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i mi. ST?H* <>?' * 1 nA Thrown ?0tt?l. a.,,. Wood, Ruined mot" Will < <'???<? il 1 tt,Hl ,,UIM>> Nation. The Chicago 'rimee-JioralU. Cuba was discovered by Christophor Coluinbuson October 28, 1402. Had ?t not boon f("' t,'1? opUoUO of Ferdinand und Isabella in tho lifo of the grout Italian navigator tho rulo of Spain had not perhaps cursed tho whole southern American oontlnout for con-1 turles and Cuba had no. no.v booo lighting for freedom. Columbus be- I liuvod that ho had discover :d the | main land of India, hut iVUS persuaded 1 by the aboriginals that bo was on an island. When he returned to Cuba he again made up his mind that it was tlio oriental mainland, and it is said he died in that belief. So (Irmly was ho seated in this opinion that hu com mitted It to writing in order that pos terity might know of his conviction, liut in this derail tho immortal dis coverer was In error. There is something noble, unyield ing and stubborn about Cuba. The Spaniards have never boon able to OOnquor even the name. Columbus oallei tho island Jusna for the honor of the sou and heir of Ferdinand ami Isabella. This name was afterwards ohanged into Fomaudlnu. When the king died Li was again changed, this time to Smtiago. souio pious Span iard later altered It to A\o Murin. It was known by other n .in is, and a learned essay on its propor nomenola turo might ha written. But "Cuba" triumphed, und Cuba is not Spanish. Tho patriots will have ut least that unction when they are five. They can retain their name UnchtlOged in the comfortable thought that there is not even a suggestion of Spanish about it. When Columbus landed, us it is be lieved, near tho River Maxime, Cuba, so called by its native Inhabitants, was peopled by a goutlo, docile race of Arnerloan Indians. They were part of tho great tribe called " the good," und tlioy were good ludoed. Children of the forest and tho sun, they did Dot know what BavagOS they had wel comed when they extended their hospitality to the gay-bedecked Span iards. Tho Urat Cuban svar osourrod nine teen years after tho discovery of the island by Columbus. That buinuo boast, Volarquez, with an army of .'too men, started out in 1511 to ? pacify" tho Ciboneycs, as the Cuban '.ndiuns were called. Volasquoz, by all ac counts, belonged to tin- genus Weyler. Tho peaceful and kind Indians were as sheep under the CUt-throat hands oi their conquerors, They did not seek to repel too lovadars. But the motto of Spain, suggested by its national colors, is " Through bl tod and death to golden victory." Victory, unac companied by blood and death, was not sweet to Vela qucz and win a tho chief of tb i Cubans wan caught (he was called Batuey,) Velasquez tied him to a stake, started o lire about ins hotly and burned the lifo out of the poor creature, as a " warning " to his people. This noble conquest was Qtly follow ed up by Volasqui/., who promptly un dertook to civilis* i the Island by divid ing the Indians among his friends. Tho original Cubans werj made slaves, and Cuba begau to blossom with plan tations. Within forty years the island was produeing magnificent crops, but tbeSO crops were fattened by the lives of the slaves. Before half a century had passed tho original Cubans had been beaten and worin d to extinction. Negro slaves took the place of the native slaves, ar.d in this fact loy the germ of ultimate liberty, for from that stock sprang the glorious family of Maoeo and the liberty loving, Span iard-hating family of Masso, one of whoso, sons is now the president of the infant republic. Wiih tho extinction of the Clbonoyes agriculture declined ai.d remained in desuetude for a longtime, or at least until the negro .slave trade became eflloleut. Velasquez built cities, im proved the harbors and laid the foun dations of the government. In l?.'l" the king of Spain acquired the rieht, to appoint the governor, and tho lirst '"captain general" by royal decree was Uernandu do Soto, Santiago hud been the capita', hut in 1">?- the seat of government was rcmov< d to Havana. Tho population diminished, anil the island languished for more than a cen tury, owing to Spanish laws forbidding anything but Ca-tiliars to Bottle in Cuba under pain of death. There have boon revolutions and dis content and love- of liberty in the very air and breath of Cuba from the first. The finality of Spanish iulo has n< vor been accepted there t xcept by tho helpless Indians, and *hoy olid. Tic Urft revolution began i,. 1717, and that revolution kept Spain busy for a cen tury. It was not quelled (Its spirit was never crushed) until the bi ginning of the present century. In l"2U an other revolution broke out within the lirst. In that revolt Gua/.o, the cap tain general, hangt d nun and starved them anil garroted thcin and stabbed them in tho back, as Weyler has done in these days. Tliis prov s that Spain has not advanced an inch In olvll na tion for centuries. Give her tint rum meled power and she teems tob: as heartless as cruel, as dead to sympathy as the Papuan. Mcansvbile negro slaves, tho trade in whom was made free, wcro poured into tho island by the thousands. LSarlj in the last century there wert; nearly l(j(),uuu negro slaves In Cuba. And fur twenty-live years the importation con tinued with a steady II >w. Now, in Cuba there was miscegenation. Tho kadir8 and the other negroes were im proved by the mixture with Mediter ranean Blood. When they became free?in a narrow way?they longed for more liberty. The anti-Spanish tradition began to take - ub-itar.ee and form. It waxed with the growth of liberty all about it through the range of North and South America. The Cuban half-breed sucked the miik of bis hatred and liberty from the breasts | of his dusky mother, and in his father's j fierce eye ho saw liberty and revenge in tho future. Tho holy cause won, by very strength of sympathy, rc enforccd by Spanish cruelty, blood and life. Tho tradition was rolontloss. Death or liberty was the cry nearly ono hundred ' ear- ago. In tho year lsls tho United States of America turned her oyo8 toward ..Cuba. The. half-breed, tho Spanish " Cuban and the natural!/, d Islander saw In that glance tue light of an un dying hope. From that inoraont Cuba librowas*us certain as death. It, was only the other day that Sonor Canalejaa said that so long as the r >h ds -aw in ? tho United States the hope of sympathy Spain would never be aim: to crush tho insurrection, ami that Spaniards might as well make up th< lr minds for war. As lontr ago as Isl'? Spain saw her doom In Cuba. In '.hot year she proposed to pay tn s country consider able commercial (.one ssions if the .United States would gu ?ranlce, the \ continual possession of Cuba by the j Spanish government. President 1'olk I pffercd Spain JIOO.OOO.OOO for the If jslund, but tho Spaniard (who hud not [ been too haughty It. buy protection) K scornfully rejected the proposition. Fifty years ago Narob'co Lopez dieu ? at the garrotirg stake for Cuban liberty and bis companions in icvolt >?voro shot in the back. And then "camo the ton years' w ar. Cuba, after battling ho long for free dom, will have it at last. It would soom as If tho sentiment, of Jack Cade, as Interpreted by tho poet, v/aa for onco true: Tho right is with us: Cod is with the I right, ?Arid victory Id with God. W Through death and blood, truly, ? upon tho ruins of hearth and home, lout, of tho blood of butcher d men and Jwomeii and on tho graves of murdered Ibabes will now riao tho stanch and In Idestruotiblo fabric of a freo und happy Button. Till?) SPANISH COllTBS. TheQuooii Urgent Arouses itluoli En? thuHtuHin In Opeoltifc the Proceed ings?TIlU Spaoiaids uro Iteiwly to Fight. The Spanish Cortes o~ parliament, consisting of the nobility, the cloigy| and representatives of the principal I cities, assembled on the 20th ln?t. for j tho purpose of eonsideiing the rela tions of their government with tho (JoltOU States. Tlio opening of tho assembly was an Imposing and magnili cont siglit. All the wealth and b auty of Madrid gathered in the senate, where every available foot of space was occupied, Large bodies of troops wore drawn UP outside of the building, including the handsomely uniformed blue Dragoons and the magnificently attired palace guards. All the members of tho diplo matic corps were present In lull dl'USS. A will cheer announced the arrival of the queen regent, who was driven to the cones palaoo In a state coach and escorted by a detachment of Life Guards. Toe cheering was taken up within the building as t ie queen re gent entered, tho oncers boiug accom panied by enthusiastic c: ies of ' Viva Alfonso Trooe," "Viva ?spana," a really tumultUOUSly patriotic demon I stratum. Tho queen cogent read tho speech from tlio thrODO while Beatod with tho young king, Alfonsn, on her right, ami the premier, Sonor Sagasta, standing noar tho king. Her majesty's words wore Inaudible to all but those in hor unuiodluto vicinity. Tlie reading was greeted thoughout with or Us of '"Viva ?spana." A wounderful picture was pros* nte.l i?y tlio queon's entourago, consisting of most of t ho highest person ages In Spain in brilliant court, mili tary, naval or palace uniforms. At the close of her majesty's speech there was renewed cheering, after which premier Sagasta declared the | 0 >rtos opened, and tho queen regent ami the hoy king left tu i building amid another wild outburst of en thuisastn. The queon regent's speech began : "The grave anxletlos v. hloh saddened IUJ mind the last time 1 addressed you have increased and are heightened by public uneasiness conveying the pro Benttnont of fresh and groator compli cations as a result of the tarn which 1 vents in Cuba have taken. Those complications wee brought about by a section of tho people of the United Slates which, seeing that the au tonomy yroviously olTored In my uiess tige was about to bo put In force, fore saw that the free- manifestation of the I Oubun people, through its chambers, wouid frustrate forever the. schemes against Spanish sovereignty which have been plotted by those who, with resources and arms sent from the neighboring coast, have flittered the suppression of the insurrection in that unhappy island. Should the govern ment of thu United States yield to this blind cm rent, menaces ana Insults whica wo have hitherto been able to regard with Im UTereoco, f >r they were not tin expression of tho sentiments of the true American nation, would be come Intolorablo provocations, which would compel my government, In de fence, ol t'ie national dignity, to sever relations with the government of the United States. '?in this supreme or'sls, the sacred voice of him who represents human justice du earth was rai led in couusels of oeace und prudence, to which inj government hud nodilllculty in barken ing, strong in the cemseionsnoss of Its right, and calm in the strict perfonn iince of its duties. " Spain's gratitude is due to tho pope, and al.-o to the great poweis. whoso action strengthens my convic tion tbat Spain's cause diserves uni versal sympathy and that her conduct merits unanimous approval. "Possibly, however, the. peacoefforts may fall to control the evil pas-ions excited against Spain. Lest this re sult, I have summoned thucortes to defend our rights, whatever sacrifice they may entail. Thus Identifying myself with the nation, I not only ful liil the oath I swore in accepting the regency, hut 1 follow the dictates of a mother's heart, trusting to lho Spanish pei p'e to gather behind my son's throne, and to defend it urtil he Isold enough to defend it himself, as well as trusting to the Spanish peooie to de fend the honor and the territory of the nation." Toe queen regent tin n referred to the- trouble in the Philippine islands, and, continuing, said : "Although a dark and gloomy future is before us, tho dltllcultlos arc not beyond our powers. With our glorious army, navy and the united nation Define foreign ag gresfeli n, we trust In (Jod that wo shall overcome without Stain on our honor, the baseless and unjust attacks made upon u->." COLDS IN 1'HK SPRING. Valuable Suggestions to Mothers About Oarln/f lot- llioir Children, The COUghs and cold8 of springtime seem more discouraging, often, than those of the, changeable winta' season, and every precaution should be taken now to keep out of draughts when over-heated, and to avoid all the other unwise practices in regard to woolen under-clothing, leaving off outdoor w raps, etc. Many mothers appear to accept with rc signation the repeated anil violent eo!ds from wbioh their children suffer as providential and unavoidable. A cold is by no means always diu; to ex posure. Indigestion, constipation, a lack of scrupulous cleanliness, tho unwise habit of sleeping in much of the. clothing worn during the day, mi ni reu bedchambers?all or any of these things may have far more to do with your child's tendency to coal, than the kcono?t breath of the bracing winter air. Mothers should understand that it is a fact, whether they can 800 how it is or not, that numerous colds and sore throats are directly traceable to indigestion and dietetic errors. Quan tities of greasy foods, fried meats, pastry and tho like, ill-ventilated roou s, and continued constipation, have to answer for many oasesol croup and putrid sore throat. All those things weaken tho system and render it far less able to resist changis of temperature. Give every bedroom u thorough alr log i very day, more, especially ifsov oral children are obliged to sloop to gether, or with their parents. This is to bo avold< d if po-sib'.e ; if not, always lower a window slightly from tlx; top, as woll as raise it fron, below. There is frequently bad air ODOUgh generat ed ami br< athod in the rib- ping apart meat of a family with small children to supply thoon all no', only with colds, but with a number of so-called " ma larious" diseases to last a your?per haps long? r. Neglect of bathing is another proli fic, .-eure,' of colds. A child from three to ten years old sbotlld certainly re ceive an entire bath twice a week in winter. A warm bath at night, tak ing care, to avoid :.ny chill afterward, will frequently break up a sudden cold. Keep children from playing in eblliy, unused rooms. Let tin.in play, out of doors us much as possible, taking care, to have their fo ;t warm and dry. A flaoooi suit and rubber ovor&hocH will oft . n gave much cough medicine and doctor s bills. Keep them warmly clad, but do not be conte tt W 1th thick coals and worsted hoods, while short skirts barely cover the knocs, leaving the limbs chilled. ?Hon. James A. Gary, tho postmas tor general of tho United StatcH, has resigned tho position on account of failing health, and Chas. Kmory Smith, of Philadelphia, has been appointed to succeed him. Mr. Smith is editor of the Philadelphia 1*1 ess, an actlvo Re publican,^ formor minist' r to Russia, and la favorably known as a public man. IHK ULTIMATUM TO Hl?AI\. Ollloial Heu. m.-in of the ?otlou Taken by thu United Blutes. Tho toi 'Wieg statement of tho text of the ultimatum Beut to Spain has boon Issued by Seoretary Sherm&n : "On yesterday, April 20, lws, at 11 o'clock u. in., the department of Btate served notice of the purposes of this government hy dellvoriog to Minister I'oloacopy of instructions to Minister Wood ford, und ulso it, copy of tho reso lutions passed by the congress of tiio United sjtu-tcs on the llHb inst. After the receipt ol this note tiio Spanish minister for wauled to tlie state depart ment a ri <|iicst for his passports, which were furnished to him on yesterday af ternoon. "The United States minister at Mad rid whs at tho s;nne time lustrUOted to make a like communication to the gov ernment of Spain. This morning the department received from (Jen. Wood ford a tologram, copy of which is here unto alia lied, showing tiio Spanish government had broken oil' diplomatic I relations with this government. This OOUrse ponders unnecessary any further diplomatic action on the part of the I United States, (following is a copy of I the instructions to Wood ford : ??iviiru so, i?jj?. woodiur?j minister, Madrid: You have been furnished with | thotextifa joint resolution voted by the congross of tho United States on the lU.h Inst.?approved to-day?in re latlon to the paoliloattou of the Island of Cuba. In obedience to that aot the president directs you to Immediately communicate to the government of Spain said resolution With formal de mand of the government of the United States that the government of Spain tit onee relinquish its authority and government in the island el' Cuba and withdraw Its land and naval forees from the island of Cuba and Cuban wa ters. In taking th.s step, the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or Int mtlon to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over said island except for the paollloatlon thereof, and assorts its determination when that Is accomplished to leave tho government ami control of the island to its people under such free and independent gov i rnment as they may establish. " If. by the hour of noon on Satur day, 'J:ird day of April, there be not communicated to tills government by that of Spain a full and satisfactory re sponse to this demand and resolution whereby ttio ends of peace in Cuba shall be assured, the president will proceed without further notice to use the power and authority enjoined and conferred upon hi in by the said resolu tion to such extent as may be neces sary to carry tho same into effect.' (Signed) shkkman. "To th's tho following reply was re ceived from Minister Woi.dford : " 'Madkid, April 21, 1808.?Shor man, Washington : Karly this (Thurs day) morning immediately after the r<.ipt of your open telegram and be fore I had communicated same to the Spanish government, the Spanish min ister for foreign all'airs notified me that diplomatic relations are broken between the two countries, and that all olllclal communication between their respective representatives have ceased. I accordingly asked for my safe pusj i ports. I turn legation over to British embassy and leave for Paris this after noon. Have notified consul). (Signed) *? 'Woodi'oud.1 " AT T A All* A AM) UI.V WKST. A Graphic Description of thoSitita lion Down 'I'hero us Soon by a soiu li Carolinian. Mr. S. Avory St irglss, formerly of York County, has lately returned from Tampa and Key West, and haa given to the News und Courier u vevy Interest ing description of tho con lltlon of af fairs in thOaO localities, lie nays of tho Lxoltcmont prevailing In that sec tion that tiio people wore simply in id, nut only the thousands of 0 a buns, but tho Am ricans und foreigners as well, who wore bitter In their denun ciations of President McKtnloy und Congress for thodelay u?? ludllTerenco ,-ince t'ie destruction of the Maine, but things have changed altogether now, und there Is great enthusiasm over the pros cet of a speedy si ttlemont with tho Spaniards. Mr. Sturglss say - : ?' 1 have been vory sorry, Indeed, for tlx- Americans who hut'ridd out of Cuba at the time that l-Vz Lee loft. There were, some >s 000 people among tie. m who left practically everything they possessed in Cuba. Some of them are natives of Cuba, and the others are Americans who uro now crowding into any sort of quarters they can lind, and praying for the trouble to o;>me to an end, one way or tho other, ?j that they can get back to tin ii" ho ;es. ().' course, thoso who left Havana expect to lind everything they loft destroyed. Should the city be bombarded there is a probability that the shells will set it afire : but, in any case, it is not, to lie doubted that the Spanish mob win suck un,l destroy the bouso of every Amoriean in the city. 1 nut a family who hud just landed, and heard them suy that they had abandoned hope of over seeing their homos again. Their t house was new und hu- ds anely fur nished, und they were compel'cd to leave practically everything in the bunds of servants, who WOjld, of course, help themselves first, und show the mob tho way afterwards to com plete the work. Tho majority of the refugees aro without em ploy m snt or means of support, and aro really Inn deplorable condition. Of eourso, they will all live some way or other, anil tho men can lind enough to do if there is a wur und u call for volunteers ; but just now they should b: pitied, and would bo more generully but for tho fact that they seem perfectly delighted to pose as inurtyrs and ta'k war ilay in and day out. " Among the people there are some mbo suffered as reconootitrados. I have scon borne of them myself and can testify to the fearful state they woro reduced to. On of them came ashore the day that (Jen. Lee landed, and two days later began to act strangely?so strangely, In fact, that It was remarked even in a Cuban. In a liule while ho became u raving maniac and had to In bound. Then it developed that he had been confined in Matan/.'is for some time, had suffered fearfully, and bad finally broken down completely. Fur thermore, some one told me that he had been compelled to witness thu murdoi' of his brother by Spanish sol dlers in the stroets, without the power to raise a band in bia dof nee. But 1 vvfll not begin to talk of thu scenes of horror they describe. It is not a sub joot that I am partial to, and we have bad onouj h of it. "Tlio sailor men aro the heroes of the day now at K.-y West. First, of course, coino tho Maine boys rfuca of the WOUndod AS are able ?o get out of the marine hospital andorawl around in the sunshine are lollowed by crowds andpiud wi?\ questions incessantly. Tl,e.y answer them good natu redly, and. to tell tho truth, seem to like the attention. Then tho crows of tho ships in the harbor cotno in for a good share of attention. Tho natives are very friendly to thai fleet*?It is practi cally all that stands between them and Spanish revenge?for Spain o.ves K y West an old grudge that she would like to pay Off with burning houses and butchered oltizODS. It has been a nest of filibusters over sinco tho war and will remain one as long as there is BUOh a tiling as Cuban indopendonco to light for. " The sentiment In Florida, among tho Cubans 1 mean, is for annexation. They do not think the island Is in con dition to support a government, and would much prefer seeing tho United States take tho rudder. Thoy know perfectly well that tho very day Cuba seta up , government of hor own thoro be will half n do/.on revolutionists plan ning its overthrow, and that tho island would be In a State of continued tur moil, that would practically paralyzo all commorolal activity ami roduoo it to the condition of, say Guatemala, if Spun, with allot her resources, uauuot Bubdue arobelllon Id Cuba, a puny little republican government could not do anything with it, and the result of tho attempt woul 1 practically be anarchy. The, Spaniards resident in Cuba, too, j would prefer annexation to Cuban iu depondence because they form the well to-do class.and need tho protection of a responsible govern men t. "The yellow fever question is tho most serious that wo will havo to con tend with. You may depend upon it that Florida will be overrun with it before the middle of summer if there ! is a war. New Orleans is more than apt to have it anyway, but with a war liiere will be no uncertainty whatever about it. they will Do sure to havo it. Neltbor army or navy ollicials will pay any attention to State quarantine laws, and in a very little while Savannah, Jacksonville, Cbarlestonand Wilming ton will be full of yellow Hags. Every body who can had better get to the mountains a- BOOD as hot weather be gins, for the war will be a line tiling lor the Cubans, but a fearful experi ence for tho South Atlantic and Oult coast cities." TI1K WKATI1KII AND CKOl'.S. Valuable Inrorination for All Who Are Interested In Fanning Opera? i Ions. Thu follow tog is thu weekly bulletin issued l>y thu woatbor bureau in (' ilutnbla us to the condition of thu crops in this State : Columbia, s.c, April 10, 1808, The week was cool and generally un favorable for growing crops, owing to the prevailing low night tomporatures. Light frost was obsoi veil on two morn ings over tho greater portion of the Stale and thin ice. in the extreme wes tern portion, but no prccoptiblo dam age was done by the frost. The mean I tetnporature for thu week was ?"><> de grees whioh is S degrees below the normal. The weekly range of tem perature was between a maximum of 70 on the 11th at Blaokvlllo ami on the lOtb at Central, and a minimum of ,*i:t on thu 13th at Walhalla. Tho last two days of the week were warm and pleasant. The week's rainfall was qulto evenly distributed over thu entire State and generally light, although sullluiont for tlio needs of all crops mid to pub the ground Into good condition for work ing. In L turens and portions of sur rounding counties farm work was hin dered and delayed by the wot condition jf tho soil, butulsowhoro the rain did not interfere o- interrupt work to any extent, while over the southeastern portions the ground was dry and the rain needed and proved very bum Qoiul. Klevon places, representing all sec i tlona of the State, reported one inch I or more of rain, and thirty less than one inch. Thu average for the State was 0.77 and the approximate normal for thu samu period is 0 82 inch. Tho week gave Iii per cent, of the possible bright sunshine, ranging from 113 to per cent, of tin; possible, hut j cloudiness varied greatly over the State. Thu prevailing winds were cold westerly, and from light to brisk in force. On the 14th thunder showers OOOUrred at a number id places, ac companied by small bail, which, how ever, did no damage, O.i tho same day a Hurry of snow was observed in Green I villo County. Tiiu Wii'k was characterized by cool, windy woathor ai il some ruin, tllo iir.-i two condition') were unfavorable und the last fa vorn bio. Vegetation made little growth except on the immodiato coast, und even there the nights were I too cool. Over tiic ccntrul and wes tern counties fro-?t formed on tyo : night, whioll, while it did not fret/.' auythlug, did materially check all 1 grow th o( vegetation. However, the ! week ended with good, growing I weather and a nutlceablo In provemcnt ' in the appearance of held crop-. Except where interrupted by ruin. J planting operations advanced rapidly during the week, and upland corn is ! about all pluntcd In tho more custerly ' counties, and from half to tWO-thil'dtj I finished ovor tho moro westerly por i tlons. Coi in.cation has boon slow gen ! orally und stand poor except in E Ige j held, where excellent stands are the rule. (Joi n that was cut down by frost shows signs of recovery, but neverthe less much replanting is neoossury on tliut account and because of seed rotting In the ground, und also on ue count of tho ravages of cut worms und birds in places Early planted corn is receiving its first workings. It ap pears that a somewhat larger aoreuge will be devoted to corn this year than last. While some cotton has been planted long enough tocomoup it germinates ; slowly, und that that was up lust week will need to bo replantod. Planting j of cotton has been fairly begun over tho wholeStato, but the hulk of the ! crop will he planted between this und the 25th, if the woathor permits, us th ?ground Is generally prepared for it. In the more easterly counties 1 planting is about three-fourths finished, but generally less than half finished I over tho jentrul anil w08torn counties. Reports vary as to the ttfa to bo pluntcd in cotton, but it appears thut u full crop will he plunted und it is highly manured. Sea Island cotton is coming up well, growing nicely, und more boiug plante d. Too work of transplanting tobacco bus been begun in Korshaw, Claren don, Darlington, Florence, Williams- 1 burg, und Horry counties, and will be come genera) this week. Plants are plentiful and large. Moro commercial manuroa will bo used on tobacco lands than in previous years, and the acreage is considerably enlarged, especially in I Florence County, and probably over tho whole tobacco district. Tho cool weather retarded the growth of rlor; und negatived the ad vantage it had of an unusually early start. Planting continues in ail dis tricts. The outlo >k for a heavy oats crop is very promising) and from three locali ties only were, unfavorable reports re ceived. The frost of last week and tin*, cool weather of this made oats look yellow in places, but it lias a good stand and in steeling well. The wheat prospect-i are good. Rye is heading and Is being cut for forage in places. Tho rcporls on tho fruit prospect are more definite this week, but do not change the conditions as stated in the previous bulletin. In Oconee, I'iokcns, uroenviiio, spartanburg, GafTnoy, and portions of York and Lancaster the hulk of the peaohos and plums uro k itod, hut .hero we localities whore it fair crop is left on the trees; in the tier of COUQties the bulk of the fruit is safe, but thero aro many localities Where it is almost entirely destroyed ; still further eastward it was only in exceptional cases that fruit was dam aged. Figs may bo an exception to that statement, but it cannot yet bo detormined. The peach crop ia prac tically safe ; apples, pears, grapes, and wild berries were unharmed, In the Florence truck district about One third of tho oarly vegetables w<?re destroyed by tho frost and some Holds are heir.g plowed up. Large shipments of seasonable vegetables continue from the Charleston, and moro northerly truck districts. Melons are growing poorly and ro ports from Barnwell indicate a re ducod acreage in that < ountv. Seed are scarco there. Gardens aro growing slowly and noed warmer weather; pastures aro very poor generally. Kibbon cane was not hurt by last wook's fros*. Consider blo sorghum being planted. J. W. BAUER, Director. ?Tho river Nllo has its rises, bu thoso that iio miscbiof aro notfrequoot. During tho last 1,000 yoars thore ban boon only ono sudden riso of tho Nllo, that of 1802, whon 30,000 people woro drowned. ? T11I0 MONGOLIAN PHUASANT. Orooiivlllo Huh Malle n Guud Sturl for ii.ii .im;; this Bfagulflceut Bird? Paris Mountaiu us u Hunting Pro* sorve. Ureonvilto Mountaineer, There has been a great deal said in the newspapers of this State, in the past year or so, regarding the Importa tion and brooding of pheasants, parti cularly the Mongolian variety, but it is not generally known that one of the mOst practicable, schemes for raising tbUHO birds is being carried out in and around Oroonvllle. Kor a year or mere, Mr. .lames H. Maxwell lias been interested in the matter, and he secured from a breeder in Alken a trio of the birds. K centli In conjunction with Mr. W. C. Earnhardt, he has purohased more of them, and they are now at Oak hurst poultry yards, of which Mr. Earnhardt is proprietor. These gentlemen have bIx Mongolian and two English pheasants One hen j of tiie English variety killed herself soon after she svas turned loose in the yard and there are nosv loft a hen and a cock of this variety. Tnoro are two cocks uf tho Mongolians, uml these birds are divided Into two pens. The pheasant has boon a rara avis iu tliis. country, and it is a fact that one oi the most prominent mombors of the General Ass iinbly did not know what a pheasant whs, when the hill for the protection of the. bird came up for con sideration in I80U Tho pheasant be longs to the same family as the pea cock, the partridge, the quail, the guinea fowl and lie: turkey. 1, ko the peafowl it is an Oriental bird, while tii ? guinea is from Africa anil the turkey is Indigenous to America. The pheasant -s a medium between tho peafowl and the quail in size and color log. The cock is brilliant in the coloring of its feathers, but tin: ben closely resembles the parllidgo in this respect. The her. is about the si/.j of an Indian gauio, the cock being a little larger than the hen. It is a very proud bird anil cxtrcmoly timid. The (amiiy, the technical name of which is phasianlnae, is of the gallinaceous order of fowls, which in plain Knglish means that they food on grain, seeds and insects, and have a rather stout body with short and straight bill, both of this.; characteristics being common to tho ordinary barn yard hen, which, then, bolonura to the sumo order. The. pheasant Is supposed to take its name from tlio Itlver I'hasis In anolent Colchis, near the east coast of the Black sea, where tho bird was lirs-t found, Much Interest has been taken in tho clVort to introduce the bird in South Carolina, and for this purpose the Legislature has passed an act making it unlawful to hunt or kill a Mongolian pheasant in this State until the first of January, IU05. Nothing is said In this act about the English pheasant which ditiers only sllgb'dy, in greater size and less brilliant plumage, from the Mongolian, wh lo its llosk is said to be equally as delici >u.-> lor food. Some authorities state that across botwuen the two gives tbe b.'st rosulls for nil purposos. Besides the pens at O.ikhurst, the Mongolian pheasants are being raised in Greenville by Messrs. li. (}. Mc Pherson, W. E. Brattle and II C. Boattlo. It is the intention of these gentlemen to secure the shooting privileges of J'aris Mountain and make it a hunting preserve for pheasants. Mr. Earnhardt expects to raise some thing like one hundred birds this tjoason, and in the course of a year I there ought to be enough to turn loose j over two hundred on the mountain. I liy tin; time .-.et by the law for their ; nun molestation, I'aris Mountain would probably have, several thousand upon it, as they are rapid breeders in the wi'd state, 'riic ditlloully in raising j them is that tin y are not good si tiers, I ami it is proposed by Mr Earnhardt to put tho eggs under Bantam hens, ' cither Seabrlghts or Cochins. Tho . eggg is about the si/.-of a Bantam hen egg anil in color closely matches that ol tlie Hull Cochin. My not allowing the pheasants t > set, a larger number of eggs will be secured. Paris Mountain is an ideal spot for the obj :ct in view, and it can be ar ranged doubtless to secure tho neeis sary privileges without dilileulty, as the mountain now belongs for tho most part to the Land Company, the Water Company and the Hotel Company The growth is such as the phcasaut seeks, and over on the North ru side of the mountain toward tho rosorvolr the undergrowth Is particularly suited ? to the desires Of the bird which runs in low hushes and fallen log??. There are now said to bo some mountain grouse on the mountain ami these birds are also rare. This climate is admirably fitted for the pheasant, as has been so often stated, and with a few years freo run on I'aris Mountain, j the pheasants would he found in such abundance diat it would bo tho best ! shooting of the kind in the Sou'ti, and OUght to attract hundreds of sports men from the North, who are over eager to get such advantages. hYr/.nuou Lue in Command.?The Washington correspondent of the New York World says that the President has decidoil to givo Consul General Leo tili! command of the Virginia volunteers in the event that hostilities break out between this country and Spain. This decision on the part of the President was reached after a conference with Secretary Alger and a number of other military men. Tho matter was lirst broached by a friend of the President, who suggested that it would he a good plan to give. Lee a command of some sort in case of war. Tho President consulted with several friends, who advised him that it would bo impossible to appoint him to a command in the regular army. The President, who is a Staunch ad mirer of General Lee, was nonplussed. Finally toe announcomort was made from tho war department that in the event that volunteers were called for the I'resilient would appoint al! ollicors of the rank of colonel and above, and officers under that would bo appointed from tho various Btatos from which tho volunteers uro received. When the cull is issued, Virginia will lurnish her quota, and the 1'residonl will do Bignato Oonoral Lee us the com man lor of the forces from the Old Dominion, o,ving to General L"o's grout knowl edge of the topographical conditions of the island of Cuba, it Is more than likely thut his command will be given orders to at once proceed to Cuba, Gonoral Leo himself bus announced his willingness to return to Hub ma at the bend of tin invading army, and doubtless ho will bo allowed to go upon the outbreak of hostilities. A member of the Senate proposes to Introduce a special act, uudor which tho President may appoint General Lee majer gonoral of volunteers. ?-Mr. Talbert (Dem.) of Smith Caro lina, warned the House the other day that a war with Spain would not bo a light thing. Gentlemen who thought that it would be over In a few days would bo sadly disappointed, In his opinion. "I remember at the opening of the last war," said he, "men at tho North and South believed It would not lust ill) days. I beard a man agree to drink all the blood that was spilled. Every country in Kuropo may bo drawn into the encounter heforo wo got through with Spain." ?A syndlcato of Northern men has purchased several tracts of land near Alken which will bo converted Into t park. Mr. Thomas Hitchcock Is at th head of tho scheme. Tho lands alroady secured will make a body two and a half miles square, and options on ad joining traota havo al*0 boon secured. Work has alroady been started on tho park and drives will be iald out in timo for tho noxt soason, whon tho North ern visitors return. Ro>al mukcs tl><% ?*??j pure, wliulgt>umc und delicious. Absolutely Pure S rovm DAKisc. roAorn co., ni * vohk. tO^Jitr' itbw 1 ?mumTimJW???w WHO THM CAKLISfS AUK How They Has" Thelv I'rcscnl Claims t<i iho Spanish Thront?. The talk of Carlist risings in Spain, and particularly;,tho rumor that the person known us Don Jaime do Bour bon proposes to put himself at the head of the Carl 1st party, may incite a cur iosity in some to know who the Oar lists uro and what they Btaod for In Spain. Ferdinand V, who came to the throne of Spain after tho earth had settled from the Napoleonic eartl quake, married, for his fourth wife, Maria Christina, duughter of the king of Naples, a sist"r of the Duchess de Herri and niece of Qtoen Marie I Amoilo, wife-of King Louis Philippe of France. Ferdinand, always a mis erablo creature, like must Si auish monarohe, hocatno more miserable after his fourth marriage, lie fell completely under tho domination of his handsome, enorgotlo, ambitious and thoroughly unprincipled wife, says The Kansas City S'ur. Queen Maria Christina was deter mined that the crown of Spain should descend to her family, lint govern ing the doscent was the decree of - Philip V, which had heen law In Spain for 120 years and which declared that no woman could reign in Spain where there lived a male descendant of Philip IV. In default of male holrs fron? tho marriage of Ferdinand V and Maria Christina, the lawful successor under the decree of Philip V was Don Co los, b\ rdlnand'e brother, As it turned out, the fust chil l corn to this couple was a girl, Isab IIa, who fourteen months later, was followed by a sister. Even before the birth of Isabella ihu Queen Maria Christina begann movement for tho setting aside of the law of Philip V Ferdluan I for u considerable perl'.d resisted, but yielded at last, and on April 0, 1830, ordered that an Incom plete decree by Charles IV, in 1780, which appeared to repeal tho Salic law, should be publ'shed und made perpetual. All the B Ui buMs protested and the king endeavored to undo his action by what was called a "deercu of derogation" but on h is death bud be declared that his a t was the result of misrepresentation and was theroforo null and void. This restored his act intended to make his daughter Isabella bis heir. When Ferdinand died Maria Christina was reigning as I queen regent and tho lllt'.O girl was j the heir apparent, just as the Marie I Christina reigns in the name cf the little boy known as Alfonso XI11. The brother of Ferdinand, usually known t.s Don Carlos, but who Indulged in the name ami title at home of Carlos Maria Isidor do Borbon-y-Borbon, in fant of Spain, entered his protest be fore the death of Ferdinand against all tho proceedings setting aside the Salic law admitting the femalo line and declared himself the lawful holr apparent to tho throne of Spain. Lin medial! ly on tho death of Ferdinand the northern province's of Spain arose ami dolarud for King Char,es, as he was styled, anil these people were called Carlists, a name which con tinues to exist. Those who adhered to tho existing government, the govern ment of the iqueon regent, were pop ularly called Christinos. Tho cause of Don Carlos, dear tc the Spanish heart us standing for bigotry and despotism, sue mod at one t in i likely to triumph, but was bi tray* d by one of its generals, Moi'dtto. D.m Carlos lied from Spain, and in Is 11 ab dicated in favor of his son. the second Don Carlos. Cabrerou Invadeel Spaiu In 1840, but ho neglected ins former practice of murdering and mutilating his prisoners, and his i Horts wire not supported with tue former enthusiasm. The second Don Carlos atti inptud to enter Spain in 18-18 and again in 1800, when he was arrested and s'gnud a renunciation of his claim:, to tin Spanish throne. Tho present pre tender is a third Don Carlos, grandson of the llrst, a .-on of Don Juan. He has mad j several attempts to overthrow tho govermi cut of Spain: the most formidable beginning in 1873 and lust ing until I87U. The Don Jaime who is described >*s desirous of mixing in Spanish affairs as head of the Carlists is the son of tho third I).m Carlos. It is a noticeable fact in Spanish history that no real curse ever permanently departs from Spain. Ooo of the per manent bAilctions of Spain is what may be termed Carlbm. In no other country is such a party us the Carlists possible. It is a party willing to shed its blood for a government of the worst type, of the fourteenth century. There have been many Carlist rising and they aro perpetually expected. ?The cylindrical balos of cotton now shipped from the United Slates to Liverpool are pronounced a great Im provement upon the. Urst specimens, and also upon the old bale. tili.. The other d a v a N e w Yoi ker started across Broad way, lie was in the hevday of ambitious, v i goi on h youth. A pull of wind blew an insiguifi \ cant, almost illvislhln ;il/.m ot dust in (Vie of his ovrs. It blinded him. He clasped his hands ovct ids eyes and staggered oil, only to be run down and killed l?y a cable car. That man's death was doc to an insignificant trifle, nu atom ot dust that was barely visible under the microscope. It is thus with health. Men find that they arc suffering from a trifling disorder of the digestion, It doesn't nillOtttlt to anything, they think, nud time is precious. They don't stop to correct it, but stagger blindly oil and are ! run down in the heyday of ambitious youth by dentil. Neglected indigestion is the first cause of all manner of wasting diseases and nil forms of nervous disorders. Dr. Pieree'rt Golden Medical Discovery cures all disorders of the digestion. It invigorates the liver, imparts a keen, hearty appetite and causes the life-giving elements of the food to be perfectly HS? shultated, n purifies the blood and builds healthy tissue. It is the great blood-maker, flesh builder, and liervC tonic. It cures consumption, wasting disease;) and all disorders of the nerves. " I wns n sufferer five or nix years from hullges* lion." writes a. i'. If ohne?, or Oalfiiey, Bprtrinn. hurjc e'<>., s. C, "niso from sore Monmcli mid constant headache, i then lift?'I Dr. Plerce's Ootden Medical Di-oovcry nnil 1 PIcnSAnt Pclletd,' Walch hi a few days gave me permanent relief." "The People's Coninion Sense Adviser" explains symptoms of ailments cot Hilton to every family, and suggests remedies. It has several chapters on woman's diseases and Weaknesses, An edition in heavy paper crrvcts will he distributed ohso/u/r/y J'ift. flknd the World's Dispensary Med ical Association, Buffalo, N. Y., ar one-cent Stamps, fo pay the cost of mailing: only. Cloth im, hur. may be had for 3t stamps. 1 The Cause.?The United mates '? going to war, except for tho almost in - possible chance of a Spanish backdowr, without hope Of gain, with a certainty of loss not only of money, hut of lives At the OUtset this would appear most foolish. Hut tho war with Spain will be fought lor the rescue of an oppres sed people and in the defense of the honor of our country. This war will not he waged for additional territory or because Spain is a smaller nation and can he easily conquered. If the country looked upon tho situation in 1 Cuba fairly from asellish standpoint, it would never lire a gun, for tho first gun Hied means to us the millions and not B dollar in return. Hut if light we must, wo will light for right, for prin ciple, for justice and for humanity. The history of the world shows that progress is marked by steps taken In blood, and in this war a long step for ward In the march of civilization is the i ohj"ct. and it will be attained,?Spring j field Union. A SUKPltlSK.? Ouo day last week, while sail ami weary, as we wended weak and weary across the unswept floor; we hoard at first a gentle tup ping, then it beeame an earnest rap ping at our sanctum door. "Co-mo in," we said, w hile yet we wondered what for us could he in store : then tin door knob gent.y turning In he walked?our obeek was burning as w? thought of crimson gore. " Aro you the man who docs the wrltln'V" Then we thought there's signs of lighting, us we looked him o'< r and o'er! "Sir. wo are." wo meekly told him, and motion al for the hoys to hold him if he tried to bent us sore. " Then you'll give me credit opposite that little debt of a dollar or more. I like your paper und 1 will take it us long as you try to make it us good as it was before." We jumped : ho dodged, Thus we missed blm, or we sharply would have kissed him, no matter if the boys did roar. So seldom treat.d in this manner, we are Inclined to sing bosanna! Only this und nothing more. ?- . ? ? ?The government weighs the mails c very four years. B'or convenience the country is divided into districts and tie- mails are weighed at dilTeronl limes. All maii is weighed on enter ing tie; car and weighed on being un loaded. The work is performed on th< mail cars when practicable and at olllces and stations when conditions are not favorable for the former plan. The contracts with tho general gov ernment are upon a basts of a certain amount of money per mile according to weight of mail carried. Padding Ol the mails during the quadrennial weighing is prohibited and severely punished when discovered. The gov ernment pays for the weight of tin -aeks and pouches as well as for the weight of mail matter. - A ce rtain Chinese llower Is red lr the sunlight and white in the moon Ii gilt. II. W. 11AM.. 1. \V. SIM KIN'S. \V. W. UA 1,1 BALL, SIM KINS A BALL, Attornoys at Law, Launions, South Cauolina, Vill practice in all State and i'niteo States (Jourt. Special attention givei nollooliouH II. v. SIMPSON. c. I). iiakksdal.i' SIMPSON A IJAltKSDALi;. Attorneys at Law, L.M'KKNS. SOUTH CAROLINA Special attention given to the invest! gation of titles and collection of claim*. W. II. !>l A It'JM N, A t torncy a ( Law , LA urions, - Sol Til Cakomna. Will practice in nil ('onrts of this Si hi < Attention given to collodionx. pH ARLESTON d WKSTKRN CARC v-? Una Railway Co. " Augusta and Ael.i ? villo short Line." b'cheuulo in effect Uct 3rd, tsy7. I.v Augusta. 9 40 am 1 40 tun Ar Urconwood.12 17 pm . I.v Anderson. 6 10 am Ar (.aureus. 1 15 pm 7 00 am i.reonvillo. 2 00 pm 10 30 am Glenn Springs. 4 05 pm .... Bitur'nuburg.3 00 pm 0 25 air Saludrt .5 8< pm. Henderson villo. .. <>o3pm . AshQViUo. 7 00pm_il^i"* Lv Ashoville.8 20 an . Spartanburg.11 45 am 4 30 pm Ureenville.II 66 am 4 00 pm I.aureus.. . 1 15 pm 7 30 pm A ndi rs.>n . 7 00 am . Greenwood 2 28 pm OSftpui Ar August a.5 IX) i m 11 U am Ar Aike.i. 6 50 pm_ i.v (Jreenv lie.11 t>o aui Ar Clinton. 2 10 wno in e\vberry. 2 M "pm \ rojperity . 3 18 pm Columbia. 4 30 pm Hum tor . ... (J 42 pm _1^5"ea.... . .._7 48 pm l.v Charleston._ 7 00 am Lanes . 8 2<> am 811111 tor... . !) 35 RIM Columbia. 11 00 am Prosperity. 11 58 am Newherry. 12 10 pm Clinton.. . 1250 pm A.r Greenville_ . 3 00 pm i'loso connections in ureenwooo lor all joints on 8. A. L. and 0. it Q, Railway and n Bpar tan burg with Southern Kailw a*. Vor information relative ti> tickets raiea ?ichedulcs, etc. address w.j. CltAin,.ecu. Pass.1 Agent. ; Augusta, (la. T. M. BMKRSON, Traffic Manage I K'UrllHll Agent; 1 11 Speights, Oen Agent, Greenville, 8. C. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Conrt>ixieil Schedule In Efftgl February 27, lt?8. STATIONS. Lv. Charleston.~ Lv. Columbia. " Prosperity. " Xewoorry. " Kiuety-Bfa. Ar. Ctretnwood. " Hodges.. Ar. Ahber?Te. Ar. BeltoB. Ar. And' r?on . Ar, Qroeuvlile Ar. Atlanta KTATU ?N8. Lv. GiosnvlTlo_ " Piedmont. " Wtlllwmston .. Lv^ Anderson ?.. . l.v. Boll on. A r. 1 loimalds Uv, Abbeville , . Lv. B?dT/?i . . ... " f4i ? in wood ... _Ne. II. ?TiO a in ll 60 m m ji 11 p ra 18 23 p rn 1 25 p m 1? P n 2 36 I ro ~I BT rn ? tO'n m 4 p m T No. 'ft ?fly 10? 9 07ii 12 lftpl ". AlBK.n 10 04? 10 30a 10 f*a 10 Mm 11 ?i 11 40a 2 jftp 1 2.*>pi ". Pantuo 2 (Op " 2 2i!p 287p " !l lOp Ar B2wp Lv 7(Mp Ar 10 f* > m 11 18 a m IT 03 ~a~ m |T1 RTiTm 12 oa TS 5? p m 1 00 p m 1 tb p m 2 2.'. p in 2 ?7 p m 8 ?0 p rn TOO p m iNo.WlNo.fli KiOO^rTjfta bTiop T55p 2 4 ftp Sft'.'a " 1 % t 49p " 1 Oftp 7 80p 12 *tp Union Jonosville . .. r?,'olot ." |12 Up Spaitnnbnrg...Lvlll 4f>? Bpartauburg. Arlll 20a Ahliovii'.o_ Lvl ? 20a 80p ?68p 6 47p 0 80p OOOp 8 05p p. in. "A," a. in. Ill carry cJfpnnt Pullman ??' ?i Columbia und A*uevtiie, ... uri Jacksonville and Obtain Trains 0 and ?leopil g oar-! 1 ??' \ ?IIrout4 v'.ail v i o, mitt. Trains leave Mpnrtnnburji A. A O. division, northlwmnd, >'??'? a. in.. H:H. p.m., 6:lo p.m., (Vestibule Limited); s-iuthbound 12:JO a. in., 8:1. p. in , II .. n. in., \ > ?libulr Limited.! Trains lcavi ? ? convi o. A. and 0. division, northbound.6 15 n >u., 2:81 p. in. and 6:2t p. in., (Vostlliuled Limited): southbound, 1:88 a. m., 4 :U5 p. in., 12:11J p. m. i V? atlbulcd Limited). Fill I man Service. 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Currying complutt line of Knginrs, Boilers, Saw-Mills, Soparatora Grist Mills, Sawa ' n m p s, I njootorr, OratO Bars, and Steair and 1 *lpe Fittings. Prompt attentloi given orders and In Who is Will Whitener ? is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver. -IN BENDELLA HOTEL