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l'I oin' back down to gra1 'pa's, I w4)nt colle back no more To hear remarks about, my feet A-i tldyin ' up tihe lloor. They's too m111uch said about my clothes, The scoldiln's ever done I'l, goini' back dowin to grai'pa's, Where a boy kinl hev some funl. I dlug n> half his gardeii A gittin1' worms ler bate; lie said Ie used to like it when I laid abed so late; lie said that pie was good for boys. An' candy made 'em grow. .. EI cal't go to-graln'pa 8 I'll turn pirate fust you know. lie let me Iake his shotgun, \n' loaded it or me. 'hi'e (ats hitl (Put in the bari, The tens 11ewv' up a tree I h1ad a circus iii tho yard W ith t weit v otier boys I'ml goin', hack do4wnl to gran'~pa's, Where they ail't afraid of noise. lie ilidn't im-ike %ie comb ray hair lit once 'e twice a week ; lie wasn't watclin' out fer words itilidn't orter speak ; lie tol. tie stories 'hou33t 11he war .\ ' I juns shot 4tt1 \\est. h, l'Im goin'l down t gran'pia', Fer lie knows wat boys like best. lit' evein rim 31 rav'e witl lile. i;tit hlad lt st 81s all* vottigh : lie rode my 4 evele at' Il1ugh1ted ih< l, he tuiibled oif; lie kiiew tihe early apple trees Artmiti t 1 iii ai ititie. Ih. gran1 pa waSt 3allandy .\i' was "'in it" all1 the while. I bet ytou gran'pia's lonesome, I o1n 1r 11e what yo, say, I ie3i 10e11 h ikinderl cr'yitl \\'len you took tme awaay. \V li'en yo talk to me of heaveni Vliere 111 the good folks go, I zues I'll go t , grali'pa's, A nl' we'I have good tiies, I know. THE COTTON SEED INDUSTRY. Till, MANY USICS OF Till-, IUlLS. An Iliustrat1i3n ol' Wlhat the Soutlh Canll o-Tbc Advantages Offered by this Section to mluihlgrants. Edwin h. Johnson in Scientific American. The mal14gn iticent op)ortunities w hich exist at the South fot making and building of homes by immigrants. for tho prolitableinvestmteut of capital and the prACtical application of the art and sciences ate now so well known tv reading and observant men thiat it almost a waste of time to call atten tian to detailed conditions in the South. If any ono is skeptical on the subjsct he need only look at the small popula tion per square mile, the fertility ol the lands, the climate, the small COsi of living and the numerous natural advantages and resources of the Soutl to aon th at a condition must necessaril3 exist there more favorable for com fortable living for the frugal and in dustrious poor, for accumulation ol wealth for the intelligent small capi talist and for the doubling of foriunei for thozo already wealthy than in an: other part of the United States to day. Instead of dealing. therefore. witl the general subject, I wish to give i practical illustration of one of the line of future development of the Souti which is characteristically Southeri and with which I happen to be ver familiar from a long business connec tion. In short, I wvish to point out wher< a praeticatlly inexhuttible3 soutrce e weal th exists in a product, of wvhiel1 the geneurai puibl ic ottside the Soti knows almost nothing. I allude t wvhat is familiarly known in the Sott by the uame of cottonseed hulls. TPh iname itself belittle the character an' value oif the prioducet to such anf exten that one3 is almost teimpted to turt away~ fr~om It in disappolitment with out inivestigation 0on simrply hearingi "i tH us " is a ter'm we a1sociat~o i our'31 mndls with husk or1( 1 the (ou1te covetlri of some val uablc not, fru it o grain, w hijeb serves the purpose nattur 3intentded it for, of protcting and prec servi:ng the kernel, but wh ich il itself, 1for all purp3'oses of cofmerec, i While such in part is the defini tion, su:ch is not. the c3haract3r of "'cot ton stsed huiils." I10 bears miore the rec lation of bran to wvheat than of husi to kernel, but even this deVscrip)tion I not, adeq ute, fotr the hull of the cottoi seed, both in weight and1( value, bear a much more impor'tant r'elation t, the kernel of the steed1 than bran doe to wheat. TIhe hull3 compr~hises 415 to 50) per cent of the weight (f the seed. As turnei out by the oil mills, this article consist of little caipsules, more3' or less broker up, of which the outer or convex par consists of a closely adher'ing shior1 fiber, comrniing ab~t~out 25 to t3 I. 3i pc cent. of the weight ;and the inner o1 concave part of a tough, dark browi shell of mulhcilaginous mattetr resemb ling the covering of apple seeds. This is not quite all, for the iiber-coveret andl broken capsules captur'e and re ta~in, du rig the oil mll pr'ocess o hulling and separation, however wel performed, a4 p)ortionh of the kernels ir a finely divided state. The propor tioun oh the ker'nel thus caught, anm form in ai rtei(al por'tion of the hulls as miar'keted v wries fromn 1 1 -'2 to 5 poi ccnt. and( is 'ichlin 10i31 anid nlitrogenomi In thel dr3y, loose and somewhat mat ted condiltionj ini which the hulls art usually seen they present a very uin ptromising appear~ianco, but years (31 ex perienco have dhemonstratedl eon cluiv ely tihat they formr a perfect and entIre feed fur cat~tle. It is only foi the purpo'o of rapidly fattening catth< that other m'nre highly concentrated feedstutb, generally cotton seed meal, are' t'Alded 10 the hull1 s. There are niow a~n nua~tlly "' erulshed In the oil mills of the South about .1,500J,000. ton s of cotton seed, triving as produtit of h ul s of about 6.75,000 tc 700,000 tons. There are annually gr'own 3,nd passed through power gins, t0. (3btain3 thei. 8,000,000) to l0,000,000 bales of cotton which are annually marketed, an add itional quantity of '2,500,000J to 3,500,bt00 tons of cottoni seed whichl are not, us yet hauled out to th oil millis, wi h aret' gsnera'lily located at, sonol d itance from the gIns and lan~tations. PThe total st ed crop is b~y volght twce a1s greal, as thet COtton crtop. If al these s;ei d wore ma'nufactured the Wegtof the hubsa riilgh lt 1b0 taken, wei l o u' ghly, as5 equi i lent to the w00-po ofi the cotton, or if put uip in to to 10,0I0i0 .e cteton, as 8,0J00,000u q to it.00 0 baes of hulls-the am gives atito as.the Cotton crop. This thivs tseu resent prod uctive limit of tcsrtai ticlegand makes It pretty can h with1 such a largo sced abnd hsu m.1f)lot now wor'kedl avail orlt as >id ad vnce ah e4v 'Pened, 310 great neeia)d advx pc, Inth price of hulls Oing, as already atett hi un promIsing looking atd tohdi unotuaonao r 7 nc n hulls commercially ; and until about t ten years ago, when the experiment was imade of feeding them to cattle, C they wero literally tbrown away or 1 burned for fuel at the mille. b This article bas had the hardest kind vi of a fight agalst ignorance and pro- 1 judico to find its way into profitable c consumption ; but such intrinsic merit t bas it that to-day out of 300 or more * oils mills in the South, I do not know c of a single one that is burning its hulls. I A considerable supply of crude potash, J in which the hals are rich, was taken 1 away when these ashes were no longer n outainable. b In many States, particularly Texas, 1 many thousand head of cattle are an- I nual ly fed, and with the addition of t cotton scod meal are fattened u on a cott-3n seed hulls. Much of the Chi-t cago dressed beef shipped all over the c country in refrigerator cars Is simply v concentratud cotton scou hulls. Tile I price at Whlieh hullis ell is far below I th ir intrinsic value as a feed stuff r and va*.les from $2.50 to $5 per ton at c the mills, though as high as $10 por I ton has been paid for it in some casos Y when the demand unexpectodly ex- . coeded the supply, when the mills I were not running, and thIs Is about its ( real value. I believe that every dairy s in or about the cities, like Memphis, Atlanta or Now Orleans. is now feed- I iug its milCh cows on cotton seed hulls. I Competont chemists figure that 90 r per cent. of the value of the hulls is 0 available for fertilizer after being used for food. Hulls are little known or I used outside the South, but there Is a I new cnterpriso at Mehiphis, the Ten- I nessee Fiber Coipany, working under i letters patent, that Is succe.ssfully tak ing the hullsofrom the oib m!Is and con- i centrating in mmore suItable form for I shipmnent., the nutritious in'rtion of the t hulls, which is termed ''cotton seed 1 bran," and separating the lint for use of paper makers and packers, which is turned out in smail compressed I bales. Having now shown what cotton seed htulls really are, their- value, their great actual and numerous possiblo production, we are prepared to consi doe- tie merits of this ar'ticle as a wealth producer. It wI111 irst be neces sary to say somothing it regard to the location of the cotton oil mills. Though some of the large cities, like Memphis, Atlanta, Houston and New Orleans, have more than ono mill each, thoy are, as a rul', very widely distributed over the Southern States and gener ally in the towns which vary in popula tion from 2.500 up. The average price at which cotton seed hulls can bo ob tained at the mills is about $3.25 per r ton. Their intrinsic value as a feed ing stuff is about: $10, say $8. The average freight from the South to the New England and Middle States is about $0 per ton. It could hardly be possible, therefore, unless under ex coptional;circumstances, to use cotton seed hulls in their ordinary form out side tite South. From the fact that the oil mills are loated In tle towns and cities, and - that t,he lands near them have been cultivated longer and more closely than these at a di6tance, thus being - more in need of fertilizers, It is evident that the most profitable use to be made k of the hulls Is by farmers or btock i raisers on the lands near the oil mills. 3 A farmer, therefore, located on land which needs fortilizing, near an oil i mill, who also raises cattle or keeps a dairy, and who has a market ready to - hitis hand for his farm products, is pre tred to make an astonishing profit >upon this article. i Estimauting the cost of freighting t ito the farmii ait 75 cents per ton, tihe Savera'ge~t cost of the hulls at the mills at *3 25 per ton, and the intrinsic value (iof the hulls as compat'ed with other' feed stulfs W or fertilizers as only $8 per 1ton, the farmer- will make a profit of t. $4 per' ton onf every tont of hulls he !itosumesl. If 've add to this 9)0 per1 - cent. of the intrintsic value, whicht pet' t, contage thte ceist allows for it after feed inj', hte wolId have $11 p)or1 toni as 3 the total profii, or $7.00 per ton as the r not llroit over and above feeding stu Ifs in and fetilIizetrs. I is diflicutlt to con 3 cai ve of any situattion in whticht a far' - mner could be placed in popiutlous tet'ri 1 tory in the United States where hto a starts out with coinditions so favorable to sueccess, eor where ho has a iunet' op - lportutnity of prodtucing wealth from - using ani undervalued product whicht - catn be had in practically unlimitcd c qluantity. Add to this thtat such lands 3 as have been dlescribed can be had at 1 a very low price, because of their tmoi' 01'r less worn coudition, and also bel > cause of tihe proscent general deprecia a tion int real estate, the p~robainhlity of a large priofit from the enrichment of tihe lar.d and the uneai'ned increment i from thie probably rapid growth of all 3Souitthet'n cities in tihe near future, antd it is scarcely possible to point out any bettm' illustration which the South olffers of heir many and gireat oppor tunities than is contained in this long desp~Jised and still greatly undervalued article-cotton seed hulls. Somte ''Thtin You May Have Forgot ton or Never- Knew. The Spmartan. Jn 1824 thei'e were tour' candidates for the Presidency, all Republicans, and no0 political issues. T1he numbeir of eleetor'al votes was 201 from 24 States. 'rThe candidates wci'e John -o Qiney Adams, 841 electoral votes ;A n1 drew .Jaekson, 901 votes ; William 11. -Cirawford, 411 votes; Henry Clay, 37 votes. No 0on0 having received a ma jority tile election went tg the House and Adams was elected. At the next election, 1828, Andrew Jackson was elected, being thue first, time the party was called D~emnocratie.. in the election of 1836, when William Heonry Ilat'risont made htis fl-st traco and Wast defeated b~y Martin Van huron, the "' National R~opublicanl " party be came thte Wig party, which lasted utnder tha!t nameli until 1856. In 1810 lliarrison was elected, being the iret Whig President. James (f. B3irnoy, thte fir'st "' A bolition " candi date tmade the race that year. Hoe received only 7 509 popular votes. At the ntext election, 1841, ilrnoy r' ceived 92,'00 votcs, but no electoral vote. Int 1818 General Taylor was elected on thte Whilg tIcket, receiving 163 i votes to 127 for Lewis Cass. '.itat yoar' I Martin Van Bur'on wvas the "' [roe I Soil'" cand illate, ree v'ing 29)1,203 votes, I b t, no~ ok-etoral vote. Taylor was the last Wh Ig PrIesidlent, and the party I maude littlu showing in any subsequent r In, 1852 Fra',uklln Pietrco was elected I Presidentt, rcceiving 2t11 votes to 42 for r Winlield Scott, the last Whig candi date. JTohn P.Hl anta a on the "Free Deoran thr'toito ticko*, hut received nto electoral votes.' In 185(1 Jamtes Buchan:tn was elected t by tile D~emocrate, receIving 174 votes I to 114 for John C. Fremonont, thte " Re- e publican " canldidato, wt bich name was attached to the Free Soil or AbolItion I b Party. At that election Millard Fill..j d more ran on the "Know Nothing" t Loket and received 8 electoral votes. In 1860 the Republican party met if hicago, May 10, and nominated Abra am Lincoln for President and Hani al Hamlin for Vice-President. That rae the crowning victory of the Abo Ltion party, which put out its first andidate, James G. Birney, in 1840. kfter 20 years they succeeded. The Americans," who still maintained an rganization, met in convention in laltimore, May 10, and nominated ohn Bell, of Tennessee, and Edward ,vorett, of Massachusetts. They did ot call themselves "Know Nothings," ut the " Constitutional Union " party. lell received 39 electoral votes. The )cmocratic convention mot at Charles on, April 23. They remained in ession until the first day of May and ook 57 ballots without making . a hoico. There was a split in the coii ention. 'Tpo portion of the conven ion dissatisfied with certain resolu ions approving " Squatter Sovc eilgnty ' hold a meoting and adjourn id to moet in Richmond, Juno 11. They not and adjourned to meet in 3alti noro, June 23, when they nominated ohn C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, or President, and Joseph L".ne. of )regon, for Vice-PresinerW. These eceders woro the pro-slaivery fatction. Phc others who remained adjourned o moot in Baltimoro, June 7. 1 ,They ionminated Stephen A. Douglas, of Illi kois, for President, and Herschol V. rohnson, of Georgia, for Vice-'resi lent. This wing of the Democratic )arty believed that slavery in the tor 'Itories was a question for the people homselvos to settle. Breckenridge -eceoived 72 electoral votes and Douglas 2. While Lincoln received 180 votes 0 123 for his three opponents, his )opular vote was only 1,866,452 to 2,. 113,711 for the opposition. M r. Lincoln 'CecoIvOd the votes of all the " free states " except three of the voles of qow Jersey, which went to .Mr. Doug ass. The latter received 9 votes from l1issouri. Virginia, Tonnesseo and kentucky east the 39 votes for Boll. The above are some of the muore tin )ortant elections. The figures inay ot be exactly correct, for the authori ties consulted diffor in some respects. Wo give these facts with the hope of ;urning the attention of our young men Lnd women to a study of our short iistory. It will be interesting tc thoughtful people just now, as the )arties seem to bo in a sort of revolu ,ionary condition. AN AWKWARD SOA)IERL. Phe Ruse of a Confetderato Scout Who Joinedt a Yankee Regiment. A loan, lank, half-starved looking Individual made his appearance onc 'ay early in 1863 at a recruiting ollie in an eastern city and expressed a (te sire to "go for a soldier." He had come from the west, lie said, in chargo of u car load of cattle, and as nearly every body else had gone "solgerin" he had about mado up his mind that hic wouldn't go home just yet, but would try the arimy awhile. He had some friends in an Illinois regiment some where down in Tennessee, he ventured and if some "solger clothes and a gun" could be given him he would go down and try to find them. He no's an odd looking genius, slow of speeoh and awkward in manner, and the recruit ing officer hesitated for some time bw. fore he would a-ccept him. Recru is were scarce, however, and the Statc't quota was a little behind. In the end the man was accepted and swoirn into the service. Hei was sent at once to join his reg I men t, and w ithiin a week after' h is enlistment wvas at work in uini form learning to be a soldier. lie was slow in acqjuiring a knowledge of his dutics and was constantly doing absurd thintrs. Ile got into the general's tent one day by miilstake(, and on reopeated occasions got lost in the other regi mentIs of the dlivision. Hius captain we somnewhlat irritable at best, and munch inclined to be exacting. lie conlceiv-e a violent dislike for the "nuow oman," as lhe was comnimnly called, and for~ a month or mor made his l ife mise rable. Nothing that the recruit could do pleased~ himf. He' (lid not stand equ~are in the ranks, nor sit erect at. hiis meals, nor Jo anything in fact as the captain wanltedl it (lone. T'he "'new man" hore it all patiently, hut sometimes it was observed that his face gr-ew pale under the captain's reproof and that his eyes burned like coals of lire. Hie got through somechiow at last with his preliminary training, and1( was tacen up finally on the morning repiort as ai private, and on the next day marched on guardl. Unfortunately his captaini marched on the samo morning as uflicer of the (lay. Thio "'new mrani" was placed on an outp~ost of the campfl guard, and( at Once began walking his ''beat" in dustriously in the hot sun repeating quietly to himself, as lie went back and forth, the sp~ecial instructions that had been given him, in ordeir th at he migh t he ready to "'rattle them oif," he said, if any of the oflicors should comei arVound~ andl ask for them. Some time late in the afternoon thme oflic of the day approachedl him and after acknowl edging his salute, directed him to rc peat his instructions. "'I allows no0 one to monkey around here," said the '"new man." ''What's that ?" exclaimedl the oflicer of the day severely. "'I al lows nmo one to mon key around hero," repeated the sentinel, in a much louder tone. "I aliows"' "W hat's th at ? What's that ?" ire peated the ('11icr of the day, his voice piltched at a high key. T1ho sentinel instantly dlropped his rifle to the ordor, andl rising oni his ts fair4is sreamfed : "'1 allows no one to monkey aroundl bcrc ! 1 told you so before. I 'ye forgot ben the rest of it, bult" '"That will do ! TJhat, will o !'' ex ~laimned ~hie oflicor of the olay. sharply. 'Call the corporal of them gumard."' "'I dlon't know his nme," relied the u'mtiniol. "'CallI the corporal of the guard," >erslsteud the oilcer of tibe day, and (fio some further emphatic I nstru c ions from the cap~tain a cry went up or the "'corp~oral of thbe guard ! l'(st iumbor four." The corpforal cahme prompitly and the enti nod soon thereafter fountd MusiselIf lsarmedl, sutripplodl of hiis eq ui1 a ~nd a prisonier in the guard Lent,. n vostigation It, was found, p'rinucipally3 brou gh the stateoment of the prisoner ulimselIf, that the inostructions he had .ttemI~pted to give the ollicor of Lh(bolday ad been communicated to him as cor ct by seome roguish comrmado. lIe was hiorofore remleals(d from coin inement alt ongth and1( again trusted with aL s.nti el's post. ft was nearly mid night thon the oflletr of the dlay againi ap roacheod h im. lie very promnptly chal ong~ed anid on receiving the reply, Ollicer of the (lay," again amtonlished ho captain by a cordial "'Th-enk you!I 'lease advanca, sir, and ci recon iled."' 'This waso to'> miiuch of a draLft upon oth theoignity of tham capt 'in andi the iseiplino of the servi~ce, and the son nol found himself spocolilly a prisoner once more in the guard tent. Again on investigation it was discovered )rlficialIy as before, on the pribovor's own ovidonco, that the comrades #)f the "new man" had boen playing tricks on him, and approaching his post after dark, had announced theinselves as the "olcier of the day," or tho "command ing officer," as uiLed their raucy. He was therefore again roleased and once more placed on post. Just before day ight the offlicer of the day made the "rounds" of the Aentinols ar.d on ap proaching "number four" found the "new man" on the p0st. As he ad van ced to give the countersign the sentinel brought his rillo down upon him and in a very quiet, decided tono of voice, directed hlim to hold up his hands or he would kill him where he stood. The captain turned alout instantly and started to run. Ho had scarc-'-ly taken a dozen .teps, however, befoce the sen tinel overtook him and seizing hinm by the collar, throw hini violctmuy to the ground. "I don't want to shoot you," lie ,aid, "It would make too imuch nolic. 13ut I want to tell you hefore I bid you good by, what a miserable, contemptible piece o! hunmanity you arc. I can sarce ly res0i1t thu temptation to stick my hayonet into you. You are a heartless, putty tyrant, and deserve hanging. I can't kill you, you know,' he wenlt onl, "bcause it, would'it b.' fair. Sometime we can have it out on mri':r' cqual 0o. ditions. My home is in Georlii," he said, "just two miles fromI Milledge Ville. My nani Js Dawson. and any one in town can tell you where I ive. I have paid you a visit in the inter.s t, of the Con federate cause, and you will have to get another soldier in my place. Good-by, oli man, good-by." H1(5 turned about and quickly disal) pea(reOd iII th diairInes. Phe earptainl pjrang at once to his feet and called lustily for the guard. A IiCtnIIIt Iind squad of menCII clam1 r0unninig to) the 1Iot. and by direction of the oliecr of the day moved forward rapidly, In search of the sentinel. The coinlmarding olli cor of the camp iwas hurriedly informed of the oc' Irfev andt a strong detitch ment of J O., .U . . '% jo' in the pumrsuit. The whole uy v spent in the search, but n1o trace what ever of the man could be found. The coflonel's black riding mare was missing from the )ickct line in the morning and near where she had stood a plain, white card was found fastened to a foncepost by a pin, on the back of which had been written in a plain, bold hand : "Good-by, Yanks. We shall meet again." -----.n--+. WIAT CUBA COhTS SPAIN. The JHenvy Expense Which the Reyo lution flas Entailed. New York Tribune. The well-informed and accurate Madrid corresl)ondent of The London Standard, to whom the world is mouch indebted for news of Spanish govern mental doings, gives a most interesting account of the strain to which the gov ernment is subjected on belhalf of the Cuban carmpaign. The war minister, General Azacarraga, has displayed great energy in providing troo)ps, but he has been forced to resort to soila extraordinary measures. At the out break of the war he called in some 15,000 Ilen of the Iirst-class reserve, and inen of the vlasses of 1819l and .1595, and even some of the class of w189 who. after a few months of training, had been dismissed to their homes in order to lcssen army ex penses. Th'len ho called for the 85,000i conier'iptS of 1895S some mont,2 before the usual time. These were boys .f less tha;n twent v* years of age, Iinle saubjects for anl ardlu 0us foreign campmlahsn int an uns.anitary country ' No whnter miany of those drmafted were found to have l':d from he count-y. No~ wonder, too, ta Iat nio less than I8, 100 of thio.e w l:o remiainedl chose to i~.y the govermnt! a foriit. of $30'0 (Inech rat.h'rI tia to1 be)Ii sent to thle An tili enu slauter pitllen. Th is hittear fact was, of 'ourse5(, IL line4 things for the woii-igh b~ankr'upt Spish trensm-yii~ . 11t me<nni a windfa!~il to it of $5~,430,00i0, (r entoughl to pay(3 the1. co)St of the war for as much as ''4) or thmree. weeks. 1But, it meant a iiiitary for-ce of in ferior quality, the vacancies beinog tilletl w ithi accontiate su~s t ituti ls. Thl'is y'ear there ill probl)iy be a simnilar harve-t of forfeit money'. Tim mainioter hias cal led f' r the 1896~ coni sar'iphts sever mai monZths ~ inl i vance~, aniad thou.sands of them11 will ceek releasA from douty wh1ich meatni p robabtle dleaith. The moil it ary~ census showsi Lbhis year 182,757 "imet '"--att ladis under twenty years of ace -'iable t., he drafted into servyice. O f t hese. 20,777 are. e xomtit 'dI for physical disabil1 y, 2,13;1 are' temii porarily exempted, 6,2058 are miss.ing. 63:,0531 are he-ld coniditionia)y liable for service, and 90,525 ate actual Ily soum moned1( for active sertv ice. Thel' places of such of these latter als putrchase Ox empltion--$30(0 fromi home service andl~ $400 from coloniail serv ict--wvill he hitlled fromu the ranks of theM' condil tionally drafi ted. No less than 40O,000 (if these un iseasotble)1 lads, after i two or th ree imonths of drill, are to biosentt to (Julba, thta Ii enst,,'>f them arri vinag be fore Chi s' mias. Such are tihe troops with w hieb I Wey ier hopes to crushi the voterani legions of Gomez andl~ Ma ceo I lHy suen mecastures Spain h1a4 swel led her army to 300,000 m'en andt boys in two years. ini ineteen monthis she hats sent 1165,551 of thoem to Cu b. TIhere wcre already bore some 12,000, and 15,000 nmo votlunteers, ima~king ai totlt oif 102.551. Th is nu mber has now )011 bed ticed to less than 150,000, show intg a (< aiulii roll (If dleaths andi dilsabilitie~s on the lield and in tihe lhs pital. B~esidles th is aLppalIi ng d ralin uplon the young man hood oIf the nation, there ls a corrm'Ie.spondlintg drinii uponm the treasury. N ineteeni mnth om (f war harvo cost frilly $9l0,000,000, and 1.he. Ipeent ratto (ot (x penise is $11,000,000 a month. Anmd st-ill that end is not. inl si1ght. Th )1 ingenits are niactualy stronmger than ever before, in spite of atlI the wealth and blood spen'mt for' their subijection. They have, says the correspondmt~ent , an ntlimiited re (trit inhg groiunmd ini the maII jori ty of the C rtehlo popuilation, whlites an td colored pleolO like, amd an inexbianstible Suppihly (of armIit, imoney andt lii ntounit titm fiom their iriendis and symptiathizors in the Unitedl Statics. That i. ouitiei t io enjoy t hs advmi ti iange un1 It til t.he watnintg resourcosi o'1S(f Spini arc cloml lltely eIxhautist'd. itt lIItYAN WIlL 1IMOTU1l1I-. Out- Owmn '" luanch " Melter Willn lo lis Mtanmager-t'h iarltono Will 'to A monmmg II.e l''avored~( Cilties. It has kien definitely airranged that WillIam . 1 iy:n is to ttaket t1, lee Liiure Iplatformi amid his Iirs m-~ iddress will bo0 dolivored at. Atlanlta, Gai., early in iD..emetrci. llis rote aois far a it, hias hoe-n iiaran.' it will hi., aifter' h.avin~g A tlantab, Jozek'onv ile. 5.t..va niah, Charileston, ..\ngusta, IV rt-- tg ham and New Orlieans. Aittur leaving the latter oity, Mnr. Bryan will go / through Texas, then on to California and Oregon, and will not reach the oitii of thu l t, b -fore the latter part of Fobruary, 1897. 'Th10 ruan buhied the cntorpriec is V. E Mcl3e, tf Norfolk, Va., the su ierituundent of the Seaboard Air-Line. On election night Mr. McBee, who had been a hard worker (or the Bryan ticket, wired to Mr. Bryan otfaring a very largo ampount'for a series of lec tlures in C4so th elcCtiot bhould turn against him. No attention was paid at tho timo by Mr. Bryan, but after the defeat of tho Democratic ticket had been formally acknowledged by the Dmocrati& leaders, Mr. McBeo oneo iore ronewed his oilers, htwotia tions weure begu'n and the result ias been that M'r. iryan has sigred con tracts for a scrIoT~q rIctures under the init'geint of Alexander Conistock, who is th143tejarosetitative and associate of N r. M"1c3 in tho enterprise. The terms o)f tic agreement from a fiuan cial st'ndpoint have not been mtade pubi, V.but it is reliably undertood that the reniuneration which Mr. Hryan is to receive is to ox"ced the salary he, would have roceived as as're Idont of the Jniitel States in the event of his c lection to that oillce. A rrangemeots are already under way to have tho delivery of Mr. 3ry an's first lecture in Atlanta made the occasion of a great denotisration, which will be In the nature of a mon ster recoption. The lectures to be delivered by Mr. Bryan will be non partisan in their character and will for the most part be upon government al and social topies, :H it is exprtessly .tipiul ed in the.. contract that the tot 'shall havu no political aspect or coloring). ABSOLUiT RUIN TO CUBA. Spain Cn1 Never Stop the Havoc to Ii'o aid I'ropemy----The United States 'Mks Inta erl'ere. [lThe following vrtielo is contribut-d to Lhe Now York Journal from the pen of Gon. Bradley T. Johnison, who ias spent veral montt.s in Cuba recentdy.J Circumistance are stronger than ongress and events controi l'resi ten ts. The Ad miniistration of Ir. Cleve and is now confronted by a grave mblic duty, such as has rarely pressed ..L 'resident of the United Stat<.s. The island of Cuba lios right at the mouth of the Guilf of Mexico. Its nearest point to the United States Is only sixty miles off--haraiy three hours by .-teamer from Key West. The south western limit is only sixty miles from Yucatan. Through these narrow straits passes, to a great extent, the commuerco of the Valleys of the Mlississippi, the Ohio and the Missouri, soon to be tilled by seventy millions of Intelligent, pa triotic and energetic American citi Wbat the mouth of the Mississippi was to Mr. Jofferson's Administration. so is Cuba to that of Mr. Cleveland. It will be the koy to the commerce of the great Amnetrican Mediterranean, of the great country east of the Rockies, and, when the Isthmus Canal is completed, as it must be in a few years, of the trade of the Pacific States and of China and Japan. It is geogralhically and uologially i)iit an extension (if Floriua. 'oliticitlly, it is nl inteI'al part of the great. American Union the leal'ir of free though t an1d free labor in i.,1- tho centu;ric; and the ma n hope1) and protctor of the lib~ertijes of mank: od whIilec civilization lasts. Amtie-t(2. now 111'(wn pr'operty there to a value eceedhiig fi fty iilions oIf dol T17he inisurrtectioni now ragingthr (tde' 0. !ing~ lb day bylay, and hourit1 by hour. 'LTncre ouight to be. no0 mir unoders.:aniling of w ha*tthis means. Thec ine ~is tarply dr awnv in Cuba. All Cuiban-sar'e ont the sido of tit. be re~ bion. All Sjp iardus arc on the side of the 1 Govern..unt. There~ is practically no except iin to this rule I. Tnere' i-i ino tltne o f ace~ da~tictin-the line of nativ ity is. the on y ividing one. It 1,i1'tion of Iiayt' or Sani Domtingo. Thec edu''ation, I he j-roperty, the patr1io-| ti-im Cf ithe h:buni21 are .vith the Cubans. Thbe popuiationi coiey resembles Itbat of \rgin ia-about two) white men to onet C cIolred manit, andh colored12( menC l iclude all the mnixed rac~es, whites, tnegrocs, I i iian.s atnd Car i bea. l'ho neogro is m'uchi lesi in e videnfce in Ilavatna thanlt in~ !.ichmond. The wvaterts in ta. hotelii, the cabd river's, all the class Ihat in Virginia are color ed, alre wh ite in llavana. Thler'efor'e, the inoAtpendence oIf Cuba does not mfeant a nlegro republic. Independence and annexation mean the promnpt estab lish met, of A merican laws, customs andit in.-titutions in Cuba as it (lid in Cali foit ia. Tlhie wari being w'aged if allowed to continIi.e (ian (only result, in mnakinlg it a dlesotet wilderness. Tho Cubans say :' "if wve have the sky and the soil, we can re"s:orie Cuba ; with the Soaniiard we never can. Tlherefor'o we will starve him out ; we wvill destrov all the coun'.ry osiautecs, which affor'l his soldier's foodi, and the country houses which gi vo himi sheiter' and defence. Thietref.:re all proIpety must go. As the Russians tiired Moscow to saveo thmes fr'om' the F'rench, and the Dutch cut the dikes in iHol land to de feat the Spaiarttd in Alva's time, so we will barnt our' hotmes to drive the Spaniar d out of Cuba."' The Spanniar~id naturally retorts by del1iberaitely setting to work to exto iinato a r'ace capulabio of d estruction. "' D~eenda est Cathngo" is the mandate that, htas gonie fr'otm Madriid to Captain General \Veylet', andl he is only execut ing the ordci's of hiis Gover'nmnit when he is utting al! h is power to or'adlicato i.uchi at r.ce (if incenilaries anu insur rectionhi.'ts, in the Sp~anlih view, I ic.weeni 1' t,b wo--for wiar is a roug h 4 ga tme, midtet. hercili i rose Wat.Or 1n01 kid gloves sit. i.4',0,000() of American I pr'oper'ty is bing l desti'oyed and thou sands of Amri'can'L iitizons red uced to ablject, piovert'.y . ThIiis is no high I y colored pi tot.re ; it is a fiact. Men, wo mntt and chiilreni ate tmrdered land~ Initermn:.ieted inw is ntot, regulated~ by soenitmntaiif huriaamlty. I t t tnds~ iand L.isnftned', tbe eternal foundatin of jut',tice and ri; hI. Anid it is to t.he everi'ing io, l(imrl of Amieriei, inmstitLu Lions h at, heri syminpathilos hauvoe ever ' hce'-n 'i ilh thle lowly ai: weak and thme I Iopprest5'd. "War' on the haughty' ; 1.ro the. htnble,"' is the chivalrie - It. i" plain tioa ll the wvor'd thait Splaini can alt v--' stop tis watsto andtt lo!- I' .'-h'd. Aonl it is also phiin that It, mu'. b be stoppel) d, andl tt one. Ther'eforec thte dulty (If thu iJ. aa States is to re(cIize/A the lindependenee of the Cubantt I tih hc, and in the iteritest of humanIty, in the intet'est of Atmerican ri L'zens, atnd of tho Imperial conmtrol of 4 ill Attmerica, to suplport her p)Osition l.y such an exhiIbitLion of physical force us will r< nder' resistance p)uerilo. The~ United States must do0 thIs g reat ct] -d aone, on her' sole res ponsil 1Ity to h istor'y, to humanity, aud to r'ight V oid justice. She must nevem' permit Cuba to becomno an American REvnt bo be administered under the joint oupervislon of any other power or pow 3rs. She is accorded by the comamon icelaim of civilization the guardian ship of the rights of man and of tho Liberties of the human race. She has Just assumed by a bold and hi gh-mind id stroke of diplomacy the direction mnd leadership of all the Americas in Lheir relation to each otir and to The Adniinistration ought to put thie grcat, honorable, libut-ty-loving just peoplo at once on the highet ground by acknowledging the inde Po.idenco of Cuba and making such an alliane, offensive andi derensive, With it as F'ranco made with the utruggling cUiIoloies in 1778. ,o ESTI LIMITED DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE Rotite of Ile'fanous "Atlanta Special' between New York, Wshingtion, Norfolk and Atlaita, New 4)rleans, :oiithwe-t Also the "S. A. 1,. Fxpress," Selduilole in' effect April 5th. 164)1. No. 4013. NI). II. AtlantaSpe. S.A.L.Ep. Lv New York............. :2 p i 9 , M) Plailadelphia-............ !15h)m 12 Wa ihaltiimore .............. 731p 25.am W ashington ............ .g,,,. .:i , I.ichllorld-............ ..23:l:am 90 In Norfolk vi S. . ...1) ) 9 .5) L1ortsiniouth _l .. 12 'lam I eoa 3elfit) -. - -1.. . . . . su a ~ ~ n~te sor ..---... ...* :32ami *1 39irr Ar Duha vi ...... 7 :a t 41 0!1)1m 1 Ia lih vi ..A .......~4;,)>24 : lp n i 01 n Sanfordi ................. 7 I1. n a - >m So ines.............l 10im I 'll iiHarniet .................S. Pilamf 4; )i u adlesboro..............! 5:31arn N 'iflyl) miloroe --..._-- ......10 S5am 5P ShII'lottc vi S .A. L.10 ;5:.1 -' Cliester via S A L.... 12 i:ian tN.-n Clin lo ................. I 20in I I (reenwood............ 2 3:inn I 0am A bheville .............. 3If'i I :50am Elberton ..............1 Wpm 2 3)n L.r A tiens ................ 5 10pm :1 'I-am Av, Witier.. .............5 5Sym1 -, 21am Ar Atlanta S A I....-..... l:jpn 5 2''un NORtTH H)OUNDL. No. 38. No. 4W:e S.A.L~xp AtlautaSpecial I)ailv. aijv. IvAtIlanIIa.'............. 810pin 1145am ILv A thens ..............1 -10pm 2 5PIm Elberton.... .........12 45am 4 001)mn A bbeville ............... 1 -7an 5 0pm Greenwood.............. 2 Mam 5 3(pm ( i t)n.................... 1:;am 1; 25pm (hcs;er.................. 4 43am 7 3)pm v ( jarlotte via S A L.... . 2 a 8..Opm loniroe S A L...........6 i3nm ) 15pn l amlet ......-......... 8 15am 10 35pm -s) 'ioes-................. !Iam i11 21 pin aleigh..............*11 3Iam*1 .4am \r 1 11 rlia im via 6 A I~~~ ..1 - QIIn 7am .v Ilurlam1.... ....... i .am ">1201m Uiclunond ............. . tllm Ia'iam Washinton) vial'Cenlll 11 1ipilm 10 -15a1m iltiiirc..............12 4inam 12 foln'i, I 'hi latIl phia.......... 3 4.tm 2 20pm Ne %ork ...-.........>::an I 53pn r l'ortfsm oa l. .~ .~~ ... ;i--fim 7 3(0am Nortolk.-............. 605pm, i 50am Nos. I)) nI 04)1 42, "Thie At I~ti. ta eal." 0)iti \ est 1)hule 'TraIn, with Ii 1uttt Ceepers 141t i ht CI~ntehes btween Wl)waIshinIton and it In)tit. Parlor~ and( Dining Carst, New York 1 4 Ul Washington. P'ullmiin) Sleepers betweer or4tsmouth) andil~ Charlotte, to ten at.Ports 14))) Ifh p. m. Connecting at Atlantai b'r and tomi .teon01, Florida. Chattanooga, Nanshvill. 10)0mph 0s, Ie Xais. Cal)ifornia and thle W4est. No.98 41 ntud JA ' The b. A. L,. 1xpress." Solhc Iriin ta Pl'im liin Slide 1>01 B r.nd tay Coaches. t) we' 1:.or '4mou)0th h,-eldo 61)nbd A tlanosa, al ,) N ov . \ rk to4 Weltlon4 and) Utt40 Charles, onnecto4.-(iIL at Atinta) for and from Mont :ory. N ewv Orleains, .Pexas. lexio. 4)alifor) ina, Maconi. II4)or(14a: at Porthimout) ith ii)ay1 l.in)e andu coast wise steamrers tend rail route~s o. thle Nort i) nd)6 East. No extra l'are on )i)ny train. .For Tickets, Sleepers and in for ma iOn) apply to ticket agent4, or to B. A. NE~WLAND, General Agent, Pass. De pt., ti Kimball Hoome, A tIn t a, a. WNM. 13. CLEAMENTrS, Tr'ay Pass. Agt., KIumba4ll Hlouse, A tlanta, Ga. 10. STp. JOIIN, Vice-President and .-m'I M. , V. E. McBE~E Gieneral Superintecn H. W. B. GrLOVERi, Tramoi Manager. I'. J. ANDERISON, Gen'l Passenger \gent. G~ener'al Olliecs: Portsmouth), Va. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condonse.~d Sclaodalo la Ia-oot NOV'. 15l, 18)0. SV ' r~ .T A4T IO NN. f 1ai ". Prosperty...................... N11 y m i tr. 4)owlerr V.................... 11 22p tr. Ninoty S x...................... 1 % " )Grenwoo.........................45 p mn r. AbhIorille ................T,...ii -1 e1 o .........0.,.1 80 10~ n LrAd~ sO ..... ... . Lr Atlana.. ......r STATIONS N.2 "Pedmnt................. i1 "v Piermont....................I lid a m) "fLrDn'tliarg....n............. 1' a mi v. Andersou4...... .. ........... 4)).jam " irnwood x.................... JI 00yp ,v Navi 'rry................. 2 2 p In r. <ulu shi . .... . * 5 p m41 STA TIONS. 4 No en.lan Tv... ('hab . .Ar 800p11T (O 2';, ) I ;i.i -' ..'.> mbda.."Iit$j 92 j M. TI:. A lton...........2 45 4* 1a 4 (Ills I *.' " . 'a4ue.. ... 15 781p p. .420:, 20':;. " l-sn dl.2 1~, 3pf p , )Z:u' 237.p ..i''gi o. . .. ' 12 ;m 61T Ce I 2:. 10l4)'Ar. MPa4r))4anburg.. Lv;1l -15'l0 U 20~pb I 45n ;;. I ,.. bpu rlanhiurg. ..Ar .I 2-da 308!)p S40p 7 iSg r_'. .. A.)he6ville....Lv iV 20ai I'3 Og "P," p.im. "A," a. 41.r Trains. )4 nn)) l carry elogant Pulluman o r f f d1. het. wOOSn aiksonvilli. and) Cilnoin T1ratu.4 lea Sarfanbur , A. & C. division. 4, t bhoun0)d 4:42 a. mn., 8:4 p. m1., 6:18 p. m. 15 . m. I tf7a. mn., (VestIbule imited.) T1rlns av G recnville A. anid C. divlon. ~r th >o'I., 545 a. mt., 2:8~ . m. and 5.00 p. m).t .s5tib4t led Limioted) s)onIt1Itxm)nd .:20 a.t m, c Pullman Servieni. Pu)1ll palace~ H1eel I g cars 01n Trains 5an I, 117 1)wl ;19, on4 A. and C. di vion, 4 n P. 11. (4RICICN, J. M. CULJP len.. Muin I')tendent, Tra)fleO M')'r, Gen.Pas. A 't. An'L~en. P'ass. A g't A $25 Cooking Stove 'wrrx A Vorrrr otrrrrr roD WEEA I MT-S OUaTIco, O1%TL~j- $L2.oo Delivered to your railroad depot all freight chargee paid. Itead t41' uesoription carefuy. This splenttid Cooking Stove is No. 8 has four d' Inch Pot hLoleS; 1x14 inCh oven; 18 Inch bre box, 24 inches high; 21x26 inch top- nice smootk casutig. have h this stove niade for trade, after my own idea, coialnizij all the good point8 of al medilut priced stoves, and leaving out Utl8 objectionable features. Beyond all doubt tL bes.t No. a Cooking Stove made, for the prioce]. Fitted with 2 pots, 2 pot cover, X skellets, 2 griddles, 3 baking pr.ast. 8 joints of pipe, I elbow, I collar, I lifter, 1 scraper, 1 cake polih, 1 Iron tea kettle, 1 shovel. We want to mnake customers and friends in every part of the South, for the purpose of introducing our business to new people, and to renew our aquaint anee with old friends, We will ship this splendid Cooking Stove and the above described ware to any depot, all freight charges paid, for only $'.2.0 when the Cash comen with the order. This stove Is a good one, well inade, and will give entire satisfaction. Our. Illustrated catalogue of Furniture Stoves and Baby Carriages mailed free. Address La. 1. X..D= M1rr. 84 BROAD 8TrxE-r, A 1:0Js'TA, GA. -- TUEI Liquor, Morphine, Opium and Tobacco Habits. Thousands in the Throes of Torture. Prom pt, decesive action can save tho Many already saved prove that there .8 w ay. Are these the days of freedom? is everv lodv out of bondage? Would that we ould answer, Yes, everybll y's free! 134 in thisecilightened age hi1 undreds of housands of men are in the cIlu tches if a yranrt w'e than anvt% in history, unable *om ight their way to libe'rty. impbotent tio break heir fetters. When once the habit gels its grip oi a oan it destroys his nerve and wili power, -0i:? himr of his on03v meansri o (f diefenrse. 11i ife ic sapp- d out U him. his manhO,,d e troy(.d, his brain deleted. and i he be 0oies a wreck o0 a man--exisience a liv rig death, himuself an bje.ri of disgust iii tend of love a.id airectioni to those who ar lear to him. Is therei no ht pe ? There is-even afte cars of slavery a cure without failur: uaran teed. iome ant be tre't;ated and if ini a week 4 wo( your (t)o i like gaining weig'ht, fee, ig inew mai'dly vigoir aind miaking y'ou >yedt ones happyiI, you cartn tnut anrd 'hr :11 lie nou charge. No c ure --No paty! HEXT M. PERRY, M. E SOUTHERN RAILWAY.. Dorrndened schedirile ofr l'..enrer TraIna, Ini 3.Maut Nuur. I .. 1.:r In i itilrRun Lv. M.Ana, . T4 " {t tanta. h . T " Pu l ford . " ftuinrville 4 i,' I kly. Mt. . Airy .ij " re nvll t : 2 ti 4: ~ ) "r kprtaurgtrt C 0 i p b rl4u2 " Blauktrur g t . It p 7 4 " ingrNrdMt.r . 87 tuI(5~~I I~lil~rui.:n~riai115:r a: 8 a J~irltlrrro.'12dII .i2 Chatruie . ' ali1 11'A2 p .. t~i~l~nim'::I:: a M Ir 4 lit.... RI~rg ... ,2:3 p ...... r. iomen . t 47 a 240 Ar.iprtnrrrmrg II in,-!? z a l 50 pp " nri'l ff. . 12 .8 11 2:> p 20 C"ntl~6.h... 11 p.',20; a a2p "_rw ir iter..m.'..1..... ..ip. Toer'r V.81 p 8.1 No.17p biuthbAonn.. ao. 'fNo p.? . g LvirVPlri .4 )y 2l, ..... ....... ~t. 6 "(Mhnosth-pi . I 51 p 8 Ia n 8 . .... ..., "Nortero...2......2..... ......1)j ......, r. Atanvill I.T.. 58.9ja 2 a 1501 a...... "0 Ch rote .. 55 a 1015 p'0 f p...., F' Ata'ikbur 0. . 0 40 a 1 8a p _0 p_... )s 87artnhur 8Da. ah 26o aird 15ou...., " Gtrniltle . 1 !8d 2 arhro20 Pu...... *na viestminton, ....... ...... an 15-rp .... i' Lua---....... Atat 18nd 4 00 ar 8lum. 167 a r uford .g . ... .Je'o I ro .ay .... .. (lirrda48, Noi'rtirosla .... .. ...... . ...... g r4 v p ng27 . a. rdyi. J"P"i p. m.ln "M"o nooni ""ni'ghht. .uost.7 anuid iiS--Daily. Wshi g ton andi soul ~i'este r etble Lmie.ThogPlma rontgStl ear btwee Newaiir' Yor. anrd New,' r rinl, via Wasiton lu~ta And Mon.ygom-. ry d .also hIt.wee mng New1 YorkI and Afamphr, a singtron, Alantaandg IBirm~inhm Pul rawn'in sleepi rshe we Nit Yor and w Ir eanr, ino connetion w~ithu the "Ano.v im-r ed rains forIii xlan~r Franisco e-weekr.lrIg saing r.rier A t l Tir.tos aysr. and~ t *ratuIrdayis. turning, lavtoulilw Orlant Wedneu 'rr *AinvSa.d lirtrdyh bThi men ~'traiahoi cries ilre. .utaihu sehngrsete~ aivloa hurot. irst -lasi thorr anuehar coae Litweeniii Wasngltn ndAtnna.lun.a mnvi At lothoarnd Ctrriway, . & I'. I,I \diL.l&r.i.R.tr , ing omX ,l of bagn (irr mIr co.agon through wir..nt ang in asseners f al clanen. I'niruin Ina rawin roo slepin~ ear beiwenn '