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The People's Journal PICKENS S-C. A19P) ON OLI'I'DICS f'eopl seeme To Ito lHotter Ioong Yoars Ago. Thought moves swiftly t1hese days. How eager we are for news. Two pa pers a day and the peoplel gather at the post oilic waiting for them. And when it comes it's all about war afar off and crime at home. Murder, su cides, divorces, outragos by negroos, lynchings and the Atlanta muddle and Kentucky murder thrown in as a side show. Soue of the proachors are tak Ing a hand in the general melee and are raising a racket iI the name of the Lord. How differont is all this from the good old times when we got the mail only twice a wock and were con tent to wortsihip God on Sunday and work on wook days and had time to think and ponder and talk to our nolgh bors. When two doctors wore enough for the community and they had but a little shop (ull of modicnlmo and there were no drugstores and no phateUt. mediclnes, and Jim Alexandor antd his brother, Ton, and Glb Wright amid Adam Jones aind his brother, ilrank, and I, and some othor boys, wiho are iow dead, never were sick or took any medicino except salts or castor oil for green appio colic. What a glorious fellow was Bryant Strickland, whose hearty laugh could be heard across the town. lie died not long ago and left his hearty laugh with his boys. And good old Georgo I,cster, who r-an against l)r. lelton for Gongress. Thier.' never was a better boy, nor a better man, nor a botter (-lend. I loved him antd still remomber how he and I searched over the potato patlch to 1iind some remains of the tars tlhiat fei in 1833. What a change has come over the world, seie things for the better, soe for the worse, and we must take life and progress as we tind it. 1'ope said : Whateve- is, is rig t." but old men and old women can't help looking backward and regretting that somne things have Iassed away. course, we rejoice in the many comfortu that invention has brought to u 1. but take it all in all, the average of hunmani happiness remains about the same as it was sixty years ago. We had more content then, more love and fewer divorces and grass widows. C'hiidren were more obedi lent to their ipIarei ts and there wer no cigars or Uigar-ettecs or Bull DiIriiamn tobacco or Coca (ola or cocaine or hip pocket pistoiis. lver-y town had one or two salooIs whereI a fiddle was played for the old sot:, but young men did not go there. There was not a young man in our- town, who ever took a drink of whisky, hut niowa days young maen consider it iamily to smoke and drink, and even bomne of tihe young women get drunk on the sly and vainly imagine that nobody knows it, )uur negro slaves wer-e contented and happy and not anm outrage was coi mitted fron the l'otomiamim to the lio Grande. Now there are :- ,"m of tbemm in the chaingang:S of the 6)jutlern States and 1.1W of them are in Georg ia. Who is responsibie far al tli. and the lynchings that st; i. o- n r ii taken philanth.ropiy an" uam a, na gnty . If'1 e - r.: alone We wou.i. i5 ancipation La.' a Henry C;.ay wa:.t - - Clay~ wr..ge were a nacrtra':c ar.d are ..r - enemies tLave donie. ar wi follow N'ortra Garo b .~ that Mr. HardwlcKw again at the next legi-.at. amoend it a little, but in Ie' u.a right. I would encourage Itfe rre to a better ci tize-naip. 'soth moraCS . and luteilectually. Tacem mouny comn missioners or the grand gmry blhould be authorized to examiine~ and maitke at selection of certain moral, inmdutstriouts negroes and give them the right of sutirage. T1here arec some in every community that I would trust. Trher-e are a dozen or more in Carter-aviile, and every community has a tew. Thib would create a caste or a social condi tion in the race that would hatvu m good Influence. I wouldI trust suel: men as l'rofessor CJounicili with atn political privilege, and there art others. i'rank Carpenter is a great traveli -a diligent student and a g reat w riter it is interesting to readi from h is pcei tin true condition of the negro in Libr i hilippines. How the negro captivei are bought and sold, and he was oleret four likely one for 60O by a womam who claimed to be a Mohmammedar Christian. T1he b~oys averagec ten (1(1. lars and a good looking girl briregr from $*i. to $20. T1his traflic has been: going on for a hundred years, but for the last half century has been dull. New England slave ships had to guit the business about that time for the Brazil market was overstocked and E-nglish vessels were watching too closely. According to histomry the last cargo was captured on the coast of Madagascar in l14-. It was a yankee craft and was fitted out in Hoston. Trhat is why Chief Jlustiee Story charged the grand jury that " Hoston merchants were steeped to their eye brows in this infamous business." But this is all barred now by the statute of limitations. P'rofessor CJoun c-ill believes it was ordained of God for the good of the negro, even though it was baptized in blood and inhumanity " Offenses must needs come, but wom unto them by whom they comae." But in some rospects the South I making god progress. Our mnanu factures are increasing in every State our agriculture is improving and ou fruit growing is advancing all alon the line. 'rho diffusion of knowledg is spreaing from the towns to th country hamlets and every body take and reads newspapers. Now if we ca stop these negro tramps who wayla the highways and byways we will hav a good quiet, pr~aceable country an can sit under our own vines and shad trees and worship God according t our own conscience. Mean aiggem are our greatest curse and there ar thousands of them, for, as my niggei Bob, said when ho had served his tori in the chaingang, " dar is some mean niggers In do chaingang as de is outer dar." TIhat is about the trut of It. If every nigger was put in wh has been guilty of stealing ther wouldn't be enough left to get up baptizing or an excursion. , BILL AIlm. P. S. Let mne correct the printer< a former letter. I did not write then General Jackson was a vice presideri nor that Grant ran with Colfax for hi second term. LHe ran witb Wilsot 13. A. -There are to-day but three band of Seminoles in Florida. So complete hy have these people been disintegrat ed tha~t no tribal relations now exis between them; they have no acknowl edged chief, and they recognize n< man's authority. They number aboul r00. HOT IN NICW YORK. SaturdSy WaN a Vory Warm Nu. mmber' in h (lMo imtpolle. New YI)U, August I I.-Thirty por sons diod inI this city anid vicinity today from ioat prostrations and tihroo from (alling fron (ro iocaps on which thoy had crowdod to got rollot from the hoat. Sinco August 4ith whon the tomn poratutro was tilnoty-ono dogroes tho condititons havo hoon growing worso. All in all, it is the bottost continuous woather Now York has ovor oxpori oncod. The local forecastor said that t supassed tho ha14t record of i89Ni. The thermomotor roac..,hod utinoty.ivo at 2 p. ml., adti rogistorod the sato ligures an houtr lator. This was the ollcial rOcord In the bIuronui, Illgh abovO the stroot, and is sovoral degre.os coolor thatn th telporatiuro oil the stroots. W hilo ninoty-livo was rteched on the sovenlth and unth days of A ugust thore was a iighor tango today and the thor mnomttotor hardiy wavurod bolow tU highest, figures for Imiattly hours. l)oath aftor death resilted. The fitact that, it was a ialf holiday onabled iany to oscapo tho hoat of offlees and factorios. Boforo tin0oon there was an exodus fIoit lower Mianiattan. Thoutsands hurried to tilt Ileatrest tarts and boats for tiho soashtore. The sound steamers had sold out all thoir' borths 'arly inl the day and tontight Ianty passengers woro forcol tosloop ott tite iittresses it tho cabins. The streets in tig to coollug rosorts wOto etowded and exprossmon wero overw hoiulod With baggago. It was the busiest Saturtday of the seasotn. 131ut the million or two loft hohind in the city were obliged to suffer. The r-creation piers wver packed but they gave ve-y little reliof. The kooper of ati last river pi sai id that Lthe thor momtertu' tr h had registered 102 dur ing the day and that at ::' Lhis even int it wa Wt nity-two. Not a rustle of a t'ree..t' i..uld be detected. Wit:n the foir days during which t he hea; has l'-cn oppre.ssivye ihbero has :'een ain atve:-:- ty-eltght child patins. tI '. e d anging T u1- :tt was ap .C L 'i. V. -. :'.' her101S to hvetaxed- ..':. c wnty-tiv Therewas: ty ~ in the at .i1spicre t.':ta l an z: i. , eprvious day, it r -I' ter C p .r i en arV il the irtiu't'ing atln tdvAfltig 6uititug the day. pl aiy evdet Iayh:ssf somIe tO ie, others to U.g to t heir feet, and go Iwv iak v on. i- 're C hite Croker's ortdirs that h se shkOo.d "10 On tap in frot of ai r engine house stavel ttttatly hlort-- Ir o~'u it ti t -0 o, Wlu ll:l ANI)- (010'1%'10 Workly itulletini At th Welathr ln ruAu t'mr South ('arolinA. 0 11,1- M I t . . S. C'., .\ u k The it'pt'rature avra rti-'0, -.y sevell degrtc: hotteri ti at u thr iv w itu itn intg "a . m. .\ and on the ILl-b 1ttaxi m1um tI - of 100 to 101 prevailed Vr t w I Statept, x,l 1the Ivx r tuv i . - por-tion". Thu week ai -tc8viqn, antd the 1 . Q r pur it u T . -- I;., U ,es. Th hi.i: - ai)ence~ of r'ait, the :-.-t;s the bright sunibitneoe~ that were extremely diamnag.t~ '.i er-ops, cheekinig thuirm gtrowLth, wi. .'. biut'iing anud witihetintg temt. V-'ar ly earn't wias too nteartly mtat ured thnito tmuch iturt, hut iato corn alIledi rapidly tand Is in a ei ical notnditLion \for lack of mnoisturte. il''oe is dryIng ont the stalks, mtany of wieb~i have no(t tiared , w btile tman y of the ear's tare in theu mitk, andi (an sucht Lthe grtain ttit iThe hteat andi i t'yneiss caused cottont and also1 caused half- grtowni boils to opent. ' roemature op~ena ing is genterai. I ust is tmoret i ' prvalet than hteriott-or, and een i lanttd conttitutes to blight and is takitng tn ii ttle fru it. Tlhe I.rtst, tnew halo wvas mar'koted oni Lth ithtt, whitichi comtpar'es wi ith pr'vitus years as tel l)ws : I "9t9, AuitgustI ith ; 185 Autg ust ithi : INMI'? A utgiut 2d : I sit, ,lu1ly 2Xth : I 'iekintg has bwegunii at a iitum- cif polints, anad ili soon Ito generai. T1obaccoi citt'urig is lintishted. I 'ens arc tshedd Inmg leaves int places, buit L on L tiuo promnisineg generally, althoutght in need ot rain. lIstver trico is dloing well, but upland rice failed~ mttaterally, l'stre anid gatrdelns atro parchted antd burnt. Cane anid sweet, lpotatos nteed rain badly, and aro losing condition raptd ly tot' lack of it. Itn plae.s thte hay crop1 will ho shtort. 'l'hto need of ralin is gun oral atid tot' al i eropt~s. Corre'spontdents repoi~rt the geneta crioptl oiutloiok to be gloomy. iIYAN WVILLj T01'It C201 N~II'. Thii e iuaoratice N omiIne Will M1akei Sitetc-htes at VariousN l'ohnts,. W. J. Bryan's 'visit to Chticago has practically rcaulted in an uiniderstabnd ing tht he wvill travel ailmtost as mitch during the present eatmpailgn as he dlid -in 19 '>. Te IirwsLt.icliInatlin ona itis Spart was to avoid thte making (of many r speeches this year, ubut there has boon c such general piressuret thtat it is uinder 0 btood thait ho is no~w inclined te yield e and visit manty Parts of the coutry. a No positive piroises~~ for participaitiort n in the campaign have been tmado fior y other Stated titan New York, but the e probabilities are thaut ite will Ro trom d that State to Marylantd, where thtero e appears to he groat anxiety for htis asp o pearance. A fter thtat tinmt he is likely 's to make a uiltoe gi'ner'al toutr of tii o north MI ississippi v-alley States, includ. -, lng Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, MIintnesota n etc. No authorized statement has beer ,s given out to this effect, b)ut thtere is n<i .r doubt that this is tute present tendenes b -that, indeed, the ptlan Is practicalli o decided utpon. in New York it is ox e pected Mr. Bryan will speak only li a the lar-gor cities. TJhe Silver lIepubhicans originall' expecteel to notify Mr. Bryan of thell If nomination of him to thte presidency a t the same Limo the l'oputlists make thel1 t not~lfication at TIopeka, iKas., A ugus e '2d, bt this pur pose has boon changod . Their notification will como later an( the probabilitfes are that it will b< made at St. Paul or Minneapolis. (Ion a T. M. l'atterson, of i)enver, wil . make the speech notifying Mr'. Hryat . of the PopI~thst nomination at, TopeOka Trhere will be no notification to a vic< presidential candidate, as in view o Mr. T1owno's declination tbhe i'opuilieti at present have no candidate for tha1 office. 1IEH ICAlldtOAD COMMISSION. Their - l'owo'r. anti' - i)mtttes I nfo'rmna titl% From Canttki4ato W. 0). Iay hloiil. Tioo following polnts aro nado b] W. 1. Mayilid, candidato for raliroar commitfissioner, ini his spoochos: The board of railroad comm isilion era is one of the most important board in the1 Stato. It has control of tih railroads, telegraph and express com. paulos of the Stato ' has power to rog ulato schedulos, make and altor frolgh rates and help to fix tho valuation (oi taxation. The boird is of gruat im portauco to the people of the State ant could be of groat boneilt. The hoard is Composed of thre morm hors who hold llico for six yours, omc to ho oloeted overy two years, and onel mienihor gets a salary of $1,900 r)01- an num. Thoso salarios aro paid by tie railroads. Thu raitlroads not only pay tho salarilo but furnish tho board at ohlico, stationory, stamps, fuel, lights pay tho salary of the clurk and givt each rnombur and the clerk a pas ovm all thu roads in tho Stato. The peoplo elect those oicera and the raiiroad pay them. This Is wrong. The Statt should pay th0m and thu t0ria should bo made two ydars instead. of six and they should ho0 miiade to come hofore thu people ovory two yors, like all othr Stato ollicors, arid givo an tc. count of thiur stowardsliip. TiO wotod call forth ntion. TiIe people Iro diomaminid i ng protee' tioni overywhero fromii trusts and cur porato power and this Stato should havo a free and indeponlnt board te protect the peoplo's intorOst, from Wn c roachmen t by Lhoso corporat ions. It will ho too lato to lock the, stablo door attr. 1 th 1 hors is W0ne aned I wvarn the people to hive this imw caliiged. In this Stateo unjust discrIinitiations are made by the railrbioads in favor of certain towns and cities agaminst othors This Is wrong and should not bo al lowed. Tihe commiiission has the power to regulte local rates anLd could pro vOit it. C'rtains portions of this Stato arc well adipto to fruit growing anid tiruck farming and opportunity should be given forl development atid x ten* sion of theso by giving rates which will iipermIit thomu to he put on the market on cqual terms with fruit and truck grown ini other Soithorn States. ''no fruit growers and truck farmors ii the lower portion of the State can not sell to the people inl the upper por tion for lack of proper ratos. Teio fruit growers and truck farmors tif Georgia toad and ship to the Nor'th tiloughIi South Carolina for a less iate than our pop'.0 have to pay. his is not right. S0tule'odV got a1 good ratO for Georgia at; somnetody could got mis good a rato -or SOith ,Caro in. In tile portion of the State whore . 1 an.t vegetabics arc grow n large .z uantitles mht e canned prodt-ah.y 0'.be puit kin the mlarket "u't oa. rates w.i. Lot permit oaIr po. ' ' to compete with 'Atidrs io ou a Stter rate. :. -'0Wit. an etna '.o them to cape nt.1:. termLS with mi.S out. 5.Ill W te !-a.e t. 1uch z; n til t lina.a Th'pe Lport f South Caro;lna a. rn enough t o supply the ~ ~ ~ L Stat raszfa ;oe u~ than ki t p p n h a e in be uable tobuy rom he owerpor tion itt suh i no the case The g~rae-afrom th owe r porton o th t at is so. high~ that tu.he mill re fiaoredttur gro to Gmorgia, Alabma and MI'issisi because ~ithey can buyt teroln ae n ship hmid theapmer i ane tb ho aro buym arts. frmThe lower p)o'ri of the Stato iaid~es far mer cotto than Is, maufatured thing and theull iotnh the ipper utom ohf theSate manulda tlutred~ elt her.i i se Tnjuste o'te pope the lower poto thf tStati o hg htth il r frdcto. toc Cora, -liwould, aitd the hoisiptateso tbuyn ncurager thid cmilin businoceasen tha State whchr bimyrbody lknowsfro toe loweintor on of Wht eaogmntis State hould thbammsa' oe tnouiIred titeat af disourged t. sipjito theinet of the State mhant tlargoi lwhe. stors is esanijstie toote pehae isome lwoeal sitiorceo tinre Stat u he r otdet Coting millsb shul balra commnh very andt ae tolaor arktigadvan tago bWhtolaesal forchayn, incuaan nh mAuigusinsa, Athuta techichd evn eryoylsi to 'hrthe meresats of wholesaleierchnts this Staol be large wteave btoraes etto pintid ihe Sate hae sor wholesale mtoer antin doeb Th ilrosamd anours morhanthud have b rel icaf whan tauld Wnhblesahemerocompnt In Sqavn nabms Arstn, tl'tI ltieyaona Geocrgw Wiolmgoad beoNmortfand ca xsplrt ctof th s S'tat erThe ant i Sowutn faona hoeape than from tver woleseifrtio thebsnshich Staeop erlyueono them bande raes llt in ts tat thnbuts wholeaen fr chths ve doors Iseasaad ofur b , egtowmmnd shudbcamot and nibsns .erx hrportons of th Sta Terte cor douti for the baraines which pro rybongs to found anwheries t of rh at that usnoutakelna fha thei hvgeydst rinterad of aen Sut or tto excepilta anorda int -ballcom Ioddoues txIfptheottonaslod.ofheuch reon ctn eud anywere.llwe Tve fact isno the Sth a~oLna a ootherhs frmmIhtiraes wol any Sot loem byit ectiesorditioontal coin Lowdrtes one obco woued. 'rotc atnd coefttoan so bin fowe bytcaton eedultll in toac atoi evnr hsectton.fteSat. wrt ioedb faoriges of highereute kin auohorates fon tobetacomoudha irter Sao '7 anduaresltk in aco atorl PISKIN IS CAPTURISD. tollaalto NeVs A, 1' it HaIty tl' ie Forci~ncrin Chinla's aist I WAS11iMN''ON, Aig. I . hi atIlled armies havo captiuired and ontored - ekin in the faie of t)Htlinabtto reeiS I tanoc and tho mcehrs of th1 forteigin I legationsi aro safo. mlliail von firiia tion of the fall of the ChinoISt) capital cano to the Uiled Staktes governilont tonight in thesliapo of two cab'dlegraims, 0110 fromt A dmiral Itliioy aniid tilt) other from Consul -oi"wler, at Chofoo. Tho cablograin from Adtmirat lIomoy camo to hand lirst, followed vory soon aftor by that from Consul i'owilor and tlt ollitciais realIii ng the great public in torst, in tho ovents wichtlI it waIs bo Ilived had iapponetd in 'cinl, at, once made thbem public. A diniral ItO llOy'l dispatch is as follows . T.\kti, A ug. 1';, 1 it. al. 13urcan Navigation, \Vatington. .Juit recolved Litelogrinb141 fiomii TIi..m i'in, diatod iti, 1I) p. i : " 'okin wi captit.urtd on Aug. L:>. i1oreign legations art. sat : dotalIls folI low shortly." liI.:V. That from Consuil I'owlor giving iIIm portant, detals (Of Lhe oWCIIrren'ictes at, the timoit.. tthe captlaro of Llo city was giveni out inl the tu b1joilled oflitial statte C11iAttl, A ug. 1,;, 1900. (It'colvedl *; :.- 1). m1.) Soerou'tary v Stiat, \Vasiington. SevenLenh Lii. ,Japaneil adiniral ro ports allies abt.talod 1', kiii, ast, I.-th. Obstilalte reslstaniic. l-'vinig .lapall 0s0 eilt.orei cil tal witi other forces. liliediate' ly surrouIlder l glaltlis. Inl inniltos Slf. JaIanet lost, over I00 Clinese 3t00. l't W I ,.: . 'rviou s illformaiiitiol ililh ias been received here simoid tiht the il Ieitd armiiiies took posse 1 -ion f Tunig Chow onl tht 1:'th nist. l-om thatt city to S'ekin tiht, distance is not very grefat, not moren' thia la do. 'n uiles. Ilt eemls evident-, therefOre, thatt 0h0 armllies3 hailcttd for a timo at Tuig Chow, prob ably for tiit pitrpioe of gZlvitig ti menvi3 la re.st alid to prilar for the it.ack on tie Capital ity in fork-et' alftor wabiting until the rear Of thi' aditnling losts shold artrive tit the fronit. Possi1bly also delay W a:, tLe re.'su I tof nIegotiations iialgurated by the Chint.eso oli lais looking to the deIlvry of tie ministelrs vith lb Chinese or other et.sot.SI-L. I f ii gotIationls wI ere( attteIId)L they mu11st have failed as thet' armily COnitinllet onl its march and atttcketd tiht) capital three days after reaclh-iinig Tung Chowv. The tlias he-e wer' awlare of the fact that the Stroiglol of the I oxottrs Wa in Ilw 1 OLines1 City and~k thait for the aie:iltz, to attelpt to fo rCe Lhteiri waly throighL it ilto the Taltar city! if) which the legatiol COiIIIOulnds ire to tated m0:h , ia great loss of life and possib dt 'efeat. It w abs 11so ktiowi that the ilperilI troops which liave s'.ied vith the iloxers were ilnlly of ti11 htm ii or liear tlho ChinIiltso city and that :-uteh of the artillery and ritie ire which Iilas been1 pou)reI ilnto the legal. tiOnS liaW bCen Iroii tilt WiallIs ste'parot iug the two Cities. 1'heso facts evident ly were cotunieated to Gen. Cnatfee anid the Otttier C0mmanduing oflicers of the allios. Ketali.:ing these obstaeles it apear.s the lilies deitdled to attack the city by tie east gate. Ttere are fot entrnces to tae city on the east. two leaidini to the Ctinese city and two Wo the Tabrtar City. JILuSt whieh of wa 6e-ee% d as tIe atta ing paot Conesus liv e's dispaten i does not die- n C ntraryr to tlne p'ress reporl't of '.day Cons . 1vaw er's dispattch V-Ow t. ..e attas onu the city met w 1- '.002re~iane. fue' Japancee l-:tLc ocae actcurxxrg to tnet un ere. by teem~ was over 1 pertcent N, enio i ad.e of the .tossev of tne orc- of tre otner armies out it i.- pre Le- thabt it was in proportion t) that u: ce y the Japanse.. Tne predicent was overayed onI hear nr.L the news of the safety of Mir.ister Conger ana his associates. Hie has nieen hopeful all aiong that their rescue from the perilous position in which they have been for so lo~ng would be suLccssfully accomplishe~d. T1onightL'. newb tcontirmp thaat hope and brinxgs a feeling of great relief to him. TEI'XI' 0OF TIE RIwI~A'Y. To Obiia's p'roposal Thlat I'exace Ntegotiatioins lht Openiedl by Esarl Iii. T1he d~epartment of State hals made pl)ic the ireply of tihe lJnIted .States governmflent to Miniister Wu's comn mnicabtioni, delivere-d on Sunday morn ing, notifying the department of the app~ioinitmlent of iarl Li flung Chiang as envoy pilenip)otentiatry to negotiate with the powers. Th'is reply wais sent to Minister Wu at 5 o'cloick .Sundally afternoon and is as fldlow: "Iouching the imperiai edict of Aug. 8th appointing IA Hung Chang envoy plenipotentiary to conduct nego Liabtione on the part of China with the powers and the reqjuest for aI cessation of hostilities pending negtiat ions colfmunicated to Mr'. Adee by Mr. Wu on the li.,h of August, i1900. "i The government of the United Stabtes learns with satisfaction of the appointment of l'arl Li Hung Chang as envoy plenlipotentiary Lto conduct negotiatins with the powers and wiu, on its pabrt, txnter tupon such negtia Lions with a desire to continue friendly relations so long existing hetwseen the two countries. "it is evident that there ca~n be no general negotIations bietween China a~nd the powers so long as the ministers of the powers and the persons under their proteftion remain In their pre sent piosition of restraint and dhanger and that, the powers cannot ceabse their eiforts for the delivery of these repre sentatives, to which they are con strained by the highest considerations tf naltional honor except under ar rangements abdeqluate to accomliish a p)eaceable deliverance. " Weare refady to) enter into an agreement between the powers and the Chinese government for a ces5a Lion of hostile tlemonstratlons on con dition that ab sullicient body of the forces composing the relief expedition Ishahlie permiitted to enter i'okin tun molested andi to escort the foreign ministers and resIdents back to Trien T1sin, this movement being provided for and securedi by such marrangemnents and dispositions of troops as shall be eons id ered satisfactory by the generais commandIng the forces comnposing the relIef expeditIon, Department of Stateo ahington, -The text of this' reoply to theo over tures communichted by Minister Wu twas telegraphed-~to the representativos of the United States' for comumunica L ion to the govertimnonts operating in the r-elief movement. -Chinese military oflicors obtaIn a their positionis by a study of the sacred a writ ings of Confucius. No other know leg snecessary. SCIElNTIfI' FAlRMINCG IN NE, I lt ASK A. Writing irom Aurora, Neb., W. . rtill iN, cotIrrTspomieit. oI fI. Ch icago lIecurdl, rulers to the greaw changesP whicl have takenl place it) agrict iitural Met htl inl I hati Sta1te a s a 1Co ) nsequence of the iitroductioni of 4cienlftile train. ing by tle agriculillral collegesi as I'ol. lows: "TI'iire at-e N(Wet filx and fewe or OIQHi Nelriska than ther were tilr years ago, hill, both I are larger alid lltore irlitihtble. lalmnlng i lnt lontger carried I oii in a lesultory way. It has1 hecoie iltn exact, scieice. umi ines inetoit hav been introduced by low of which liein of intitistry atI mlitelli gence will ittl tie other kind of farm e.s lose in tile coipetition. This is tiut ot (oiOnly here, but, all Over file West. Tei agrieulI tral olltew are hirgely res4polsible Ior 1ihuse Conditiolls. N owatiays, it is :l iecessary Ior a fair .. to bie edi1et1 for his ovel ationi am for it la wver or a dot or, and tte <fegree of hat'hIeltor of agrictiltire is conlffetred I lie itlIversities as well1 as ofl arts aIt1l( mieiliceine. "Tie State UItiversity of Nebraska, for example, is a t.ypical iinstitittion aidi ilustrattes (he demand :s well as the appretititi of t itu people fo ileairiing.i It is sitliated at Iincoln, was fuitiinde ill 1869, :it1 the brick Ior' ithe first, hliilityv were italeld sixty Iiifes troin N ebraska ('ity bef'or a railway was p ened. A tss of twVo was grTdltt ed Il i.' :tl ai class of, nerly*v t wo hiituircel this stum rc'. ''lre are eiyIv inslt tiuctors in le f'aculty, 2,ot) studlents I tle rolls, and ai altiimi of, several thousand, whoIt are tlie solid tu1'1 of the State. It ra nks with the gic~it instittitiotis of' flit couniitry, ail 14 especiatlly import:tlt henause it gives a fitaictic: eilientiol atpplicable to he 'luitt ;tiil the soul atI tilother rmOdit tions ofl tit coutlry.N tihat annot he. coil trolled. It t.Irns out every ycari holani is(,, an111 hush-:11(1it lle , ag"riettiturts, ir rigaio nginers, veiterinarianls, hlor Iitultitrists, geologists, chilemists aind Ill ther (tts , of clitur, who are neied cid anld St ter ove ri the State, dievoti g their taglits ail inidtistyv to securingi the Iari'gesu t urts for the Icast labor. "Yott litld these ment everywhere in Nebraskat and lltlany o1f thml11i unti the ftuiiis, whelicre they are engageid 'inwhat mu yIic b t lliel toticent rated a14 system at i' tittg. Nebrwaska is divided by lnigiuidiitl lines ilto differeit z1nites. Te castern til' of the State fias .1 hleavy a:idni sullicietl rainfiIaI. The westn' iiiaf is too dry ti make agrictuil ture salfe without irrigatin. 'l'he caste n ittost counti a.e. dev'"ed enl tirely to fttiniiii-., tfie nex: str.) to tatrung atl fatteig cattle ctw t lie market. the nlext t oatinitig anu ch ng, placilg tile 1ost itluptrtant in dutryi tirst, the Iext to ranching with a httie tatin ( oI the side. autl the wt'stern ('0ounit's to ratncfinig, with im porte'd ve:e ables and butter -Aroa statuds in tihie center of the atin tdstritt. It lia a tavtrite ict~it v i w rC 0arn atn l alfalfa- --those it :rcait inort gage lifter:' --gr' w with 4talt xuritlec, ;ll.It is surrot n'etie by whait are' called ''teeding farmsx'' to whic l) it'~ Utniuntaini caile ale brioutght x mala traini and i turnet into bteef. ITeyii may properlyV tbe caileillmeat ilat. iat (it theC cittitry---'miinjt), rax :tnt l t t -ilnt o hIt', tnutuitin anltI pork. 'The 4'tabli'liients are tonitluietedl lii "trictly husmentss' -uni scientille: rit? phuti .' 1 ie of thle 'teedinag farmt tot tcori andi a few i dliars worth of' alttft fa wouhl put1 front t00 to .'fI)) liOundii oif ihetf oti the be8 of a Stteert, and fii thte hio2 canl he fattenctd upon11 the~t aleavin ii frtre 'teer'', so that the nowteatyst tani tel y ,ou t'xactly hows ttuany tiits ant hourit the steatneril lie 1s digiingii cani miake beforet' the keel is laid. lIe calcubtrtes tiii: resistante of1 the wattr, th le mevolhItins of thlet w heel amid Ift amtount of toalt tonsumtiedh, atil then Ity at tiiatfaeiniittiat fprocess cart lotng it will tauke hetr to io frtoim Sa'n Frianitisco to the l'ihippines. A tn-aiteliatt with abntostt iaS tuch netcura'icy lie atmiouti of' foodi it. will take to fit a t21arl otf steers for' ft tn- imrktet. i~e fias leaii at tiin- agrictulituratl colleges prlofti is iin-cessalry t) piroduice 400jf iounds of b eeft, ai141lii mxesx the food1 of his cattle acceordiindy. lie under standiis tht Lthe amutounat of mttritionl ini lhe coria amd tht: atlfaulitfa epie..dii uponl lie tiiiie when': [ty are cuta, thatL thle of groth and ot olhaty or coirni i havest e'xctss oit wa~e w hiebi ii wvasitid ina feedhinutg. Ili - :-inlit 1.1fr Lauig ncabtles ('arry oni hils eeia uouis ini Illiin lie xtoiI atil iin tal Ienting li tiihe e : waht f a Wh'Iat is thec tuiuralf ini all this '? W. tink F~ar'merm V~o' ie inits it iit veriy cleanly as folloiws: Iaeo tmi hy miereasinrg tcomieion i. I veiny yoting iat in this cout try whIo conltempljlates a fife on thle farim or itn aiiy reltioni whatteveri toa agicu tlturie' shittubl plondier~ well this faclt, with te opentin g oif thle new sciiool year, no(w neair att handt, aurratnge tti enter itnd fit himsel f fotr tbe dtieis andi rexponiil ii ties andit the sulCcess flint suirely will be his if lie will but. lean atIulipply his leairninig to his~ choset calling."' Aceoring to lIerrI liituinmann, there is no0i' reltionl b~eLteen r'anicid paste andl11( th tlor oIf biuttetr amid the quiainitity of' free aid foundtt in it. Thel greater the amiount of caseinte antd of milk sulgarI ini buttter', thle lmore qu iickly dloes that. light anid aiir exercise aniy dtirct, iiflence tuponl Ilihe priocss. littei' miade fromn siterilize.d et eamn will r'ar'ely bleomet i'ancid, bt. it' br'ought into) 'onitact. witfh rancid buttecr it wvili turn11 in at few datys. TPhe large peach opOj iln Delaware fhat given ant impetus to the dist illing of pieach brandy, anti ntumer'ous stills wiciih have been devoting thieit' attenl tioii to ajpple jack tlt preparinig to mnikc lfwnmith. SAN]) V'TC(I. Wer pri ntedf Ling forh 0 II arutielo last. year set The Soti i erita of* theil 8141Vetchl. of Iichmlioind, is ayinig conpirehn01it'a e o ttheat itl anio, of n o fora .c rop that . 0111,4 to be of greater value' it ulis tome infornation Which hinay Ie o1 iditics t to (harolina fI'lriers. 'I'he I'lanIte r ha1s ni1ot favorable re. ports i'roin Uthose Who have grown il e vetch for two years, both fVor a greek f orage crop()) anO 11or1 '' iay, ani1d thie editor of' the snagazilne has seeln it growing and makinhg a splendid yiehl of fily after hiving been pill. ill the early spring. lie has also seen it nake a heavy (TOP whein not seeded until late in the spring. 'I'he llproper iiine to sow it is in Auiila, Septeiber and October and shouhl be seeded at the rate of 3() potn i pds 3e aere, if' sown alone. A better plan is to sow 20 poids per acre with half a hushel of, oats, wheat 0r rye, ats lie grain ' holds up1) the crop" aal mnakes it, vasiecr to harvest aond to eure into hay. it, is a iolre reliable crop thani (I'er iuli or crilison clover, because it is not. so easily killed mtit by hot, sun or :_oght. Wheliejust start eid. Its grow t h (irilig Ile vinter n ioitlis serves to preveit, leachinig of* the soil, al "addtis greatly to toh i supply of soil iitrogen." At. (i-hi iaana Eixperiiieiit Station a Si ecial t (y h(Ias bee in I Ide of I It crop an1id Hoie interestiing facs are report, vd- When cut .just, bef'ore bloomingr the yiehi of (rY liay3' per acre was 3, 17 pounds4. When -) per Centl Of theV bloonis showel the yield was 3,705 potisI. Whenl inl kull bloorn thle Yield was :1,780 ponIiids. Whenl seed pods foried Ihe yiel i was 51,13 1: 1 pins. The perceiitage of protein mu illscle an11d Ileieh foriing food-il the hliay is 'ih iglier l 1ul ill any other of 'the IegIlni s ro11*0ips , as Ied clover 'ii COwpeas, und ainl h u heighr thain coirni Illaitles or fodler, whilc ill fat prouluc intg niatter it is nearly their equal." As a feritiizer and improver of land it is of hhvau.The Alahallna Station calculatei that. the ''nitrogen" conitainled In thle vinles. stubble and 1oots froit aln acre hari ivested when (le plant was inl hill bloomI would be evilivalent to that contained ili 2,..71 pouinds of' cotton sued Inleal, andl that one. week hater. it woul be equlivalenit to 2,890 pounds (f the ineal. The total nitrogen content. W, thle crop inl cr eases vith he stage of maturity. in experil1ents made inl growini g corn'ii MI plats where either the entire growth (f v'etcli, the stubbles of vetcl, or the entire grmyth lially matured, lye had beeni plouighted ulider, tle v iel If' con was .30 per cent gneater, an( in solue ilistaInces 101 Ipe' ceiit. -greatep Oh tie, vetcl plats than oi t(e rye plits. Tlere was little difference inl (lie yild of g-rain oin the vetch plats whether the eiltile plant or ornly the stubbble 1111 roots were plolgheld illder. Finally, it is niotedl, as a hiog p~ast ure nothinl-g better thtaui tlie salld vetcl canl he grown\l, aS it COMnes inl earily an1d holds lit inito [lhe holt Suiner.i C .alciumii cairhade, it appeadlrs, doe.~, not resjlire for its prIotnction (lie ini tense heat of [lie electrlie liinna1ce, as has been suipposed . () ie Fugl ishi mianutiaeturlor' obtains it hy hieain ii bals of lime and ('oke ini a gas llaimel and1 ini aiiothiei process a miixture of 1inn'e111 adcol is explosed ito (lie heat of coke buiing ini oxygeni. Ini bo1th P lates (If bora x andi iroin filings, striengthlene by a wedb of irion-wirie mesh, ar'e usedI by 31.( Chierhlonnier, oft Parii s, foir f acili tat ing thle webl ing (If twIo1 p(ics of iro ior I steel. W ithi these p lates thei webI Ia b'5iie made0 IalI a muc loi I wer1 temiper a Itire I haii withbout themn, andf it is nuole muchel more HAlR wealth indeed, especial ly to a wo0m an. 7 E ve ry LT4 o t hi e r physical attraction is secondary to it. We have a boo0k we will gladly scnd you th at tells just how to car t for the hair. If yourll hair is too t hi I n, or los ing its Growth becomes vigorous and all dan druff is removed. It always restores. color to gray or faded hair. Retain y o u r youth ; don't look old before your time. $i.00 a boft te. Al f f rugglets. no1w for abot'.ll y5 -a'~rs 11i(1 I:avo - iln I' enr v . ' I ll C'iv I haIvoI ' . rena-l11I -lit. I[ til I .r v'ijor to hutb1 i. of1 Il I n y frIinls, and1( tii' - niu tell the1 1:.1 s1( tory'. it .*ny.. \ Igor I .h. ii lertaInlly reeonIe)renl to then11 .ill."t, l as ironlglyV all I Cirt i ~t t l'l'y get a botLtle of A yor's $r.N. 0:. lit It.A)uO , Nov. 28, 15t1. - Norwich, N. Y. WelIlo tho Dentose, if 7y1 eo lo't ob'tain nia thn hnnefite 7)11 Ii Illro frain1 Ih l MangI of th1e vigor, ,wrIte thll Doctor' ab it. i Asiress 1)1. . . CATER ' Lo -.l, hs.. Dr. Hathaway Treats All Diseases. Imsi Method Invariably Cures All Catarrhal, Brouchlial, Llang, Stoin. neli, Liver, Kidney and Other Com plaints, as Well as All Diseases ad Weakneses of Women. II Dr. hlathaway's most extensivo practice, uov oring a period of more th.an20 years,io lias boon called utpon to treat all mantier of diseases of ien and women and along the whole lno of 1- j1um11an allments he has bouon uniformly suc cessful. Dr. liathaway's me thod of troatmnt gets directly at the seat of Purifies th troibie, purilnes the blood the Blood. ton(,s Up tho wholo system and ro h istralizos Uthe poisons which All Diseases IYorly ho rostoros to perfect Treated. Mitho tllsands of tuifforers fro"' Catarrh. Bronchitis, As. 11. lv y vr, iidgn (',011),1111t, Stomnach, rers, .emiuia and all uaaiulor of sklafroutlor. Diseasosof r. llathawiay also treats with tho greatest stieoss all tltoso Womrien Imally distressing weakitesses aad diseases by willel so llnay worai are afillietod. Eleotrical Dr. I Iathaway's ofilces art Iitted Aliancs with ill th( latest eloetrilen and A tter lbI' lla(4cos. III the uisO of wi leh. as well as the milcroscope. Ino his world wtio fi a: as n ex pert. All of tho Inedielins lim-ed by Dr. Ilathaway are coinpotmtaded 1II his o .n lrtorie, tui-ne is perisonal directioni, Mid SIN-1al. reIni~liks ato prepared for each Ill dividutai easo accorlIig to its relluiremionts. Dr. I Ittliaway has preparetd a Examination NerIe -if svlf -exanlimtlon lank',s -lak a tlinig to t ho di fferent d iseases which ho sends fren o appliatoit: No. j, ior .\l; No. 2. for Womn - No. 3, for Skii 1iseases; Nb. 41, for Catarrhal DISeISe4; No.5, for Kidneys. oonsultation I~r.Iltliaway makus no charge forConsultation att either his Free. oeive or by imall. J. NU WTON HATHAWAV, M. D. D)r. 1lntlhaway & Co., 2.s Nout I troni bt rI t, A iata, GO, .tl.NTIoN Titi 1. API-:U NV11N WICITINO O6UTHaRN RAILWAY, Ons4o U4to of i'assgejger TWat*s. -ds Jino 10. 1000. qroenv il b" ~ngton and the East. Northboun, Daily I)ally. Daily. A , 750 a200 ....... 11 tlna 0'.A 60 it I 00 p) ....... IN2 " 1iAesville... 10:1 L2 25 p ..21 a 1) 2 P ....... .~ a thens .129~ 2 5v " .ulia..... 10 5 p '.' " orl4' c ia... . ] ,5 61........ ....... ......... Toccoa ...... 41 a n :I P ....... 8 28 a " 4)... .2p 41) ....... 4 28 A " 2 4vli ,.. 2 1 5 2 P ....... 00 ' atinbuIg. 887 p 6 13 p ....... 7.0 " ney ...... 4 20 1) 040 P ...... 7 45. " laclisi re.. 4 P p 7 02 p ....... 8 02 a ' aSt ah... 5 j2)9........ ...... 6 1 a " har otto.... I30 p" 818 ) ....... a Ar . t irensboro. 955 p 10 47 1 . 1...... 2 2 p v . Gron - ..bo >.. . I 1 45 p . . r dNorf C...... .......8 !5 a ... Ar. Danville ,.. p 11 53 p ....... 1 11 Iw i_0 nI ..-W itYO d 00 it ......+H r.h~i~i Wt. ajjj u..a.. 114a 15 Ji~tmep"WA. .... 8 I) Igk h ha. . 15 a ....... 2 6 a en'in o -k ... .... . 43 t ....... ...3 a Southbond. Ily 1 altit p... 1l 2 490 p .Io Dy 1anvile ... P1 ' 5 50 4)10... Ar. Greenxsboro. . ii 35 p 5 to a ........ Lv. Greensbloro 7 10 P 7 05 a 7' .... Ar. ('hiarlotte ... 45 p Ii 25 a1 12 5m ... Lv. gatoia.. 1 42~ I 10 07 a 1 12 p. " Hinc~.iurg . 11 25 p' 10 4.5 a 200 p.'.,,., (*aifiny..11 4-2 p 10 58 a 824 1)... l8jiitrtaburg . le 241 aill 84 a 1115 .... (re4niVlle... . I 84) n 12 80 p 480 . Seneen .. . 2 U aI 8 2 'ltn'1(on ...1328 at 21 J) 6 p C..rne......... ........ ....,.... O . la il..........18 ai 3114 p~ 8) p. Ar. A then, . ... ,..... .. 8 Istana1. T. 6 10 a4 55 >18 0 Atlantu,Lj.'T. 4)10 a 1365 y 900p A..................740 a 6 25 pI 2110 a. ' Chttanoga.9 415 a8 40 p 5 4& Ar. ~inoinnat 1 ...| 7 :t0 pj 7 45 af 550 ouisble... 7 0 p7 10 u 7110 " Birmingh am. 11 115 11110 00 p...... A4'- New Orloans' 7 45 pI 8 130 a ....... ...0 .4~ QohibusGaJ 91 30 a 2.5 p .........,. _aco ..18 8 a 00 p11255 a . "__uswik.. 000_a ...BO a. ~22L O. S. WTATIONS' N , o S.0 .fA'..S 1avannah~l ..Ar . 4 a .... Ia 4 inovle..Ar .~~ 8 a5 1 55 a "' .IBranbvillo.' " 4 2000 al~~ yo a " . . Columbia ." 11 Q p~ 811 a "~ .. Newborry.. "I 091 5P 90n a " .tr4-nfwod" 8150 9 Ifin 15 I a " ... hlodge ."80 1 HLp 15 y 9 3 a1lv . Ahhevnil. .A' 8iw pwr Uto yj 13 L 44 I~vT A. nderso .1 . r7) 4jt:E ii E~rcenl. Ar 76 14 l 13 plA r Spar14tanh~ur L 1 26 a 7 I p -.. . ....Ashvillo.... '.. "A" a. im. '"" p. mn."Mno."Nngh Trains learib King~villo, daily oxocept $unday, for ('amndnn 10 :l5 a. im. and1 41:45 p. m. Ioturne jag in nn oa for' ingxville, daily exoep tundniy.l O:% a. mn. and14 ' :50 p. m. Also for 8B - ter' dily eV4xb'ept. Sunaday 10:'25 a. nf. anld 4d4 p. pi. honturnling) loavo Httmtr at 6:45 a mn. a3 7:00 p. m.1,104mnk4bin connetion( at Ktingville tratins het woon 7olumbhia anid Charleston. 'inn leavo S >artanmbhurg via 14. U. 4 0. d. Vision daily3 t~ for I4ldain..lounosville, tJaionaad 4.)umian ind inf ormxodinto pointg at 11146 a. mn.nnd 1 5 1). ma Trins Ioa'4V ' ooona, (4a., for Iflborton, 01,, (jally 1:-10 p. mi. e'xcep1t Sunday, 7; :O a, 10, Ht'inturmg leave liborlotontay 9:00 30 excepbit. l4mnday, 1 :80 p. mi., nma ing oonnep, onb~ at. Tfocoon with trainsa between Atlanta, (lhisajenkto t.ino Steanmors In daily servies bot wtOon Norfollr indi [l fimlor. Nos. U7 and4 i8-D81liy- \ ashing ton and South western-I Ves7t ibullLimi toll. Throtg~ Pul Bleephi earsihet w4een Now York an Nw len.vaWShingto~n, Atlanta andt Montgi Ory,. and4( also0 het1 wenni No(w York and ~em viaVnhin -ton tlain and lllpmin han. '11).N (AlfS htween~ Atlanta 1at1 d O n'ral .ilnss thaorottghfareo conohos be we Washligton and A tlanta. LeavIng w . tnnzltn t'neh Monafy, Wodpe day and$ rsa t(ottrist sleep)ing oar will a-un bhrout ghb \t uahmlgt on an td Sanl Fr4anoio~w a~ 1111g44. Dining ears 444rve all mealS on y hmndrawing-oom sleepig care tweon Gr(on1boro nmd~1.~L l 6 noion.l1 at Norfolk for O ,1 I'JiW0JIQ4 Also at Atlanta with Pullmaan D.. .e 5 O [hat tinnooga aaad ('ia inanati Nos. 115 and 83. United States F4ai 6 Mi vus molhi bIIetween Wning)414ton and ~4ow rqsS beng (1ciopoed of coachea. thbrough w4~oii ihana 'a for Pnssenoa of all olasses.. PW irawlng-r omi sloolblng ear-sbetw en New ork itn NewvO icians i Atlanta an nt autseg ln Ibtwooni Charlottoe n ta i mn cart soirve all meals enr ute. IOS. 11 81, 84 and '12-Pulmnan sleoen bet weon Iliehmond and Oharlotte, via Dnu~ souathbound Nos. 11 and U8, northboua M andit 12. Oonnection at Atlant Wt~ g Putlman Drawing-roomi slooping afw.To tonvillo; also Pulllmxan sleeping oar friune wilok. Opnnootion made at sprtwith v14hu .i4inati ; a soat Oomumoa k, rti 4hb ant kfohonivillo. S'AC GA NON, J.M, . & ion. Mgr. ~r aehiug to, 1).. " ashn W4TRW AIDIX