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4 - d / I THE PEoPLES JOUR VOL 12.-NO. 14. PICKENS. S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2 ONE DOLLAR A YEAR NUENATOR TILL4MAN'S His Defence Agains Canditlates Should be Pledged The political meeting at Manning was not characterized by any sensa tional event, and Senator Tillman's' speech was not extreme or denuncia tory as many had expected. The rev elations al-out whiskey rebates on the part of Appelt did not amount to any thing, and Senator Tillman's failure to bring any proof of McLaurin's party treachery was equally disappointing to the audience and the public. Mr. Appelt announced that he was satisfied with the explanation he had received from Tillman as to the re bates, but insisted that he was in the Democratic party and would always re main a Democrat, and that his whole fight was to keep the party as it now stands. There were about twelve or fifteen hundred people present, and as might have been expected, Tillman had a hand primary and the result was almost unanimous in his favor. At the opening of the meeting Son ator Appelt presented the following questions, which he stated contained everything that he wished information upon: 1. Was not the primary sy stem in augurated to givo every white mon a voice in the selection of candidates for ollice? 2. Does not our par.ly I.ledge allow every white man to be a catndidat who pledges himself that he ii a Democrat. and will abide the result and support the nominees of the primary, then why change it now? 3. Was not one of the main tenets of the Reform movement to bring the candidates face to face with the people and that there should be free thought, free speech and free action? 4. Are you and some of your pre tended friends not in favor of fixing the party pledge so that a man who does not agree with you on certain questions, -notwithstanding he claims to be a Democrat, shall not be allowed to give the people an opportunity to decide whether or not, he is a Demo crat? 5. When the dispensary system was inaugurated, did you not make large purchases of the stock? 6. Did there not exist at that time a whiskey trust, aid did you not make large purchases from a imem ber of that I trust ? 7. Did not the trust have an agree ment to pay its purchasers a certain rebate ? 8. During several months of your administration large quantities of liquor I were purchased, were there any re bates recorded on the books of the in stitution ? 9. Why do not the rebates appear on the books ? 10. Did you ever get cotton seed meal and have it charged to the peniten- I tiary and insist upon that institution paying for it, and onll) paid for it aft er two years and then by compromise-? 11. What authority did you have to buy for your private use and have it charged to the State? 12. Did you riot, get brick for your private use that belonged to the people of the State? Would you have offered to pay for those brick had it not been exphosed t~hrough the Neal investiga tion ?. 1:3. How many bushels of oats did you get from the State farm andl have shipped to )ou at your home in Tren ton? 14. Did you have the right to run a private farm at tire expense of the State ? 15. By what right in law or morals (did you get the authority at the State's expense to get wood, coat and( vegeta bles? 16. Did you not, continue to receive products,from the penitentiary at your home at Trenton as late as 1897, not even paying the express chargesi? 17. D)1( you not, dhenounce your p~redlecessors in of lice and charge rotten ness, because of alleged pilfering from the penitenftlary ? 18. Was not a committee sent to in vestIgate the dIispensary transactions refused the right to examine the books, and did not the members of the trust refuse to be subjected to an examina tion on oath ? 19. Were not your dloilinigs with the trust questioned, and dlid you ever (1e mand of the trust that they permit an investigation of your transaction ? 20. Did you not on the hustings create the impression upon the minds of the people t.hat the cause of their opplressedl condition was largely due to corporate greed and thmat the State of New .Jersey was an Incubator for frau dulent corporations ? 21. Are you not a member and a diroctor in a New Jersey chartered corporation? 22. Did you not dlenounlce t~he in t.erference of a Un.ted States Senator with our campaigns ? 23. Is it not aginst the law for you to use a free pass, express er-tuele-| graph frank, and do you tire them ? 24. Did you not as a Governor of the State, and as chairman of the b~oardl o' directors of the State penitentiary, Instruct t~he book-keeper of that in sttut'en not to chiarge anythuing on the books to you or to 01pen ant ace eunt, against you ? As to the dilspenarary mat ter Senator Tillman saidl that t~he State got, no re bates. Neither (lid he as Governor. That the dispensary started with $50, 000 capital; that, $25,000 of that, , Judge I1iskell to the general principles of Democracy in the nation. Follow ing the independent acto i of the Ilaskellites came the rebellion of those who voted against Cleveland for Vea ver in '92 amounting to some two thousand or more white votes, mainly in Pickens and Oconee counties. Then in "M there was another rebellion on u account of the adoption of the" Col 3 letou plan." Dr. Pope ran as an in d dopendent candidate for Governor and received beveral thousand white votes. So there have been three attempts to resist the will of the organized De mocracy speaking through regular channels. In each of these instances, those who had brokein fealty with their fellows, and who failed to support the nomiee of the party as they had pledged, at the primaries to (1o, were forgiven and admitted back to fellow. ship without any question. III each case those who resisted the will of the party of course felt justified in acting independently, but they were private soldiers, so to speak, and the desire of our people for continued felloiwship and good will among the whites has prevented their expulsion from the party. Now we are confronted with a difler. (nt condition of affairs. The new con stitution adopted in 195 haB eliminatedI for the present the negro majority. The number of negroes eligible to vote does not exceed 15,000, but it is conl staitly increasing and there may be a good many thousand who are not reg istered who would be eligible to regis tration. There have been in the recent pasit evidences of Republicanism crop ping out in South Carolina in various directions. There is no doubt we shall soon have a white Republican party appealing to these negro voters. The action of one of our Inited States Senators in advocating Itepubli cani doctrines and voting with that party on all essential measures, con tending all the while that he is a ])Cm ocrat and that lie has the right to define w hat Democracy means, has brought things to a focus. The )em. ocratic party in South Carolina, and it is well understood that the State is over whelmingly Democratic, has a right to 1 be honestly represented in the Senate and in the I louse, and in fact, I do not, believe the Democrats of the State would intentionally and willingly elect any man to any ollice whose Deiocracy was unsound if they knew it. Our present danger is Republican ism in the guise of Democracy. There fore the question has been raised and it is now an issue, anid it must be set,- t tied as to what constitutes Democracy I and who shall define it. It is coin tended that we should leave the pri- I mary juet as it is and wake no new < rules and regulations to prevent a re. I currenec of the election of a man or I men whose Democracy does not tally I witlh that, of the national party. We are urged to pernit every man to vote < who will take the pledge, and not to i require of the candidate any other v pledge than the once now in force. To the first proposition there can he no I serious objection. We need not be solicitous about the rank and file; at least I do not think the time has yet 1 come when we miust drive out of thee party individuals who will pledge then selves to support the nominees, State i and na ti mal, though they may be dis loyal. It would le manifestly unfair to permit lepublicans to vote in a D~emo cratic prinary, thereby endaingering,( if they were in sullicieiit numbers, the< election of a genuine D~eiiocrat as against, some mulgwumpij or tiaitor. I (do not think, however there are< eniouighi avowedh ltepuiblcanis who will take the oath to make it, necessary to I trace their records back to the preced.. ing November election andl see whieth- I er t~hey voted as they pledged them selves. It may in time become necessary to use the registration lists at the legal electioni to purify the club lists, but, we I cannot, well make t~he rules so Lxacting I that, we will bar out men who want to1 act, independently ini merely local mat- I ters. The fact, that our fight is mn the I primary and not in the legal election, anid hardly half of the D emocratic voteos are ever polled at the legal elec tion , woul make it, dillicult to devise a I scheme to prove who or who hiad niot, suplportedl the "' nomiinces of the party."' I will inot, therefore, discuss that phlase of the subjet, but it is a matter of vital neccessity that we shou hI make candidatecs (dfine their attitude andl give explicit pledIges as to their ac.. tions while in ollice. Senator McIaurin was charged with Rtepublicanismn in his race lin the pirimnary of 'W7, but, lie denied it, hitter. ly, aiid I thought lie was hionest. Hie denies it still, but his utterances inow are all in endorsement of the ltcpubli can policy, andh his votes I ally with his speeches. We must have a revision of the pledge giveni by candidates which will make it impossible for any hionoralhe man not, a Democrat, to se cure the nominatione, if we are to keep the paurty from bemig stab~bed in thle back anid iiot hiavo ia rep~etition of the presemit disgraeeiul state oif affairs. At, this time South Carolina i eally has no voice in shaping public mat. ters in t~he Senate, and if she has a voice the votes of the two Senators are nearly always oin opplosite sides of any gven proposition. TIhis is something that dloes not obtain in any oilher Iem. ocratic State, andt I know of no way by which we can guand against a recur -iriice of thus condition, except, to ic. <luinire all candidates for the Senate, State ohlers, Congressmen and other positions of honor and trust to pledge faith and loyalty to the (doetrmnes and 3 principles of the party as announced in 3 State aiid naitioinil conventions. This .1 will leas e t.heir statuns na far 58.i an BPE1CH AT MANNING t Appelt's Charges. to Abide by Party I'lutforims amount was used in the equipmont that it was out of the question to get i stock of goods for les; that lie had Wh opposition newspapers and whiskel dealers to fight, who said that the die pensary would be a failure, and througl the kindness of George Hubbell, of ti Mill Creek Company, who had faith ir him, lie got the supplies and he waived the right of rebates so as to get the necessary credit. The State did not pay for its liquor for a year or two after it got it, and by mixing cologne spirits with two-stamp liquor tle amount of t1he rebates was absorbed and this cost the State $1 35 per gallon. This, Tillman said, was the purest, cheapest whiskey that the State ever got. He emphatically denied any re. bates. le said there was no proof, and that time and again efforts had been made to get proof against him which did not exist. As to Vie penitentiary charges, he showed that lie had paid for every thing, or it was given to him by Col. onerl Neal personally, who had a per fect right to give him whatever he pleased, an1d that the report showed that the State had never lost anything by him. And that he himself called the attention to the oats purchased by him and' to his failure to pay for some im account of not being able to get the bill. He state(d that if lie went to Itealinig, it certainly wouild be for more la at- e )twlattIi, tomatoes, etc. elative to his connection with the 4abi e ( )l andii Marketing company, lie itated that, lie was simply gambling; 'hat Locik wood, the president of the 'omipany, was a friend of his who had ,one to Texas, anl that lie had always 'ought the Standard Oil Company. When Lockwoodl went to Texas he >ffered to take him (Tillman) in as a itockholder and Tinman invested P1,200, all of which lie now believes 10 has lost, and that it was after he lad gone in the company that his amiie was used as a director. The iompany was organized in New Jersey. L'his company, lie said, was amenable ,o tie laws of Texas and that he, as senator, had nothmig to do with it. As Senator, lie of all men, would not dvise the people an to a choice of can. lidates ; this was his chief objection to lain pton in 1890. lie said that the use >f the frank was not prohibited in Vahington, and it was not a violation o send a message from Washington to danning, S. C., and that he did not leserve any blame. Ile did have a rank, but was not to be bought by $5 ir $10 work of telegrams a year, and ko vote of his would ever show that lie ad been bought by his telegraph frank nid lie did not use the frank in the tate. le presented a letter from 3urriss that lie did not instruct him iot to charge articles to him bought roin the penitentiary. Uipon State and national politics and he duty of the D)emocratic party in the 4iay con vention, Senator Tillman spoke is follows : There is a matter of deep interest vhich will come up for discussion and lettlemeniit in the coming May conven. ion, 0an( as I aum the replosentative of he Democracy ot this State upon the aLional coimmittee, it may not be iim. roper for me to express my views on t, anmd to inform you as to the seniti nent and( feeliing of the D~emocrats in WVashinugton on the subject. The Demi >eratic party in South Carolina has oc mp11ied a peculiar position for twenty lve years. The whites are ini the ninority in this State, 0and und~er the 'econstruction d1ispensation there were bome thirty-live thlousand more negro ,han white voters. The consequence was t~hat after t~he overthrow of the 3alrpet, bag government ini 187d we idoptred a system of party government, mad t~he white people of the State were ldulcated1 in the emplloymient, of politi. 3aI maithods thlat obtained hiardlly any where else. We have had( an " im perium in implerio,'' or a government, within a govenmment. Decmocracy has meant, white suprenmacy, anid itepubli ~isama meant, negro equality. 'rhe ne Bessity for white unity overshadowed thie other considerationis, and the Dem mcrata of the State were taught, that submissionl to the will of the majority and( loyal support, of the nominlees of the party were paramiount to all other consid~erationis. II am ptoni taught, us that aii independent was worse than a radical. Like all of his actions and uiteranlces ini those trying (lays, that adlvice was the very essence of wisdhom and( patiriotism. Ihis clear judhgmnt, which was his most dlistiniguisinig characteoristic, saw the danger to t.he State of a D~emocracy split, into factious and( appjealing t~o the colored vot,. And I take this occasionl to say that no oithier living South Carolinian more willingly or gladly pays tribute to his leadership or has a better reahz'ation of the invalmuable ser'vices to his people and( the State renudered by this great, man in '7(;. It was only after thue revoluitioni of 1890. that, there was any thing like free dtom of political utterance and( actioni. 'rhe convuilsioin which brought, tlhi about also brought, with it, an attempt on the part of those who were in the minority to withstand the p)opulhar will and some of those who had been most5 clamorous for piarty reg.larity aind suh. missioni to trho dictates of a conventiol in selecting~ candlidates boltedl and( rai Jludge Hiaskell for Governor. 'Th<u Hlaskell movement was based largels onl personal opposition to me, and ther was ne0ver any question In regard t< the loalntyu o ths h lilot be devisetd in, words as absolutely T koown. Senator AfeLaurin is no longer a factor in dealing with this quebtion. lie is simply an illustration of what inight happen again under the present loose regulations. While his actions tl have shown the neceseity for a revi-ion at of the pledge to be given by catndi- tv (ates, the par-y can act without (on- T sidering his case at ll. It is even de- I sirable that he be given an opportu ity to go before the people aind let c them show him how they feel about ti his treachery. The revised pledge can be required of all other Democrats is without charge of porsecutition or per- W sonal application. This is important i for the future welfare of the party. gi Let him run if lie :lesires to face the ti people and e elected if he can get, the votes. If lie cani win in ,the primary to after his record is set before the peo- ill ple lie can wim much easier as an inde. 1p pendent if lie is denied admiission. I We do not want to be unjust to him h1 or to his followers. oI If the Democracy of St uth ('aro w hina wants to put none but Democrats in oIn guard it must decide the DeImioc t racy of each candidate by reoiiring a bi pledge in writing that will deline clear- inl ly what the candidate's opinions are, ind a solein pledge to stand by those shi >pimiionls. Wf course men may sign p mch a pledge and then deceive the de )eople afterwards, but we owe it to of ur fellow Democrats of the onmitry li .o at least safeguard ou- Democratic th rinticlis as far as possible , si There is one other subject coniect. th --d with party policy that demanmds so -ious consideration. The large number WI )f candidates who seek the various aI itate oflees and (on gressionial and 91 ieitorial honors render it impossible d0 i one1 (lay for those candidates to have ven a respectfil liearing. Any 1ant re Viho is fit to ho0 (overnor or Senator th :annot, discuss public questions in any 110 itelligent way if his time is limited. cd ionie plan must be devised by which m hose candidates who fill tle really ii- Vi 01 tant oflices, and who will shape and ar -ontrol alfairs, must be given suflicient oh )pportunity to make the people under- se itand whether or not, they are compe ent. Many of the positions which are nl jouglt are laroely ministerial and the wI luties are Well delined, and these olli -ers cannot chan ge or shape public I >olicy in any material degree. There rn i no good excuse or r. ason why seven >r eight candidiates for railroad comn- 80 nissioner and fifteen or twenty of the of >ther State oflices shall be givei time ta it a Stiate campaign meeting, or so lit- I " Ie time as to merely get up and make heir bow. L Ii the last State canvass it requirel Ia bhout five hours for the respective can- Lt lidates, allowing only thirty minutes IM or the candidates for 4 ioverior and ten iiinutes for the others, not counting da lie candidate for Uniited States Senate, fh vic( usually came lasi,. The limitation an m the time of the camnidtates for the fin mportant ollices, if it be conti ined, lai vill absolutely destroy all interest inl Pa he State caipaign mileetinigs, anid final y destroy the primary system itself, d I am strongly of the opinion that would be well, indeed iecessiary, to It lave two campaign days in each county, wl ay six weeks or two m11onitls apart, at ab vhich certain specilled caididates shall , hiress the people. Tlhe suggestion has been mide that de her-e ought to be0 a Ilimitaition on t~he lie mumber- of miectings to one in each co ontgressiontal disti-ict. Tlhis will never ye lo, because the people are entitled to 'fn cc and hear the men01 who seek their wi 'otes, antd if such a system were adopt,- cr d there would 1)0 fewv, if any, citizenis thi t, such meeting other than those who th ivo in the county where the meeting 1 e s held. TIhe newspaper reports wvouh( thi tave to be dlependled on entiirely in o-i her to get, any sort, of information as en o what the candlidates were saying anid what impression they made ; and this peO vould mean the use oh the presVs by atn hose who were aile to obtain its sup. fut >ort to control eletions5; amid this does I, iot imiply that the press is venial. Few e> 10eople take daily palpers, ando nearly all th lie weeklies have patentf OuttsidesH. h< omehiow all of Senator MicLauin's (J p~eches were puiblished~ in these out- vo ideOS or sent as5 suppllemenits. It was egitimaiite adlvertising, but, we do not vant i-icii men who ar-e able to pay foir I iuch adlvert inmg to have ad~vaitnge of ra lie poor inen1 who caiinot. The otily ti mafe way is to have the canidiat(.8 face OJ he voter-s and letL each mian decide for thm iimnself. I war-n the people1 againat of mrirendermiig the right, to judge for fo G overnment, by newspap~ers muay lbe li r very goodl thing, but, the ple0l~~ of Tj' -Csouth Carolina repudiated it, in I1890, mi md I have no0 idlea they arec going to is -eturni to it, and I am therciefore ri, )reparedl to urlge the scheme I have ol mntlitied, as the best which suggests it, telf to mie. Thie t~wo sets of caniidioates at 3iuld begin oni opposite sides of the I' Mtate andl thuis not, interfere with each ra >t-. Th'ie people) ought to devote at, te east two (lays to the selectioni of the Tp !)est men, and( this cannot, lhe hi-ought, g lbout, without, hearing thems fully. If 1,1 uhie peopjle lose interest in their gov arntment that government, mtil be somel bad. "' E~ti-nal v'igihmeite is the rice of ihberty," is as true no w asi when it was uttered. A movement is ont foot, in Spar-tan b~urg with some1 of the leading citizeiis of the town behind it to have a big Fourth of .July barbecue, picnlic, speech mnakiig, military drill, etc. Correspon dence is already under way with a view to securing attractions amnd an orator of niationial reputatism. Among thiose talkedl of are Senator liailey, of TIexas, Senator Carmack, of Tennessee, and IEx-Senxatr IDavtid I. lull1 o[ r w 11, I4ANi) O F 'OItTO RICO. ie Fertility of' its Soil a.111d tie VaU riety o' its Itesotrices. The 1P ,l o itico Traid a A qricul ro our41nail is publisled inl inglishi IdI Spanish, and is devoted to tine Jin rests of commerce and agriculture. he ollowing extracts from its columns 0 Vi1ble anad interesting : The0 Ilsiand of Porto ltiCO has been rrectly termed tihe richest island of c Vest Indies. To tlnt marvelots fertility ofi its soil added untold riches in miinealIS, hich, if scientilically milned and mndleld with impioved processes will ently add to its most enviable reputa mit as a wealth producer. Amoing tihe many kinds of minerals be funId ill Porto Itico, the .st. kportanilt, both ats to quality and antity, are gobd, copper, iron and ver. The existence of these minerals LB heen establi beyond doblt by licial (1111a, anid tie vestiges of .hie rk idone centuries ago by tihe Span r Is. IWal, iOidX 0t' ofmangiinese, in itv, <uiicksilvII, sulphiric t ot lead, mnti, jet and sulphur are als5o found ltuant ities oil tine island. 'T'ln(h first Spaniards to arrive on the ores of Boriniquen, alipreciating tihe opelt.ces of the Kng ofr Metals, un itook the task of ridding the island its gold and, with this end inl view, Py seIt about, washing tine sands of L rivers and streans and sinking' afts in the hills. Notwithstanding'' cir prinitive aInld imiost. imperfect .tlods of mining, the results were ite satisfactory and, according to thentic docunents the production of li froimi 15011 to 1I:1 wam :1,-19.',800 lie rs. It 11nst he bOrne' iln milid thit t1hese nits were attained by the first set- I :rs of tine island Wi() kMew almost thing of tihe land and were hamper in their labors by ignorance of ining and deficient metihods. In w of t.hese facts flhe questioni iSes--what are. tine results to be ailned by modern machinery and 4 LOntilic mining'? The island is traversed by ia range of I amntains running from east to west. I iich exteinds throughn tine Windward I lainds oin tihe east anl to tie I )iesecheo et oil tine west. Tine most noted ( Ige of this rainge is Called 1(1 .uquillo, I out 3,500 feet above the level of tine i and dowi whose sides flow ia series I rivers and creeks, tine most imnpor- I At of which are Maieycs, Uio I 'eto, Saha111, Fajardo, u I raibo) I piriti Santo, [iio (irainde, 1"ilipiina, M1lu4liina, Tabonulico, CaSjoines, ( mua .ua niid Anon. In tine buds of all foregoin rivers goil is found, as tchn ats two pouiilds of this IMtal hay ; been washed from the Anion in one y. The most abmindant stones inl Sameniyes river bed are ifeld-spari d porphiry, striped with veiins of' Itrtz and iroln pyrit.es, tine liiummviin l(1 occu pyin g the low an4d midway rt. of these river-beds. t'he < ulstiolI "1 when to phirli. " is a zzlr to the l'orto Iico agriculturist. 4eems to make no great ciference Lein I (-101) is )111iited, the result is ays tine same--a good harvest. mlle years Igo, one of the island's ,st, enthiastll-ic agriculturiits, inl enI- t Avoring to force nature to divulei. i seasoi secret., pilaintedl a patein of mn eachn mnointh coinsecuitively for a Lr withi thne result, that si xteeinmointhns mni the time of the first plantinig ihe 5s re(wardei w1,1 ithn his twelfth good >pI. Th'ienr was ai slight (hlfierelnce ini 3 height of tile I )eceimber crop fromn 3 otiner eleven aund it was an few udays iger ini ipenmgIll' htil, aiefrom 5se twoV' dlill 'eencei , there wa~s noth11 to show thnat, Nature f avored one4 >p mnoro than anothber. Anmothber prommnleint, groweir, ini ex.. riimnenting withl pineappnles, producic d abundnce of thnis fruit, in Ntarcih, l ly three miointi hlbefoi e its u'season."'' 1e80 two citations of tine niany like perimnicnts final haye been0 made4 l oni e island mlake it easy t.o understand, iw it is possib)e4 for tine people ini thei niteed States to have fresh frmit and1 f get-ables 305J daiys ini tuhe yeari. I )uriing the Ci vii WVar and1( as5 lat1(a 11 09i, (ot110n of a very fine qpul ity waIs ised oin the( Ilaand of P orto itico. A t is tie, whein line plannters of tine nited0( State ( ad 11( oce 1Lore givenil eir und(1ivided alttention to1 tine raisinhgi lottonl, Potrtlo lf co cottlon-mienl trains.. rmned their cott101n 11ield inito canie h(5is and cot-tomn raisinig iin Por)lto I 1co( '4 5miee been11 woefulfly ineglected. iat, thnis mduiIstry colld be made44 aL lmley mal~ker cain be0 seeln froii m lofw. urlnes obltinedC fromn sitattistics of vam-' m11 kimnd aild fromn tine blooks of an '1-timne co1ton raiser. ''lhere arei 1111O apoimaitely 300,000 rei (of ile l and oin tine islalnd (of >rto) Iico upon01 wihichn (0110n could be0 ised . Thinis land will pnodunce 750 I ,000l piounds of lotton per acre. '14 land( (~l can 1 bel purchased for $15t to I) per1 acre0. It will cost no more an 85 tO plant an acre and1' 11 the best The.Wo1' s Greatest 'sure for Malaria X lFor all forom of Malarial poison-I 'ont. ,. Lt tait of M adarial poisfon ' -; inly( ar bi)lod rlansiner144 Iy and~ 0dlure. Blo00110m11d1144nescani't cunrd Miala~ria~ l isning. The anltite for iL in .JOHNSON'S TONIC.I 'et a botle to-dlay. eastase etsfit ur. The World's Grea1 For all forms of fever take JOHNS It is 100 times bettor than quinine at nine cannot do in 10 days. It's spli feeble cures made by quinine. COSTS 50 CEP labor is procurable at 40 cents a day. Cotton machinery is comparatively InIexpiensive and silk cotton, the kind which 01sms to do best in Porto Rico, (in quality about the same as upland) is worth 8 cents f. o. b. San Juan. From tle above it should not be dif lictilt to see at good thing in cotton rais lmg in 'orto Rico. CAT'lEI' AND> 11o010l. Thier is no spot oil the globe where thiey raise bttir milk cowst and heef iattle tIumn in 'orto IRico. It may not be generally known that I ord DIurliam took with him to 'tiurope in the I8t.h century a number of Porto Iico cows atl bred them to IolosteinI itock, thus produeingm the fiamuois 8hort liorn iihim, iut such is, nevertlhe le4s, the case3. Feed and wiater are most plentiful. Ahe cittle need 'to ioising nior cittl6 wIllatmoever ad1111 there is plenty of shade For tlieni ili most, parts of the islanid I coibiliatioln of coniditiois that fore 4hadows it bright lit.ure lor tle cat.le aIitilg indiltry inl Porto R~ico. The 'Orto Hico h10orse,strictly spea . ng, is tie restilt of ill-breedinlg of ilp vIrd8 of, two hiundlreuds yealrs atl the esilt obtained has beeni an a limal of ;rent endurance ami hardmNess. It 1111 weln tCred1 t1hat, he I 'orto Iico h1orse an claim origin froi Arabian stock ; ,is might haIve been the (came had the lilestlion of size aollone beeln takeni into :onsideration, but with very few ex septiois the lualit-y of the Arabian is neking inl tle pr-e4en1t liorse of the 14 1111an. 'I1dulianilice certainly is shown inl ma1iiirkedl degree, ats well 1s well delin d conformation. A crossing of the 4organ witlh the native horse of 'orto ICeo 11011l protuIice v'ery .atisfactory esuIlts. The two iar-ked chaiiraicteris ,ics of tihe Alorga blood quality itnid -idui ranuce -u-adde d to tihe wondler-fii ul n lurance of the I sladil horse, s1ouhl0I ake a peICfect, iimed iui sized c an im1al mdI one admliirably suited for park and iglitweiglit iarness work. 'Iliere is no 'eason1 wihy the native lorse coubc4 not >e m1ost siccessilly bred 8also for pur1' lostS of p)olo. The essenitial fe'atules ilVays souighit for in the makinig of >Olo pom1es are agility, eulnluriaice andcl ize ; the formier two qu lities tle 'orto Iic 1o4lrse lNireachy 4tionIgy p4o - esses, thie liesion of size Is one to be iasily overcome. There are some sheep Oil thet I slaind, nit, these nueed consilerable care1 and lo not, thrive mIll th warmill- cliil 14'e of 'r-t~o ltiien onl accounlt of their heavy Vool. (Goa)ts, how1ever, .114- fouim11i to ie excillint siibstitutes. Their inent s of i dheliliousx flavol, they 41V43 ial huiiiosl. inlcredible am1onlit of rich, s4weet. mi1k anl it. does not 4o11t. mich to raise A yoilg -oat, lopiely roasteI, is uilly 1a n1ic4e a4 th1e fattest lamb n1111141 niany Atimericans iin 'oro Riico prefer hie goat mnent. A "11 ainn " is wori nto 1 1111l it is 111t tlatI they thrive nl the pro~veria21 "' tin can11." A reecent. t rip LIhruough tile sugar11 he4'l11 ,f the islam141~l h d a1 very pro)1i img .tale of afflairc. in LIhe gather.iing inI a111. r1inin cg of thlecaniue. P articlarl y was hilnti c 1) eae11 at, Maai 11, I b rio~c, tega lia, Areciboand1114 (CamuI iy. i1.'rlil ndlicat1ions, the facilities fcoi ernc'linlg it ti.ose poims( were in141hgn411111 to, nect, the presen~lt, larigc cropJ s of cane. \s these crops will increase84 ill v4 hune14 m the Islandc, it, cutst,, of nlecessity re ulit, Ill tile eatrly eretionl ot large)r C en ralles, anid tlhe conseq l~unt incttrodcti LonI If illiproved mainuiiery for grininig. init3ed Sttes to P orto I t.i43( 18 111 enor01 nous1 item, 1and4 it, ha1s 1been1 estLimated hatI upwardsici of 27,00) Locus are0 con4 anned43( annuall111y on1 the islandc Fric )4eing ile stilaple food of tile naItiveh. une Lt) exempuon~)I ttroml duty, 11he.Juapani K mlhu riiice, growin ini Southern I ~OUis ana12 and1 Southleasternl Texas, and1( traicies of ani m iferior qulity, nowv coin .i0 ol.he l'orito itico~ malrket, and con ccc uenltly conunand11c hlighl prices 01n the All indulistry well worth the coil coderation of ca~pitLoIists i8 the erectionl If an1 uip to-dat~e planit ini P orto Itico30 orci clean11in1g rice. Th'ie I'ast Iniai rice i tile hus1k, 0on which tiere is an un-1 port duty of 75 cenlts per I0 pJOundsl~( inl IPorto itico, couldo be0 shipped( to thec island, andI allowinug for all charges, rice of a veury superior quality could14 he 80o(d at a lgure far bl~cow that niow. ru'iling for thle Amnerican product. The1 revenue to the islandc would amount t0 more Lhauns :35,000 anniiually fronm duities, with a further' clirect, benclit, toc the natives of' $1.5(0,000( per annum1 lii t wages and the dlifforence inl retail pricei of the two articles. V A LtjI 1' O 1 CUIIV ATIO0N. While it is true that tile rich Boil o IPorto Rtico yields wonderfully larg cr'ops, it is alsco true that much bcette results canl be attained and thle Iam made to produce fifty 1per cent. mor than it, does if tile agr'iculturalist5s cal he Induced to alter' their time wor customs of cultivation. Old fashioned imp1lemeCnts are use almost exclusively ini Porto lico; th: ci ops8 are planted In such a mann< that c:ulltivation by modern methods Impossible; tihe cost is double)1 i amfounit it should be, the work is iti perfect and the result Is consequent one half of a crop. Nature has dlou much for the Isaland u t se cn.o ;est Fever Medicine. ON'S UHILL andl FEVIR IONIC, id does in a sIngle day what slow qpf idid cures are in striking contrast to te TS IF IT CURES. it all and for the best results she must have assistance. CLIMATIC AND 11EALTIH CONDITIONS. The climate of Porto Rico can well be said to be remarkably equable. As the mean temperature on the Island does not vary more than 6 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the year, with a range of the thermometer of only 40 degrees Fahrenheit, Porto Rico enjoys the distinction of having continual summer. At midday, the temperature rises to about 85 degrees Fahrenheit. The coolest months of the year are December, January and February, whilst the hottest months are .Tune, ,July, August and September. Brac ing, cool weather predominates in the mountains. Snow and hail are quite unknown in Porto Rico. The Island is also blessed with plentiful rainfalls, which greatly assist vegetation, and add to the large water supply of the rivers. For a tropical country, Porto Rico is remarkably healthful, and compares most favorably with the health resorts of E'urope and the United States. Due, parti cularly, to the very eflicient and thorough sanitary measures which have been adopted by the United StatuJ au thorities, yellow fever and smallpox have been completely stamped out of the Island; an observance of the usual dietary precautions generally taken in all tropicn countries by intending set tilers, will ensure perfect and lasting health. D r. It. M. Iernandez, the president of the smaporior board of health of Porto Itico, in his annual report of last year, to the Commissioner of the Interior, staled thatt as a result of correspon dence with the Secretary of the New York Life insurance company the ex tra premiunm formerly charged by that compI1any on persons living in Porto lhco, was abolished in September, 1900, ancl the remission was granted solely on the favorable statistics sub mitted as to sickness and mortality on Ihe Islald. 'IM A ItACHE4OR'S VIEW. (Couirtship is a trial court that often gets its verdict wrong. When the moth at the flame is a widow, it is not the moth that is in danger. Iove triuml)hs when mosquito bites are ignorel by the girl in the lace waist. Civilizaticun would have been perfect long ago if shaped by women, and men weim not historians. '.'the girl who has broilod lobster with chainipigin sauce rarely marries the miian who pays the bill. ''he woman with three divorces needs ito wediniig rehoarsals. 'hose ivirls who love flowers with savage intensity have a lot to learn. Ifuiamaiis for convenience would be perfect if thero were no other women to, tell. It always seems more vulgar to get caught doing what you ought, not to (do thanii it is coarse to do it. Clear skies brimgs soft smiles, sprmng brec/zis wart tender fancies and mol, low aishiine warms pretty lips for swet kisses. Th'le poor1 man saves what the rich What, goes up rmust come down, a"pecially swelled heads. In mod~erni hiouseholds doctors are Inuxuiries, dIressmakers necessities. The man who always seems to be mioie hlardl up than the one who is try ing to borrow money is the one he tries to borrow it, from. A fter a woman has beein m love ten or lifteen times she wants to knock off Tlb'loni')g the way aL workman does work wheit. tie whistle blows. & woman who hasn't got, a family doctor never feels her social position is hecure. T1he man whlo saves money hogan yesterday; the maii who doesn't is going to begmn tomorrow. Speculating in Wall Street is easier than gaihnig with matrimony, but it iai't, any more prolltable. You can get int erested in some peo pyle without caring for them the way you can get, imterested in a mustard plaster without liking it. TJhie last, argument, of a woman is suddenly to veer aro'ind and take your side of it, declaring you have come arouiid to her side. In society life has its silver lining on the outside. Love unadorned by wealth seldom cheats a widow. In th 3 mildew that forms on the Icrust of love there is the germ of a lawyer's fee. IIomeop~athic doses of affection make some women wish one husband f couhld be three. RyEe never had a debating society in r which there was another woman to call I her to order. e, TLhe reason a woman tells such a, whoppers about the rent she pays and a how much it costs her to live is to make other women think how smart (I her husband is to make so much money. mm Dr. Henry Gt. Moore, of Wabash, LB nd., has au old battle flag in hisp ec session said to haebn carre by ythony" (lrn his campain throdg 10 -the close of the eighteenth centurd