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The People's Journal. PIOKENS S C. A WOMAN FARMFR'S SUCCISS MANAGES THE FAltM HEUSELF, Looks After the Entire Plantation and Keeps a Strict Aocount of its operations, Alabama has a woman farmer who owns and manages a plantation of 1,600 acres successfully and who is perhaps the loading woman cotton planter in the country. She lives at Decatur, and 18 one of the wealthiest and most active citizns of that section. She is Mrs. Lelia Seton Wilder, and she is known throughout her own State as well as in other Southern States. Mrs. Wilder has written for the New York Herald an interesting account of her farming methodq- and about her plantation near Dscatur. Mrs. Wilder says : " ,Yes, I live on a plantation and manage it all myself, so that if things don't go right I am denied that wo man's privilege of saying ' told you so.' As to how I came to do it, I simply drifted into' it. I had never lived in the country in my life until my marriage, but the freedom of it, its likeness to the landed estates 'of England appealed to me, and I enjoyed it thorouguly. My husband lived only twenty-two months, and I went back to town, rentinli the place. I got tired of that, though, and determined to go back and have an ideal country home, where I could entertain my friends in the fall. The rest of the year I spent in traveling. I routed all my land to tenants, doing no farming my self, but theso years were valuable. I got more and more interested in the life and, naturally, was bound to learn a good deal about It. " Two years ago I wyas offered a body of land which had been in the original plantation of my husband's, but had been sold oil. I decided to buy ; this meant thlut I could no longer go on in the shiftless manner I had been. I was going to invest ia good deal of money, and I must make It pay. My attorney and all my friends advised N.against the buying, saying there was nr..money in farming; that I would } avo% ta havo an oversecr, and that that wvould take all the profits, etc.; but I went on, and mado my purchase, and also made up my mind to succeed. I must succeed. I would not stand a confessed failure, and so I went to wAork. I determined to more than just get along. I intended to make a model place that would not be known as most widows' farms arc-by the gates on one hingo and the poor fences. So I began by putting the bcst of r're fences around the plantation. I have by now put up several mile,, and am an expert. I know how much wire to buy for a mile, what is a hog proof fence, the best posts to use, sizo, etc. I have gone right out and seen every panel of fence put up. Then I have had new roads worked on the plhce, under my own eyes. I have had four now cabin6 built, all dono by the tenauts on the place, with no overseer but myself. " Perhaps my most fortunate quali fication for the work I do is the faculty of managing these negroes. I think I can gut more out of them than ordi. nary. "My plantation contains 1,600 acres, near' Decatur, my boundary line being that of the town. It lies for a mile and a lhalf along the Tenneee river and the same dlistance along Flint river, a small stream running Into the Tennessee. There are about 700 acres in culivation, the balance in timber of gniff irst, growtn hard wood, prinipaly white oak. We raiso cot oprincuiallY'but ontt of our proximity to toEfL, corn, hay, C". oats and, each tenant, sorghum cane for his 'long sweetening' during the year. I now cultivate about 100 acres myself, with hired hellp; the balance is rented on what is known as the tenant system, only as the land is so near market and very fertile I com mand a money rent instead of a share crop, receiving for upland $3 and river bottom $4 per acre. Each tenant takes, to use a technical expression, a one, two or three-horse crop, according to the amount of stock the man has. A horse Is supposed to be able to tend 25 * acres. I have t-venty families on the place, but they are not all tenants, as some of them are hired by the year. Eachi tenant has a cabin, garde:n spot and p asture free of rent and his firewood. Negroes are not at all mIgratory. Many of the yunger men have been born on the place, and some have been here since the surrender. They look on It as much their home as mine. One, for Instance, displeased me this summer, and I told him ho would have to go to town and could not live out brea any longer. Then I wvent off for a month. On my return almost the first one I saw was " Bud," and one of the other men said :" Oh, Mrs. Wilder, be's chopping woodl. ' Bud ' Bald ho had nowhere to go, this was all the home he had and we just told him to stay." Of course I was glad, for " Bud " was here when I came, a bride. I try to cultivate the feolIng among them of the English tenacity of hold ing their land for life and leaving their leases to thefir children. A man takes better care of land that ho ex p~ects to contInue to live on, and, may be, his children to cultivate after him. At the present low price of cotton its cultivation has become a problom, but with the tenant system I do not see how we can stop it. It Is the only crop safe for your rent. I am trying to have each tenant raise his own meat A in hogs and enough corn and hay for himself and stock. This, with his garden, should ma~k co)tton his sur plus crop. - I think it all nonsense to talik about the South cutting down her amount of bales one-half and making cotton ten cents. T[he minute we quit raising it and cotton goes up Egypt and 1ndia will raise it in large quanti ties. What we want to do is raise as much as we can to the acre, but, have it our surplus crop). This, with the op oning of the mnarkots of the East, will give us~ bettor u)rices. I intend, however, to exp~erment with raising hogs on am larg3 scale. I think there is big money in ito if one can keep cholera av'ay, andl with the large rangje I have in the " Big Woods " I think the dang er of that small. I want to raise in quantities to ship by the carload. Of course, the busy time of year on a plantation is the fall. Then the cot ton is being picked and ginned, the tenant is getting ready to pay his rent, and hot e is whore the beauty of cotton comes in. If your tenant has raised enouigh to pay you you can sleep easy, for he cannot run off with that. How * ever, if he has only got corn, you have to wvatoh pretty elosoly, or he gets it off in small quantities, and theoi you are left on the rent. However, 1 have an excellent sot of tenants, and also have some quality whtuh mares my tenants pay. No matter what comes or goes, if the crop is made I get my rent. Stuurday afternoon Id pying off day for tho cotton . pickers. They pick all week, each niglgt having t~ieir baskets weighed, and Saturday it'is all counted up and given them. Hardly any power can' get work out of a negro Saturday afternoon, so the week's work closes at noon. I am on my horse nearly every day seeing that the cot ton io being picked as rapidly as pos sible. In the spring I also ride con stantly over the fields to see that the crop is being put in properly and in time. The negroes are very proud of having no overseer, and take a great pride in giving me all the help they can, always, though, with a sort of an air that a woman farming is a great joke. I h avo their confidence thorough ty by the strictness with which I keep my books. Each tennant has his ac count in my plantation book, and the night they come to settle up is a great affair. They bring their books along, for if thoy cannot write they all have some child that can, and we go over the year, take out their work account and square their rent before I sign contracts with them for another year. I am very proud of the way my In fluenco extenle, even in my absence. I go sometimes two months at a time, and every negro feels that he has the honor of the place in his hands. My head man, whom I leave in charge, works a good deal harder than when I am at home, I tell him. I am clearing one hundred acres of land, and have a wood yard in town to sell the wood off, and the hauling never ceases while I am ol. Of course, but for the fact that I can get off from the whole thing every once in a while I could not stand it, as it is a great responsibility, and I would not advise a woman, unless almost made of iron, to undertake it. LELIA SETON WILDER. WHAT THE PHILIPPINES ARE. Ex-Sonat or Edmunds, of Vermont Gives .iis Views on the Question of the Day. Hon. Geo. F. Edmunds, the ablest statesman of the Republican party, and for many years the leader of the Senato, in a letter to the New York World states very clearly his views against imperialism, and makes the following points in regard to the Philippines and our connection with thon: I. Thcse 1,200 Islands, more or lees, are in the heart of the tropics and oc cupy a region of seas nearly 1400 miles long north and south and 300 miles wide. They are about '7,000 miles dis taut from our Pacific coast and are about 14,000 miles distant from our Atlantic ecast via the Suez Canal, con trolled by; a foreign power. Only a few of tho islands are large enough to play any important part in the pro blem. These are Luzon, Camarines, Mindoro, Samar, Leyte, Panay, Min danao and Palawan. The latest oncy clopaed las estimate the area at about 114,000 square miles and the popula tion at 7,000,000. 2. They have all the climatic evils and diseases of tropical countries and are frequent!y affleoted by violent hurri canes and earthquakes. They are, as all human experience has proved, absolutely incapable of being coloniNed and built up into communities of Americans or of any of the people of cool clbr ates. 3. The.y are already inhabited, as already stated, by about 7,000,000 of people--being more than 60 to, the square mile of the whole area of all the islands. The population, there fore, is already denser than that of the State of Michigan. The population is complosed of Spaniards, other Euro li=,g nish and Americans, half castes, Uhinese, Malays, .Japanese and aboriginal natives. Of the total of all this conglomerate of races the Euro peans and Americans compose less th~l2 per~ cent, after more than two hundre&-Y~ears of European occupation, and veryfe'gg these-wero born there. Even in Manila.---,. capital, 67 per cent. of the inhabt't?.are Malays, 30 per cent. are Chines nd half breeds, Spaniards; Spanish hareeds and creoles 3 per cent. only, nd of other white men only a trace, a~ d of white women substantially none. \ 4. The five or six islands of \the group of any considerable size are - ready fully populated by the races aiid mixtures above mentioned. 6. They are people who never have been and never can be in need of or the consumers of American productions to any appreciable extent. 6. The islands are very fertile and produce principally the fibre known as Manila hemp, coarse tobacco, coffee, sugar and tropical fruits ; and they have extensive forests of tropical woods analogous to those of the vast forests of Central and South America. 7. These resources comprise the only value of the islands except that of furnishing a location for fortresses and naval stations for a nation ambi tious to become the political and mili tary mistress of the world. A new Alexander or Napoleon, if he possessed inexhaustible resources of men and money, mIght wish for them for this purpose. 8. The sincerely professed and sole purpose of the war was to make Cuba a free and Independent state. Admiral Dewey did not go to Manila for pur poses of conquest at all. He went there with his gallant little fleet to capture or destroy, if he could, the Spanish fleet. He did it in a way that atonished the naval powers of the world, But he only acquired military iontrol of the bay and city of Manila and its environments. Nearly all be yond that was in possession of an or ganized rebellion against Spain. 9. At that time, and long before, an active and powerful rebellion was in progress in the islands, and so tar as p~resent in formation goes it now h )lds sway over ii larpge part of Luson and quite or nearly the whole of Panay and of ether large districts of these principal islands. 1t appears to be true tliat the rebels co-operated with our forces in the overthrow of the Spanish rule at Manila under the im pression that our Oper' . tion at Manila were not, to help Spain to put down the rebellion and then take possession for ourselves, but were only to cripple the Spanish power as an incident of war in bringing Spain to renounce its control of Cuba, which Congress had said in its declaration in respect to Cuba was its sole purpose. 10. Thbat the people of the islands who were carrying on the rebellion in order to be free and Independent do not desire to be annexed and tdbecome a territorial dependency- of the United States of any kind, and that they in tend to resist annexation appears to be indisputable. Uo as we say i Apply to the meat of the pain, no matter what the pain Is, Alligtator Linimnt and you wIill get a certain amounmt of relief . There is no remedy equal to Alligator Ltnlment. No reme dy that cures aa quickly. Try it to day. QOV. KJkMMRD0 INAVGUkAX A DRIOF RE0VMW OP HIS POLIT 1IAAL LINE. No Allusion to ROcOnt Diselosure He Promises Adherence to Pant Polley and Asks Approval of Bi Fellow-Vitizens. Governor Elierbe and the other State officers were duly Inaugurated on the 18th inst. The Columbia Record says: The galleries were orowded with ladies and visitors generally. Among the ladies werq representatives of the female colleges, many Columblans and others. Every -available seat around the railing was occupied, and standing room was the' order. A number ol Army officers were noted In the throng, At 1210 the Senate filed into the hal of the House and a few moments later Sergeant-at-Arms Stansell announced the Governor-elect and Lieutenant Governor-eleot and staff. The assemblage approached, Gov ernor Ellerbe 4nd Senator Mower lead. Ing. Then came the Lieutenant Gov. ernor and Reprepentative Magill; Judge Ernest Gary and Senator Brown; retiring Secretary Tompkins and Mr. Cooper; retiring Attorney General Barber and Mr. 0. Duncan Bellinger; retiring Adjutant Generel Watts and Colonel Floyd-; retiring Superintend ent of Education Mayfield and Mr. J, J. McMahan. The rest of the State officers holding over followed. Senator Scarborough, of Horry, pre sided and called upon Rev. W. R. Rich ardson to open the exercises with prayer.. This he did in a very eloquent manner. After the, prayer Governor EUorbe stepped forward and the oath was administered to him by Judge Ernest Gary. The Governor in delivering his in augural address said: "Fellow-Citizens: Two years ago I was called by an almost unprecedented majority to the highest office withia your gift. The reasons for my over whelming victory are not far to seek, We hid just passed through four yeare of the bitterest partisan warfare that had ever shaken the State. It had ar rayed brother against brother and friend against friend. It had engen dered the bitterest feelings between the different classes of our population. Town and country were at war, instead of working harmoniously together for a common good. The Reform move ment brought many substantial gains to the people; but, like every other social revolution, it brought with it the concomitant and inseparable ills, of which I have spoken. The good re mains; the evil in time disappears. The people, espsecially the people of South Carolina, are generous and in their hearts the passions of partisan hate soon die out, self consumed. "'Twas thus, after four years' strife, the people now, in mutual, well beseeching ranks, marched all one way, no more opposed against acquaintance, kindred and allies. Ignoring party lines, they turned with characteristic generosity to me; not because of spe. cial worth or fitness on my part, for I had done nothing to merit such mark ed esteem, but because they A ho knew me best believed that, as Governor, I would serve not a faction, but the whole people, and strive to bring in an era of peace and good fellowship. Thus was I enabled to laubch the ship of state under favoring breezes. Knightly and generous souls came forward with pledges of co-operation. The press, with scarcely an exception, promised support and prophesied a happy voy age under favorable skies. With many misgivings I undertook the task; to which I was called, scarcely daring to trust my ability to meet the expecta tions of the people. Would that it had been possible I "The scant majority, however, re cently accorded me after a stubbornly foughs fight, 1a in sharp contrast with the overwhelming victory of two years ago, and yet I have no reason either to complain or whine. My duty I have performced to th6 best of my ability. My mistakes I shall neither attempt to condone, nor to shift the burden of their responsibility on others.' With deep gratitude to the friends who have never wavered in their suppor., with malice towards none and good will towards my fellow citisens, with a pro found appreciation of the great honor conferred, I enter upon my second term as Governor of this historia, com monwealth. To the citizens, let me repeat, whose votes were cast for me I can never express my gratitude; but while deeply grateful to my friends, I shlIJnda...nat to. Jorget -my duity to the whole people and to t'reat with fairness and consideration even the bitterest of my political enemies. "I repeat what was said two years ago. I assume this office untrammeled by a single promise inconsistent with the welfare of the people. To discharge my dutiea faithfully and well, to win the approval and to merit the confi dence of all patriotic citizens, shall be my highest ambition. In my former inaugural was outlined a policy, which in the main I shall still endeavor to pursue. In concluision, my country men, I bespeak for myself, during the two coming years, if my life be spared, 'the utmost stretch' of your generosity and charity. "All good citizens are struggling, though over different roads, For the same goal, the highest welfare of our beloved State. Let us vie with each other not to engender wrath and bit terness of speech, but to allay passion and proj udice, and to enkindle in the hearts of the rising generation a deep er love for our grand old State. With confidence in the integrity of our poo pie, with faith in a God, who favors and protects the righteous, I shall take u pthe burdons of this high dtrust with fresh hope and strong courage." At the conclusion of the inaugural there was considerable applause amongst legislators. ~ Lieutenant Governor McSweeney then took the oath, but made only a short address, saying that he most heartily thanked the people for their renewed confidence in him and prom ised to carry out his accustomed f air ness in the conduct of the business of the Senate. He then announced the joint session dissolved.. The State officers-elect stmply have to take an oath of office before some notary public. This they all did and entered immediately upon their duties. -A millionaire who died in Boston .a few days ago directed in his will that no one owing him less than $3,000 be required to pay. -The River Nile flown for twelve hundred .mile I without -receiving a single tributary strearn. CASTOR IA P!or infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signatre f# GOV. ISJUKRBR HIARD.PROM. IHE QOi\Z&LES OCaltGE DENIED. Statenaent Made by Friende of the Governor ad an Entirely New Light Thrown on tile Matter. T. Larry Oantt in Evening Star. in regard to the -Ellerbe-Gonzales matter we will state that the reason Gov. Ellerbe has not given his aide Is that one of his principal witnesses, Col. W. A. Neal,' has been contined to his bed with a serious attack of sick ness, and even his most intimate friends could not see him. In fact, all the newspapers have been kept from Col. Neal, and he knows very little about the coprroversy. Bere are the facts in, that matter, which we did not got from Gov. El lerbe, but from a gentlenin who knows what he is talking about ' Even before the first -primary, and while Mr..Gonsales was in Cuba, Gov. Ellerbe stated to Mr. W. D. Evans, and other gentlemen, that he believed that the people should be given the right to vote on the dispensary or prohibition. So far a5. high license is concerned, he believed that if the State sold liquor, the State should control the business, and not delegate the power to outside parties. Some of Gov. Ellerbe's enthusiastic friends were anxious that he should secure the support of the Columbia State, but Gov. Ellerblo always pre tested against this, and said that Mr. Gonzales would drive more votes from him than he could ,possibly bring to him. That Weaton letter was written un der the following circumstances : Mr. Frank Weston was in his bank office one night, when Col, Neal and Mr. Gonzales came in together.. Mr. Gonzales was walking up and down the floor, in an excited manner, describing his, experiences in Cuba, and telling how the Mauser bullets would whistie around his ears. After dilating some timo on his war experiences, Col. Neal remarked to Mr. Gonzales; "6 Let up on Cuba awhile; sit down here and we'll talk business." Col. Neal then went on t0 explain that Gov, Ellerbo was being bitterly fought on every side, and had not a single daily paper in the State to de fond him. He wanted.to know if Mr. Gonzales could not be induced to cham pion the' cause of Gov. Ellerbe ? The reply' was that ifiGov. Ellerbe- would promise to use his influence to let the people vote on local option and give a written pledge to that effect, The State would support him, and under no other conditions. Mr. Weston was asked to sound Gov. Ellerbe on this proposi tion. The next day he called at the Capi tol and found the Governor in his offiee. Mr. Weston explained the po litical situation to Gov. Ellerbe, and that he was in sarious danger of de feat. Mr. Weston. then told Gov. El lerbe that1 it was important that he should have a daily paper on.his side, and explained the conditions under whih Mr. Gonzales would support him. The demands made by the editor of The State incensed Gov. Ellerbe very much, and he answered Mr. Weston as follows : " Tell Gonzales that I say he can go to the devil with both his paper and his demands, for I don't intend that he shall dictate to me. If Gonzales can not support me from gratitude, after I have given his brother the appoint ment I did, be can let it alone and come out for Featherstone ; and I want you to tell him so for me." "In fact," continued :the Governor, "some of my friends think that my electIon hinges on getting the Colum bia State to support me, when I have always contended and believed that N G. Gonzales would do me more harm than good. It has already been charged that I have made a deal with The State, and I don't intend to secure office by going into a deal with any man or set of men." Mr. Weston then went on to explain to Gov. Ellorbe that it was not neces sary to make any written,- pledge to Mr. Gonzales, or go into any deal ; that the Governor had frequently declared to himself and other friends, that he believed in letting the people settle the Jiquor question among themselves, and there was nothing wrong in put ting down in black and white a posi tion he bad already maintained by word of mouth ; that if be believed the people had the requisite intelligence to e.2 a Gcvernor, they also had In telligence enough to nettle the liquor issue. Mr. 'Weston stated to Gov. Ellerbe that be could address the letter to him self and mark it ." personal ;" that he was going to Charieston and wanted to show that letter to some of Gov. Ellerbe's friends- 'down- there, 'as it would strengthen their- barnds. With great reluctance Gov.. Ellerbe at last' consented to write that 'letter,'*bubpre tested to the last that the open support of the Columbia '-State would injure his chances, and he didn't want it. When the Governor states that his views on the dispensary accord ,with Mr. Weston's, it will 'be remembered that Mr. Weston, in his- first speech during the county campaign, stated t bat his own views had undergone a change i regard to th& dispensary, and that he was not fighting the law. So it will be seen that Goy. Ellerbe did not sacrifice any pri-noiple in the opening paragraph of the Westop, letter.' - Of course we do not report the words of the principals in this contro versy, but aim ply' give facts collected during our visit to.Columbia, from an agthentic and reliable source ; and when Gov. Ellerbs ar~d his side have been heard 'from, the public will find our report correct. This places an entirely new construc tion on that reported deal, and show8 Governor Ellorbe up in 'a favorable light. He has done no more than hun deeds of other -Democratic candidates have done to secure ftn election,' and neither has he deceived or betrayed the people.. It is whispered around* Columbia that Got. Ellor bQ is nptt)l3only pbi man who had been " monkey ub ich the Columbia State, and promised to help tear up the diepeatti f the Con servatives would help them.' It is stated that Calhoun County, I1 linois, has not not had a bank or a~ negro within its borders for half a con-' tury. It has not had a railroad a tel egraph. or 'a telephone line. it was announced a short time ago that the county would have a bank, The con tract was lot. The contractor thought that if the county accepted a bank it could also stand a negro. So be im ported one for a hod carrier.. But pub lic indignation was so hot that the negro swam the Illinois river and walked sixty miles back to Alton. -Iowa towns along the blisssippi river report the water lower than at any time since 1861. A REMEDY FOR THE GRIP. A Simple and Inexpensive Treatment That Has Proven Efilaclous In Many Uases. Prof. W. T. Lander, of Williamaton, a. C., published the following article in the Columbia State a year or two ago, and as the grip is abroad in the land again, we republish it for the benefit of our readers: A year ago when the influenza or grip was so prevalent, I noticed a report on the disease from one of the best hos pitals io Europe. This hospital is in Edinburg, Scotland. At the time of the report, hundreds of influenza cases had been treated there. After -ight Ing the epidomlo with varying success, a happy accident led the superinten dent to adopt an alkaline treatment with an extreme case that was brought in. A full dose of saleratus was given every two hours. Although the patient was in convulsions when brought in, she became quieter a few minutes *fter the first dose ; and only three doses wer, given before the patient was fairly on the way to recovery. In three days she was counted well. This same simple treatment was followed with a thousand, not one 6f whom died. Best of all, not only was the in. fluenza promptly cured ; but there were no unpleasante or dangerous symptoms folllowing recovery. It has been ob served.that not more die of the intluen. za than what may follow it. From some work in my chemical laboratory, carried on before this re port came out, I had concluded' that the infnuen&A was at least associated with excessive acidity of the- system, if it was not caused by this abnormal state.- I wastso certain of the correct ness of this view that, on being thrown in bed myself with the inl.ienza, I treated myself only with alkaline drinks to counteract the acid. The result was that, instead of two or three weeks of punyness, I missed only one day 'from work. The success with my own case was so astonishing that I have been called to treat other cases; and of about 25 treated, very few have had to give up work more than a day-some not at all. Not being -a physician, I should feel some hesitancy in offering my cure, if after I had begun to try it, it had not received the high endorse ments quoted. At first, I used the carbonate of " lithia, which is the best of the alkaljs for the purpose. But as my practice 1 (all charity) enlarged, I left so expen- I sive a drug, and contented myself with the carbonate of potash and soda. These I found practically as good as the lithia. For the sake of the suffering public I would say that the dose I have used for grown patients has been a level teaspoon of baking soda, dissolved in plenty of water, taken every two hours until the headache and soreness are gone, then one extra dose for good measure. It is not the best to take a do just after eating. I have rarely foula more than four doses needed. Since the system is in an acid state, calomel, of course, is a very dangerous medicine, and many deaths from liflu enza are, without reasonable doubt, traceable to the use of calomel in the disease. It is interesting to note that when all else failed, our grandmothers used to cure the worst colds with " fire coal tea." This was simply a crude salera tus treatment. So there is nothing new under the sun, and wise theory simply proves the soundness of'another of their old practical ways. W. TERT8CU LANDER. THE WORLD'S LARIGEST SHIP. Noah's Ark Has Been Distanced by the Modern Leviathani. The largest ship ever built, "from Captain Noah down to Captain Cook," an was launched at Belfast on the 14th a inst. when the Oceanic, of the White in Star sine, split the .waves, says the in Aug usta Herald. th noah's ark was 840 feet long ; the th Campania of the Cunard line is 626 ati feet, the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse is bI 648 feet, and the Great Eastern was ea 680 feet, but the Oceanic is twenty- or four feet longer than the Great Eastern, ot or 704 feet over all. The Great Eastern mi was of greater beam and tonnage, how- te ever, being 88 feet broad, 58 feet deep co and having a displacement of 22,500 wl tons. H The Oceanic is 08 feet broad, 44 feet m< deep and has a displacement of 17,000 Ti tons. The Great Eastern's engines de- 13 veloped only 2,700 horse power, and we her best speed was eleven knots an Al hour. The engines of the Oceanic are ye built for 46,000 horse power, and she is ye expected to sail across the ocean day at after day with her triple screws at the th rate of twenty-seven miles an hour, tb which is. about the same speed that the at' new mail service from New York to N< San Francisco is expected to maintain" Ya .The.Great Eastern wae a failuro as an by ocean carrier, because she took so it much coal,-was so awk ward to handle to - During the visit of Yi Li Hung Chang, the Ic * "Grand Old Man of BI Chine.," to this eons- in try, the Now York Sun al sai of him: "Hes of mnanhood. HeV hsa massive .fe ()rame, a shapely head a commtand - ing lace and well :in eratof mn kind, of life andi o'f things. Hie is -i seventy-four years of age and still in the b bey-day of his power.'' ni Iffahinaman, usually regarded by us as J e barbarian, can live to a healthy, hale old flr age, why -cannot Americans with their mnore advanced civilization, do the same ? The reporters discovered during ILi Itung L Chiang' e tay in this countrl that he took tl every thoughb; for his hecaltk. He. lived Or upon the simplest of diets and never psed p a day without consulting hils physsan Hie limited his toil to a reasoaable nusiber of hours, and would not deviate from his a~ rule in this matter. Amnerican men follow bc just the opposite practice. They work to ILl the limit of endurance, will not even take co the roper tiue for eating, restit and - sleepjg, end never think of their health - untili is gone. 'Therp is a wonderful zftqed icine for hard - workintg men. It is Dr. ' Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It takes the place of a physician. It keeps away ill-health and restores health when it Is lost. It la the great appetite sharpener, blood-miaker and flesh-bul lder. It nmakcs the digestion perfect, the liver active and the blood pure and rich. Medicine dealers sell It. SMy brabend had been u oatu wa" writes Mrs. M4. J. Tedder, r a o , ynots Co., bio. " Wiren he wes a etar o to ouh vryhard. Hie dpas tbvoug cheat and lungs. Nils mother and the rest o a io famuily had didwith coR5uta Hoco. Be S tinued to cough every wintr, toIis s5he had an attack of pneumona ~ ~ eugg w worse and worse. He woebl vomit inunmd l after his meals. In uMss he Soughed eight af ape.tite Ue niaue Dr. Pierce' aoden 1Medi.cal Discovery and ' Plessant Pepels.' He imp roved. H is appetite got better. When he had take gen bottles he looked lilke a new A man and felt like a, new erson. He weghs ... noe thn e ever wirbfre. Me gained Th Kin d Yeor o ave AlW ys Bought, and which -Ias been In use for over 30 yC(Wm, has borne the signature of .aw and 4js been. nade undqr lis per son1al supLjervi,1Sincrte its ifay. 110o ]t o n11 to d c ev e' yo u In th is . All Counterfeits, Inititioaos Iand S bstitute8 ar obut Ex periments that trifle with and. endanger th..health of Inknants and Children-Experie nemig st Experinent. What Is CASTORuA ftftorIa is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and .Pleasagit. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor. othe'. Narcotic substance-. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Wornims and allays Feverishmess." It 'cures Diar0'ho0 ajid Wind Co1. It relieves Teethig Troubles, culres Constipation and FlUtulency. It assimilates the Food, 'ieguhittes the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacca-The Mother's Friend. CENUINE CASTORIAl ALAYS Bears the Signature of The KiRd Yol Have AlWa Bught In Use For Over 30 Yeara. THE OENTAUR COMPANV. vT MUmnAT STaV..NEW YONWo --" HE HONEST W/IITE OAK HOME-MADE -WAGON. MADE AT THE 'rREENVILLE COACH JACTORY Are the Cheapest and foia Special Prices for "5ic. Cotton. . Gall and-see us . - G. W. SIRRINE, Supt. - - -. H. C. MARKLE' :rop. erious sproblem to trp her ar*ound enr ordinary harbor, and to get her -- and out of her slip was a matter of. a greatest anxiety and danger, but e invention of steam and eleskrical .. sering apparatus has made such pro-* .d.4lo d. . -- - sine -of navigation comnparatively .-dose sad e Nr *ass saa sy, and thea ptaina of tho CJampania, * the Kaiser Wilhelm, or any of the Ven *b.1IWie.M her great leviathans of ocean comn- Nortbode. :iA9 - od g.. 80 arce handle them as if they wore a _a_.sa._a_ am of horses. It is interesting to gl. 8Iu.~I -.T~7f. j, 4 Mp~~ mnpare the Oceanic with the steamer .AUania. R. .S T.a i 2tch Robert Fulton puL upon th -M --- a ,~ udson within the lifetimn of many " iae.,'n. ''i~7 5 an. John Sherman was 7 years old. I-ula-a.... e jU0p~ ie late Senator Morrill was of age:.~~~. - i a' fo --1 -- 3presentative Grow, of Pen nsylvaulia, - Troeua... a a ~.' s Ma is 10 years old. Senator Morgan, of " .isaiu.Ier~i5 s0 *. *..4 98 a abama, was 6. Senator Pottie was 9 ....*,..."I'- - O ---'M - -:.45 are of age. Senator Hawley was 4 -" GrecuritJe s a4 a 'E 5 e a are old. Senator Cullom and Sen. " 8IrItan.rg. S, a 5 ~... a 3r Allison were infants in arms when u *d6 " .- .---.7 is a efirst steamship was launched up)on " ID 'as ui ... - .. ocean. In 1830 there weore five "'. tGaIO1nia. t . .. a8 S a 3w York. The journey from New --L - - - . rk to Washington was made partly iV.reeborg1o1-1 o su. steamboat and partly by stage, and r.ortolk.......50,. took as much time as is now required Ar.Dan111. . . ..1.t.~~p a go to London. - 1o)i~T I 4aj~... ~ --A bit of society goasip in New ,". BaiIa? e l:.,n os - d;p arwhich is probably without the --- -..s set foundation, is to the effect that . a...3 tL.-. ore, the famous Vanderbtit place s.=abb.m... e. North Carolina, is to be closed and . .au >andoned for all time by the Vanlder- " ~~W its, and may be turned over to the inhia. 3Ja ......... iate for a museum of some sort. *Mra. 2 P p* " **** snderbilt finds it too gloomy and pre- *i -4 '-a rs a French chateau. . . - .. -Miss Mary Gregg, of S-t. Louis, be~ . Da6 gdesirous of marrying Joseph II .. . rnboro.....S illon, but being heiress to a consIder- L.0vabr ile fortune, left her by an uncle on tr. rione .. 7 G3 ndition that she does not change her '.astou .........de...p....... changIng by legal process of the "a "' 8.......... bimo of the prospective husband to P . . -g.p ....... seph H. Dillon Gregg. "Love will a r- e... P id a way." " ' ea: .~ _ T ---In January, 1887, there were ina 8t e >uis. 4,007 saloons. This year finds -iit ease of 2,038. The Misurl law a - - ohibits the adulteration of liquors. * us --AdmIral Sawpson Is something of ,.*ar artist and many of his letters A me during the Spanish war were *a. m. p. a ustratod with marg inal sketches of OhesapQk Un Sta More s LMAy ees nsiderable merit. boexgt in ~ hIaor. e s, js& a a sat by prepald exprescs t ro ALLCharOloIton, N . CO. Ien wITWSeana __e__ _we__ _