeth who made the fight in the last campaign. Aside from tho tribute to tho chair man the object of tho gathering of tho '100 leaders of tho party from all sections of the statt1 was to get together for the red? mption of Now Jersey. Success attended these ef forts for the names of Bryan, Har mon, Johnson, Gray, (iulberson and Daniel wore mentioned and cheered with apparent impartially. Har mony timi victory were tho keynote of all thc speeches. As New Jer sey, like New York, is necessary to success in tho coming campaign this hopeful outlook for all Demo crats uniting for thc support of any ticket is an omen of success that will encourage Democrats everywhere. If the discordant elements can unite in New Jersey them can be no good reason for discord b !.?..< \. !'. r, . WK hope that Congressn n Le gare's effort to have Col. Coward placed on the Carnigic teacher's list will succeed. No teacher is mofe worthty of this great benefaction than Col. Coward, who has devoted his life to tho noble profession of teaching to thc great benefit bf his State? tmd thousands of young men. Tin-, Now York World wants to know what thc Democrats must do to win. As a starter we would sug gest thal the Democracy get rid of of all such btise friends as the New i York World and other newspapers thal lake pleasure in abusing pros pective Democratic candidates. TllOSK farmers who have held their cotton vip to this time should hold out to the end. No wonder Hie hypocrite deceives himself when li.? is toolah onoilgli to t.htnk ho in deceiving the Almighty. liOts of moa can on?line a brilliant. nation?! policy who mnl<e u fall uro of ordlnnyr par?atnge. Just at this time when the great battleship (leet is making a trip more thun halfway around the world, when tho despatches are filled with accounts of an attempt to blow up one or two of the magnificent vessels je Ad'?ir; 1 V. Mn-' cuni nandi and when Hobson and thu president are striving to secure consent of congress to a plan that will mean a much greater navy in the hear future it is pleasant to know that all the world concedes that our navy is the second strongest in thc world says the Augusta Chronicle. It is surpassed by Englands alone, and will continue to be indefinitely on account of that nation's scheme ol' naval defense, always striving to build as many ships annually as any two nations combined. As long as this plan is pursued it is evident that the United States will have to contiue to allow Albion to bear the ti tl o of Mistress of the Seas. Just wherein the excellence and strength of our navy lies is told in Brassoy's naval annual, which is an authority in matters of the kind. Commenting on this there is a lum inous explanation in Harper's Y/eek ly written by Newton Korest, who in the course of his article tells the fig ures in an interesting way. Great Britain, United States, France, Germany and Japan, is thc order in which the list of the world's naval powers begins. Great Britain alone exceeds the United States in fighting forces afloat. To attain its position the United Stales, during the twenty-' four years which have elapsed since the building of the modern navy be gan, has expended $300,359,190, or an average of nearly $13,000,000 a year. A comparison of thc naval strength of Japan and the United States is doubly interesting in view of the re cent departure of the American fleet of battleships for the Pacific, and the significance which has been attached to this event. The Ameri can navy has on its list 20 battleships of 10.000 tons and over, while Japan has 115; our navy has ll coast-defence vessels, Japan 3; wc have 15 armored cruisers5, Jiman 13. But in thc num Un thc outer nano, Japan nas only 9 submarines while we have li). In thc cost of battleships of our navy tin1 Connecticut and the Kansas lead tho others, thc for mer cost mg $7,667,606, and the lat ter $7,071,I'M. The cost of main tenance of each type of warship is as follows: Battleships, $036,587.12; armored cruiser, $755,151.47; pro tected cruiser, $583,002.26; gun boat, $115.585.12; torpedo-boat de stroyer, $77i354.22; torpedo-boat, $50,620.98; submarine, $26,451.10. The total number of ships in the American navy is 10S; in the navy of Groat Britain. 454; in tho french navy, -M'S; in the navy of Germany, 210 and Japan has 191, lt will thus ho soon that while the United States has thc '.ca t number of ships of tiioso live powers, she is still second in rank by her comparative strength in battleship tonnage. Great Bri tain's tonnage of 821,390; United States, 406.146: France, 308,461; Germany, 358, bil ; Japan, 191,498. The reason of the excess of ships in tho french navy is found in th*4 fact that she has 271 torpedo-boats and Pl? submarines, while England bas only VI torpedo-boats and 4^> submarines, and ibo United States only 32 torpedo boats and IP subma rines. 'rbi1 personnel of (he United States navy has always boen considered high in standard, bid in number it falls below those of langland, hYance, Germany, and Japan. But tho United Slates is one of the three countries among the (ive mentioned which maintains a marino corps. The oilier two countries which have Ibis branch of tho service at'C Eng land and Germany. Thc total number of o til co rf in the American navy today is 2,523, of which oin1 is an admiral, 20 rear admirals, and M captains. Tho io!al number of petty officers and enlisted men is now ::x,r.(iO. whereas in 1885 it was only 8,250. Al present there are under con struction for iho navy seven battle ships, two armored cruisers, three scout cruisers, live torpedo-boats destroyers, two submarine torpedo boats two colliers, and two tugs, Wi ci these '.'-?M* in mind lhere, i feel alarmed, ( clo even thom I'HEH FOUIS Fanners Can Ut? Placed In Involun tary Bankruptcy. JudgO Speer, of thc United States Court, rendered a decidion in Au gusta on Thursday that is of Interest to farmers. Hf* decided in lito eise o? J. T. uii.c, ihn! ?. l?ii .ii can bo placed in involuntary bankruptcy aa well as a merchant or any ono olso. Tho petition was Hied hy tho Armour Company for fertilizers. * KIIililCD HlMSlOliF. Shoo Manufacturer and Society Mun Shoota Self in Templo. At Lynchburg, Vn., John Kincklo, agod thirty-three, a prominent so ciety man and secretary and treasur er of tho V. Kincklo Shoe Company, shot himself three times in the right temple Thursday evening with sui cidal intent. He is not expected lo survive. No causo for tito act can Ito learned. . lOvorything taken into the stomach should be digested fully within a cer tain time. When you fool that your stomach is not in good order, that the food you have eaten is not boiug di gested, lake a good, natural digest ant, that will do tho work tho diges tivo juices are not doing. Thu best remedy known today for all stomach troubles is Kodol, which is guaran teed to givo prompt relier, ft is a natural dlgeatant; it d(goats what you oat, it is pleasant to take and is .sold hero Wy Conway Drug Co. Shooting Near Wagoner. Tho Columbia Slate says ' an un usual shooting scrape occurred near Wngonor Saturday night ns a result ot' which John Peterson is lying at Knowlton'a hospital with a serious wound in the spinal column. The party doing the shooting could not be located Sunday. ll was stated, however, that he was al ono of the hotels and was also wounded slight ly." WK do not believe that President Roosevelt would support a candi date for president who would be ac ceptable to the Wall street interest. SKNATOK Latimcr has introduced bills in the Senate for public build ings in a dozen or more towns .in this State, Such bills do not. I amount to a row of pins. I THE State of North Caroiiha will ed in Columbia. Tills Stale is fi>y bryan, and the delegation lhat goes to Denver should go instruct? 1 for him. Til KKK is no doubt about thc cotton crop heine, . hort, ami that tho mills I need moro than lias boon made. BRYAN and Johnson would make a winning ticket, and wc believe it will read that way after thc Denver Con vention. Kv KUY time Mr. Bryan says any thing about a subsidized press some cotpration organ rises up and abuses tho greatest Democrat of his time. As Sam Jones use to say ?you can 'toll the hit dog by the way he I howls. THOSK newspapers that are criti sizing the Attorney General for em ploying Atlanta lawyers ari' wrong. Those At laut ?i lawyers arc needed to work un esos in that eily, which they have certainly dono to thc sat isfaction of ali who want to see the grafters brought to justice. . that we maintain this position al tho I cost of large sums. Kor tho worsl featureof tho present navicsisthnl they mUst be contri tint ly improved, tts ii takes only about a decade for thom to bes?me obsoleto. Tho ships that defeated Cor vera, then as i line as their class anywhere in the {world would prosont bul poor com parisons against tho vessels Huit ?ire accompanying Admiral Kvans on his trip around Som h America. Tho Connecticut compares favorably with any vessel afloat willi the pos sible exception of (ho Dreadnaughl and the Japanese Sntsuma, both bf tile same tyne, but tho Texas which was with Schlcy and Samp son, thi' Now York and the others would ho out of placo with Evan's ships, Japan is building a number of slups mostly of the battleship class, so is England and (?ermany, which last named nation will probably out rank us on tho sous when ships now buildingarelaunched and in commis sion. Wc have in fact to look live ly if wa- would continue to occupy tho proud and peace-compelling po sition we now have among the navies of (ho world. The I rou Ide willi most oonah rem edies is that tlmy constipate. Ken nedy's Laxativ? Cough Syrup acts gently but promptly on tho bowels and at din ?nina limn it stops tho lng tho throat and Children Hko ft. Iftrag Oe. BLES3ING THE WATER8 As Safeguard Agninst Floods-In Memory of Christ's Baptism. Midwinter in St. Petersburg cacb your 8ooa a unique and solemn cere mony, called "tho blessing of tho waters." A chapel of icc, richly doc . wJtli . . UK i .-, no..i the pal ..^.i ..ad ciiv.ictiu6 ...id dei.coted to ?St, Joha the Baptist, is erected on tho frozen surface pf the River Neva. Tho river is then called tho Jordon and re ligious services aro conducted in tho temple by tho metropolitan or high priest of thu national church, attend od by tho emperor and all his court. Tho coromony is in memory of tho baptism of Christ, and io supposed to bo a safeguard against dangers from floods, ns well as to benefit those who Diako their living on the sen. A hole is cut in the icc in the center of tho floor of the chapel. From this tho people aro baptized by sprinkling by the priests, and the faithful meta* hers of tho Greek church go in vast crowds to get their share, while re ligious devotees often pluugo Into the ice-cold flood through He hole. ii they catch cold and die, as (hey often do, heaven is secured for them. On the evening before thc ceremony de vout churchmen make crosses on their thresholds to prevent the evil spirits that aie driven from tiie water from taking refuge in their houses. I ?ol h a blessing ami a curse to St. Petersburg is the Uiver Neva. I'pon its banks tho most magnificent pal aces are erected. The numerous islands are parks or pleasure grounds ol' I ?ie people and are tilled with re sorts that are thronged during both the winter and summer months. Then- ?s only one permanent brldgo, the remainder being so constructed thal I lev can bc removed when the stream freezes over, ?s it usually d< e. MI November, when the teams and pedestrians pnss over the ice un til April, Tie? .lackey club holds its race meet inus on the ice. t?nt when the sprint: thaw comes or when a strong northwesterly wind blows thc wr.ter in from the sea sev eral clays In succession, there is groat danger of Hood, for tho city is not more than lour fee' above the mean level of thc river. When a flood is coming tho inhabitants are warned hy tho (ula;; of guns. Icc jams are re moved by dynamite and the army ls ordered alli willi axes. There is no way to prevent the floods, that como woh tue winds. A Japanese Expert. Katsukamu Higushi, the Japanese nrs 1er ol' jiu-jitsu, who has succoodod in throwing Toni Sharl.ey, "Ajax," tho Mr, m in ot' the Now Vork police force, and other big wrestlers, is a ' . ' ?.- .. 'l'-^ '.'?... II (lost. it....... i a r thail li'1. Ile liiis boon practicing jiu-jitsu si::'-- he wits ii years old. Ile was a pupil pl the ureat Kano and taught ile- ait in UOsbislia college in Kyoto. The crer.iest weigh! lie ever lifted is ?jij'O pound--. "Ajax" Whitman, Whom he overthrew has Uttel l.-ju.i pounds Mr. Iliguslii (trillks hot water every mbnling, oats fruit, rico and li: !.. ideal univ once a day, and rarely drinks lon. "The fatal fricks?" he said in an sw--i to a nae. tion. "I did not teach tin in liven Kano w ill pm a | tipil through many tests before lie will trust lom willi tho fatal tricks. He WO?lld not teach I hem to a fighter. \\ . licv'or, never teaen jiu jitsu lo a wi est I'M- " Kinrj Edward's Menu. Oy-gliOi was on Kin;; l-Mward's menu Christmas tiny. A cygnet is you hg swan At St. Helen, ni Nor Wich, 'boat IOU .wans are fal teaed for tho table in i'm .-wan pit. The birds an- hin lally ie l with i he lies! barley and un?/e. which is placed in I roughs below the si?rfae? Of the water. A fa! oygiidi weighs about sixteen pounds an.I costs liane than $10. ll flavor is sai l io lu- bei ween goose am! hare. There are moro than I .nen swans al Abbat-bia;.-, Kngland, living a porfoot Ij natural lit", an.I nono of ibeth pin lobed The visitor1 e >s the l.jirgesl .-. ii- in I.nc.am! in ?.di lligiilj lor tlc Abbotsbury hirds use I hoir wings for all journeys IO and front Hie sea. o; dov n thc long lagoon called Hie fleet, that divides tin- shore from ti " beach Overrated Ancient Babylon. Ancient Hali' lon was not such a groat city as sonic have supposed, ac cording to ii valentino (leere, the archaeologist, lt" says : "The idea of Babylon's vastness ami magnificence, to which wo have become accuntpm . ?I, has hi i n practically' exploited, Dr. Koilewe.v told UK- '.hat Hie site (d' the (itv was larger than (hat pf any other nh (tien i elly ; bill even so. tin- idea llcl i" bauld be compared wiill Ixia don and its suburbs, which has been \er> generally held; is entirely er roneous, tu po,ni oi fact, it appears (hal ii ; walls we"- not more than eight miles in circumference. More over. Hie ureal palaces are shown io have boen poor affairs nf (hr all. with wretchedly cramped apartments, and next to no pretensions io architectur al Style; and the temples wero ex ceedingly eriide buildings!" Sympathy tie"-n't cost anything, hut that's no reason why it should bc wasted. A man never kicks if hifl n imo i* misspelled in tho police records of a newspaper. TESTING FLOUR AT BIO MILL8. After Grinding a Sample la Made Up Into Bread. "it ia surprising to note tlie dif ference thal exists between tho vari? ons brands of flour," said ?. D. Hutch insou, tho representativo of one of the big milli? in Mani 'apolis. M'en. "lt au dopeiidu on now il;J ...iv.? .s milled and on tho hind of wheat from which it is made. Flour mado from hard spring wheal will gi yo from 20 to lo more loaves of brea.I per barrel than that made from thc softer win tor wheat, ft contains a larger per centage of gluten and absorbs moro water. The mills aro exceedingly careful about the kind of Hour they send out, and tho testing department is one of the most Important branches. "After the Hour is ground comes the crucial test. A sample is taken and made up into broad. Wo have four bakings a day, ami from 20 to :J0 loaves aro baked each timo, each ono representing a sample of Hour. After tin- test has been made the brent" ls turned over lo the associated chari ties. "Von may have noticed that tho roi or of Hour is no longer ti marble white hut a creamy whit?;. This comes from tho fact that the rich portion of tho grain, right under the woody coating, is around Into the Hour. Whal IK h !? can hardly bo called bran, for it is only the coarsest part of thc oilier libre." -Milwaukee Sen tinel. First Watches. First Fobs. There ls uncertainty as lo when tho portable walch, as wc understand it today, came into uso. lt was proba bly al the close of the sixtoenth cen tury Queen Kl i/.a ht th owned a large nu tn bor of watches. Mary Queen of Scots was tho possessor of a skull Shaped watch In fact, tho "death's head" pattern was at that time much In vogue, landless wove the styles, foi there wer?1 watches shaped Uko hooks, pears, butterflies and tulips. Tho Nuremberg egg was a special shane and was first made in 1000. Tiiose queer shapes of watches pre vented their finding a place In 'fie (locket When was the fob ilrst used in tho dress of man? The norman of foll is "fuppp." and it is believed thal il came from langland. This conjecture is strengthened by the 'act that ?i short "fob" chalti attached tr? ii watch of Oliver Cromwell's in the British museum is. in point of dato. Ibo ii.'1-: appendage of the 'dud known The walch is a small oval ono in a silver case and was ni.uk? about 1G25. -London World. Dance Uoiorc- A et ar in Cathedral. The boys omer iiie space before tho high altar, lucir hats under ttieir iwo smallest boys are tho "trancas," Or bara. All through tho various llgiire.s their movements are Infinitely graceful .'"|| dignified; Tho dance is something like the minuet and tho chilli? a lime their st ps to their own B\\ : .ones, accompanied by tho low loee ol' (hu magnificent organ or ibo plaintive wail ot' tho violin. lt cpi ile impossible to describo tho i.ipiussion liiis strange and unique (>?. moiiy makes on tho mind; the sound ol' those frosh young voices ringing iiii< ugh tho vaulted cathedral, ike click ot I lie castanets, the throng bl silent spectators and tho presence of the archbishop, canons and clergy, all in ?heir rieht st choir vestments, t: II ibbie io render the scent; imposing - hay, hi most sacred. Priests .'?:id Theatres. In the cut real Issue of thc Actors' ibbie the (piestinn is asked why Calli 0 i pi ?ests are poi allowed lo attend performances ?n theatres. Pat in nus lorin, ii is loo sweeping a genera.! 1 at iori, for tho restriction oh cae.? pr i Cs I dies only to na theatres of ibo panic lar diocese with which ho b connected. \ Westminister priest who eros os the river lalo Southwark is under no restraint in tins respect, although lew, as a miitlcr of taste* ami ii?iniug. care to exorcise this llhertj when away from home. It is larg 'ly ti question of nanto and Iradi nn f'.?rilin?l Manning had ho obj?c on io the tl erm a a desi entertain ment II St. Ci 'urge's Hall or tho por fur iii aiirox bf I he Moore and Burgess Minstrels In St. James's Hall, but ho .st iitl i aV? promptly suspended any ?ni". I til hi;; who was proved to have visit?>0 a London theatre.--I/mdon Chronicle. Not.-,b><-' Port Arthurs. In addition to thc one that has fall en there are other notable Port Ar lhtU'si Cere is the Canadian ?me. iii the western side ol' tho great [hUes, fri iii w ii ich Lord Woh.oly start .i| N.itil Ills expedition a go ii ora I iou I gu io suppress tho lirst rein Ilion Of HC illili i i (toils al the Ked river. Theil hore I? (he Tasmnhlnn one a lovely (ipi licit was converted Into a reeep i.acle fdr the Worst desporadoos when Ile 11 an> i it tat ion system was in opbr ration Anotiiei Pori Arthur is that in Tesas, ibo growing ..raport. P in?? Has Pur? Icc Law. Dealers In Ice aro compelled to tdipw on their carts whether the iee carrie 1 is from pure waler and lit for human consumption or tot refrigerat ing purposes not for consumption. The Paris dealers aro endeavoring to i v ole tho law mid tito police have lusl made un exhal?le by imposing a fill? bli a dealer whose inscription on Ids c u t Induced a cafo proprietor to buy Ice which was not ht for tho uso of his customers.