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THE PEOPLES _JOURNAL VOL jo.---NO. 20. PICKENS S. C., H'IURSI)AY, .llly 260 OLA Monator' Illlan . Joi s'. iAe Ottieser Can. t11tates anal 10iylthinllg is Pli'a4. ait. The Campatignl mnin at It(n; e L.J illo, 18th inst was well attended. The first candidate for gtovernor Lt speak was l'rank 13. Gary. [to said he would not force a dispensary on NI arl boro tid ie did not want Inrh iitfon forcet oI1 Abbeville. Ibet une have what, it wants. lie bulleved in the disponsary law. There has boon a lax enforce ment. Have the manhood to enforce < It, in Charleston as well as elsewreli . I McSweeney is running on his record i and he dobsn't show anythinir but the I pardon of Pons. No child would par don a notorious bigamist. if the gov- I Oruolr would show someo hackhoii,. the u blind tigers would h afraid of hii. 1 His sentiment that no Confederate sol dier should go to th POor housU was chored. We .anilnot do too muc to foster tihe public schools. patterson asked Gary sonetli In" about the latteor's spi'eel in Charles- 1 ton. Gary replied explaining fully his psition on the iiquor'tqucstion. le was cheered. Patterson was the iexttpoiker. Ho i is not well-has bu.eei sick for throe ( days. This is the political birthplace I of Ben Tillman. There is a powerful t newspaper trust., and McSweeney triel ( to get the pull of th L press. I'attersonI I stated he had stuck to the dispensary I through the scandal last fall. lie did I not, want to force the dispensary on I Marlboro, but prohibition is but a sen- ( timent here. In addition to Charie- ( ton's tiger industry, he claimed t here I are over 200 In the city of Colanibia. The law cannot be absolutely enforcod I in Charleston, but he would do it bet ter than it is done now or step down I from oillee. All through his speech he I took great pains to show his t-everelnc. for Ben Tillman. Gov. McSwceney said that all Put terson wants is to fool the people to put 'J him into ollice. Patterson looked all - over the vouchers Iin thie 'cmptroller c general's office and could find nothing against the administration but war rants paying for a few newspapers. No man in South Carolina is'o golal1nt as to think that a newspaper's support . can 'e bough for a dlolar' ,a year. i - Evory governor had subscribed for pa- I pers-somne had even taken magazin.s. I, He was cheered, when he referred to the P'ons case. e Patterson-" I have a letter iforn a t gentleman in Laurens saying thaL you arp grinding out a lot of pardous." McSweeny-" Ohi, weil, that's fronm some fellow who's in sympathy with you." (Applause.) The governor continued that he do lied any man to show where a single pardon had not been justified. Lie iad told his chief constable in Charlestona to enforce the dispensary law rigid :y. The grand jury- in Charleston, like the grand jury . in Barnwell, which wouldn't bolievy l'atter.son in probibi tion daye, will not support t,hc tflioials in enforcing the dispensary law. The e governor read letters from the ayors I of Newberry, Chester, Spartanltarg, Saluda, lPlorence and Laurens, con mending his enforc6ient of the dis pensary law. lie furnishes proof of hi iI ad i inistration- -the others make prom ises. McSweeney imad. a very'favora e bl impression here. C Col. Wait Whittian- camne at tle eleventh hour, ari-riving from Cheraw. His quaint wittiistns kept the crowd laughing. The l'iodmont thinks it, is 9 tUe it is getting some Of.I-it, turkey it has been pulling down. 1i Col. .Jas. A. hoyt is In accord with Marlboro-a prohi lbitLion ist as lon ras Marlojoro has had prohibition. hi county has resentedt any at -uapt to. change. Marion had been a prohibitiona county, but a dtspecnsary was establish ed there without thet coi~tent (of thte pllle. illtbn had tried to have the dispensary removed and .couli not. It, i-becomes a candidate fot- gover-nor t~o go around the country abusing the pa-t petrs lor- not suppormti ng h11in. I 'atter soin has been into 1t countties andtt it is a reflection upon himii that.'noii pa per has come to his suppIort,. 'Col. 11 by t * ~could not repudiate or reject the supa port of papers that opp)ose prohibihtion, and yet they have taken him up on his manhood. Gar-y pleads the causie of the Confederate soldier. No one wo ai de more for them than Hoyt, who was one I of them. There are large n ubers of famil les moving to town to eductate their children, leaving their lanads to r tenants who do not know how to main tain them. The common school shouhll a be built up to maintain the agr-icultural I interests of theocounatry and keo farm ers from running 1,o town. Col. Hoy t was appllauded. I. Senattor .Lillman was greeted with a~ chteering. in two weeks "it will be 15 I years since the peole of MIar-lboro) dlIs- ( covered lBen Tillman. lie made htis II first speech here in 1885e. TIheir- appret~- I elation of his elfots then had much to aI do with shaping alTatirs in S.>uth CaIro- t lina for the last ten year-s. lie htad C been at homte plodding alongr, i-cad Ing t papers and books, and doing a idevil o(f a lot of thinxing, not, knowing that liu I had the gift of gab). There iniust hauve been an occasion. The timea was r'ip)'. He happened to stop) for-ward wihen free speech was sweet to the peopl(-. They had always found,- him right where be had said ho wouald be. (Cheers.) The Stite campaign Is (onc of the direct outtgrowths of the leeform ' movement. The people can get, sonmo I idea of the fitness of the candlidate,. a There are a lot of candidates for these t ofices, but nobody wants to be senator-. a It is an honor to have the almost I unanimous endlorsemnent for at place of trust. Is old friends are sticking t~O I him and a host of new .ones are mup porting him.,H leI weighed down with the magnitude of the responei bility. If he has accomplished any thing at.Waslington it is because he felt the consce ouen~ess of the sulport of 1 the p)e01)1 a home. Hz .wanted to I take the liberty to giveo 1.he peoplo1, % some advice. if h'o* were a politician he would keep his mouth shut. lBut as a leader he mnut-t say somdthing. | T1he State camipign is degonerattingi into something wliich is not good on 0account o tlie num'ocr- of candlidates. - Thre~s ncesariy atimot limit,. Tlhey get up here ad' say their litiei speeches and sit down. T1hey cannot debate and show their' mettle. The1 people get a' h alf digested idea of the oampign. Thepeole ac getin Oagku a cond i t,ion of stiagnation- - the -l.Si um f(8- risling over their heads. -ihe peuple o outit Carolina are doing VtmOIi) gag 'th IIand itIates. lio candidat'es air Jiot saying any 'i ige.-or 'tIO newHsIIOrs aRN) not loi'ntf t.he iqiaro thing. : It. it impor )it for hal a dzten. lenI to discuss 'ii IMai s It is bottoi' for two cand1 lates to talk one day and two the next f they talk thoir out and say eino ,Ain~ft If th4y have any brains it will houiw their ieL ttle. Ile wai going to ,ako tlbo I ber tiy of looic i ng a bok t the iis pensary. Not because lie wants to iet ate, for the peoplo i il not, su )m1 it .o dictation. National issiis ietd no liisuussion. 110 would try not to bias ,AOir' votes. R'igulatiig the sale of liquor has teeni tlt cause of mriO trouble than nily othber problem. If the Stato Ias ,h rlgh to meddle with tihe sa'.o of vh'skey a all itrhas the riht to regu ate its sale. Whiskey is usually run k w here boughLt-otlber' articlos of iorn mrce are taken bomne. The hit. ory (if former prohibition con tests in his S1Late is that town after town vould go ."ii ry' and ,beni wolid go 'wet at, the neXt, election. When a own was dry under prohibition, there vas just as much drinkinlig and no r nue. There wcre 95,000J votes in I12 ud but 60,000 votes on the probibitiont uestion and the creI Ic prohlibition luet-ion won by 10,000 vote". Childs ntroduecd an ironclad bill. TeleIgis attire is always a skittish crowd. It 'assed tho Childb bill. lid h imself had itken thbis bill, had knocked out some Iraztic features and ineCrtcI the :auses which allowed the State to sell :quor Under dispensary regul ations. A'is w3as passed by the senate anid later iy tihe house. It Vwai iLit isiue inl 1 I and was adopted.) He himself had :ept the constitutionial conventionu from iuserting the law in the constitution, lOdy and breeches. It was settled in -1i% and again in 181Si. Hlow many imes must it be settled to be settled ' 'o people must quit voting for per onal pLreferences and settle this isue nee and for all. The prohibitionists are honorable 31en rind led by an honorable man, but hey polled but 15,000 votes last, time. 'harleton voted for prohibition in Ie last election. Are they enfore prohibiLion now ' There is an uni oiy alliance of Irachers and bar :ee pers led by Col. Iloyt. and yet you '0-ople vote for their personat prefer nces. -YOu are not lit to vote. (Laugh ur.) Marlborough is a model coon-,y, they ny. T hey have never told whiskey by .ws. "Oil, you hypocrites' When I ras Governor I heard of vaLrons eIm o g uown here from N jrtt, Carolina. Vnero (lo you get your liq uor' ' I iOw you drink it. You love it. You, o down to the dept on Saturdary vening and you will find a whole ex res ca' loaded with Jugs and demi Thus.' Ti II llan rplied thlit this is a knottv -tlioT. li3 constitutionalr conven" lort in its liberality to (lCharleston 111k. lared that there should be a true bill y a grand jury before there could be change of ven'rire. 'PTe grand jury in Charleston will ever lind a truo bill against a bliml ti ci' and i0 iYlig. But if he woir- gov rnor he would iut 50 constaisl in hiorleston and raiso tic li on Ciiccoi's 1ret. tie calle uponll the peop1le to make 10 (andidatcs for the Legislature do. lare themluselves over their signatuiri'e I the county papers, and rul uu'arely n the liquor(1 issue. If a muan were Censed to sell liq .uor under constitu ional provi: ns it, voitw ltd h. i failulre. Ie would keep open Sindiays, cirus ays and after' sundown, andl he woolh' ll as-melr Iiquor i as t couold get. IHells ind the prql hiiion Ists comeo the ig h lIIcense peopleic-Cdiizales leadn ng bie van--and they arie miiarehing, gainst the coimmtoni foe. lie d isclaimred mcddi ing and said ht ad only given his views for what, they 'eir0 worth. "W\hat, about Mai'eus 'I" inqouired nnte one. T1ilhtnan t hen said thiat, tihIe timo ratic party had lined uip and i'eunited. Ve have the lioprublicans on the r'un,. ir'yan tias live chances of wiauning to is one in IMhi. After Isryan has been there four r'years and givni temi an onest admiiinistationr the I 'pubhilican arty will riot, be heard of in 2$' yeai's. At D)arulingtoni the next day iloyt epiliedl to Tillmuan. Cot. ti->y Lw as receive'd wI ith appltau se pnrinkled all over the yard. A fter stying his. respects to Gray and Me wveeney he sidc thait Pa'tterisont re linded ri b u of a cog witmel railroad, lie as the same old speech arnd If be slips cog he can't go. In speakinug of ilic sales it Maine in camp~arison ithL ispens;ary sailes hter'e, P atti'i'son says otlhing of Illicit sales here. All of the uiiIc men on broth sides ini Miaine are gi'eed that, the people wvant, pr'ohibi ion and the political parties are afraiId iarty attemp it to repcat tbe law. I 'at er-son knows that, [Hoyt has contiue d a denounce as falso anay charge of col ision on his part. TIiliman ought to conic out in ihis resa suit and give IPatterson a fair hanice to swing on0 hIs coat, tails. II is ack coat Is too shor't. I loyt's cologne is pre'feu'able to onue-N or'n liquor. There were few d ispier aries for sever'al mouths after the law vas fi rst enacted, btt the clause leatv ing it, to the wvill of the peiople was tricken out anid d ispen-arie's were Os ablishedl cver'ywvhere. If they woid >ensary would go to pieces. H10 would not en force the pirolihiition aw by bloodshed. Any mau who says hat law must, he entforcedI by armited uontabulary and lloodsherd does not xpress the sentIments of the piotole L'hore is no truth in the IntimatIon that ye would havo drug stoi'e barroonr, under' priohilbltion. The law was vio ated in, prohibition towns In formr roars hecause memnbers of town coun alse wer'e oppiosejt~o it. I t, Ill becomes ,he dispensary advocates to talk of ion-enforcerment oif the law, whien you nay examIne rooquest books and find ,berein nlameso of mInors, drunkards, stc. fn regard to te denoutemont, at, len. ettsville, he said that it Is very ap arent, that somuehody Is gettirng ver'y uneasy over this election. There are 500 nmany thIngs being said aboeut the ahanes (if Hoyt'st henn elem. en ator Tillman is dlowl here to weed out his cropj of d isp)ensary' candidalites. Thorm are too 1111my candidates and he wants to 111trshal his fores. I Ic h as buein out We0 aod perhaps Iia4 heard the n1ws. Tiiman ourageously speaks his convictions. Ile has not a bad iImor'y. Old lie not in IMO protest against Wade laimpton's coming down here and taking pirt in State politics ? And is this not tihe very thing he is dol ing now. The people who vote for lloyt will not go to Tilliman to got per miission. ite, Hoyt, had done tas much in is8; and isi for primaries and for free speecl ats hind Ti limanti. Tillnan has made a iistake, unless it Is his pur pose 1to weed oi thOes dispensary Cn didates. 11 r i ppied one of them up the back at Hennettsvtille. lat it is not failr for himi1, tihe United State sen ator, the representative of all tihe peo ple, to come down here and disturb the natu ral outeole. It (does not comport, with his fariier fail riless. TillIiail hilts a right to the speaker's stand of course, but Col. Llovt protested against Inter ference. Lit invited Tillman to visit him i at the executive nor.usion. (L.augh to r.) Col. Iloyt's remarks were in utimst good iumoor, but delivered earnestly and with dignity. S..nator Tillman was recei ved with applause. fle had III ays received tle support, of this county. l1e wanted the 1eop1l to see how fat he is getting. I 'eople grow fat on abuse and pap. IJe had worked for every cent he gots. IWrom some words uttered here today, some might be led o think that, he is neddlinog. That old gag, of coat-tai l swinging has been helard again, lie had never posed as a boss. Ile had always led the people in the way they wanted to go. Col. loyt is an honora ble m1an, who bears upon himself the scars of battle. But he should not ob jact to Tillman's differing with him on I)ulic issues. Col. I[loyt had said something about Tillman protesting against Senator Hlampton meddling with the local race, and the inference is that Tillman is now mneddling. Damptori was not at. that ti1e a candidate. Tillman is now a candidate. lie has not taken pll the Cudgel for any one man, aiid as can (idate he has the right to be heard. liu renewed his protest aigainst the time limit being cut down. Col. lloyt in his address in Columbia at the prohibition aonvention chailaic torized the dispensary administration as that of i scalawag, and at little short of radicalism. Tillman claimed the 'iglt to defend his administration which was thus attacked. " Further more, it is my baby." Should lie re iain quiet under these circumstrt.ces? lie ie going to talk, and anybody who doe:-n't like it, can lump it. Hu then went into a disoussion of the dibl.ensary versus prohibition. Hiis in teros'. would be to keep his nouth shut. lie Wodi take orders from the people, hut not from the ne0wspiapers or anyhody else. l'opie iove Hlnor. If they are cmtopped from buying it lIgaily they will lie to get it. lie recognizes the evils of whiskey, but people will have it. It has been recognized for time out of mind thiat there is the right, toi regu late and to police its sales. lu called attlention to the good fe tuures of the dispensary. If you forbid peopl( to drink they will drink anyhow. Why not try prohibition ' liecause it. hats been pointed out that it, will take force tIo enforce it, and the people will not suibmlit to at direct tax for its eniforce ment. The army of ministors wanting pro hibition marches side by side with the high licelse mn. i Do you want bar rOom ls ' If You d1t, relh-10 the d ispen sary law. The revenue will then be lost- noth iig to com pensate for it-and julst, as maebI lrun k en-~ssn as no(w. T1here will be a -itil uI very prin hlow I ma' -i: a., l10\si-.:- It, is estimat cal thbat theu peolile oif thc United States consumen over 800,0100,000 piouInd s of rice an nuaIly, only3 aibout, one- half (if wiebl is raised In this country, says Souathern P'ield(. I lico cain he produced in ton States of the South, 11nd tbere are now about i 0,000) acres dlevotedi to its cul tivation, aithough it, is estimated tbat, there is an area subject to Irrigation for rice cultLure of at least :3,000,000 acres extending ove-.scverabl oif the Suitherin States. Thel. plret, crop is 11 amost en tiriely g rowni in N orth a lnd Sou th Ciaro' ina1, Georgiai anlid I ,ouis. A\ low imauck woil is best adaipted to th is cr-op, 1rai nage abnd i rrigaition shovuld bii preipaired be fore p1lantinmg. The general cuistomi is to sow br1 oadicast abfter plow ing and harrow ing the ground. A bout two bushels to the acre ar-e requiredl. I 'lanti ng Is ustually done) in March and A pril . I ertili zers are as necessary as wIth any other crop, amnd should be albiled before sowing and wvorked well into the 13011. When the planbits abre fr-om six Inches to a foot igh tihe water is alilowed to partly cover thu plants, car-u being taken to drabw olf the old1 water occaisionilly to avoid damaging the crop). (Canads are useid, the water being supplied froml creeks or rivers by gravity, or raised from wells by widmills or otlher power. The waiter is dIrawn o0f when the graiin is in the dough, andI the hields heft, to dry while the grain ripens, the cutting being done whille the straw is still gr~een, as5 it is more valuable for 1feed ing purposes5C. Harvesting may be doneo by any of the vairious reaping machines, the bundles being made small and well sh(cked. 'Th raishi ng machines that (1( not, breaik the grain art used. Care mllust be takenc ii n claissifyintg the seed, fior the priices vary according to thme giraie, there bcing six or eIght di O'er en t claisses. An in uvestigmtLion of tis crop) wilt shlow thiat it < IOers good opportuinities for pirolits, for excellent results mayb 1be obtained01 on land otherwise worthless, and available)1 at very low prices. -Thela I ,ond(on streets are eig torn u~p by the lay3i ng of the iIres of the no~v Lelehone system, Lto be run by the goveirment. C ontinuilal complint~s (if over-chlarging! and inrielliciency of the mnonopolly lcd the po~stllice3 to take thlis imp~ortanit step.- 'i'reparations are maak ing for 410,000 subscremi 1ieri. it, is hoped to begin to op~erate' in a year. The cost will he over $:>.,000~ and the rates will be so) l1w that the *smal lest store will be able to have a telephone. IN THIE, GOL) COlINTIN . Souih Carolima Girl Writem )I' 1,11 at Capo Nonux. M isa I.illa Courtney, the advi ent'u rous Edgelield County girl who has le!, spend ing tho last tOn months ifn N ome Alaska, has written a letter to bi South Carolina relatives that, traw new light Oin the social liffe of that country, besides containing Iuct , toresting Information ol olther sob. jects. The lotter, written otn .1 tine 1 2t, chronicles the end of the hiberiatinaa, seasons, the arrival of several steana whalers with freight and putjager2,s and the advent of fresh ncat. Tait first oranges brought ashore Lsold imair $1 each. The steamers hrouaght lumto ber, which caused the price tt Nom to fall from $500 per thuasntlii feet I $150. "hot jumping," says Miss Courtney, "Las been the hane of our live. since the now people began to arrive. Many peOple who have spent the lon1g Winter in this prison of Ice and aequired their town property by purchase, have beeVIn forced to hold it with shotguns. St-v. oral shooting scrapes have occurred since the inIlux of people from i1)aiw,.on over the ice. Rotal estate valuies are away III), Some property selling for from $250 to $500 a front foot. Twelve deputy United States manrshals lave been appointed to prevent foreihIle seizures by newcomers ain weltn this force becomes insullicient in itd States soldiers will go to their assist ance. "Sotue twcivo or fifteen ihiunkiiatd red people made the trip from )aiwson over the ice. The distance it about 1,500 miles as the crow lies. Vally forty women 'manauched' this enati re trip. One man came through with his bride on a wedding trip. The nights were Usually epent In 'iglows' (i fquimo houses). The condition of tlee pla. is usually of unspeakable sqoualor and filth. 'M auchi ng,' however, is not so dillicult tin undertaking as the outside world imagines. A jaunt of a itun dred milets is nothing at iali even for a womuan in this climate. You do not -feel exhatasted-only tillnese the first few :ays. Several dog teams went through holes in the ice while naking the trip from Dawson.and the unfortu nate owners lost all they possessed. "There are some half dozen rich minir.g districts along this coast, and there is no doubt that, the next year will see live or six thriving towns spring up within a raidius of 310 mites. Indications are that Nome will be thbe metropolis of the liebring sea. Other towns will he btilt as soon as cargoes Of iLlher arrive. There is plenty of oU0111 for spreadting, (ortunzatitly, for late arrivals at Nome. L.n this thi-e is I great advantage over the Ion l ike, w here everything is coaceentrated at, t3awsoan. "Ophir creek, 100 miles unl W:sh river, is (Iclare to be the inost Mair velous creek evet' Imard of; the extent in richness of the pay streak being g reater tihan anay' ting previousIv known In the hiatory of Mining. Much excitement al:o exists over now strikes onl the beach at 'J'op-Rok, about sixty miles down the coast. Owing to the frozen ground but little work has been done in the sand. Thc Kook-ltok district, adjacent to 'ort Clarence, is another marveloutsy rich district. "We are pleased that th beaeta still remains open to the maaintiers, and that the 'grafters' failed to gobble this part of the public donain. None need come here and sutIfer starvation or fail to realizc enough to take hin back home whilI the beach remains open to tle public. It has been t god-.meId to matinufaCtu rers. There have been some rich strikes on the tundra also. This is the gronad betweeni the sandy beach and the moatntainus, eovered1 iLth short vegetation, locallty k now.n as 'maigg er haads.' ( )nu pooar, tamisgiuideald pr-too reader conv~erted 'tatntdriat' Intat 'the timbner' aid jacent La) Nomea. Yoat cain noat failly apphreciaite this mitistake per haips, baut we cani, s ice timbetatr in' thh i locality Is an unkntown antltity. "Nxisting conaditlions nerec the paist winter made It impossibule for- women to stako claiims in person, tlaoso owned by women, ais well as mainy owned by men, have mostly beeni staked by agents. There were no road houses, aind no wood, so It, was di IlicultL enough for even the strongeot ameni tat brave the atwfaal tempests that, wetre of such frequent occurrences. "Tiheare hats been aibsotlutely no sort of social life or recreatin of a refined nature here till winter-. We 'att,imptedl w hist. partIes in a smnal way, tbut were so often prevented going outt by snow 5torms tlbait wve abaidaonead tlhis. "We do any k indl oif honest work h~ere withlouat shtamie or sham. It, is a sort of hatdge of hoinor for a woman to work, tlaough she aloes not realize the fortunes thbat in ghtt be imaigineal. Th'le other claiss art- tlhe favored ones. T1hese pjeole arac given tad vanttalgeouas In for mation as to) 'strikes,' aid It is they who make the fottneis you rea'd of at hiomei. it, Is possibale, however, for- a good woman to succeed here, but, she h as a pretty hbaird tLhna of I t,, an d straug gles pretty much utnaided. There aire a few haappy exeetptions aimtong the men, and in these inst,ainces t~lhey thor oughaly reverence and appreci ate a good, true woman. Still, conditions are hard, and it Is a~ dlesolate sort of existence at, best, thaouagh a woitmn is not subject to imnpertinenice from eveui the worst, class (if men. " There Is cae woman haere--the roost notorious of the towni-formorly oif Chicaigo, said to ho wortha $2:>0,000. She as several graides below the semi r-espectamble ,is a very shrewdl bauliness wvomanif aind made qutite a bit of mloney bpeculating in real estaite, eoal iand~ lumb ter the past winter. I n buts iness shrewdness I do not tinak she ha. tier comapeer. here, and it really seen a to be baid thtat greed for gobal hats lead her to place a price oni her honor. It is a high price, however, and] she has bank rupited a good many mnen. While ilit crate, she is handsome aind stylish and exdceedingly attaactive to menci of amll grades, at least, out here. She gives swell little d innters, which are atten led by the legal lighats arid < lilals of the town- She amnagedl with her utsaal suauvity to intduce a loacal itor to give one of those d innuers conisideramble space in ai paper here dlevoted to scandal and the alfairs of the detmimondo, givIng the names in full of the guests. It caused quite a futror, there even. ''Men In this conntry. mamny of whom Sfeel suo cud hin[ot brIyv the ostra ilm such oliduct would e1rl on tihe out1ie 1ao quito shlimluess hero- - riding, driving, boating and piIading Lilt- strets quito ionchalintly with disrepuitable Women. .A nother noted charmrol of the town in I hIarMaid, who was alo, a fow yoars agoV0, at rIesI(tabl WOmIall. 811 was tit' star of a shooting alfray which took phlic here during the winter, one of the Iirticipants losing Ihis life. A fier this thero was an ord inanco ex itlIding women charmers from occupy o g the position of harmi'taids. "It is, a sad fact that the conditions of this country seem to caill forth or do velop all that is had in both mon atil womiten. The avarico, dishonor, utter disregard of tiuth and lack of ill 0110 'milk of human kindness' makes one's very heart sick. You daro not ex tend 0ommo n courtesy to the now comers who are without menis, to th extont .of allowing them to eamlp on your prem- inises, for in such cases they Caim1 s.uchii grounds as they tramlip upon, foil' wNIIich you haivo, i ilost ilstinces, liakid ia high prico." Mi ise Courtney says the wollin in Noie Wi ith Il husband considors her self ittito ia supurior croiture nid pa rldes her piossesslon w ith ostentation. But ais at muatteri of fact, the Young lady reimrked, "husbands," provided one is not over fastidbous, atro much more readily 11struck" than gold, even on that gold coast. AltP AND THlE MIANS, Heiattive ol' Jack of floamstalk almO Writo to liil. A veteran friend liat sent mn1 one of the IdenticIL beanos tbat little Jack plalnte(i Ind that grew upl) to the sky. It came in a letter coiledi up like a lit tle green snake anti I thought, at first it. was a% ;naktice. It is abouLt the size of ini ave'rg wiax henit and is twenty eight, and one-ialf ineli s long. I me 'tasuored It oi lily sqiare anild aImi1 sat islied it was at least thirty ilieles when it was taken from the vilne, for itl has shrunk some inl thie mail. Ile wrilet. tiLt he is ai inal ditendant of Jack and the bean stal k and this variet.v has been illlded down tbrotivih seventeen generations. more or lems, id these beans won't grow for iLlybody excepL Irish patriots or Con federate veteralns. The writeor hlonged to Captai n Daw son1's colpitaly in the l'ighth Georg ia regiment and was with us halt liemior a1ble Iight wheln we crosst tihe shen andoalh riveir by torch light and the short hoys hiad to be Cased over the dLep ifliaces by puittiig tallter soldiel's belind thenm, IO even tIeI t,b wate'r rani into their mlouiths occasilonllyi. Sly fri end wats o(., of Lh 0horts and s. ays he got striangledI sveiral Lines onl ti ptoe. Th'leSe benvinles and other vinefs have often excited iiy woider ild (cone Lml plation. sololon salys :"Te Is It pIIrpose ftr' evertli nig u nder' IaI v ten," aknd Addinon sat :, ", in rea -on' vo ia-, all rejoico." And so I woul I like to know wlhy iil the bein vinleis, more ing glorius, maidil-ia andi ciIi namon vines grow anid wind towards thbe sun, starting on the south side of tie p010 an1d going east, wh!!e the ho.p vin'. n sole others Iversu their Couriii'k. Iverything has its law and You can't, manke anyt hing change it9 iinture. A vilno will die if Youi force it 0h wrong wiay. And yet Itapiael Solilnes says In his great, hook that south of the ulLitor e overy hLin g Is rev ersOd Ind tb0 hean vines thiat lim a11 14gain thu sui up here Climb vi ih it down there. Of Course tie motion of tie earth on its aXis lils soimetiiing to do with It, hut why is it so? We don't know mlu atftLr all. i rs. li ilman satys: " And lowerb shall witiler alt the north wind'., breatil, but if she had lived in South Amorica~ she would have said( "' at the south wi1nd's breath," for Lihat Is tlihe cold wind blelow the aituait()r. Wu aire incllinedl to vilew th ings from our owno stand poin. . ()f cour'sc it, is ver v naltou r al for ius t(1,0 do0 for wo live in the same .ono and latitude thatL A d11am1 and l''ve lived~ in. "WestLward' the coiurie iof eompi re takes its waly." Thait's alli. No change In thu course of the sun or moon or stars or climateo or tompera Lure. t'aradilse was oni a hiuo with Carteorsviiie, and1( it, is yet, and the Eu phira1t08 river Is the EL~OWah~ nowV and thbu goid of that, iandu was good an~d so Is the golid of t.his. BulL I was rum inatLing ahoit, these mysteries of nature that, sum r'oundl us andl arei0 5)COmmon that, L iwLeV do not noth'e thiemi. Lasit ight our grove was iluiated bly a thousa~nd tirellies more nutmerouus and m~ore~ br'il il at, thanlr (:ver before. IL was reguilar pyrotech niles foir an hiou r. Th'iey Iliten as5 they rise ftom the gra~ss andi~ emtit, aispark of gold a~nd green Ilsteor that is lovely. Sotme ntiul'iists 51ay it, Is phospholl-~oris that they canO illuminato at will biy oreatin g hydrogen or oxygeon in to it and that it has nio heat. l'ver' since lhnnaeus lived tils little innocent bug has be ihen unde the01 Li ires (of dissectinn and1( discuion01 and1 no) solution of it~s wonderful faculty has1 yet, been algreed upon. I had to catch a botti'3 fu . for the little girls. They played withi thbem uintil bedl time andi thben I turned Lubem (out and( one (of them vials dead with the light still .shininhg inl its tail. it, had1 illuiminateid its own death and kept its ilnter'n burin g wlihout a b~reath of hlydirogeni or oxygeni. A way3 down in the tropics these firoll ies are an inrch long and a scoro or two of themn will i llumiinatu a1 r(oomi and a dIze i bottle gives light to read bly. Travelers tie ai doon to ai stick and travel at night by their light,. I would like to import, somte of that, variet~y Into mny gr'ove, in fiaut I think we could iutilizx' them In our. strect lamphs a~nd get, more light than we do now. The other morning about, sunrIse I was surprisedI at the number (If little (low-covered cobwebs that aldorned tube grass and( wceds around the house. They wore almost, touching each other and glistened in th': morning sun like aI frost was upon thenm. Most of them wore ablouit the size of a saucer and( had thie ir tiny cords aind Stiays fasteneid secuarely a~nd in eieryone was a ounininig little aperture whnere the wverLV' liv~ed andii waitedl and watced for' his prey. T1hie workmanship of these lIttle web' wasl exquilsite, artistic an d perfects w ihere did tha little crealtur'e get i~ malterlial and who told It that this wasl a1 giood mnorning to sot, its trapgs y he hooks tell us that it has w IthinO Its little albdo mon a tiny reel th a', tuarns as5 the vieb Is sPUn and that thu liber' is 5o wonder' fully Iilne it woul tako ten thousisn strailds to make ita it thral of sowin silk. Wendoll PIhillips delivered a Il tlur inl Itoioton and hii su hject wIas 'Iho1hr is Nothing New i ieder L Sun. ' i decla red Ltat :; 0(0 yea ago tho l'rslian ladies couli weas fabrics tas delicat-i as- a spitio's w< and that, ono a I rIsian pri nces4 wI wals going out to i fashionable dan went Into hor fath" 1'00111 Lo shej, him tho beautiful garients sh had o Tho old king was atmazed at her appa el, or rather at the lack of it, and sai " (o back, my dauitor ; go hat ItId dr-e-3s yourself. Your garnlits not conceal your t naked ness." SI Seee10d indignIIntt at his robuk1o at said ; li'ather, I liavo onl seven di forelit, coverings hIsId imly dress." This I c1toitl h of beanis an(d Vii and Insects. My folks aro busy 110 1U)aIk in g jolly -tiad e thirty-sx gIltss of lorso apple j lly Yesterday and ar working on tWO blackterrios tod a Never was such a ceoni of berries thec berries of chamicleoni colors itl are red when they aro tree and blac when LheCy are ripe. TIe poot' countr women aunld li tL girls have taken I many a dime aitrady. Th v want 2 eenLts a 'allon and I never jew then Whnol a poor, Wollai and lie IILLI chiildrun torn out, in the weL grass an scratelh .lt ir 1aids and tt' thoi elothbes and get wec t uiP to thin knoe tnd tote their buckets Luto towp two 4 three miles they ioght to havo 2 eCtits fo' a galon, hut they don't g it of tn. A w olntan catiu y esterLda with It pOk of nice hriet''S and I kn her, thoug Ii'-I hadn't seen he r since Ie husband was in tl Chaingatng. How Ie doing now ? I asked hler. She smuii and said : " lb's at, ,ork ; he's be doin' right well for a good while. 11 health ain't good, hut hie's at worl Me and the childrent havo got a rigi good garden, hu l my lit,tle daught . Iectled a pair of Sunday shtous I ight had atid I told her wo could pick bei ries for 'emt antd we will." Now thi poor womlanI tied Ilers'elf to a trillin mani when she was young and fairl pretty and she don't, want to get loom It IS tatos alstotnIsiiin g to moe--theU devt tion of it womlan toi a trilling hitsbani She says h is good to ber atnd love te children, but 1h lihs his failing tand so she cl1gS to hi nittd keeps heI marriagte vows. St. 'eter will let he in when she kniockik It. thho gato an11 will let, her clhuadrei in, too, but, I donl know what. wit! litcomii of him. Nayb he i.. elceted fim Ir rake : I hope So. Him ,. Aml. AT W %lt WI I'll (;lIINA. No Kroiger Gromdunl ior Coni'r'In ,t ihiInsHe (GcovernIitUeitt Not. 11 sponmi ble. Thle action (if Cut\'onl linellow, th G ierma minist'r (if foreign aItairs, I infori ing tle Ci hilse h-gattioln tt Ile ]ill that LII telegraphIiC tIessages mu1(: le int plhti n langu, age itod submiLtted k pr byovaI hv ti censor, ait tIlhe ugge Lion of M. I P- ica-sse, LIe I- i'enA iitii Le' of fIoeigi alfair'S, tiiat the expoi tl tion of arils L, China he proh1ibitwot whicb are generally regarded as th Iirt. 4teps in tho dir'eeLIOn Of et'cl ii (iai its it sttte engaged in Iwtr, hav been sliplemlened by Ul (lilicial ar nouncemni t from St. I'etersburg tha cr'tit portions of Lim Amur1t1' tLrit'or'3 inchildingr parts of the lIh II aaro V,4 dit.rict and the coast territory, its wel Its tho towns of lIlagovestehenulsl I\ hahabirohovsk ando N ikillkl.sussuiri, hav heen decla.1red inl at slat of watr sine Jully 1-i. 1 "ussial's ation01 I-, regarded I I 'imdonl t, at ieast Lihb fr'esiadowing 4 it k pkted.N y1 uncond i L tinaI recOgn It ion i te fact tbtt it COndiitin If wttr ex is hotweei Clthia iad the liv ii/.c'i worl and the genict'i opinioli vu.em ~to be fatvnor nil such1 recogr~ itiont ats thbi he mleanvot'fi i mee.'ngm tbe, hrian uIitt heavaln, fwhile at the twamh tIi t daorg'int t e ist the indepn-ie viteoyO~s fro 5)01he0 tgenealev Louta The an rneelioni of tliitabili'yiof t, Chine utoc fo reii i thc bnreq to sta tol etheproun aan the nt'etior. 'irtsiis roducisn'ten anvt a Yang Lake, ntear F: iu li iang. Sever', missIinarties hatve been kcilled atn chapels burnedtO~. 'Then telegraph hb tw'eun K in 1< inng antI I ann 1< ow is bi In 'cet'etion withi thbe stot'y Li I'rince 'Tuain9 fortces5 halve bieet erder'e Lti iirt'h to WVei II ai Wi/V it, is contsit at'ti vin ait, itIlong F:ong have bieen o1 A Shuanghaii dIi~it~ehi also reCporl tlhat i mla has' beenn It)52rett tiogotli L~ion w il Ih l'ritnc' '.l'uain's g')vo imn wvith thbe conivanceltttt of LI liun (hang. Itt it di patchb fronm St. i '(itersbur tg is stiated that, liussia's anxiety to min izi . the atlarintitg naturo (If the nov r'otm NJltanchurtiia Is ie tatod by fearsi thec injurny the confirmation of smo news milghlt cauOse In the matter of Li arrrangements atlleged to havo het tmaidh In Lthe1 United States for mnild w ith wi ch to comp 5letOu the M ancudi iitn r'ailwaty. -Ai cleric In it irookly3'n 0111iCe niat William 10. I'arren hat- biecomte xii pro poerous thatt his father lhas ask1d1 tii he he discharged. 'The lund gets $7h mfonlth antd hats bh hl 1. he po i Lion thh i teen weeks. Th'Ie liatheri says, hiowever that thbu boy tiever' brinigs a Icent, hiamt wVith hi!m an it nin.9'nn g hai heath Lb spiorting., abtiii iflith i'ehi, wher' thbey hive. "lie udrinks to excess, satys tbe edert l"4tni. '' ai i I a afri h't~ e will diisgrace him ii."~I' Thelu I)rey futyxari -: e(xu01Ltin over the fatL tl'at Coul. I'iieguat,, Lii real he ro o f Lte I)rtey fus niho r, htais a eiured' ia verdiet, of $2(0.000i damiage agintst, thbe aper' whh hadIti ebiar'a Leize Ii~d him i as "trait or '"gu an "Germa spy.' AIlhoughi the paper' wII tilppe it 800em(s certiin that (:oh. I 'ieq o art, wi get ie bulk (If the amoui~nt. l'ven th will ho w,~eomte, sice CoIl. I 'icettuart all bu111t d estitLutLi, hi hingil noth In but a half p~enionI amoiuintinlg Lto $300j year. -A hor'e eani travel safer and beottt withl his bead hantfging down, or' fre< thatn it can whelin it, b cheked up. [ all ttnains let voor horse have its bent d T'18 COUNTRY'S ATEITUDE. The Administration Believes' That Foreignora In Pekin are Safe. President Mci(Inley has received what purports to be a direct appeal' b from the Chinese Imperial government to uso4e his good c Illes to extricate that lroVernnent from the difiloult and dan w gerous position In which it has been n. l> acml as a result of the Boxer uprie rng and the onsuIng hostile attitude of te great powers. Although the exact Stext of tlhe appeal made by the emperor of China to Perance has not been made known it is belleved that the address to the president is similar in terms to that communication. In our case the communication was made through Ministor Wu to the State department. Thus far a final answer has not been returned. The French government answered at once, but that answer will not serve us. The United States gov ornment is conscientiously proceeding t upon an entirely different lineof policy k in the treatnont of the case. Unfor tunately, the state department finds Y Itself alone ia this, but nevertheless it Is cpnvinced that its plan Is the best, and it has behind it the consoling as 0 suranco that at present all the Euro pean govA3rnmentts have tacitly ad mitted an error was made in the be s ginning In not following the common 1 senso advice of the United States naval 0 commander at Taku. The point of difference between the State department and the European y governments Is that the latter are pro couding upon the belief that all of the a foreign ministers and missionaries and guards at l'okin have been killed and ninsist upon dealing with the Chinese governnent upon that basis, thereby assuming a hostile attitude that tends to destroy the last chance of availing of whatever friendly sentiment may yet exist among the powerful Chinese viceroys and the imperial government itself. Thus the IPrench reply, as in dieated in tbo four conditiona laid down by 1. Dolcassee yesterday, sets an Im possible task for the imperial govern mont in Its present straits and tends to (rivo It at once to make terms with iloxers and Prince Tuan's party. On the other hand our government, r while not guaranteeing the truth of the r advices from the Chinese government as to the safoty of the' foreign minis t ters, is willing to accept the statements 0 temporarily, in the meantime remit ting none of Its efforts to got access to Mr. Conger through the use of military force if need be. By following out this policy the State department ar gues that It rotains two chances in 4tead of one. It may reach Mr. Conger with troops and It also may secure his deliverance through the friendly oill ces of the powerful Chinese ofiicials, which the powers are not like'y to ob - tain for their' nwn people by following out their present policy. I t may be stated also that the United States government has not relinquish ed and does not Intend to relinquish any part of Its claIin for compenbation and reparation in the ultimate settle ment. I L position In that respect, it holds, will not be affectod unfavorably by prosecuting Its elforts to make use of the friendly sentiments of the Chi nese olliclais. A particularly deplora ble effeet of the reasoning of the Euro pcan governnents on this point, in the estimation of our government, is the ahandoninent of the idea that there is parteicular nod for haste and for tak ing even desperato chances in the of 0 fort to got the international relief col e nun through to Pekin. It Is true that the latest advices from Taku Indicate that whereas it was originally estimated by the for Leign commanders that the expedition could not be started before August 15, it snwregardedl by them as possible to miake a beginning about the first of SAugust. Ilut the military experts hui~re, who have been closely scanning a- a!ll the reports from T1ion Tsain that ap pecar to be0 worthy of credit, feel that even no wthe way is open to Pekin and that, th~e marcht shouldbegin with the force at piresent of the l'ei Ho, leaving Ithe powers to brIng up re-enforcements to re-open the base should the first ex )edition 1)0 cut oif. According to the d lateost reports thbe country around Tien Tsinm ia clear of hostile Chinese. The lioWor of the Chinese army in that see lt~Ion has been defeated at Tien Tain and ths rmy exports calculate that its p)ower is so broken that that partIcular army never can be reorganized in sea son to oleor formidable resIstance. So thei~y abrgue the tIme Is ripe for a stroke of bold generalship, such for Instance as lorench's rIde to Kimberly. Tlhe adminIstration is determined to keep aloof f rom any movement that woulid unncessarlly entangle the gov ernment of the United States in Chi - nese affairs. It of course must join heartily with the other powers in the clfort to got to l'ekin, hut It doces not gfellow from that co-operatIon that it will be led into taking part In any blck erlngs or dIssensions that ensue over the future of China after our people have been taken care of. It is the in hten tion of the admInistratIon to with drw urforces, military and naval, after the Amorkeans in P'ekln have been rolieved and wash Its hands of Ch i Inose aflairL, look ing only to the prete orvation of such pirivileges as it has a right, to retain for Americans. d- - TIh is story comes from Kewanee, s- Ill.: "1The largest hail stones ever t, seen boere foil last nIght in the country a live iles north of the city. The hail - rok. wind~ow panes and even sashes. i e stonCs being larger than baseballs. Oe <>ofarmer gathered stones from the V ground an hour after the storm and used them for freezing ice cream." j OU Lt( URKATEIST SPECIALIST. l'or 20 years iDr. .J. Newton Hathaway has10 so successfully treatedl chironic diseas eso that heO is a1cknL)olged todamy to stand U at the head of his profession in this line. ii is exclusiove method0( of treatment for s Var.ecrlc and1( Si ric'ture, without tne aid of kni11fe oLrcautlery cures in 90 per cent, of n all cases. I n thme treatment of the loss of IVital linres. Nervous Disordlers, Kidney an l'~ rinary Comla1ints, Paralysis, Blood siIoiso ing, iRhLeumia tism, (Catarrh, and dis eae peculiar to wvomen, he is equally suc~Cesfl. Dr. ilathiaway's practice fa more than doumble that of any other spec a ialist. I'ases pronounceat helj!04s by other IlhysiciansL readily yeld to his treatment.. Vr xite him today fully about your case. rlie makes no0 charge for consultation or advice, either at his office or by mail. y J. Newton Hathaway, M. D., '22 South I. Itroad street, Atlanta, Ga: